1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1,282.

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2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 737.9
3 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 531.4
4 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VAMD-WV 426.1
5 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 378.9
6 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 376.8
7 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 347.7
8 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 337.4
9 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 311.3
10 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 270.6
11 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 258.8
12 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 231.4
13 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 198.3
14 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 196.3
15 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 190.6
16 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 172.7
17 Denver-Aurora-Broomfeld, CO 157.1
18 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 151.6
19 Baltimore-Towson, MD 144.4
20 St. Louis, MO-IL 128.7
21 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 122.8
22 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 117.3
23 Pittsburgh, PA 115.6
24 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 113.9
25 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 110.8
26 Kansas City, MO-KS 105.6
27 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 105.1
28 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 104.3
29 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 103.6
30 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 100.9
31 Columbus, OH 93.9
32 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 93.5
33 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 91.4
34 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 85.7
35 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 85.3
36 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 84.7
37 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 84.2
38 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 82.7
39 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 82.4
40 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 80.3
41 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 70.7
42 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 66.8
43 Salt Lake City, UT 66.5
44 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 64.6
45 Richmond, VA 63.8
46 Jacksonville, FL 59.7
47 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 58.6
48 Oklahoma City, OK 58.6
49 Raleigh-Cary, NC 56.1
50 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 53.6
51 Honolulu, HI 51.0
52 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 48.0
53 Rochester, NY 46.5
54 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 46.4
55 Tulsa, OK 44.6
56 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 42.2
57 New Haven-Milford, CT 41.7
58 Baton Rouge, LA 41.7
59 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 39.0
60 Albuquerque, NM 38.1
61 Madison, WI 36.4
62 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 36.3
63 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 35.5
64 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 34.2
65 Greensboro-High Point, NC 34.0
66 Dayton, OH 33.7
67 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 33.2
68 Tucson, AZ 32.5
69 Columbia, SC 32.2
70 Knoxville, TN 30.0
71 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 29.7
72 Worcester, MA 29.4
73 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 29.0
74 Fresno, CA 29.0
75 El Paso, TX 28.7
76 Bakersfeld-Delano, CA 28.7
77 Syracuse, NY 28.2
78 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 27.9
79 Akron, OH 27.6
80 Wichita, KS 27.5
81 Colorado Springs, CO 26.4
82 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 26.3
83 Toledo, OH 26.3
84 Anchorage, AK 26.2
85 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 25.9
86 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 25.8
87 Boise City-Nampa, ID 25.5
88 Jackson, MS 24.1
89 Springfeld, MA 23.6
90 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 23.5
91 Lexington-Fayette, KY 23.2
92 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 23.0
93 Winston-Salem, NC 21.7
94 Chattanooga, TN-GA 21.6
95 Manchester-Nashua, NH 21.1
96 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 20.6
97 Huntsville, AL 20.5
98 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 20.2
99 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 19.9
100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 19.9
METRO ECONOMIES REPORT JUNE 2011 The United States Conference of Mayors/Council for the New American City
Gross metropolitan
product (GMP)
2010
IN BILLIONS OF U.S. $
Top 100 U.S. metro economies
RANK METRO AREA GMP RANK METRO AREA GMP
METRO ECONOMIES REPORT JUNE 2011 The United States Conference of Mayors/Council for the New American City
GMP share of
U.S. economy 2010
Metro economies lead the U.S. economy
Metro areas generate 89.8% of GDP and income
and 85.7% of employment
U.S. metro share
89.8%
U.S. metro share
89.8%
U.S. metro share
85.7%
100%
90%
80%
70%
20%
10%
60%
50%
40%
30%
1 United States 14,660.4
2 China 5,877.2
3 Japan 5,462.6
4 Germany 3,297.7
5 France 2,554.5
6 United Kingdom 2,241.9
7 Brazil 2,088.0
8 Italy 2,046.9
9 India 1,607.6
10 Canada 1,574.1
11 Russia 1,479.3
12 Spain 1,405.4
13 NewYork-NorthernNewJersey-LongIsland,NY-NJ-PA 1,282.6
14 Australia 1,232.5
15 Mexico 1,040.1
16 South Korea 1,014.7
17 Netherlands 782.3
18 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 737.9
19 Turkey 732.3
20 Indoesia 706.6
21 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 531.4
22 Switzerland 523.3
23 Poland 469.4
24 Belgium 466.3
25 Sweden 458.0
26 Saudi Arabia 434.7
27 Taiwan 431.7
28 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 426.1
29 Norway 414.3
30 Iran 385.7
31 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 378.9
32 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 376.8
33 Austria 375.5
34 Argentina 368.9
35 South Africa 363.7
