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[lizzybennet]

Yesterday I had to find the gross national product of Puerto Rico and in the process, I ran across some figures that I found very interesting.

Here is the gross domestic product of Idaho for 2007: 51.1 billion.

Now compare that with some states you are all more familiar with (all figures are in billions):

Arizona: 247.0

Arkansas: 95.4

Alabama: 165.8

Florida: 734.5

New Jersey: 465.5

Minnesota: 255.0

Washington: 311.3

Kansas: 117.3

Missouri: 229.5

The ironic thing is that when I grew up in Alabama, I always thought it was a "poor" state. Little did I know...

Comments

Confuse Me?

[themenow.livejournal.com]

This will sound really dumb: What's the gross national product? What does that mean? Is it something like how much is produced in a country/state/city?

Re: Confuse Me?

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

Oh, now you're making me appear dumb. I don't know what it is, I just realize that what ever it is, Idaho doesn't have much of it!

Here's the wikipedia definition:

The gross domestic product (GDP) or gross domestic income (GDI) is one of the measures of national income and output for a given country's economy. It is the total value of all final goods and services produced in a particular economy; the dollar value of all goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a given year

Re: Confuse Me?

[themenow.livejournal.com]

Alabama has that much?

Re: Confuse Me?

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

I know! Surprising, right?

[ouwxgirl.livejournal.com]

I guess maybe it's the steel industry and cotton and its port on the gulf maybe. Arkansas has chickens and rice. and walmart. whoot whoot.