How's The Economy In Your State?

By Jess Jiang

Published June 8, 2011 at 12:46 PM EDT

The economy grew in 48 states last year. But for the most part, it didn't grow much:

The economy in most states grew by less than 2.2 percent. That's pretty weak: The long-term national average is about 3 percent.

Nevada, hit especially hard by the housing bust, actually saw its economy shrink last year. (Wyoming is the other state where the economy shrank.)

North Dakota is in the midst of an oil boom; its 7.1 percent growth was the highest in the country. New York had the second-highest growth rate, driven by the comeback in the finance industry.

Here's more from the BEA.

Jess Jiang

Jess Jiang is the producer for NPR's international podcast, Rough Translation. Previously, Jess was a producer for Planet Money. In 2014, she won an Emmy for the team's T-shirt project. She followed the start of the t-shirt's journey, from cotton farms in Mississippi to factories in Indonesia. But her biggest prize has been getting to drive a forklift, back hoe, and a 35-ton digger for a story. Jess got her start in public radio at Studio 360—though, if you search hard enough, you can uncover a podcast she made back in college.

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