36 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 347.7
37 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 337.4
38 Thailand 318.9
39 United Arab Emirates 317.1
40 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 311.3
41 Denmark 310.1
42 Greece 303.4
43 Colombia 288.0
44 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 270.6
45 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 258.8
46 Venezuela 241.1
47 Finland 238.5
48 Malaysia 237.8
49 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 231.4
50 Portugal 228.6
51 Hong Kong 225.0
52 Singapore 222.7
53 Israel 217.3
54 Nigeria 208.4
55 Chile 205.5
56 Ireland 203.6
57 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 198.3
58 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 196.3
59 Czech Republic 192.1
60 Egypt 192.0
61 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 190.6
62 Phillipines 188.7
63 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 172.7
64 Pakistan 172.2
65 Romania 162.9
66 Denver-Aurora-Broomfeld, CO 157.1
67 Algeria 156.9
68 Peru 152.5
69 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 151.6
70 Kazakhstan 146.9
71 Baltimore-Towson, MD 144.4
72 New Zealand 140.3
73 Ukraine 137.7
74 Hungary 130.5
75 St. Louis, MO-IL 128.7
76 Iraq 125.9
77 Kuwait 123.9
78 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 122.8
79 Qatar 122.6
80 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 117.3
81 Pittsburgh, PA 115.6
82 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 113.9
83 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 110.8
84 Vietnam 105.9
85 Kansas City, MO-KS 105.6
86 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 105.1
87 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 104.3
88 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 103.6
89 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 100.9
90 Bangladesh 99.0
91 Puerto Rico 96.3
92 Columbus, OH 93.9
93 Morocco 93.8
94 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 93.5
95 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 91.4
96 Slovakia 87.2
97 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 85.7
98 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 85.3
99 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 84.7
100 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 84.2
101 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 82.7
102 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 82.4
103 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 80.3
104 Libya 75.8
105 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 70.7
106 Angola 69.9
107 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 66.8
108 Salt Lake City, UT 66.5
109 Sudan 66.3
110 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 64.6
111 Richmond, VA 63.8
112 Croatia 60.7
113 Jacksonville, FL 59.7
114 Syria 59.2
115 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 58.6
116 Oklahoma City, OK 58.6
117 Ecuador 57.2
118 Raleigh-Cary, NC 56.1
119 Oman 55.9
120 Luxembourg 55.0
121 Belarus 54.7
122 Cuba 54.5
123 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 53.6
124 Dominican Republic 51.9
125 Azerbaijan 51.8
126 Honolulu, HI 51.0
127 Sri Lanka 49.1
128 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 48.0
129 Slovenia 47.7
130 Bulgaria 47.6
131 Rochester, NY 46.5
132 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 46.4
133 Tulsa, OK 44.6
134 Tunisia 44.3
135 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 42.2
136 New Haven-Milford, CT 41.7
137 Baton Rouge, LA 41.7
138 Guatemala 41.2
139 Uruguay 40.3
140 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 39.0
141 Lebanon 38.8
142 Uzbekistan 38.7
143 Serbia 38.6
144 Albuquerque, NM 38.1
145 Madison, WI 36.4
146 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 36.3
147 Lithuania 36.3
148 Costa Rica 36.1
149 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 35.5
150 Myanmar 34.3
151 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 34.2
152 Greensboro-High Point, NC 34.0
153 Dayton, OH 33.7
154 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 33.2
155 Tucson, AZ 32.5
156 Columbia, SC 32.2
157 Kenya 32.1
158 Yemen 32.1
159 Knoxville, TN 30.0
160 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 29.7
161 Worcester, MA 29.4
162 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 29.0
163 Fresno, CA 29.0
164 El Paso, TX 28.7
165 Macau 28.7
166 Bakersfeld-Delano, CA 28.7
167 Ethiopia 28.4
168 Syracuse, NY 28.2
169 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 27.9
170 Akron, OH 27.6
171 Wichita, KS 27.5
172 Jordan 27.5
173 Panama 26.8
174 Colorado Springs, CO 26.4
175 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 26.3
176 Toledo, OH 26.3
177 Anchorage, AK 26.2
178 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 25.9
179 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 25.8
180 North Korea 25.7
METRO ECONOMIES REPORT JUNE 2011 The United States Conference of Mayors/Council for the New American City
World rankings of gross domestic
and metropolitan economies
2010
IN BILLIONS OF U.S. $
RANK NATION/METRO AREA GDP/GMP RANK NATION/METRO AREA GDP/GMP RANK NATION/METRO AREA GDP/GMP RANK NATION/METRO AREA GDP/GMP
If U.S. metro economies were nations
1 California 1,901.1
2 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1,282.6
3 Texas 1,207.5
4 New York 1,159.5
5 Florida 747.7
6 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 737.9
7 Illinois 651.5
8 Pennsylvania 569.7
9 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 531.4
10 New Jersey 487.3
11 Ohio 477.7
12 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VAMD-WV 426.1
13 North Carolina 424.9
14 Virginia 423.9
15 Georgia 403.1
16 Michigan 384.2
17 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 378.9
18 Massachusetts 378.7
19 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 376.8
20 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 347.7
21 Washington 340.5
22 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 337.4
23 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 311.3
24 Maryland 295.3
25 Indiana 275.7
26 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 270.6
27 Minnesota 270.0
28 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 258.8
