What are the top 8 U.S. states according to Gross State Product?

Question

These states would form a domestic version of the G8 Summit (with the 8 most economically powerful nations) as the 8 most economically powerful states

Answer 1

California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

In that order, according to the BEA.

Answer 2

California has an economy that would be the fifth (or fourth, depending on how France is doing at any point in time) largest in the world, if it were an independent country. In other words, in your G8 example, California would be one of the eight economically powerful countries.

Then come New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, Washington, and Georgia.

And, remember that our "poorest" states are rich by companison to sub-Saharan Aftrican countries (with a couple of exceptions).

Answer 3

california,texas,newyork,florida,illinois,pennsylvania,ohio,new jersey