On April 9, 2026, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released real GDP data for all US states for the fourth quarter and annualized for 2025. The FRED map above shows the annualized year-over-year growth rates: Light green denotes slow growth (0% to 2%), and dark green denotes moderate growth (above 2%).

Highlights

• All 50 state economies grew in 2025. The mean was at 1.8% annualized growth.
• The median state, New Jersey, grew at 1.8%, slightly above the mean. A total of 26 states had faster growth than the mean.
• South Carolina had the fastest annualized growth, at a 3.1% change from a year ago.
• North Dakota had the slowest annualized growth, at a 0.3% percent change from a year ago.

The St. Louis Fed’s Eighth District states all grew last year. Three had faster growth than the national average: Arkansas, Indiana, and Tennessee. And four had slower growth: Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Missouri. Indiana had the fastest growth, at 2.5%, while Kentucky was the slowest, at 1%.

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 April 9, 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 frequency to “Annual” and units to “Percent Change from Year Ago.” Use “Format” to switch the number of color groups to 2, with the data grouped by “User Defined Method”; then define the scales to be 2 and 5. For values less than 2, choose light green to show slight growth; for values less than 5, choose dark green to show moderate growth.

Suggested by Violeta Gutowski and John Fuller.