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This chart shows the ranking of states by recent economic performance, including data on the last three months (annualized — March) 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 — March)
  Change in Economic Activity Index — Latest 3 Months (Annualized) vs Previous Year
Top 25 Bottom 25   Top 25 Bottom 25
WY 4.6 KS 1.3   MI 4.7 UT -0.6
OK 4.5 CT 1.2   OK 2.1 CO -0.6
SD 4.5 MT 1.2   HI 1.7 MS -0.6
MI 3.5 NM 1.1   MN 1.6 ME -0.8
NE 3.0 OH 1.1   SD 1.5 TX -0.8
TX 2.9 VA 1.0   WY 1.4 NM -0.8
MN 2.8 MS 1.0   AR 0.9 NC -0.9
UT 2.7 IL 0.9   MD 0.7 KY -0.9
ND 2.5 WV 0.7   ND 0.7 SC -0.9
NY 2.5 TN 0.5   OH 0.5 TN -1.0
CO 2.5 AL 0.4   IA 0.5 DE -1.2
MD 2.4 WI 0.3   WV 0.4 MO -1.2
IA 2.3 AZ 0.2   NE 0.3 CT -1.3
AR 2.1 IN 0.2   AK 0.2 IN -1.3
NC 2.0 ME 0.0   CA 0.2 VT -1.4
HI 1.9 VT -0.4   NY 0.0 AL -1.4
MA 1.7 FL -0.5   AZ 0.0 NH -1.4
NH 1.6 MO -0.6   NJ -0.1 WA -1.8
WA 1.6 DE -0.8   KS -0.2 NV -1.9
CA 1.5 LA -1.1   OR -0.3 MA -2.0
SC 1.5 AK -1.2   FL -0.5 MT -2.1
NJ 1.4 PA -2.2   IL -0.5 RI -3.1
OR 1.3 ID -2.3   VA -0.5 PA -3.3
GA 1.3 NV -2.5   WI -0.5 LA -3.9
KY 1.3 RI -4.7   GA -0.6 ID -3.9
US  1.0   US  -1.0
Table: Reed Construction Data and Reed Construction Data - CanaData

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