Gross Domestic Product by State: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2018

[mahatmakanejeeves]

From May 1.

Hat tip, Jim Hoft, the dumbest man on the internet.

News Release BEA 19-19

EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Gross Domestic Product by State: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2018

Texas Had the Fastest Growth in the Fourth Quarter
Quarterly GDP by state in 2018:Q4

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The percent change in real GDP in the fourth quarter ranged from 6.6 percent in Texas to 0.0 percent in Delaware (table 1).


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[AJT]

1. This is why Republicans may win in 2020, including 45.

[TygrBright]

2. hmmmmmmm.... what do most of those dark-blue states have in common?

Mainly oil and gas extraction.

Unsustainable, distorts state economies and governments, degrades the environment, and produces a hell of a mess to clean up by someone else.

Admirably suited to the laissez-faire robber baron mindset: The smash-and-grab economy.

disgustedly,
Bright

[TreasonousBastard]

3. I'm not arguing the numbers, but have to ask...

just WTF does Wyoming do to get such a huge increase?

Did 6 families with money move in?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Don't know. I'll take a look at lunch. Good question. NT

[progree]

6. "Did 6 families with money move in?" into Wyoming

Yes, apparently.

In the 2018 map (for the entire year 2018 -- see #5 below), Wyoming was tied for next to last with Delaware at just +0.3% .

Alaska was last with -0.3%.

[progree]

5. And the 2018 graph -- looks a bit different

Annual GDP by state in 2018

Real GDP increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in 2018. The percent change in real GDP ranged from 5.7 percent in Washington to -0.3 percent in Alaska (table 4).

[TreasonousBastard]

7. Now I have same question about Idaho. Meanwhile...

https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.wy.htm

Only goes back to October, but shows no significant changes.