List of U.S. states and territories by economic growth rate

This is a list of U.S. states and territories by economic growth rate.

This article includes a list of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories sorted by economic growth — the percentage change in real GDP for the third quarter of 2023 is listed (for the 50 states and District of Columbia), using the most recent data available from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Within the 50 states and District of Columbia, Kansas had the largest GDP growth rate ( 9.7%) in the third quarter 2023, while Arkansas had the smallest growth rate ( 0.7%).

[2] In the 2018—2019 period, the Northern Mariana Islands had the lowest GDP growth rate ( 19.6%).

[4] Also, the Northern Mariana Islands had the highest GDP growth rate in the United States in 2017 ( 25.1%), but it now has the lowest GDP growth rate in the United States.