Arkansas’s inflation-adjusted economic output, annual growth, industry structure, and employment context.
Real GDP$147.93B2025 · #35 of 50 · highest first
Annual real GDP growth0.9%2025 · #44 of 50 · highest first
Current-dollar GDP$195.99B2025 · #35 of 50 · highest first
Arkansas over time
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Real GDP Arkansas · source units
ArkansasPublished U.S. benchmark
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Arkansas · 2025: $147.93B · Rank #35 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: $23.94T
Total value added produced in the state in millions of chained 2017 dollars. Annual estimates; the downloaded BEA snapshot is retained with a source hash. Revisions can change historical values and ranks. Annual observations use December 31; monthly observations use the first of the month. Lines connect consecutive readings and do not supply values between them. Missing observations break the lines.
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Arkansas · state comparison
Arkansas output and growth
Annual real GDP removes price changes. Annual growth compares annual levels; it is separate from an annualized quarterly growth rate.
Arkansas · 2025$147.93B
Arkansas rank#35among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark$23.94TSame measure and period when published
#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.
Real GDP
Total value added produced in the state in millions of chained 2017 dollars.
Annual estimates; the downloaded BEA snapshot is retained with a source hash. Revisions can change historical values and ranks.
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Arkansas
2025 · Arkansas: $147.93B · Rank #35 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: $23.94T · Selected for state comparisonView history and select a period
Arkansas Real GDP history
Period
Arkansas
Compare
2014
$121.41B
2015
$121.53B
2016
$123.03B
2017
$123.88B
2018
$126.34B
2019
$127.18B
2020
$128.18B
2021
$136.52B
2022
$137.62B
2023
$140.9B
2024
$146.57B
2025
$147.93B
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Lower value · $38.06BHigher value · $3.43TStriped: unavailable
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Arkansas · $147.93B2025 · Rank #35 of 50, highest firstSelected state
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Compare Arkansas with every state · 50 ranked
Real GDP · 2025 · highest value ranked #1
Rank
State
Value
Comparison notes
#1
California
$3.43T
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#2
Texas
$2.33T
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#3
New York
$1.89T
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#4
Florida
$1.38T
—
#5
Illinois
$948.03B
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#6
Pennsylvania
$815.87B
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#7
Ohio
$738.49B
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#8
Georgia
$719.74B
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#9
Washington
$715.88B
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#10
New Jersey
$688.76B
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#11
North Carolina
$682.83B
—
#12
Massachusetts
$640.79B
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#13
Virginia
$631.98B
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#14
Michigan
$575.4B
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#15
Colorado
$452.78B
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#16
Arizona
$451.49B
—
#17
Tennessee
$447.66B
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#18
Maryland
$437.37B
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#19
Indiana
$422.47B
—
#20
Minnesota
$392.31B
—
#21
Wisconsin
$363.84B
—
#22
Missouri
$362.46B
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#23
Connecticut
$297.35B
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#24
South Carolina
$287.16B
—
#25
Oregon
$264.75B
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#26
Louisiana
$263.89B
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#27
Alabama
$259.46B
—
#28
Utah
$243.04B
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#29
Kentucky
$239.51B
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#30
Oklahoma
$216.31B
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#31
Nevada
$210.1B
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#32
Iowa
$204.86B
—
#33
Kansas
$178.51B
—
#34
Nebraska
$156.61B
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#35
Arkansas · your comparison
$147.93B
—
#36
Mississippi
$123.37B
—
#37
New Mexico
$122.58B
—
#38
Idaho
$103.62B
—
#39
New Hampshire
$99.06B
—
#40
Hawaii
$93.38B
—
#41
Delaware
$89.92B
—
#42
West Virginia
$84.94B
—
#43
Maine
$77.23B
—
#44
Rhode Island
$67.25B
—
#45
North Dakota
$65.27B
—
#46
Montana
$61.08B
—
#47
South Dakota
$59.87B
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#48
Alaska
$56.34B
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#49
Wyoming
$40.16B
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#50
Vermont
$38.06B
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Arkansas · 2025$4.13B
Arkansas rank#23among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark$255.93BSame measure and period when published
#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting · output
Industry value added, current dollars. The broad industries listed form an exhaustive partition of total GDP.
