Education and health services share of GDP: U.S. states ranked (2025)
Measure: Education, health care and social assistance share of GDP (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in GDP by industry by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.
National value: 8.7 (United States).
Small states, hard to see on the map:
- Lowest: 4.9 to 7.5 %
- Group 2: 7.5 to 8.6 %
- Group 3: 8.6 to 9.4 %
- Group 4: 9.4 to 10.4 %
- Highest: 10.4 to 13 %
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.
Note: BEA suppresses some state industry values to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; those states are left out of that ranking. Shares are of current-dollar GDP, derived by Quadranac.
| 1 | Rhode Island | 13 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 12.9 |
| 3 | Maine | 12.7 |
| 3 | Vermont | 12.7 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | 12 |
| 5 | West Virginia | 12 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 11.2 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 11 |
| 9 | Connecticut | 10.9 |
| 10 | Oregon | 10.5 |
| 11 | Missouri | 10.4 |
| 12 | Montana | 10.3 |
| 13 | South Dakota | 10.1 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 10.1 |
| 15 | New Jersey | 9.8 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 9.8 |
| 17 | Arizona | 9.6 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 9.6 |
| 19 | Idaho | 9.4 |
| 19 | Indiana | 9.4 |
| 19 | New York | 9.4 |
| 22 | Ohio | 9.3 |
| 23 | Arkansas | 9.2 |
| 23 | Maryland | 9.2 |
| 23 | Michigan | 9.2 |
| 26 | Louisiana | 9.1 |
| 27 | Florida | 9 |
| 28 | Alaska | 8.9 |
| 29 | Kansas | 8.8 |
| 30 | Illinois | 8.7 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 8.6 |
| 32 | Hawaii | 8.4 |
| 33 | Mississippi | 8.3 |
| 34 | North Dakota | 8.2 |
| 35 | California | 8.1 |
| 36 | District of Columbia | 8 |
| 36 | Georgia | 8 |
| 36 | North Carolina | 8 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 7.9 |
| 40 | Delaware | 7.7 |
| 41 | Alabama | 7.5 |
| 41 | Nebraska | 7.5 |
| 43 | Virginia | 7.4 |
| 44 | Colorado | 7.2 |
| 45 | Iowa | 7 |
| 45 | South Carolina | 7 |
| 47 | Utah | 6.7 |
| 48 | Washington | 6.6 |
| 49 | Nevada | 6.5 |
| 50 | Texas | 6.3 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 4.9 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SAGDP2: Gross domestic product (GDP) by state, by industry (NAICS). Reference period: 2025.
Cite this ranking
U.S. states ranked by education, health care and social assistance share of GDP (%, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Accounts, Table SAGDP2; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-education-health-care-and-social-assistance-share-of-gdp/