America’s Fastest Growing States

January 13, 2020

Ranked by GDP expansion

Rank	State	2018 GDP growth	State	Q319 vs. Q219
1	Washington	5.8%	Texas	4.0%
2	California	4.3%	Utah	3.2%
3	Nevada	4.2%	Washington	3.1%
4	Arizona	4.1%	Arkansas	2.9%
5	Texas	4.0%	Louisiana	2.9%
6	Idaho	4.0%	New Mexico	2.6%
7	Oregon	3.8%	Colorado	2.6%
8	Utah	3.7%	Idaho	2.5%
9	North Dakota	3.6%	Missouri	2.4%
10	Colorado	3.5%	Florida	2.4%
11	Florida	3.2%	Tennessee	2.4%
12	Massachusetts	3.1%	Arizona	2.4%
13	Tennessee	3.1%	Alaska	2.4%
14	Alabama	2.8%	New Jersey	2.3%
15	Pennsylvania	2.6%	Indiana	2.3%
16	Minnesota	2.6%	Nebraska	2.3%
17	Louisiana	2.6%	Georgia	2.3%
18	South Carolina	2.6%	Montana	2.3%
19	Virginia	2.6%	Nevada	2.3%
20	Oklahoma	2.6%	Massachusetts	2.2%
21	Montana	2.6%	New Hampshire	2.2%
22	Maryland	2.5%	Kansas	2.2%
23	Michigan	2.5%	Connecticut	2.1%
24	New Mexico	2.5%	Maine	2.1%
25	Wisconsin	2.4%	Pennsylvania	2.1%
26	Missouri	2.4%	California	2.1%
27	Georgia	2.4%	Minnesota	2.0%
28	North Carolina	2.4%	North Carolina	2.0%
29	Hawaii	2.4%	South Carolina	2.0%
30	New Hampshire	2.3%	Mississippi	1.9%
31	West Virginia	2.3%	Oklahoma	1.9%
32	Maine	2.2%	Vermont	1.8%
33	New Jersey	2.2%	South Dakota	1.8%
34	Iowa	2.2%	Oregon	1.8%
35	Illinois	2.1%	Ohio	1.7%
36	Kansas	2.1%	Alabama	1.7%
37	Indiana	2.0%	Rhode Island	1.6%
38	Ohio	1.9%	Virginia	1.6%
39	South Dakota	1.9%	Wisconsin	1.5%
40	Arkansas	1.7%	Kentucky	1.5%
41	Kentucky	1.4%	Illinois	1.4%
42	Mississippi	1.3%	Michigan	1.3%
43	Rhode Island	1.2%	Iowa	1.3%
44	Vermont	1.2%	Wyoming	1.3%
45	New York	1.2%	North Dakota	1.1%
46	Nebraska	0.9%	Maryland	1.0%
47	Alaska	0.7%	New York	0.5%
48	Connecticut	0.5%	West Virginia	0.5%
49	Wyoming	0.1%	Hawaii	0.4%
50	Delaware	0.0%	Delaware	0.0%
	U.S. total	2.9%	United States	2.1%

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis

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