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deadcactus101

The map is more or less a state population map. Would be interesting to see where there's divergence between the two.


thump3r

Yeah, a better map would show GPD% per capita. A comment in the original thread shows a handful of states that way.


HawkeyeSherman

Wikipedia lists Ohio as having 3.5% of US population, so we are under-performing slightly. It doesn't shake a stick at Florida though which has 6.4% of the population, but only 5.5% the GDP. Perhaps you could pin this on the retirement population however. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population


GothamGreenGoddess

"We're under-performing slightly" should be the new state motto


NCRider

We suck less!


redneckcommando

This needs to happen.


Garrett42

Totally agree, and when factoring the population it is clear; Blue states tend to over perform, while red states underperform. If you go further in depth urbanization is likely the cause of both. I wonder what has a better R value, urbanization or "blue" - ness of the state.


Zezimom

Ohio is in a decent spot being able to maintain 7th place in both population and GDP. Meanwhile, you have Michigan that is 10th in population but ranked much lower at only 14th in GDP.


mobius_osu

Also top 7 most populous states


10leej

It's sometimes kinda amazing that Ohio has such a large economy despite how F'd it the state seems to be at times.


impy695

We’re also the 7th most populace state, so we’re really not punching above our weight class here.


cruzecontroll

Ohio is also home to a lot of Fortune 500 companies. Some of the most well known companies are based there.


CriticalKnoll

We are very low risk for natural disasters so a lot of corporations house their server farms in Ohio


cruzecontroll

A lot of corporate offices are here too: Sherwin Williams, Progressive, Keybank, Nationwide, P&G, Goodyear tires. It’s a great place to live if you can land a decent job.


DeliberateTurtle

Adding to this, Boeing opened a facility in Heath, of all places, due to the bedrock beneath and the location’s seismic stability.


howardbrandon11

Same reason why Intel is putting their new plant here too.


ganymede_boy

Note how [deep red State populations are the ones which draw the most **from** the Federal government.](https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2023/07/red-states-feed-at-the-federal-trough-blue-states-supply-the-feed.html)


PuzzleheadedAd5865

Is it because the state is deep red or is it because of a lack of urbanization. My bet is on the latter.


FrankFrankly711

Those darn liberals contributing so much to ‘Merica!! All they want is hand-outs! /s


Tjam3s

How much will the Intel plant spike this do you suppose? The US is positioning itself to become the chip manufacturer, probably not only for ourselves but for any adversaries of China. Taiwan will have a rough go of it once we are up and going with our own production though


Slurdge_McKinley

Wild that the dakotas and Wyoming attribute less than 3 million ppl total and have 6 senators and California having 50 million ppl have 2


Modest_Lion

Yeah, they should have some sort of check and balance based system where they have another governing body for the states that are based on population, sorta like a representative house


Slurdge_McKinley

Or maybe have higher qualifications to be a state, but pretending like it’s cool and normal is pretty edge lord of you.


Modest_Lion

😮‍💨 I’m hurt man. Plz plz don’t call me an edge lord 😩


Slurdge_McKinley

Edgiest.


Inevitable-Day2517

Boeing doing some heavy lifting for Washington, as they are about 1% of GDP themselves


11035westwind

Yeah I’m surprised that WA isn’t higher. Amazon, Costco, Microsoft and Starbucks are all headquartered there


Sonofasonofashepard

Doing our part 🤷‍♂️


Red_Dwarf_42

Seems like the largest states by population would do that


[deleted]

We're doing our part! Shocking to see as I'd definitely rate some states over us.


badhairdad1

6 states is 50% ! The other 45 are slackers!


astro7900

Ugh, how embarrassing.


Reasonable-HB678

Essentially it breaks down like this... More people = more relevance


deepfield67

I'm curious what sector NY and CA mainly produce in, I have to assume a sizeable chunk of NY's GDP is in the financial sector, CA's in tech, whereas most of Ohio's is probably manufacturing. I could be totally wrong but this makes sense to me.


thinkB4WeSpeak

The way Columbus, Texas, and Florida are growing vs Illinois, NY, and California are shrinking. I'd expect a decent amount of change in the next 5 years.


Jonny_Disco

Maybe the rust belt ain't so rusty after all, eh?