29 Colorado 257.6
30 Tennessee 254.8
31 Arizona 253.6
32 Wisconsin 248.3
33 Missouri 244.0
34 Connecticut 237.3
35 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 231.4
36 Louisiana 218.9
37 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 198.3
38 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 196.3
39 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 190.6
40 Oregon 174.2
41 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 172.7
42 Alabama 172.6
43 South Carolina 164.4
44 Kentucky 163.3
45 Denver-Aurora-Broomfeld, CO 157.1
46 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 151.6
47 Oklahoma 147.5
48 Baltimore-Towson, MD 144.4
49 Iowa 142.7
50 St. Louis, MO-IL 128.7
51 Kansas 127.2
52 Nevada 125.7
53 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 122.8
54 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 117.3
55 Pittsburgh, PA 115.6
56 Utah 114.5
57 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 113.9
58 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 110.8
59 Kansas City, MO-KS 105.6
60 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 105.1
61 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 104.3
62 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 103.6
63 District of Columbia 103.3
64 Arkansas 102.6
65 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 100.9
66 Mississippi 97.5
67 Columbus, OH 93.9
68 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 93.5
69 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 91.4
70 Nebraska 89.8
71 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 85.7
72 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 85.3
73 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 84.7
74 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 84.2
75 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 82.7
76 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 82.4
77 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 80.3
78 New Mexico 79.7
79 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 70.7
80 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 66.8
81 Hawaii 66.8
82 Salt Lake City, UT 66.5
83 West Virginia 64.6
84 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 64.6
85 Richmond, VA 63.8
86 Delaware 62.3
87 New Hampshire 60.3
88 Jacksonville, FL 59.7
89 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 58.6
90 Oklahoma City, OK 58.6
91 Raleigh-Cary, NC 56.1
92 Idaho 55.4
93 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 53.6
94 Maine 51.6
95 Honolulu, HI 51.0
96 Rhode Island 49.2
97 Alaska 49.1
98 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 48.0
99 Rochester, NY 46.5
100 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 46.4
101 Tulsa, OK 44.6
102 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 42.2
103 New Haven-Milford, CT 41.7
104 Baton Rouge, LA 41.7
105 South Dakota 39.9
106 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 39.0
107 Wyoming 38.5
108 Albuquerque, NM 38.1
109 Madison, WI 36.4
110 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 36.3
111 Montana 36.1
112 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 35.5
113 North Dakota 34.7
114 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 34.2
115 Greensboro-High Point, NC 34.0
116 Dayton, OH 33.7
117 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 33.2
118 Tucson, AZ 32.5
119 Columbia, SC 32.2
120 Knoxville, TN 30.0
121 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 29.7
122 Worcester, MA 29.4
123 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 29.0
124 Fresno, CA 29.0
125 El Paso, TX 28.7
126 Bakersfeld-Delano, CA 28.7
127 Syracuse, NY 28.2
128 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 27.9
129 Akron, OH 27.6
130 Wichita, KS 27.5
131 Colorado Springs, CO 26.4
132 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 26.3
133 Toledo, OH 26.3
134 Anchorage, AK 26.2
135 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 25.9
136 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 25.8
137 Vermont 25.6
138 Boise City-Nampa, ID 25.5
139 Jackson, MS 24.1
140 Springfeld, MA 23.6
141 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 23.5
142 Lexington-Fayette, KY 23.2
143 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 23.0
144 Winston-Salem, NC 21.7
145 Chattanooga, TN-GA 21.6
146 Manchester-Nashua, NH 21.1
147 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 20.6
148 Huntsville, AL 20.5
149 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 20.2
150 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 19.9
METRO ECONOMIES REPORT JUNE 2011 The United States Conference of Mayors/Council for the New American City
Gross metropolitan product of U.S. metro areas
and gross state product of U.S. states
2010
IN BILLIONS OF U.S. $
RANK STATE/METRO AREA GSP/GMP RANK STATE/METRO AREA GSP/GMP RANK STATE/METRO AREA GSP/GMP
Ranking of U.S. metro areas with states
METRO ECONOMIES REPORT JUNE 2011 The United States Conference of Mayors/Council for the New American City
Gross metropolitan product of U.S. metro areas
and gross state product of U.S. states 2010
GMP vs. GSP
The gross metropolitan product of the top 10 metro areas in
2010 exceeded the combined output of the following 36 states
New York, NY-NJ-PA
Los Angeles, CA
Chicago, IL-IN-WI
Houston, TX
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD
San Francisco, CA
Boston, MA-NH
Atlanta, GA
$5 trillion $4.99 trillion
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
is greater
than
METRO ECONOMIES REPORT JUNE 2011 The United States Conference of Mayors/Council for the New American City
Number of metros (of 363 total) and
their end-of-year unemployment rate 20072015
Unemployment rate across metro areas
Metro unemployment rates will slowly improve
but remain high through 2015
Over 15%
Over 12%
Over 10%
Over 8%
Over 6%
1
2
4
12
50
20
68
141
271
340
8
20
69
173
311
2
8
13
61
198
METRO ECONOMIES REPORT JUNE 2011 The United States Conference of Mayors/Council for the New American City
2010
Leading economic recovery
Through 2015
metro areas will
contribute
86.4 percent
of all new jobs
in the U.S.
economy.
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