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The United States has a highly developed mixed economy. [40] [41] [42] It is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and second largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). [43]As of 2024, it has the world's sixth highest nominal GDP per capita and eighth highest GDP per capita by PPP). [10]
The following list includes the annual nominal gross domestic product for each of the 50 U.S. states and the national capital of Washington, D.C. and the GDP change and GDP per capita as of 2024. [1] [3] The total for the United States in this table excludes U.S. territories. The raw GDP data below is measured in millions of U.S. Dollars.
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by economic growth rate.This article includes a list of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories sorted by economic growth — the percentage change in real GDP for the third quarter of 2023 is listed (for the 50 states and District of Columbia), using the most recent data available from the U.S. Bureau of ...
The economy of the United States is divided into economic sectors. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) was developed in 1997 and is used by the United States Census Bureau and U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
In 1970, the United States government spent just over $80 billion on national defense. Over the next two decades, national defense spending increased steadily to around $300 billion per year. [ 10 ] Military spending fell in the 1990s, but increased markedly in the 2000s as a result of the War in Afghanistan and Iraq .
The United States economy was mostly agricultural with increasingly industry throughout the first third of the 19th century. Most people lived on farms and produced much of what they consumed. A considerable percentage of the non-farm population was engaged in handling goods for export. The country was an exporter of agricultural products.
The United States has free trade agreements with nine of those countries. ... “Working together, we will unleash our full economic potential — including boosting our competitiveness, building ...
A topographic map of the United States. The United States is the world's third-largest country by total area behind Russia and Canada. [d] [176] [177] The 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia occupy a combined area of 3,119,885 square miles (8,080,470 km 2).