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Arkansas
2025 · Arkansas: $4.13B · Rank #23 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: $255.93B · Selected for state comparisonView history and select a period
Arkansas Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting · output history
Period
Arkansas
Compare
2014
$3.59B
2015
$2.82B
2016
$2.43B
2017
$2.97B
2018
$2.83B
2019
$1.85B
2020
$1.7B
2021
$3.71B
2022
$5.54B
2023
$4.5B
2024
$4.97B
2025
$4.13B
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Lower value · $164.2MHigher value · $50.67BStriped: unavailable
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Arkansas · $4.13B2025 · Rank #23 of 50, highest firstSelected state
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Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting · output · 2025 · highest value ranked #1
Rank
State
Value
Comparison notes
#1
California
$50.67B
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#2
Texas
$16.95B
—
#3
Iowa
$14.1B
—
#4
Nebraska
$10.6B
—
#5
Illinois
$9.52B
—
#6
Florida
$8.33B
—
#7
Washington
$8.05B
—
#8
Minnesota
$8.01B
—
#9
Indiana
$7.13B
—
#10
South Dakota
$7.08B
—
#11
Kansas
$7.02B
—
#12
Ohio
$7B
—
#13
Wisconsin
$6.58B
—
#14
Oregon
$6.18B
—
#15
Michigan
$6.02B
—
#16
Missouri
$5.71B
—
#17
North Carolina
$5.55B
—
#18
Idaho
$5.41B
—
#19
Pennsylvania
$4.97B
—
#20
North Dakota
$4.71B
—
#21
Georgia
$4.53B
—
#22
Oklahoma
$4.26B
—
#23
Arkansas · your comparison
$4.13B
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#24
Kentucky
$3.75B
—
#25
New York
$3.55B
—
#26
Alabama
$3.29B
—
#27
Mississippi
$2.99B
—
#28
Colorado
$2.98B
—
#29
Arizona
$2.85B
—
#30
Montana
$2.49B
—
#31
Louisiana
$2.42B
—
#32
Virginia
$2.37B
—
#33
Tennessee
$2.01B
—
#34
New Mexico
$1.7B
—
#35
South Carolina
$1.63B
—
#36
Utah
$1.59B
—
#37
Maryland
$1.31B
—
#38
New Jersey
$1.27B
—
#39
Maine
$1.2B
—
#40
Wyoming
$888.5M
—
#41
Massachusetts
$869.6M
—
#42
Delaware
$741.1M
—
#43
West Virginia
$561.8M
—
#44
Hawaii
$553.9M
—
#45
Nevada
$551.2M
—
#46
Vermont
$536.1M
—
#47
Alaska
$488.1M
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#48
Connecticut
$341.8M
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#49
New Hampshire
$320.1M
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#50
Rhode Island
$164.2M
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BEA’s total employment counts jobs, including proprietors, rather than distinct people.
Arkansas · 20251,811,561
Arkansas rank#34among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark218,324,700Same measure and period when published
#1 is the highest value. Ties share a rank and leave gaps. D.C. and territories are excluded. Rank describes the measured value; it is not an overall score of the state.
Total employment · jobs
BEA annual total full-time and part-time employment, including proprietors. One person can hold multiple jobs.
Separate from residence-based civilian employment in BLS LAUS and from nonfarm payroll employment.
