US states by GDP (US dollars)

Name: US states by GDP (US dollars), 2021
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 2021, at $3.44 trillion. Vermont had the lowest, at $37.78 billion. The median was $270.26 billion and the figure for the United States was $23.75 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest3,435,095.5California

Lowest37,775.6Vermont

Median270,261.851 states

United States23,745,848History

All states, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	States	2021 USD million	Change on 2020
1	California	3,435,095.5	+11.7%
2	Texas	2,131,224.7	+17.5%
3	New York	1,914,824.6	+7.9%
4	Florida	1,299,105.6	+13.6%
5	Illinois	960,015.2	+10.8%
6	Pennsylvania	845,834.9	+8.4%
7	Ohio	764,213.9	+9.9%
8	Georgia	709,126.6	+11.1%
9	New Jersey	694,516.1	+9.7%
10	Washington	683,338.1	+10.8%
11	North Carolina	659,417.8	+9.8%
12	Massachusetts	649,927.9	+10%
13	Virginia	616,366.8	+8.9%
14	Michigan	571,663	+7.9%
15	Maryland	448,753.1	+8.6%
16	Colorado	444,363.7	+12.2%
17	Tennessee	440,705.6	+12.8%
18	Arizona	439,485	+12.7%
19	Indiana	427,141.8	+12.6%
20	Minnesota	413,512.3	+9.3%
21	Wisconsin	369,569.8	+7%
22	Missouri	366,537.7	+8.9%
23	Connecticut	298,045.7	+6.5%
24	Oregon	275,928.9	+10.4%
25	Louisiana	272,353.6	+16.8%
26	South Carolina	270,261.8	+8.8%
27	Alabama	260,176.2	+10.4%
28	Kentucky	238,136.6	+9%
29	Utah	233,623.9	+13.6%
30	Iowa	220,807.3	+11.9%
31	Oklahoma	219,233.8	+14%
32	Nevada	201,406.7	+14.9%
33	Kansas	188,005.6	+7.3%
34	District of Columbia	157,539.2	+7.4%
35	Arkansas	153,329.7	+12.8%
36	Nebraska	151,621.6	+11.8%
37	Mississippi	130,574.8	+11.3%
38	New Mexico	112,928	+11.9%
39	Idaho	101,587	+15.4%
40	New Hampshire	100,022.6	+12%
41	Hawaii	93,815.5	+10.8%
42	Delaware	87,237.4	+10.5%
43	West Virginia	86,870	+12.1%
44	Maine	78,551.8	+9.1%
45	Rhode Island	67,947.9	+9%
46	North Dakota	64,838.2	+14.7%
47	South Dakota	62,671	+10.3%
48	Montana	60,000.3	+13%
49	Alaska	59,364.2	+14.4%
50	Wyoming	42,316.6	+14.5%
51	Vermont	37,775.6	+8.9%

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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 $3.44 trillion in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest GDP (US dollars)?

Vermont, with $37.78 billion in 2021.

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.