Mapped: The Largest 15 U.S. Cities by GDP
The United States has the largest GDP in the world in nominal terms, and urban areas are a major contributor to the country’s economic might. In fact, metropolitan areas account for roughly 90% of U.S. economic output.
In this visual we’ve ranked the economic output of the top 15 U.S. cities from New York City to Minneapolis, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data covers 2021, which is the most recent release from BEA.
It’s important to note that the data considers entire surrounding metropolitan areas, so as an example, New York City includes neighboring population centers such as Newark, NJ, as well as Jersey City—reaching a GDP of nearly $2 trillion.
Measuring a city’s economy at the metro level can provide a more accurate representation of its economic activity. This is because the metropolitan areas include not only the central city but also the surrounding suburban and rural areas that are economically connected to it.
America’s Economic Hubs
There are some obvious winners when it comes to the largest U.S. cities by GDP, including NYC, Los Angeles, Dallas, and San Francisco.
In the table below, we’ve listed each of the 384 metropolitan areas out of the dataset all the way down to last place, Sebring-Avon Park, Florida, alongside respective ranks and GDP:
| Rank | City | GDP |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $1,992,779,274 |
| #2 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $1,124,682,354 |
| #3 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | $764,583,227 |
| #4 | San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $668,677,573 |
| #5 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $607,628,505 |
| #6 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $598,333,263 |
| #7 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | $537,066,232 |
| #8 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $531,671,846 |
| #9 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $479,966,484 |
| #10 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $477,580,629 |
| #11 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | $473,823,474 |
| #12 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | $417,147,866 |
| #13 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $410,418,579 |
| #14 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $316,090,586 |
| #15 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $296,969,112 |
| #16 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $283,660,258 |
| #17 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $267,973,544 |
| #18 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | $253,399,051 |
| #19 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $222,967,241 |
| #20 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $213,183,465 |
| #21 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $207,866,150 |
| #22 | Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX | $193,773,558 |
| #23 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $190,708,533 |
| #24 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $187,569,544 |
| #25 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $186,570,323 |
| #26 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $171,737,526 |
| #27 | Pittsburgh, PA | $168,021,049 |
| #28 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $167,279,974 |
| #29 | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | $163,031,737 |
| #30 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | $162,062,985 |
| #31 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $160,542,566 |
| #32 | Columbus, OH | $154,509,800 |
| #33 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $154,328,892 |
| #34 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | $147,637,827 |
| #35 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $144,384,474 |
| #36 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | $136,198,676 |
| #37 | Salt Lake City, UT | $118,494,536 |
| #38 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $111,479,649 |
| #39 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $108,288,115 |
| #40 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | $107,067,798 |
| #41 | Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT | $106,507,622 |
| #42 | Jacksonville, FL | $101,367,263 |
| #43 | Richmond, VA | $99,388,754 |
| #44 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | $98,751,750 |
| #45 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $96,913,356 |
| #46 | Oklahoma City, OK | $86,662,243 |
| #47 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $86,493,147 |
| #48 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $82,866,115 |
| #49 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $81,829,573 |
| #50 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $76,991,435 |
| #51 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $73,995,509 |
| #52 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | $73,876,512 |
| #53 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | $70,874,148 |
| #54 | Rochester, NY | $69,341,714 |
| #55 | Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI | $68,401,313 |
| #56 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $67,383,319 |
| #57 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $61,171,285 |
