Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Data
Here's a great visual revealing the Gross Domestic Product data comparisons for U.S. states versus corresponding nations. My home state of Wisconsin is roughly equivalent to South Africa. Arizona and Thailand are comparable. Any doubts about the wealth of Texas and California. They're Canada and France, respectively. Little bitty Delaware corresponds to Vietnam. New Jersey either has a lot more industry and product than I realized OR Russia is a lot worse off than I thought. I surprised to see they were equivalent. On top of that, what does Tennessee have that equates it with Saudi Arabia? Katrina-ravaged Alabama equates with war-torn Iran. Katrina-devastated Louisiana is comparable to tsunami-trampled Indonesia. By sheer accident of birth, I was born in the richest nation in the world. This graphic is a graphic reminder of that fact.
