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Real GDP growth by state

Delaware has the highest estimate (5.13%); Iowa has the lowest (-0.43%). Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, GDP by state (SAGDP1), 2025.

Data year: 2025Source released Sept. 30, 2026Last updated Oct. 23, 2026SAGDP1 line 1

50 ranked states; DC and Puerto Rico appear as reference rows where the source supplies them. Highest does not mean best.

Lowest state estimate -0.43% Iowa
Highest state estimate 5.13% Delaware
Delaware: 5.13% Alaska: 4.75% California: 3.54% South Carolina: 3.31% Washington: 3.17% Idaho: 3.05% Kentucky: 3.0% Georgia: 2.89% Texas: 2.85% West Virginia: 2.83% Florida: 2.83% Rhode Island: 2.79% Utah: 2.69% Illinois: 2.57% New York: 2.48% Connecticut: 2.46% Ohio: 2.39% Virginia: 2.32% Oklahoma: 2.22% Michigan: 2.19% Tennessee: 2.05% New Jersey: 2.01% Nevada: 2.0% Montana: 1.98% Alabama: 1.98% Vermont: 1.89% Colorado: 1.87% Indiana: 1.85% Pennsylvania: 1.84% North Carolina: 1.83% New Mexico: 1.82% South Dakota: 1.78% New Hampshire: 1.7% Louisiana: 1.54% Hawaii: 1.52% Arizona: 1.46% Maine: 1.37% Oregon: 1.36% Massachusetts: 1.34% Mississippi: 1.33% Nebraska: 1.31% Missouri: 1.22% Kansas: 1.0% Arkansas: 0.93% Wisconsin: 0.82% Maryland: 0.81% Minnesota: 0.7% North Dakota: 0.47% Wyoming: 0.13% Iowa: -0.43%
Each dot is a state. The scale runs from the lowest to highest estimate; intervals are not shown here. Read about uncertainty.

State distribution and comparisons

The middle of the 50-state distribution is 1.94%: the average of the 25th and 26th ordered state estimates. This treats each state equally, so it answers a different question from a population-weighted national estimate.

Did the fastest-growing economies also add the most people?

These states’ ranks change the most between real gdp growth and population growth. These comparisons identify different questions worth investigating; a rank gap does not measure a causal effect or a statistical difference between unlike units.

StateReal GDP growthPopulation growth
California3.54% · #3-0.02% · #46
Alaska4.75% · #20.1% · #43
West Virginia2.83% · #10-0.07% · #48

Inspect these states, definitions and pairwise differences.

Values over time

Annual growth from the September 30, 2026 BEA release, 2022–2025. Earlier years are revised in each release. Ranks are recalculated among the same 50 states for each year.

The state-by-state view

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Ranked among 50 states; District of Columbia shown for reference. Rank 1 = highest value.

Real GDP growth · 2025 · Percent
RankState / jurisdictionValue90% margin of errorDifference from previous rank
1Delaware5.13%Not publishedNot a survey test
2Alaska4.75%Not publishedNot a survey test
3California3.54%Not publishedNot a survey test
4South Carolina3.31%Not publishedNot a survey test
5Washington3.17%Not publishedNot a survey test
6Idaho3.05%Not publishedNot a survey test
7Kentucky3.0%Not publishedNot a survey test
8Georgia2.89%Not publishedNot a survey test
9Texas2.85%Not publishedNot a survey test
10West Virginia2.83%Not publishedNot a survey test
11Florida2.83%Not publishedNot a survey test
12Rhode Island2.79%Not publishedNot a survey test
13Utah2.69%Not publishedNot a survey test
14Illinois2.57%Not publishedNot a survey test
15New York2.48%Not publishedNot a survey test
16Connecticut2.46%Not publishedNot a survey test
17Ohio2.39%Not publishedNot a survey test
18Virginia2.32%Not publishedNot a survey test
19Oklahoma2.22%Not publishedNot a survey test
20Michigan2.19%Not publishedNot a survey test
21Tennessee2.05%Not publishedNot a survey test
22New Jersey2.01%Not publishedNot a survey test
23Nevada2.0%Not publishedNot a survey test
24Montana1.98%Not publishedNot a survey test
25Alabama1.98%Not publishedNot a survey test
26Vermont1.89%Not publishedNot a survey test
27Colorado1.87%Not publishedNot a survey test
28Indiana1.85%Not publishedNot a survey test
29Pennsylvania1.84%Not publishedNot a survey test
30North Carolina1.83%Not publishedNot a survey test
31New Mexico1.82%Not publishedNot a survey test
32South Dakota1.78%Not publishedNot a survey test
33New Hampshire1.7%Not publishedNot a survey test
34Louisiana1.54%Not publishedNot a survey test
35Hawaii1.52%Not publishedNot a survey test
36Arizona1.46%Not publishedNot a survey test
37Maine1.37%Not publishedNot a survey test
38Oregon1.36%Not publishedNot a survey test
39Massachusetts1.34%Not publishedNot a survey test
40Mississippi1.33%Not publishedNot a survey test
41Nebraska1.31%Not publishedNot a survey test
42Missouri1.22%Not publishedNot a survey test
43Kansas1.0%Not publishedNot a survey test
44Arkansas0.93%Not publishedNot a survey test
45Wisconsin0.82%Not publishedNot a survey test
46Maryland0.81%Not publishedNot a survey test
47Minnesota0.7%Not publishedNot a survey test
48North Dakota0.47%Not publishedNot a survey test
49Wyoming0.13%Not publishedNot a survey test
50Iowa-0.43%Not publishedNot a survey test
Ref.District of ColumbiaNot ranked among states-1.0%Not publishedReference jurisdiction

50 states plus 1 reference row.

What this ranking measures

Percentage change in real (inflation-adjusted) GDP from 2024 to 2025.

One year of growth is volatile, especially in states dominated by agriculture, energy or a few large employers. Real state GDP is adjusted with national prices, not state prices.

The size of the gap

The difference between the highest and lowest state estimates is 5.56 percentage points. The U.S. benchmark is 2.34%. It is not a simple average of the states.

17 states have point estimates above the U.S. benchmark and 33 below it. These counts do not establish statistical significance.

How much should you read into a rank?

BEA does not publish margins of error for state GDP. Estimates are revised as source data improve; recent years change the most. “Not published” means uncertainty is not quantified here, not that the estimates are exact.

Ranks use the full precision of the source file, so only truly equal values share a rank (1, 2, 2, 4).

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Source and method

Producer
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Product / file
GDP by state (SAGDP1) · SAGDP1 line 1
Period
2025
Unit
Percent
Calculation
100 × (real GDP 2025 / real GDP 2024 − 1), chained 2017 dollars (SAGDP1 line 1). Rank = 1 + number of eligible jurisdictions with a higher value.
Coverage
The 50 states are ranked. Washington, D.C., can be added with the toggle above the table; Puerto Rico is shown for reference only, where the source covers it.
Cadence
Quarterly and annual; earlier years are revised. December 23, 2026 (state GDP, third quarter 2026), subject to the BEA release schedule.
Independence
Rank the States is independent. The agencies that produce the source data do not endorse these rankings.

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Updates and corrections

Last updated Oct. 23, 2026. Earlier editions stay available on the data page, and every change is listed in the update log. If a number or definition looks wrong, report an error with the state, value, and source you checked.

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