| #58 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $60,814,699 |
| #59 | Tulsa, OK | $60,392,165 |
| #60 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $58,332,732 |
| #61 | New Haven-Milford, CT | $57,541,201 |
| #62 | Madison, WI | $56,636,713 |
| #63 | Baton Rouge, LA | $56,199,218 |
| #64 | Worcester, MA-CT | $54,941,620 |
| #65 | Knoxville, TN | $52,343,257 |
| #66 | Greenville-Anderson, SC | $52,328,843 |
| #67 | Bakersfield, CA | $52,239,044 |
| #68 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $50,960,155 |
| #69 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $50,704,392 |
| #70 | Tucson, AZ | $50,231,611 |
| #71 | Fresno, CA | $49,987,063 |
| #72 | Dayton-Kettering, OH | $49,548,210 |
| #73 | Albuquerque, NM | $49,480,431 |
| #74 | Columbia, SC | $48,214,448 |
| #75 | Syracuse, NY | $46,414,861 |
| #76 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $45,574,221 |
| #77 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | $44,746,013 |
| #78 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $43,867,213 |
| #79 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $43,633,044 |
| #80 | Boise City, ID | $43,601,402 |
| #81 | Colorado Springs, CO | $43,522,096 |
| #82 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $42,669,983 |
| #83 | Midland, TX | $42,035,915 |
| #84 | Akron, OH | $41,058,875 |
| #85 | Wichita, KS | $40,586,374 |
| #86 | Toledo, OH | $40,546,884 |
| #87 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $39,813,620 |
| #88 | Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | $39,375,465 |
| #89 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $39,089,209 |
| #90 | Winston-Salem, NC | $38,504,784 |
| #91 | El Paso, TX | $37,507,586 |
| #92 | Springfield, MA | $37,189,530 |
| #93 | Provo-Orem, UT | $36,866,060 |
| #94 | Stockton, CA | $36,790,065 |
| #95 | Reno, NV | $35,471,910 |
| #96 | Ogden-Clearfield, UT | $35,071,325 |
| #97 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $34,450,601 |
| #98 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $34,425,793 |
| #99 | Huntsville, AL | $34,086,472 |
| #100 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $33,306,884 |
| #101 | Boulder, CO | $33,182,418 |
| #102 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $33,144,404 |
| #103 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $33,102,945 |
| #104 | Vallejo, CA | $33,100,194 |
| #105 | Lancaster, PA | $33,048,548 |
| #106 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $32,851,535 |
| #107 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $32,729,580 |
| #108 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $32,178,609 |
| #109 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $31,718,339 |
| #110 | Jackson, MS | $30,785,111 |
| #111 | Salinas, CA | $30,712,263 |
| #112 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $30,589,541 |
| #113 | Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA | $30,040,721 |
| #114 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $29,363,629 |
| #115 | Ann Arbor, MI | $28,604,834 |
| #116 | Anchorage, AK | $28,210,676 |
| #117 | Modesto, CA | $26,519,792 |
| #118 | Sioux Falls, SD | $26,063,548 |
| #119 | Savannah, GA | $25,681,434 |
| #120 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $25,516,019 |
| #121 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $25,508,724 |
| #122 | Salisbury, MD-DE | $25,194,103 |
| #123 | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,156,180 |
| #124 | Corpus Christi, TX | $24,937,471 |
| #125 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $24,603,801 |
| #126 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $24,407,762 |
| #127 | Fort Collins, CO | $24,381,467 |
| #128 | Asheville, NC | $24,350,043 |
| #129 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $24,309,017 |
| #130 | Fayetteville, NC | $24,254,218 |
| #131 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $24,153,731 |
| #132 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $24,020,049 |
| #133 | Springfield, MO | $23,930,761 |
| #134 | Mobile, AL | $23,876,616 |
| #135 | Peoria, IL | $23,599,643 |
| #136 | York-Hanover, PA | $23,406,852 |
| #137 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | $23,284,271 |
| #138 | Lafayette, LA | $22,650,406 |
| #139 | Lincoln, NE | $22,492,557 |
| #140 | Greeley, CO | $22,082,249 |
| #141 | Reading, PA | $22,055,785 |
| #142 | Green Bay, WI | $21,991,068 |
| #143 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $21,967,641 |
| #144 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC | $21,787,862 |
| #145 | Salem, OR | $21,487,178 |
| #146 | Evansville, IN-KY | $21,248,968 |
| #147 | Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | $21,177,139 |
| #148 | Port St. Lucie, FL | $20,762,211 |
| #149 | Norwich-New London, CT | $20,743,047 |
| #150 | Visalia, CA | $20,580,771 |
| #151 | Montgomery, AL | $20,250,047 |
| #152 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $20,167,014 |
| #153 | Tallahassee, FL | $20,148,962 |
| #154 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $19,793,178 |
| #155 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $19,639,637 |
| #156 | Elkhart-Goshen, IN | $19,271,838 |
| #157 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $18,899,397 |
| #158 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $18,848,436 |
