The chart above shows the annualized nominal gross domestic product (GDP) quarterly growth rate in each US region as of the second quarter of 2019 and the growth rate from one year prior. Every single region's economy grew both over the past quarter and the past year.
Findings
- The difference between the region with the largest annualized quarterly growth rate, the West, and the region with the smallest, the Midwest, is 0.84 percentage points.
- The difference between the region with the largest year-over-year growth rate, the West, and the region with the smallest, the Midwest, is 1.58 percentage points.
- All four regions saw their GDP rise slower in the previous quarter than they did over the same quarter last year.
Caveats
- Data is from the second quarter of 2019, the first quarter of 2019, and the second quarter of 2018.
- The data is seasonally adjusted in current dollars.
- Growth rates may differ from those provided by the Bureau of Economic Analysis as the BEA's growth rates are based on chained dollars in conjunction with the chain index or the quality index for real GDP.
- All figures are rounded to the nearest hundredth.
- The Midwestern US consists of Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
- The Northeastern US consists of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
- The Southern US consists of Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, and West Virginia.
- The Western US consists of California, Washington, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Hawaii, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, and Wyoming.
Details
The Midwest had the smallest increase over the previous quarter with an annualized growth rate of 4.08%. The West had the largest growth with an annualized gain of 4.92%.
Year over year, the Midwest had the smallest growth with a 3.12% rise in GDP while the West had the largest growth with a 4.70% rise in GDP.
The West saw the smallest increase in its growth rate between its year-over-year growth and its annualized quarterly growth ramping up its rate by 0.22 percentage points. The Northeast had the largest increase in its growth rate between its year-over-year growth and its annualized quarterly growth ramping up its rate by 0.96 percentage points.
There were no changes in rank of growth rate between the two periods. The Northeast had the smallest range in annualized quarterly growth rates with a low of 3.28% in Maine to a high of 5.08% in Delaware. Conversely, the South had the greatest range in annualized quarterly growth rates with a low of 2.72% in West Virginia to a high of 6.36% in Texas. Year-over-year, the Northeast had the smallest range in growth rates with a low of 3.00% in Delaware to a high of 4.60 in New Hampshire. The South on the other hand, had the greatest range of rates on a year-over-year basis with a low of 1.49% in West Virginia to a high of 5.42% in South Carolina.
Sources
US Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2019. "GDP by State." Accessed November 14, 2019. https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-state.