1
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 765.7
3 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 571.0
4 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 446.9
5 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 449.7
6 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 418.6
7 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 364.0
8 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 360.4
9 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 336.2
10 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 294.0
11 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 274.1
12 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 258.8
13 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 218.5
14 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 208.4
15 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 201.7
16 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 177.4
17 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 173.9
18 Denver-Aurora-Broomeld, CO 167.9
19 Baltimore-Towson, MD 157.3
20 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 147.0
21 St. Louis, MO-IL 136.9
22 Pittsburgh, PA 123.6
23 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 125.2
24 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 119.9
25 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 114.0
26 Kansas City, MO-KS 113.8
27 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 111.6
28 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 112.8
29 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 108.4
30 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 106.1
31 Columbus, OH 99.7
32 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 97.6
33 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 95.6
34 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 98.7
35 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 88.7
36 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 92.0
37 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 91.1
38 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 86.3
39 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 85.2
40 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 80.7
41 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 80.2
42 Salt Lake City, UT 74.8
43 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 69.5
44 Richmond, VA 70.0
45 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 66.7
46 Oklahoma City, OK 63.3
47 Louisville-Jeferson County, KY-IN 63.8
48 Jacksonville, FL 62.3
49 Raleigh-Cary, NC 61.4
50 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 59.0
51 Honolulu, HI 56.6
52 Omaha-Council Blufs, NE-IA 51.9
53 Tulsa, OK 47.9
54 Rochester, NY 46.9
55 Bufalo-Niagara Falls, NY 47.1
56 Baton Rouge, LA 47.7
57 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 42.5
58 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 42.1
59 New Haven-Milford, CT 40.1
60 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 39.1
61 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 39.7
62 Albuquerque, NM 38.8
63 Madison, WI 38.0
64 Greensboro-High Point, NC 36.9
65 Dayton, OH 34.7
66 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 34.4
67 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 35.3
68 Columbia, SC 34.3
69 Tucson, AZ 33.4
70 Bakerseld-Delano, CA 34.3
71 Knoxville, TN 32.4
72 Fresno, CA 31.9
73 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 32.0
74 Worcester, MA 30.5
75 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 31.0
76 El Paso, TX 29.6
77 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 30.0
78 Wichita, KS 29.4
79 Toledo, OH 29.8
80 Akron, OH 29.5
81 Anchorage, AK 28.6
82 Syracuse, NY 28.5
83 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 28.4
84 Colorado Springs, CO 28.0
85 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 28.4
86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 27.5
87 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 26.9
88 Jackson, MS 25.7
89 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 24.5
90 Lexington-Fayette, KY 23.9
91 Springeld, MA 24.2
92 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 23.3
93 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 23.3
94 Winston-Salem, NC 23.0
95 Manchester-Nashua, NH 22.2
96 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 19.2
97 Chattanooga, TN-GA 22.4
98 Huntsville, AL 21.7
99 Corpus Christi, TX 21.9
100 Lancaster, PA 21.0
Top 100 U.S.
metro economies
Gross metropolitan product (GMP), 2012
in billions of U.S. $
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If U.S. metro
economies were nations
World rankings of gross domestic products
and metropolitan economies, 2012
in billions of U.S. $
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1 United States 15566
2 China 8232
3 Japan 5960
4 Germany 3428
5 France 2611
6 United Kingdom 2480
7 Brazil 2254
8 Russia 2014
9 Italy 2013
10 India 1875
11 Canada 1821
12 Australia 1541
13 New York, NY-NJ-PA 1335
14 Spain 1322
15 Mexico 1178
16 South Korea 1129
17 Indonesia 878.0
18 Turkey 788.0
19 Netherlands 770.6
20 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 765.7
21 Saudi Arabia 711.0
22 Switzerland 631.1
23 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 571.0
24 Sweden 525.7
25 Norway 499.5
26 Poland 489.8
27 Belgium 483.4
