The chart above shows the GDP and change in GDP over the last year in EU and US states in US dollars.  Although Germany had less than half the relative growth rate of Romania, it had the largest absolute growth of all the states.

The chart above shows the GDP and change in GDP over the last ten years in EU and US states in US dollars.  Although the three largest economies all shrank in the ten year period, they managed to remain the three largest economies, even though the second and third largest economies swapped places.

The chart above shows change in GDP over the last year in EU and US states.  The 16 fastest growing states last year were all in the EU.  The fastest growing US state ranks 17th overall.  However, the state with the largest contraction is also from the EU (although not for long).

The chart above shows change in GDP over the last ten years in EU and US states.  Only two US states rank in the top ten in economic growth over the past decade.  Conversely, US states make up seven of the ten worst performers but it is an EU state that has had the worst economic contraction by far.

The chart above shows the miles of waterways per thousand people in EU and US regions.  Although the Southern US has almost twice as many miles of waterways per capita as the third highest ranked region, the Northern EU has six times as many waterways per capita as the Southern US does.

The chart above shows the miles of waterways per square mile of land in EU and US regions.  Two EU regions lead in waterway coverage and the leading EU region has more than double the waterway coverage of the leading US region.

The chart above shows the length of waterways in EU and US regions.  The Southern US has the most waterways but it is followed by three EU regions.

The chart above shows miles of rail per thousand people in EU and US regions.  It's rare to see the EU and US regions be so similar to each other.  Usually, the regions of one superstate clump together but in this metric there is a weaving back and forth between EU and US regions.

The chart above shows road lengths per thousand people in EU and US states.  The top ten states are all from the US with the leading EU state in this metric showing up 12th.

The chart above shows transportation-based carbon dioxide emissions broken down by population in EU and US regions.  Every single US region emits more transportation-based carbon dioxide per capita than any EU region.