FEBRUARY 2015

THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS

CAPITOL RESEARCH
FISCAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY

REal GDP Growth, 2012-13

National GDP
Real gross domestic product grew 1.8 percent in 2013,
slower than the 2.5 percent growth in 2012.
Three industries (nondurable-goods manufacturing, real estate and rental and leasing, and
agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting) contributed about 42 percent to the real GDP growth
rate, representing 0.75 percentage points out of 1.8
percent total growth.
A few areas, including educational services, other
services and government, actually had a negative
effect on GDP growth. For example, educational
services pulled the real GDP growth rate down by
.01 percentage points.
The top three contributors to real growth were:
Nondurable-goods manufacturing, which
contributed 0.33 percentage points out of 1.8
percent total growth;
Real estate and rental and leasing, which
contributed 0.21 percent points out of 1.8
percentage points total growth; and
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting,
which contributed 0.21 percentage points out
of 1.8 percent total growth.
Per capita current-dollar GDP was $52,831 for the
U.S. in 2013.

State GDP
Real GDP grew in 49 states from 2012 to 2013.
Alaska was the only state in which GDP declined,
primarily due to a decline in mining.
Mining played a key role in the fastest-growing
statesNorth Dakota, Wyoming, West Virginia,
Oklahoma and Colorado. For example, North
Dakotas GDP grew the most of any state over this
period (9.7 percent) and mining contributed 3.61
percentage points to that growth.

Current dollar per capita GDP in 2013 ranged

from a high of $80,741 in Alaska, $77,974 in
Wyoming and $77,868 in North Dakota to a low of
$32,421 in Mississippi, $38,443 in South Carolina
and $38,612 in Idaho.

Largest contributor to GDP growth by

number of states:
Nondurable-goods manufacturing: 10 states
Real estate and rental and leasing: 9 states
Mining: 8 states
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting: 7
states
Finance and insurance: 5 states
Durable-goods manufacturing: 4 states

Twelve states saw real GDP growth of less than 1

percent.

Health care and social assistance: 3 states

Nondurable-goods manufacturing was the largest

contributor to real growth in the most states10.

Management of companies and enterprises: 1 state

Information: 3 states

Jennifer Burnett, Progam Manager, Fiscal & Economic Development Policy,

jburnett@csg.org
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH, 2012-2013

State

Top contributor to real GDP growth

Contribution
Category
(Percentage Point)

Percent Change in
Real GDP, 2012-2013

Current-Dollar
GDP Per
Capita 2013*

United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
DC
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio

1.8
0.8
-2.5
1.1
2.4
2.0
3.8
0.9
1.6
-0.5
2.2
1.8
1.9
4.1
0.9
2.1
2.9
1.9
1.6
1.3
0.9
0.0
1.6
2.0
2.8
1.6
0.8
3.0
3.0
1.0
0.9
1.1
1.5
0.7
2.3
9.7
1.8

Nondurable-goods manufacturing
Nondurable-goods manufacturing
Nondurable-goods manufacturing
Finance and insurance
Mining
Information
Mining
Information
Finance and insurance
Educational services
Real estate and rental and leasing
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Nondurable-goods manufacturing
Nondurable-goods manufacturing
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Nondurable-goods manufacturing
Mining
Nondurable-goods manufacturing
Real estate and rental and leasing
Health care and social assistance
Real estate and rental and leasing
Durable-goods manufacturing
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Durable-goods manufacturing
Nondurable-goods manufacturing
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Real estate and rental and leasing
Real estate and rental and leasing
Management of companies and enterprises
Mining
Information
Finance and insurance
Mining
Nondurable-goods manufacturing

0.33
0.47
0.56
0.52
1.03
0.72
1.62
0.28
1.23
0.15
0.45
0.28
0.47
1.14
0.48
1.08
1.41
0.68
0.47
2.65
0.24
0.18
0.52
0.58
0.62
0.46
0.27
1.07
1.36
0.54
0.31
0.23
0.75
0.25
0.39
3.61
0.51

$52,831.04
$40,044.92
$80,740.60
$42,106.51
$41,974.43
$57,462.38
$55,888.86
$69,311.86
$67,732.18
$175,361.09
$40,939.89
$45,488.83
$53,584.12
$38,611.51
$55,945.07
$48,258.52
$53,639.06
$49,780.28
$41,720.29
$54,821.67
$41,221.80
$57,748.82
$66,686.80
$43,713.57
$57,575.48
$35,157.38
$45,720.91
$43,382.11
$58,663.67
$47,318.12
$51,265.66
$61,023.75
$44,236.12
$66,699.08
$47,863.74
$77,867.77
$48,853.29

Oklahoma

4.2

Mining

2.48

$47,288.09

Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

2.7
0.7
1.4
1.2
3.1
0.8
3.7
3.8
1.9
0.1
2.7
5.1
1.7
7.6

Durable-goods manufacturing
Health care and social assistance
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Real estate and rental and leasing
Nondurable-goods manufacturing
Nondurable-goods manufacturing
Real estate and rental and leasing
Health care and social assistance
Durable-goods manufacturing
Mining
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Mining

1.1
0.18
0.41
0.4
1.67
0.28
1.19
0.61
0.39
0.18
0.44
5.49
0.42
6.12

$55,874.39
$50,487.32
$50,578.64
$38,443.39
$55,312.19
$44,278.63
$57,948.12
$48,688.81
$47,091.59
$54,789.69
$58,531.81
$39,890.98
$49,190.34
$77,973.70

* Advance statistics (preliminary)

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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