28 Argentina 475.6
29 Taiwan 474.2
30 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 449.7
31 Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV 446.9
32 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 418.6
33 Austria 394.1
34 Iran 386.2
35 South Africa 384.3
36 United Arab Emirates 383.8
37 Venezuela 382.7
38 Colombia 369.6
39 Thailand 366.0
40 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD 364.0
41 San Francisco-Oakland, CA 360.4
42 Boston, MA-NH 336.2
43 Denmark 314.9
44 Malaysia 304.7
45 Atlanta, GA 294.0
46 Singapore 276.6
47 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL 274.1
48 Nigeria 269.5
49 Chile 268.3
50 Hong Kong 263.2
51 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 258.8
52 Israel 257.6
53 Egypt 254.1
54 Philippines 250.2
55 Greece 249.0
56 Finland 247.4
57 Pakistan 221.1
58 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 218.5
59 Portugal 212.3
60 Ireland 210.6
61 Iraq 209.7
62 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 208.4
63 Algeria 203.7
64 Kazakhstan 203.5
65 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 201.7
66 Peru 199.4
67 Czech Republic 196.6
68 Qatar 192.4
69 Kuwait 183.2
70 San Diego, CA 177.4
71 Ukraine 176.3
72 San Jose, CA 173.9
73 Romania 170.9
74 New Zealand 169.5
75 Denver-Aurora-Broomeld, CO 167.9
76 Baltimore-Towson, MD 157.3
77 Portland, OR-WA 147.0
78 Vietnam 141.7
79 St. Louis, MO-IL 136.9
80 Hungary 125.5
81 Charlotte, NC-SC 125.2
82 Pittsburgh, PA 123.6
83 Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 119.9
84 Riverside, CA 114.0
85 Kansas City, MO-KS 113.8
86 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 112.8
87 Bangladesh 111.7
88 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 111.6
89 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 108.4
90 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 106.1
91 Puerto Rico 101.0
92 Columbus, OH 99.7
93 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 98.7
94 Sacramento, CA 97.6
95 Morocco 96.0
96 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 95.6
97 Libya 93.0
98 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 92.0
99 Slovakia 91.8
100 Nashville-Davidson, TN 91.1
101 Milwaukee, WI 88.7
102 Angola 87.2
103 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 86.3
104 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 85.2
105 Ecuador 84.0
106 Hartford, CT 80.7
107 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 80.2
108 Oman 78.1
109 Cuba 76.3
110 Salt Lake City, UT 74.8
111 Richmond, VA 70.0
112 Providence, RI-MA 69.5
113 Azerbaijan 68.7
114 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 66.7
115 Louisville-Jeferson County, KY-IN 63.8
116 Oklahoma City, OK 63.3
117 Belarus 63.3
118 Jacksonville, FL 62.3
119 Raleigh-Cary, NC 61.4
120 Sri Lanka 59.3
121 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 59.0
122 Dominican Republic 58.9
123 Luxembourg 57.1
124 Honolulu, HI 56.6
125 Croatia 56.5
126 Sudan 55.4
127 Omaha-Council Blufs, NE-IA 51.9
128 Uzbekistan 51.1
129 Bulgaria 51.0
130 Guatemala 50.2
131 Uruguay 49.9
132 Tulsa, OK 47.9
133 Baton Rouge, LA 47.7
134 Bufalo-Niagara Falls, NY 47.1
135 Rochester, NY 46.9
136 Costa Rica 45.6
137 Slovenia 45.4
138 Tunisia 45.1
139 Macao 43.6
140 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 42.5
141 Lebanon 42.4
142 Lithuania 42.3
143 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 42.1
144 Kenya 41.3
145 Ghana 41.1
146 New Haven-Milford, CT 40.1
147 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 39.7
148 Syria 39.7
149 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 39.1
150 Albuquerque, NM 38.8
151 Serbia 38.5
152 Madison, WI 38.0
153 Greensboro-High Point, NC 36.9
154 Panama 36.7
155 Ethiopia 36.3
156 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 35.3
157 Dayton, OH 34.7
158 Little Rock, AR 34.4
159 Columbia, SC 34.3
160 Bakerseld-Delano, CA 34.3
Full report contains
comprehensive ranking of
metro areas and nations.
The names of some metro areas have been
shortened due to space constraints.
Ranking of U.S.
metro areas with states
Gross metropolitan product of U.S. metro areas
and gross state product of U.S. states, 2012
in billions of U.S. $
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1 California 2003
2 Texas 1397
3 New York, NY-NJ-PA 1335
4 New York 1206
5 Florida 777.2
6 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 765.7
7 Illinois 695.2
8 Pennsylvania 600.9
9 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 571.0
10 Ohio 509.4
11 New Jersey 508.0
12 North Carolina 456.0
13 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 449.7
14 Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV 446.9
15 Virginia 445.9
16 Georgia 433.6
17 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 418.6
18 Massachusetts 403.8
19 Michigan 400.5
20 Washington 375.7
21 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD 364.0
22 San Francisco-Oakland, CA 360.4
23 Boston, MA-NH 336.2
24 Maryland 317.7
25 Indiana 298.6
26 Minnesota 294.7
27 Atlanta, GA 294.0
28 Tennessee 277.0
29 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL 274.1
30 Colorado 274.0
31 Arizona 266.9
32 Wisconsin 261.5
33 Missouri 258.8
34 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 258.8
35 Louisiana 243.3
36 Connecticut 229.3
37 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 218.5
