Wednesday, September 24, 2025

The Per Capita GDP Of America's Poorest State Is Within $2,000 Of Germany' Per Cap GDP

As we've said, fun facts on the internet are usually not all that fun.

From Visual Capitalist:

How G7 Countries Compare to America’s Richest and Poorest States 

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 Data for this graphic is sourced from the International Monetary Fund (IMF),Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau, as of 2023.

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From Jackson Mississippi's Clarion-Ledger, May 27, 2025:

Mississippi's economy is surging. Here is why 

  • Mississippi's real GDP grew by 4.2% in 2024, ranking second nationally.
  • Personal income growth ranked fourth nationally in Q3 2024.
  • The state enacted the largest tax cut in its history in 2022.
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    Possibly related at The Conversation, March 26, 2025:

    Mississippi’s education miracle: A model for global literacy reform

    From Das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis), August 22: 

    Gross domestic product: detailed economic performance results for the 2nd quarter of 2025 

     Gross domestic product (GDP), 2nd quarter of 2025
    -0.3% on the previous quarter (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted)
    -0.2% on the same quarter a year earlier (price adjusted)
    +0.2% on the same quarter a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted)

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    And from Reuters, September 23:

    Exclusive: German economic institutes revise up 2025 growth forecast to 0.2%, sources say