It’s well ahead of the 2.1% annualized GDP growth during the term of his predecessor and possible successor, Donald Trump. Trump was, of course, dealt the awful hand of a global pandemic during ...

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 ...

For 2020 as a whole, GDP decreased by 3.5% from the prior year. That was the worst decline since 1946. It was the first time US GDP declined since 2009, when it fell 2.5% during the financial crisis.