GDP, Population, and Political Leaning by State

This table provides a comprehensive overview of the GDP, population, political leaning, and contribution to the total US GDP for all 50 states. The data is sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Wikipedia, and USA by Numbers.

#	State	Population (millions)	Political Leaning	GDP (billion USD)	% of Total US GDP
1	California	39.24	Blue	3,120.38	11.38%
2	Texas	29.53	Red	1,772.13	6.49%
3	New York	19.84	Blue	1,705.12	6.22%
4	Florida	21.78	Swing	1,111.61	4.06%
5	Illinois	12.67	Blue	875.67	3.19%
6	Pennsylvania	12.80	Swing	813.51	3.00%
7	Ohio	11.69	Swing	698.46	2.55%
8	New Jersey	9.29	Blue	644.84	2.35%
9	Georgia	10.62	Swing	616.33	2.24%
10	Washington	7.62	Blue	599.61	2.18%
11	Massachusetts	6.98	Blue	595.56	2.17%
12	North Carolina	10.49	Swing	587.71	2.14%
13	Virginia	8.63	Swing	554.21	2.02%
14	Michigan	10.05	Swing	541.55	1.97%
15	Maryland	6.18	Blue	428.34	1.56%
16	Colorado	5.81	Blue	390.28	1.42%
17	Minnesota	5.71	Blue	380.85	1.39%
18	Tennessee	6.91	Red	380.14	1.39%
19	Indiana	6.79	Red	377.10	1.38%
20	Arizona	7.28	Red	366.19	1.34%
21	Wisconsin	5.89	Swing	347.31	1.28%
22	Missouri	6.16	Red	332.08	1.22%
23	Connecticut	3.61	Blue	285.64	1.04%
24	Louisiana	4.65	Red	263.86	0.96%
25	Oregon	4.27	Blue	251.60	0.92%
26	South Carolina	5.18	Red	246.31	0.90%
27	Alabama	4.90	Red	230.97	0.84%
28	Kentucky	4.51	Red	214.67	0.78%
29	Oklahoma	3.96	Red	206.06	0.75%
30	Iowa	3.18	Swing	194.79	0.71%
31	Utah	3.34	Red	188.50	0.69%
32	Nevada	3.08	Swing	177.61	0.65%
33	Kansas	2.91	Red	173.14	0.63%
34	Arkansas	3.02	Red	133.18	0.49%
35	Nebraska	1.96	Red	127.04	0.46%
36	Mississippi	2.96	Red	118.78	0.43%
37	New Mexico	2.12	Blue	104.00	0.38%
38	Hawaii	1.46	Blue	97.28	0.36%
39	New Hampshire	1.38	Swing	88.60	0.32%
40	Idaho	1.90	Red	80.91	0.30%
41	West Virginia	1.77	Red	78.19	0.29%
42	Delaware	1.00	Blue	75.42	0.28%
43	Maine	1.34	Swing	67.52	0.25%
44	Rhode Island	1.05	Blue	63.54	0.23%
45	North Dakota	0.77	Red	57.04	0.21%
46	Alaska	0.73	Red	55.41	0.20%
47	South Dakota	0.89	Red	53.31	0.19%
48	Montana	1.08	Red	52.17	0.19%
49	Wyoming	0.58	Red	39.65	0.14%
50	District of Columbia	0.71	Blue	146.19	0.54%

Sources

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) – www.bea.gov
Wikipedia – List of U.S. states and territories by GDP
USA by Numbers – All 50 US States Ranked by GDP [Report 2024]

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