If California split,where would it rank?

[sean1the1]

Originally Posted by Csonka

Los Angeles area alone is in the $1.1 trillion GDP range

That would put it at number 16 just behind Mexico and ahead of Indonesia

To my surprise, the Bay Area is well less at $0.5 trillin

With just the LA and Orange county it has 3rd largest GDP of any metro area in the world, and number 4 is a good $200 Billion less. Something that's kind of hard to grasp. When you think of cities by economic might Paris, London, or Shanghai come to mind the reality is these cities aren't even close.

[Csonka]

Originally Posted by sean1the1

With just the LA and Orange county it has 3rd largest GDP of any metro area in the world, and number 4 is a good $200 Billion less. Something that's kind of hard to grasp. When you think of cities by economic might Paris, London, or Shanghai come to mind the reality is these cities aren't even close.

Crazy, isn't it.

I live in Los Angeles, and I guess this is why the traffic is so horrible. Just so much economic activity 24/7.

This one relatively small area is 1% of the total land area of the country but about 6% of the total economic output !!

Pretty crazy

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by Csonka

Los Angeles area alone is in the $1.1 trillion GDP range

That would put it at number 16 just behind Mexico and ahead of Indonesia

To my surprise, the Bay Area is well less at $0.5 trillin

No the Bay Area(Pop 9.6 million) has probably already surpassed $1 Trillion.

Here is the latest on the subject by bea.gov:

Top 3(2017):
New York-Newark CSA(Pop 23 million): $1.903 Trillion
Los Angeles-Long Beach CSA(Pop 18 million):$1.251 Trillion
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland CSA(Pop 9 million): $907.923 Billion

Speaking of the Bay Area, just the inner Bay Area(Pop 6.6 million) has a $776 Billion GDP which comes out to the highest per capita gdp of any urban area in the world.

[Csonka]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

No the Bay Area(Pop 9.6 million) has probably already surpassed $1 Trillion.

Here is the latest on the subject by bea.gov:

Top 3(2017):
New York-Newark CSA(Pop 23 million): $1.903 Trillion
Los Angeles-Long Beach CSA(Pop 18 million):$1.251 Trillion
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland CSA(Pop 9 million): $907.923 Billion

Speaking of the Bay Area, just the inner Bay Area(Pop 6.6 million) has a $776 Billion GDP which comes out to the highest per capita gdp of any urban area in the world.

thanks for the update !

I thought the $0.5 trillion looked light