California was named among the 10 states with the best economies in the United States. See why the state is leading the way.

Incorporating dozens of metrics into its analysis, WalletHub created a ranking of the strongest economies in the U.S.

California is not the only state economy that’s a business powerhouse on a global scale. The state’s businesses produced $4.1 trillion worth of goods and services in 2024, according to gross domestic ...

California has surpassed Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in the world. The ranking is from newly released International Monetary Fund and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data ...

Japan ranked fifth at $4.02 trillion. “California isn’t just keeping pace with the world – we’re setting the pace,” Newsom said in a news release. “Our economy is thriving because we ...

There were large headlines around California (but not in many Republican-led “red” states) in late spring, when the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis ...

Washington was named among the 10 states with the best economies in the United States. See why the state is leading the way.

That was higher than Japan’s $4.03 trillion, where economic growth has stagnated for the last decade. The jump in rankings is California’s first since 2018, when the Golden State surpassed the ...

California’s economic output has surpassed $4 trillion a year and in doing so slipped past Japan to become, were it a nation, the globe’s fourth largest economy, surpassed only by the United ...

This column was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s economic output has surpassed $4 trillion a year and in doing so slipped past Japan to become ...

California, Idaho, and Washington rank among the top 10 states for economic strength in a 2025 WalletHub report. California holds the fourth-best national ranking, driven by tech, agriculture ...