Even though this study only used percentage changes in GDP — not absolute dollar amounts — when calculating scores for each state ... economic dynamo of the American southeast has grown ...

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we found the country that had the closest-sized economy for each state. California's $2.8 trillion GDP is just shy of France's $2.9 trillion economy, while the $321 billion economy of Wisconsin is ...