US states by GDP (US dollars)

Name: US states by GDP (US dollars), 2015
Creator: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

California had the highest GDP (US dollars) of 51 states in 2015, at $2.49 trillion. Vermont had the lowest, at $31.15 billion. The median was $203.11 billion and the figure for the United States was $18.3 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest2,487,156.4California

Lowest31,152.4Vermont

Median203,113.351 states

United States18,295,019History

All states, 2015

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USD million. Source: BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2015 USD million	Change on 2014
1	California	2,487,156.4	+6.2%
2	Texas	1,585,985.9	-0.4%
3	New York	1,498,474.7	+4.5%
4	Florida	918,464.3	+6.8%
5	Illinois	802,592	+3.9%
6	Pennsylvania	716,534.3	+3%
7	Ohio	615,275.5	+3%
8	New Jersey	565,807.7	+4%
9	Georgia	525,516.8	+6.5%
10	North Carolina	508,672.4	+5.5%
11	Massachusetts	497,767	+5.9%
12	Virginia	485,540.9	+4.3%
13	Michigan	479,222.7	+5.1%
14	Washington	467,590.6	+6.3%
15	Maryland	367,314.1	+4.4%
16	Minnesota	336,762	+3.7%
17	Indiana	333,163.8	+1.2%
18	Tennessee	326,382.5	+6.2%
19	Colorado	320,895.9	+3.8%
20	Wisconsin	308,304.5	+4.1%
21	Missouri	299,597.7	+3.5%
22	Arizona	298,942.2	+4.3%
23	Connecticut	260,648.5	+5.5%
24	Louisiana	234,324.2	-2.8%
25	South Carolina	207,510	+6%
26	Alabama	203,113.3	+3.1%
27	Oregon	200,592.6	+6.8%
28	Kentucky	194,621.2	+3.3%
29	Oklahoma	187,364.7	-4.9%
30	Iowa	181,471.7	+4.5%
31	Kansas	155,699	+3.6%
32	Utah	149,762.1	+5%
33	Nevada	145,786.8	+6.5%
34	District of Columbia	124,753.6	+4%
35	Arkansas	118,573.6	+1%
36	Nebraska	117,402.3	+4.1%
37	Mississippi	106,623.9	+1.3%
38	New Mexico	90,779.4	-1.9%
39	Hawaii	81,410.2	+5.7%
40	New Hampshire	77,385.8	+5.4%
41	Delaware	72,352.5	+5.5%
42	West Virginia	71,713.4	-1.8%
43	Idaho	66,064.9	+2.4%
44	Maine	58,755.8	+3.9%
45	North Dakota	56,952.2	-6.8%
46	Rhode Island	56,604	+3.6%
47	Alaska	51,574.2	-8.9%
48	South Dakota	48,678.9	+3.2%
49	Montana	46,542.4	+3%
50	Wyoming	38,624.8	-4.8%
51	Vermont	31,152.4	+2.6%

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About this ranking

GDP at current prices, millions of US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis GDP by state (the national figure is the total of the same table) and GDP by county. Other countries and the World: World Bank, converted from national currency at official annual average exchange rates.

US dollars, for the United States, its states and counties, and for every country and the World from the World Bank. For Spain and the EU in euros use gdp. Exchange rate swings move dollar values even when output does not.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, all industry total, millions of current dollars. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which state has the highest GDP (US dollars)?

California, with $2.49 trillion in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest GDP (US dollars)?

Vermont, with $31.15 billion in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAGDP2: gross domestic product (GDP) by state, all industry total, millions of current dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-08.