The District’s GDP per resident, $278,205, is the highest of any state or district; Virginia ranks 15th and Maryland 17th, both near the national $90,294

Source. BEA SAGDP2 (GDP by state, current dollars) and SAINC1 (midyear population), 2025. Also: BEA, SAINC1 (population).

Method and data

Method. Current-dollar GDP divided by midyear population. The District’s figure counts output produced in the city by workers who commute in, which is why it is not a measure of residents’ income; Exhibit 9 gives that.

Area	GDP per resident, 2025 ($)	Rank of 51
District of Columbia	278,205	1
New York	123,273	2
Delaware	115,043	3
Massachusetts	113,724	4
Washington	111,518	5
California	109,196	6
Connecticut	103,727	7
North Dakota	103,020	8
Nebraska	102,386	9
Alaska	99,875	10
Illinois	97,568	11
Colorado	95,610	12
New Jersey	92,980	13
Texas	92,474	14
Virginia	90,981	15
New Hampshire	90,634	16
Maryland	90,501	17
United States	90,294
Utah	90,191	18
Wyoming	89,157	19
Minnesota	88,350	20
South Dakota	87,694	21
Hawaii	85,959	22
Nevada	85,728	23
Iowa	83,973	24
Georgia	82,819	25
Ohio	82,087	26
Pennsylvania	80,898	27
Oregon	80,317	28
Wisconsin	80,160	29
Tennessee	80,137	30
North Carolina	80,007	31
Rhode Island	79,174	32
Kansas	77,961	33
Indiana	77,790	34
Arizona	77,665	35
Vermont	77,029	36
Florida	76,958	37
Missouri	75,811	38
Louisiana	74,125	39
Michigan	72,462	40
Maine	71,898	41
New Mexico	71,569	42
Montana	70,713	43
Kentucky	68,065	44
South Carolina	67,929	45
Idaho	67,695	46
Oklahoma	66,523	47
Alabama	65,286	48
West Virginia	63,020	49
Arkansas	62,922	50
Mississippi	55,117	51

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Higgins Strategy. “The District’s GDP per resident, $278,205, is the highest of any state or district; Virginia ranks 15th and Maryland 17th, both near the national $90,294” Exhibit 2, What the Region Makes (Study XVIII). October 12, 2026. https://higginsstrategy.com/charts/18-02-gdp-per-resident-2025/