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Was reading about the United Kingdom and a new article posted a few hours ago was comparing its economy to California, that's when I found that state data must have been released sometime in the recent past. Haven't been on this forum often lately but I didn't see a thread on it, so here's one now.
Insanity!! It's crazy how many americans underestimate the sheer magnitude of just how wealthy this country is per capita, if all the countries that have higher per capita gdp's not one has over 10 million people. China doesn't even come close to the US with 1.4 billion people its "wealth" is rather miniscule.
$78,810 New York
$78,302 Massachusetts
$77,945 Delaware
$74,098 Connecticut
$73,993 North Dakota
$73,538 Alaska
$71,403 Wyoming
$70,878 California
$69,843 Washington
$66,840 New Jersey
$66,196 Maryland
$65,274 Illinois
$64,122 Nebraska
$63,351 Minnesota
$62,717 Colorado
$62,557 Hawaii
$61,729 Texas
$61,104 Virginia
$61,089 New Hampshire
$60,740 Iowa
Someone on another thread pointed out that GDP is heavily influenced by big cities, particularly the big tech/finance cities. So Massachusetts, which is mostly Boston and its sphere, does really well. States with a lot of poorer towns, smaller cities, rural areas, etc., as well as states with big cities that aren't high on the DP elements (Miami, Phoenix, etc.) tend to rank lower per capita. Washington, which includes Seattle but also a lot of rural logging, agriculture, etc., does well but is lower than Mass until we pass them in a couple years or whatever.
As for other countries: Yes we're wealthy in comparison. But it's worth noting that you can eat well for a dollar a day in many countries, and someone earning a US minimum wage would live like a king in some places. Wealth on the global market isn't the same scale as wealth in any local environment.
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