US states by GDP (US dollars)

Name: US states by GDP (US dollars), 2016
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 2016, at $2.59 trillion. Vermont had the lowest, at $31.84 billion. The median was $211.78 billion and the figure for the United States was $18.8 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest2,586,485.2California

Lowest31,840.2Vermont

Median211,782.451 states

United States18,804,913History

All states, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	States	2016 USD million	Change on 2015
1	California	2,586,485.2	+4%
2	Texas	1,582,981.5	-0.2%
3	New York	1,556,830	+3.9%
4	Florida	964,500.8	+5%
5	Illinois	813,561.6	+1.4%
6	Pennsylvania	733,165.9	+2.3%
7	Ohio	627,294.7	+2%
8	New Jersey	578,651.4	+2.3%
9	Georgia	554,903.2	+5.6%
10	North Carolina	528,284.3	+3.9%
11	Massachusetts	514,108	+3.3%
12	Virginia	499,032.4	+2.8%
13	Michigan	494,752.5	+3.2%
14	Washington	489,790.2	+4.7%
15	Maryland	386,496.4	+5.2%
16	Minnesota	345,248.8	+2.5%
17	Indiana	342,716.6	+2.9%
18	Tennessee	339,350.2	+4%
19	Colorado	330,565.9	+3%
20	Wisconsin	315,420	+2.3%
21	Arizona	313,787.1	+5%
22	Missouri	304,143.3	+1.5%
23	Connecticut	264,760.4	+1.6%
24	Louisiana	227,440.3	-2.9%
25	South Carolina	217,555.5	+4.8%
26	Oregon	211,782.4	+5.6%
27	Alabama	208,824.3	+2.8%
28	Kentucky	197,944.8	+1.7%
29	Iowa	183,834.8	+1.3%
30	Oklahoma	182,238.8	-2.7%
31	Kansas	162,144.5	+4.1%
32	Utah	159,330.6	+6.4%
33	Nevada	153,318	+5.2%
34	District of Columbia	129,933.5	+4.2%
35	Arkansas	120,987.4	+2%
36	Nebraska	119,389.8	+1.7%
37	Mississippi	107,795.4	+1.1%
38	New Mexico	90,476	-0.3%
39	Hawaii	84,287.2	+3.5%
40	New Hampshire	79,759.7	+3.1%
41	West Virginia	71,248.9	-0.6%
42	Delaware	70,021.5	-3.2%
43	Idaho	69,185.2	+4.7%
44	Maine	61,092.2	+4%
45	Rhode Island	57,714.6	+2%
46	North Dakota	52,666.3	-7.5%
47	Alaska	51,121.8	-0.9%
48	South Dakota	49,842.6	+2.4%
49	Montana	45,859.4	-1.5%
50	Wyoming	36,105.9	-6.5%
51	Vermont	31,840.2	+2.2%

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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 $2.59 trillion in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest GDP (US dollars)?

Vermont, with $31.84 billion in 2016.

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.