38 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 208.4
39 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 201.7
40 Oregon 198.7
41 Alabama 183.5
42 San Diego, CA 177.4
43 South Carolina 176.2
44 San Jose, CA 173.9
45 Kentucky 173.5
46 Denver-Aurora-Broomeld, CO 167.9
47 Oklahoma 161.0
48 Baltimore-Towson, MD 157.3
49 Iowa 152.4
50 Portland, OR-WA 147.0
51 Kansas 139.0
52 St. Louis, MO-IL 136.9
53 Nevada 133.6
54 Utah 130.5
55 Charlotte, NC-SC 125.2
56 Pittsburgh, PA 123.6
57 Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 119.9
58 Riverside, CA 114.0
59 Kansas City, MO-KS 113.8
60 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 112.8
61 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 111.6
62 District of Columbia 109.8
63 Arkansas 109.6
64 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 108.4
65 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 106.1
66 Mississippi 101.5
67 Columbus, OH 99.7
68 Nebraska 99.6
69 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 98.7
70 Sacramento, CA 97.6
71 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 95.6
72 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 92.0
73 Nashville-Davidson, TN 91.1
74 Milwaukee, WI 88.7
75 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 86.3
76 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 85.2
77 Hartford, CT 80.7
78 New Mexico 80.6
79 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 80.2
80 Salt Lake City, UT 74.8
81 Hawaii 72.4
82 Richmond, VA 70.0
83 Providence, RI-MA 69.5
84 West Virginia 69.4
85 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 66.7
86 Delaware 66.0
87 New Hampshire 64.7
88 Louisville-Jeferson County, KY-IN 63.8
89 Oklahoma City, OK 63.3
90 Jacksonville, FL 62.3
91 Raleigh-Cary, NC 61.4
92 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 59.0
93 Idaho 58.2
94 Honolulu, HI 56.6
95 Maine 53.7
96 Omaha-Council Blufs, NE-IA 51.9
97 Alaska 51.9
98 Rhode Island 51.0
99 Tulsa, OK 47.9
100 Baton Rouge, LA 47.7
101 Bufalo-Niagara Falls, NY 47.1
102 Rochester, NY 46.9
103 North Dakota 46.0
104 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 42.5
105 South Dakota 42.5
106 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 42.1
107 Montana 40.4
108 New Haven-Milford, CT 40.1
109 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 39.7
110 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 39.1
111 Albuquerque, NM 38.8
112 Wyoming 38.4
113 Madison, WI 38.0
114 Greensboro-High Point, NC 36.9
115 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 35.3
116 Dayton, OH 34.7
117 Little Rock, AR 34.4
118 Columbia, SC 34.3
119 Bakerseld-Delano, CA 34.3
120 Tucson, AZ 33.4
121 Knoxville, TN 32.4
122 Allentown, PA-NJ 32.0
123 Fresno, CA 31.9
124 Charleston, SC 31.0
125 Worcester, MA 30.5
126 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 30.0
127 Toledo, OH 29.8
128 El Paso, TX 29.6
129 Akron, OH 29.5
130 Wichita, KS 29.4
131 Anchorage, AK 28.6
132 Syracuse, NY 28.5
133 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 28.4
134 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 28.4
135 Colorado Springs, CO 28.0
136 Boise City-Nampa, ID 27.5
137 Vermont 27.3
138 Portland, ME 26.9
139 Jackson, MS 25.7
140 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 24.5
141 Springeld, MA 24.2
142 Lexington-Fayette, KY 23.9
143 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 23.3
144 Poughkeepsie, NY 23.3
145 Winston-Salem, NC 23.0
146 Chattanooga, TN-GA 22.4
147 Manchester-Nashua, NH 22.2
148 Corpus Christi, TX 21.9
149 Huntsville, AL 21.7
150 Peoria, IL 21.3
151 Lancaster, PA 21.0
152 Santa Barbara, CA 20.9
153 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 20.9
154 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 20.7
155 Fayetteville, AR-MO 20.5
156 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 20.5
157 Reno-Sparks, NV 20.4
158 Stockton, CA 20.4
159 Boulder, CO 20.3
160 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 20.3
The names of some metro areas have been
shortened due to space constraints.
GMP vs. GSP
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Gross metropolitan product of U.S. metro areas
and gross state product of U.S. states, 2012
The gross metropolitan product of the top 10 metro areas in 2012
exceeded the combined output of the following 36 states.
total GMP
$5.34 trillion
total GSP
$5.04 trillion
is greater
than
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
Vermont
Wyoming
Montana
South Dakota
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Alaska
Maine
Idaho
New Hampshire
Delaware
West Virginia
Hawaii
New Mexico
Nebraska
Mississippi
Arkansas
District of Columbia
Utah
Nevada
Kansas
Iowa
Oklahoma
Kentucky
South Carolina
Alabama
Oregon
Connecticut
Louisiana
Missouri
Wisconsin
Arizona
Colorado
Tennessee
Minnesota
Indiana
Metro economies
lead the U.S. economy
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GMP share of U.S. economy, 2012
Metro areas generate 90% of GDP
and 86% of employment.
90%
Gross Domestic
Product
86%
Non-farm
employment
85.7%
Population
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Number of U.S. metros with
economic growth, 20112013
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Metro areas with growth
265
98
2011
290
73
2012
244
119
2013
Metro areas with no or negative growth
363 total metro areas