| #159 | Gainesville, FL | $18,353,884 |
| #160 | Roanoke, VA | $18,297,657 |
| #161 | Wilmington, NC | $18,203,444 |
| #162 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $18,076,112 |
| #163 | Spartanburg, SC | $17,914,096 |
| #164 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $17,836,850 |
| #165 | Fargo, ND-MN | $17,706,417 |
| #166 | Flint, MI | $17,234,628 |
| #167 | Longview, TX | $17,134,932 |
| #168 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $17,031,977 |
| #169 | Rockford, IL | $17,005,386 |
| #170 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $16,787,117 |
| #171 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $16,470,842 |
| #172 | Columbus, GA-AL | $16,456,091 |
| #173 | Lubbock, TX | $16,402,001 |
| #174 | Amarillo, TX | $16,313,319 |
| #175 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $16,245,024 |
| #176 | Appleton, WI | $16,202,188 |
| #177 | Bellingham, WA | $16,036,428 |
| #178 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | $15,946,455 |
| #179 | Duluth, MN-WI | $15,905,385 |
| #180 | College Station-Bryan, TX | $15,896,707 |
| #181 | Lake Charles, LA | $15,791,901 |
| #182 | Charlottesville, VA | $15,762,678 |
| #183 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $15,669,774 |
| #184 | Rochester, MN | $15,644,852 |
| #185 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $15,313,041 |
| #186 | Barnstable Town, MA | $15,150,695 |
| #187 | Bloomington, IL | $15,140,725 |
| #188 | Waco, TX | $15,125,143 |
| #189 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $15,104,427 |
| #190 | Utica-Rome, NY | $14,678,570 |
| #191 | Clarksville, TN-KY | $14,546,292 |
| #192 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $14,373,182 |
| #193 | Laredo, TX | $13,581,543 |
| #194 | Gainesville, GA | $13,561,088 |
| #195 | Charleston, WV | $13,553,478 |
| #196 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | $13,225,538 |
| #197 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $13,219,093 |
| #198 | Topeka, KS | $13,204,822 |
| #199 | Springfield, IL | $13,019,072 |
| #200 | Tyler, TX | $13,002,122 |
| #201 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $12,913,789 |
| #202 | Ocala, FL | $12,907,979 |
| #203 | Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | $12,755,632 |
| #204 | Bend, OR | $12,618,710 |
| #205 | Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | $12,537,390 |
| #206 | Erie, PA | $12,509,399 |
| #207 | Napa, CA | $12,387,136 |
| #208 | Binghamton, NY | $12,314,327 |
| #209 | St. Cloud, MN | $12,202,920 |
| #210 | Columbia, MO | $12,077,178 |
| #211 | Iowa City, IA | $11,989,228 |
| #212 | Yakima, WA | $11,864,827 |
| #213 | Macon-Bibb County, GA | $11,818,017 |
| #214 | Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $11,586,606 |
| #215 | Billings, MT | $11,570,641 |
| #216 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $11,562,554 |
| #217 | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC | $11,497,194 |
| #218 | Lynchburg, VA | $11,430,306 |
| #219 | Odessa, TX | $11,399,343 |
| #220 | Wausau-Weston, WI | $11,250,695 |
| #221 | Wheeling, WV-OH | $11,239,365 |
| #222 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | $11,197,979 |
| #223 | Florence, SC | $11,018,873 |
| #224 | Medford, OR | $10,949,122 |
| #225 | Fort Smith, AR-OK | $10,920,156 |
| #226 | Greenville, NC | $10,841,765 |
| #227 | Merced, CA | $10,465,518 |
| #228 | Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI | $10,356,019 |
| #229 | Eau Claire, WI | $10,308,773 |
| #230 | Panama City, FL | $10,269,545 |
| #231 | Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | $10,111,866 |
| #232 | Chico, CA | $10,006,052 |
| #233 | Dover, DE | $9,984,324 |
| #234 | Idaho Falls, ID | $9,915,330 |
| #235 | El Centro, CA | $9,912,905 |
| #236 | Jacksonville, NC | $9,900,984 |
| #237 | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | $9,891,548 |
| #238 | Jackson, TN | $9,779,929 |
| #239 | State College, PA | $9,750,456 |
| #240 | Harrisonburg, VA | $9,499,442 |
| #241 | Redding, CA | $9,419,468 |
| #242 | Saginaw, MI | $9,363,549 |
| #243 | Houma-Thibodaux, LA | $9,350,744 |
| #244 | La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | $9,294,924 |
| #245 | Johnson City, TN | $9,219,695 |
| #246 | Racine, WI | $9,100,374 |
| #247 | Warner Robins, GA | $8,993,124 |
| #248 | Yuma, AZ | $8,977,170 |
| #249 | Lima, OH | $8,962,374 |
| #250 | Jefferson City, MO | $8,956,976 |
| #251 | Abilene, TX | $8,848,793 |
| #252 | Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | $8,796,885 |
| #253 | Monroe, LA | $8,699,152 |
| #254 | Kingston, NY | $8,622,165 |
| #255 | Morgantown, WV | $8,597,534 |
| #256 | California-Lexington Park, MD | $8,554,244 |
| #257 | Janesville-Beloit, WI | $8,530,214 |
| #258 | Terre Haute, IN | $8,502,107 |
| #259 | East Stroudsburg, PA | $8,493,417 |
| #260 | Niles, MI | $8,455,695 |
| #261 | Flagstaff, AZ | $8,444,850 |
| #262 | Winchester, VA-WV | $8,419,006 |
| #263 | Bowling Green, KY | $8,368,247 |
| #264 | Las Cruces, NM | $8,339,710 |
| #265 | St. George, UT | $8,338,042 |
| #266 | Joplin, MO | $8,319,062 |
| #267 | San Angelo, TX | $8,284,455 |
| #268 | Bloomington, IN | $8,272,024 |
| #269 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA | $8,271,597 |
| #270 | Bismarck, ND |
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