Change in gross domestic product over time is perhaps the most comprehensive and widely cited indicator of overall economic health for any country or region. And by this measure, the U.S. has ...

Using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), we analyzed percent changes in annual and quarterly GDP data to determine which states have seen their economies grow the fastest over the ...

Data comes from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The GDP growth metric is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology for a detailed look at the ...

Visualizing data: I included a minimal amount of code to generate a chloropleth map. The map below shows the percentage that each state’s per capita GDP is above or below the national average. At some ...

Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. As shown in the map below, the annual real GDP growth rate in the third quarter was over 5% in Alaska, Texas, Oklahoma ...