Frank Jacobs blog about weird maps is a source of laughs and curiosity. It contains the real, the fictional, the fantastic and the self-made. He found a map of USA with each state named after a country with corresponding GDP, though I would have liked a colour-coded intensity added, it is well worth a study. (I cannot for the life of me find the source of this map; I would be happy to know who made it and credit properly.). It lacks some information about the population of each state; this would of course affect the GDP. So though it should not be taken too seriously, it is an indication, and a novel way of thinking about economy. Read more about it in Frank Jacobs blogpost.
Here is the basic breakdown:
- California, it is often said, would be the world’s sixth- or seventh-largest economy if it were a separate country. Actually, that would be the eighth, according to this map, as France (with a GDP of $2,15 trillion) is #8 on the aforementioned list.
- Texas’ economy is significantly smaller, exactly half of California’s, as its GDP compares to that of Canada (#10, $1,08 trillion).
- Florida also does well, with its GDP comparable to Asian tiger South Korea’s (#13 at $786 billion).
- Illinois – Mexico (GDP #14 at $741 billion)
- New Jersey – Russia (GDP #15 at $733 billion)
- Ohio – Australia (GDP #16 at $645 billion)
- New York – Brazil (GDP #17 at $621 billion)
- Pennsylvania – Netherlands (GDP #18 at $613 billion)
- Georgia – Switzerland (GDP #19 at $387 billion)
- North Carolina – Sweden (GDP #20 at $371 billion)
- Massachusetts – Belgium (GDP #21 at $368 billion)
- Washington – Turkey (GDP #22 at $358 billion)
- Virginia – Austria (GDP #24 at $309 billion)
- Tennessee – Saudi Arabia (GDP #25 at $286 billion)
- Missouri – Poland (GDP #26 at $265 billion)
- Louisiana – Indonesia (GDP #27 at $264 billion)
- Minnesota – Norway (GDP #28 at $262 billion)
- Indiana – Denmark (GDP #29 at $256 billion)
- Connecticut – Greece (GDP #30 at $222 billion)
- Michigan – Argentina (GDP #31 at $210 billion)
- Nevada – Ireland (GDP #32 at $203 billion)
- Wisconsin – South Africa (GDP #33 at $200 billion)
- Arizona – Thailand (GDP #34 at $197 billion)
- Colorado – Finland (GDP #35 at $196 billion)
- Alabama – Iran (GDP #36 at $195 billion)
- Maryland – Hong Kong (#37 at $187 billion GDP)
- Kentucky – Portugal (GDP #38 at $177 billion)
- Iowa – Venezuela (GDP #39 at $148 billion)
- Kansas – Malaysia (GDP #40 at $132 billion)
- Arkansas – Pakistan (GDP #41 at $124 billion)
- Oregon – Israel (GDP #42 at $122 billion)
- South Carolina – Singapore (GDP #43 at $121 billion)
- Nebraska – Czech Republic (GDP #44 at $119 billion)
- New Mexico – Hungary (GDP #45 at $113 billion)
- Mississippi – Chile (GDP #48 at $100 billion)
- DC – New Zealand (#49 at $99 billion GDP)
- Oklahoma – Philippines (GDP #50 at $98 billion)
- West Virginia – Algeria (GDP #51 at $92 billion)
- Hawaii – Nigeria (GDP #53 at $83 billion)
- Idaho – Ukraine (GDP #54 at $81 billion)
- Delaware – Romania (#55 at $79 billion GDP)
- Utah – Peru (GDP #56 at $76 billion)
- New Hampshire – Bangladesh (GDP #57 at $69 billion)
- Maine – Morocco (GDP #59 at $57 billion)
- Rhode Island – Vietnam (GDP #61 at $48 billion)
- South Dakota – Croatia (GDP #66 at $37 billion)
- Montana – Tunisia (GDP #69 at $33 billion)
- North Dakota – Ecuador (GDP #70 at $32 billion)
- Alaska – Belarus (GDP #73 at $29 billion)
- Vermont – Dominican Republic (GDP #81 at $20 billion)
- Wyoming – Uzbekistan (GDP #101 at $11 billion)
Matt Harris says:
Poor Wyoming – always the brides maid never the bride (I actually thought Arkansas would be last)