Regional Economic Data for U.S. States

Explore state GDP, income, jobs, unemployment and price levels. All 50 states and District of Columbia have economic profiles with source-labeled histories.

Compare states by an economic measure

Largest state economies

Which states produce the most economic output? This is a ranking of economic size. A large population and a large business base can increase total output even when output per resident is modest.

Fastest-growing state economies

Which state economies grew fastest after inflation? Growth compares each state with its own preceding-year output. It measures proportional change, so it does not rank the dollar scale of the economy.

Economic output per resident

How does economic output compare after accounting for population? GDP per capita divides workplace-based output by resident population. It is not average income, a paycheck, or a direct measure of worker productivity.

Personal income per resident

Where is personal income per resident highest? Personal income includes earnings, property income and transfers. Per capita is an average across residents, not the median wage or household income.

Lowest state unemployment rates

Which states have the lowest unemployment rates? Unemployment counts eligible jobseekers relative to the resident civilian labor force. A low rate does not establish high wages or high labor-force participation.

Fastest payroll job growth

Which states added payroll jobs fastest over the past year? Payroll growth compares workplace jobs, not the number of employed residents. Percentage growth and the absolute number of added jobs answer different questions.

Lowest state price levels

Where are consumer price levels lowest? Regional price parities compare average prices across places. They are not CPI inflation, an individual household budget, or a complete relocation cost estimate.

State purchasing power calculator compares a chosen amount across two places using the same annual price-parity measure.

Three regional source programs, different periods

BEA state accounts supply annual GDP and personal income through 2025, with acquired files updated September 30, 2026. BEA regional price parities supply annual all-items and housing-service price levels through 2024, published February 19, 2026. BLS state programs supply monthly unemployment and payroll employment through August 2026, published September 18. Reference periods appear separately on every profile.

Residents and workplaces are different geographic concepts

Unemployment and personal income concern residents. GDP and establishment payroll employment concern where production and jobs are located. Commuters can cross a state boundary, so these statistics need not track one another exactly. A state profile does not estimate a particular county’s or city’s economy by reusing the state total.

County and metropolitan coverage

County, city, metro and custom-region profiles are not included in this acquired release. With its 2024 county release in February 2026, BEA discontinued direct GDP and personal-income publication for metropolitan and related statistical areas. County data continues. Any future derived metro value would need published county membership, boundary version, source release and a validated aggregation method. Real chained-dollar components cannot simply be added.

BEA regional price parities have their own state and metro program; the GDP/income change does not mean price-parity coverage ended. BLS QCEW metro industry publication has also changed. Its overview and specific announcement identify different 2025 cutoffs, which remain unresolved here. No metro industry figures are inferred from that conflict.

Source documentation and downloadable evidence

The regional dataset page documents producer codes, FIPS identifiers, classifications, tables and file hashes. BEA state GDP, state personal income, regional price parities and BLS LAUS describe the original measurements. The coverage matrix distinguishes acquired coverage from producer nonpublication.