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This chart shows the ranking of states by recent economic performance, including data on the last three months (annualized — April) and changes in economic activity for the latest three months (annualized) versus the previous year.

A Ranking of States by Recent Economic Performance
Last three months
(annualized — April)
  Change in Economic Activity Index — Latest 3 Months (Annualized) vs Previous Year
Top 25 Bottom 25   Top 25 Bottom 25
OK 4.4 IL 0.8   MI 1.8 SC -0.5
WY 4.0 OR 0.7   OK 1.7 ND -0.6
SD 3.7 AL 0.7   AR 0.8 MA -0.7
TX 3.6 MO 0.6   WY 0.7 GA -0.7
CO 3.0 NC 0.6   MN 0.6 FL -0.9
UT 2.6 KS 0.3   HI 0.6 NE -1.0
MA 2.4 NM 0.2   SD 0.6 VT -1.1
NY 2.3 ME 0.2   CA 0.5 WI -1.1
MD 2.2 KY 0.2   MD 0.5 NH -1.2
CT 2.1 MS 0.2   OH 0.3 OR -1.2
AR 1.9 TN 0.1   MO 0.1 TN -1.3
MN 1.9 DE -0.3   AK 0.0 KS -1.4
IA 1.9 AZ -0.3   IA 0.0 NV -1.4
NH 1.8 VT -0.3   CO 0.0 WV -1.5
CA 1.8 IN -0.4   VA 0.0 MS -1.6
NE 1.7 WI -0.4   TX 0.0 NM -1.7
ND 1.6 WV -0.7   NY -0.1 WA -2.0
SC 1.5 FL -1.1   IL -0.3 IN -2.0
VA 1.4 MT -1.7   NJ -0.3 NC -2.0
WA 1.2 AK -1.7   AL -0.4 KY -2.2
MI 1.2 PA -2.5   CT -0.4 PA -3.0
OH 1.2 LA -2.6   UT -0.4 RI -3.4
NJ 1.1 ID -2.7   DE -0.5 ID -3.9
GA 0.9 NV -3.7   AZ -0.5 MT -5.0
HI 0.9 RI -6.1   ME -0.5 LA -5.5
US  1.0   US  -1.0
Table: Reed Construction Data and Reed Construction Data - CanaData

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