About Newconomy

Each state and metro area has a profile with output, income, prices, population and the job market, plus the industries that make up its economy. Rankings, industry tables, inflation by metro area and side-by-side comparisons of neighbouring states are built from the same figures.

GDP by state and industry, personal income, population and regional price parities come from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Unemployment, the labor force and consumer prices come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Metro area definitions follow the July 2023 OMB delineation published by the Census Bureau.

BEA no longer publishes separate files for metropolitan areas, so metro income, population and current-dollar GDP are the sums of BEA’s county estimates for the counties in each metro area — the same way BEA builds its metro totals. Real (inflation-adjusted) GDP is not additive across counties, so it is shown for states only. Where BEA suppresses an industry figure for a county to avoid disclosing a single employer, the metro total for that industry is left blank.

Figures are shown as published, in nominal U.S. dollars unless stated otherwise, with the year or month they refer to. We do not forecast or adjust the numbers.

Capitals, land area, statehood dates and borders come from Wikidata (CC0). All federal statistics are in the public domain.

Data sources

• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — Regional Economic Accounts (public domain)
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics (public domain)
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Consumer Price Index (public domain)
• U.S. Census Bureau — CBSA delineation files, July 2023 (public domain)
• Wikidata — capitals, area, statehood, borders (CC0)

Questions, corrections or data requests: [email protected].