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Gross Metropolitan Product Data: Annual Statistics and Projections

View data showing current and projected gross metropolitan product (GMP)

Gross metropolitan product (GMP) measures the economic output of a region.

In 2012, total U.S. real gross metro product rose by 2.5 percent after increasing 1.7 percent in 2011.

The following metro areas recorded the highest gross metropolitan product in 2012 (amounts shown in billion dollars):

  1. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA: $1,335
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA: $766
  3. Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI: $571
  4. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX: $450
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: $447
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX: $419
  7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: $364
  8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA: $360
  9. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH: $336
  10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA: $294
The table below lists GMP statistics for more than 300 U.S. metro areas. Data for 2011 and 2012 are actual figures compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; 2013 and 2014 totals represent IHS Global Insight projections current as of November 2013.

Mike Maciag is Data Editor for GOVERNING.
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