US states by GDP (US dollars)

Name: US states by GDP (US dollars), 2018
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 2018, at $2.9 trillion. Vermont had the lowest, at $33.48 billion. The median was $236.56 billion and the figure for the United States was $20.66 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest2,899,530.9California

Lowest33,482.6Vermont

Median236,561.751 states

United States20,656,516History

All states, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	States	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	California	2,899,530.9	+5.8%
2	Texas	1,808,026.9	+8.4%
3	New York	1,710,665.6	+5.3%
4	Florida	1,072,085.6	+5.6%
5	Illinois	871,024.2	+4.6%
6	Pennsylvania	780,620.7	+3.5%
7	Ohio	672,540.1	+3.1%
8	New Jersey	619,340.2	+5%
9	Georgia	612,803.4	+5%
10	Washington	570,337.8	+8.2%
11	North Carolina	568,037.3	+3.9%
12	Massachusetts	559,605	+5.6%
13	Virginia	537,158.3	+4.3%
14	Michigan	525,240.8	+4%
15	Maryland	410,771.8	+2.8%
16	Indiana	377,376.9	+5.5%
17	Colorado	373,923.1	+6.8%
18	Minnesota	372,439.2	+5%
19	Tennessee	369,713.2	+4%
20	Arizona	353,671	+6.2%
21	Wisconsin	335,144.3	+4.1%
22	Missouri	320,451.6	+2.9%
23	Connecticut	280,535.4	+2.4%
24	Louisiana	256,444.4	+6.9%
25	Oregon	238,466.9	+5.7%
26	South Carolina	236,561.7	+5.2%
27	Alabama	226,263.8	+4.5%
28	Kentucky	210,509.1	+3.4%
29	Oklahoma	204,193.9	+6.1%
30	Iowa	193,155.1	+3.2%
31	Utah	186,805.7	+8.6%
32	Kansas	173,373	+4.3%
33	Nevada	172,547.9	+5.7%
34	District of Columbia	141,240.2	+5.2%
35	Arkansas	129,213.8	+4.3%
36	Nebraska	127,954.4	+3.8%
37	Mississippi	113,166.4	+2.6%
38	New Mexico	98,838.2	+6%
39	Hawaii	90,933.5	+4%
40	New Hampshire	83,859.4	+3.3%
41	West Virginia	79,794.3	+6.1%
42	Idaho	79,072.4	+8.4%
43	Delaware	73,376	+5.5%
44	Maine	66,216	+5.1%
45	North Dakota	60,377.1	+6.8%
46	Rhode Island	60,064.9	+2.2%
47	Alaska	54,762	+2.3%
48	South Dakota	53,349.5	+3.4%
49	Montana	51,152.1	+5.5%
50	Wyoming	39,614.5	+5.3%
51	Vermont	33,482.6	+2.7%

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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 $2.9 trillion in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest GDP (US dollars)?

Vermont, with $33.48 billion in 2018.

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.