{"id":656340,"date":"2026-08-23T02:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=656340"},"modified":"2026-08-23T02:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T02:45:00","slug":"visualizing-every-us-states-economy-matched-to-a-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=656340","title":{"rendered":"Visualizing Every US State’s Economy Matched To A Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visualizing Every US State’s Economy Matched To A Country<\/span><\/p>\n

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America\u2019s largest state economies rank alongside some of the biggest economies in the world. Even further down the list, many individual states produce hundreds of billions of dollars in economic output each year.<\/p>\n

This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Gabriel Cohen, <\/a>pairs each U.S. state with the country closest to it in nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025, using data from the\u00a0Bureau of Economic Analysis<\/a>\u00a0and the IMF\u2019s\u00a0World Economic Outlook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Big Four State Economies<\/h2>\n

At $4.3 trillion, California would rank among the world\u2019s five largest economies if it were an independent country. Its closest match on the map is the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Texas, meanwhile, has a $2.9 trillion economy, putting it closest to Russia. Both are major\u00a0energy powerhouses<\/a>, particularly in oil and gas.<\/p>\n

The table below lists U.S. states alongside their closest country equivalents in nominal GDP terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
State<\/th>\n2025 Nominal GDP (billions $)<\/th>\nApprox. Country Equivalent<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Alabama<\/td>\n341<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddea Peru<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alaska<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff Azerbaijan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arizona<\/td>\n598<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 Austria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arkansas<\/td>\n198<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6 Morocco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California<\/td>\n4251<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colorado<\/td>\n584<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Thailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Connecticut<\/td>\n376<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 Iran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delaware<\/td>\n117<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded Ghana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
District of Columbia<\/td>\n193<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Florida<\/td>\n1835<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia<\/td>\n925<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hawaii<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf9 Guatemala<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Idaho<\/td>\n136<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea Kenya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Illinois<\/td>\n1202<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 Saudi Arabia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indiana<\/td>\n545<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iowa<\/td>\n277<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 Greece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kansas<\/td>\n241<\/td>\n\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa Hungary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kentucky<\/td>\n307<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddff Kazakhstan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louisiana<\/td>\n340<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Finland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maine<\/td>\n103<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf7 Costa Rica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maryland<\/td>\n568<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Massachusetts<\/td>\n820<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michigan<\/td>\n730<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minnesota<\/td>\n531<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddf3 Vietnam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mississippi<\/td>\n165<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddfc Kuwait<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Missouri<\/td>\n468<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Denmark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montana<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf2 Myanmar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nebraska<\/td>\n198<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nevada<\/td>\n281<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddff Algeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Hampshire<\/td>\n126<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4 Dominican Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Jersey<\/td>\n887<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Mexico<\/td>\n153<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf0 Slovakia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New York<\/td>\n2468<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Carolina<\/td>\n894<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Dakota<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee Slovenia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ohio<\/td>\n967<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oklahoma<\/td>\n274<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff New Zealand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oregon<\/td>\n343<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pennsylvania<\/td>\n1056<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rhode Island<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddfe Uruguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Carolina<\/td>\n379<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czech Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Dakota<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf2 Turkmenistan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee<\/td>\n590<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texas<\/td>\n2904<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa Russia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Utah<\/td>\n316<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Finland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vermont<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udded Bahrain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia<\/td>\n798<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington<\/td>\n895<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Virginia<\/td>\n109<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf9 Ethiopia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wisconsin<\/td>\n473<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe Malaysia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wyoming<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\uddfc Zimbabwe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 U.S.<\/td>\n30762<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 China, Germany, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

New York\u2019s $2.5 trillion economy is roughly the same size as Canada\u2019s GDP. Meanwhile, Florida\u2019s $1.8 trillion economy is closest to Australia, the largest economy in Oceania.<\/p>\n

Together, these four states would each qualify for the Group of 20 (G20) if they were independent countries.<\/p>\n

State-to-Country GDP Matches<\/h2>\n

Further down the list, Illinois has a $1.2 trillion GDP that is roughly the same size as Saudi Arabia\u2019s, though its economy is far more\u00a0diversified<\/a>. Pennsylvania follows at $1.1 trillion, placing it closest to Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Taiwan is the closest country match for four states: Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Washington.<\/p>\n

The nation\u2019s capital, Washington, D.C., has a nearly $200 billion GDP, putting it closest to Ukraine. Nebraska is also similar in economic size.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Economy in the World<\/h2>\n

Overall, the U.S. has a $30.8 trillion\u00a0national GDP<\/a>, roughly equal to the combined output of China, Germany, and Japan, the world\u2019s next three largest economies.<\/p>\n

That national scale helps explain why individual states can match the economic output of major countries around the world.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the future prospects of the world\u2019s largest economy, check out\u00a0What\u2019s Next for the U.S. Economy?<\/a>\u00a0on Voronoi.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
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