The chart above shows the average vacation expenditures for overnight stays by EU state as a proportion of per capita GDP.  Eastern and Southern EU states spend a bigger portion of their personal wealth on vacations as the top eight states in this metric are all from those two regions.

The chart above shows the average vacation expenditures for overnight stays by US state as a proportion of per capita GDP.  Almost all states' vacationers spend somewhere around one or two percent of their per capita GDP on domestic vacations.

The chart above shows the average vacation expenditures for overnight stays by EU and US state in US dollars.  As a whole, Americans spend more on their vacations than their European counterparts do.

The chart above shows the average vacation expenditures for overnight stays by US state.  Western and Northeastern states make up the five largest spenders on vacations.

The chart above shows the average vacation expenditures for overnight stays by EU state.  Western and Southern EU states make up the five largest spenders on vacations.

The chart above shows the per capita GDP and change in per capita GDP over the last year in EU and US regions in US dollars.  All four US regions have higher per capita GDPs than the four EU regions, however all four EU regions had higher growth rates than all four US regions and if current trends continue, one EU region will overtake one US region this year.

The chart above shows the per capita GDP and change in per capita GDP over the last year in US regions.  The Northeast may have the highest per capita GDP but last year it has had the lowest growth rate in the metric allowing all other regions to catch up to it.

The chart above shows the per capita GDP and change in per capita GDP over the last year in EU regions.  The Eastern EU had the highest growth rate in the metric but the Northern EU had the highest overall growth and managed to maintain its lead over all other EU regions.

The chart above shows the per capita GDP and change in per capita GDP over the last year in EU and US states in US dollars.  Although US states make up eight of the top ten states in per capita GDP, the top state is an EU one, and the top ten growth states as well as growth rate states all come from the EU.  The fastest growing US state, Wyoming, comes in 12th with less than half the per capita GDP growth of the fastest growing EU state, Ireland.  In addition, the US state with the best growth rate, West Virginia, comes in behind every EU state save for the United Kingdom, with less than one-fourth the growth rate of the leading EU state in the metric, Romania.

The chart above shows the per capita GDP and change in per capita GDP over the last year in EU states.  Luxembourg continues to maintain a commending lead in per capita GDP while Ireland had the greatest growth in the metric last year and Romania had the greatest growth rate.