On January 23, 2026, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released real GDP data for all US states for the third quarter of 2025. The FRED map above shows the percentage change growth rates from the previous quarter: Light yellow denotes slight growth (below 2%), light green denotes moderate growth (2% to 4%), and dark green denotes robust growth (above 4%).
Highlights
- All 50 state economies plus Washington, DC, grew in the third quarter, with a national average of 4.4% growth annualized.
- The median state grew at 4.5% annualized, slightly above the US average; 23 other states had slower growth than the US average.
- Kansas had the fastest growth, at 6.5% annualized.
- North Dakota had the slowest growth, at 0.4% annualized. But this comes after having the fastest growth during the second quarter.
The St. Louis Fed’s Eighth District includes Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. All these states except Illinois grew faster than the national average. Growth in Arkansas was the fastest, at 5.8%, while growth in Illinois was only slightly below the US average, at a still-robust rate of 4.3%.
NOTE: These data are subject to future revision by the source. Our ALFRED database records vintages of the data, so users can view the data as they appeared at various points in history. The link takes you to real GDP for Missouri, as of January 23, 2026.
How this map was created: Search FRED for “Real Total Gross Domestic Product for Missouri” and click the first available series. Click the “View Map” button and then the blue “Edit Map” button. Modify the units to “Compounded Annual Rate of Change.” Use “Format” to switch the number of color groups to 3, with the data grouped by “User Defined Method”; then define the scales to be 2, 4, and 10. For values less than 2, choose light yellow to show slight growth; for values less than 4, choose light green to show moderate growth; for values less than 10, choose dark green to show robust growth.
Suggested by John Fuller and Charles Gascon.