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Arkansas
2025 · Arkansas: 1,811,561 · Rank #34 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: 218,324,700 · Selected for state comparisonView history and select a period
Arkansas Total employment · jobs history
Period
Arkansas
Compare
2014
1,587,991
2015
1,611,671
2016
1,630,933
2017
1,641,425
2018
1,660,338
2019
1,666,492
2020
1,643,308
2021
1,689,774
2022
1,750,364
2023
1,775,854
2024
1,797,668
2025
1,811,561
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Lower value · 439,349Higher value · 25,407,891Striped: unavailable
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Arkansas · 1,811,5612025 · Rank #34 of 50, highest firstSelected state
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Total employment · jobs · 2025 · highest value ranked #1
Rank
State
Value
Comparison notes
#1
California
25,407,891
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#2
Texas
20,639,097
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#3
Florida
15,174,955
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#4
New York
13,498,360
—
#5
Illinois
8,197,037
—
#6
Pennsylvania
8,150,272
—
#7
Ohio
7,394,537
—
#8
Georgia
7,184,433
—
#9
North Carolina
6,864,520
—
#10
New Jersey
6,095,348
—
#11
Michigan
5,946,187
—
#12
Virginia
5,789,397
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#13
Massachusetts
5,020,627
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#14
Washington
4,879,224
—
#15
Tennessee
4,633,711
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#16
Arizona
4,455,141
—
#17
Colorado
4,231,488
—
#18
Indiana
4,213,622
—
#19
Maryland
4,009,451
—
#20
Missouri
3,998,549
—
#21
Minnesota
3,914,167
—
#22
Wisconsin
3,855,203
—
#23
South Carolina
3,245,739
—
#24
Alabama
2,966,686
—
#25
Louisiana
2,831,737
—
#26
Kentucky
2,718,290
—
#27
Oregon
2,671,758
—
#28
Oklahoma
2,466,719
—
#29
Utah
2,458,247
—
#30
Connecticut
2,424,541
—
#31
Nevada
2,163,825
—
#32
Iowa
2,122,389
—
#33
Kansas
2,007,083
—
#34
Arkansas · your comparison
1,811,561
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#35
Mississippi
1,713,294
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#36
Nebraska
1,410,465
—
#37
Idaho
1,238,642
—
#38
New Mexico
1,183,906
—
#39
New Hampshire
942,254
—
#40
Hawaii
925,451
—
#41
West Virginia
910,570
—
#42
Maine
898,379
—
#43
Montana
761,061
—
#44
Rhode Island
690,505
—
#45
Delaware
678,218
—
#46
South Dakota
665,420
—
#47
North Dakota
605,276
—
#48
Alaska
472,008
—
#49
Wyoming
451,906
—
#50
Vermont
439,349
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How Arkansas action records are selected
Records come from published fact relationships or reviewed topic records with official supporting evidence and verified Arkansas officeholder attribution. Historical executive officials require evidence tied to the action date and are excluded from incumbent proposals. Inclusion follows an explicit topic review, a related state fact, or the action’s title and supporting evidence. Explicit topic reviews take priority; repeated actions use the most recent explicit review for this topic. Duplicate actions attached to several facts appear once. This topic match is not a new finding that an action caused a result, and the reviewed collection is selective. Collection reviewed Oct 5, 2026.
What candidates are saying
Explore statements about GDP, economic growth and production from FactVote’s Arkansas candidate profiles. Compare candidates within each recorded race, with each person’s matching statements kept together. These are candidate and campaign statements, not verified outcomes.
8 statements from 6 candidates
2026 Arkansas Governor — General Election
2 candidates with matching statements · 3 statements
Push for real-time public disclosure of major state contracts, incentive packages, and economic development agreements before they're finalized — not after.
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Source topic or question: Government and public policy
Candidate campaign source
Push for real-time public disclosure of major state contracts, incentive packages, and economic development agreements before they're finalized — not after.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026
Colt supports smart economic development. What he opposes is a system where taxpayers and ratepayers absorb the risk while out-of-state companies get the benefit. As governor, he will push for an Arkansas Ratepayer and Water Protection framework that puts Arkansas families and farms first.
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Source topic or question: Energy, environment, utilities, and natural resources
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Colt supports smart economic development. What he opposes is a system where taxpayers and ratepayers absorb the risk while out-of-state companies get the benefit. As governor, he will push for an Arkansas Ratepayer and Water Protection framework that puts Arkansas families and farms first.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026
He also championed the relocation of airport navigation equipment at the Little Rock Port, unlocking nearly 1,000 acres for new business investment and job creation and transforming the site into a major industrial hub.
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Source topic or question: Delivering targeted tax relief for agriculture and rural lending
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He also championed the relocation of airport navigation equipment at the Little Rock Port, unlocking nearly 1,000 acres for new business investment and job creation and transforming the site into a major industrial hub.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026
French has been a strong advocate for economic growth and job creation. He introduced the 21st Century Housing Bill to increase housing affordability by modernizing outdated federal programs, removing regulatory roadblocks, and giving housing developers the flexibility needed to build more homes.
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Source topic or question: French on the Issues
Candidate campaign source
French has been a strong advocate for economic growth and job creation. He introduced the 21st Century Housing Bill to increase housing affordability by modernizing outdated federal programs, removing regulatory roadblocks, and giving housing developers the flexibility needed to build more homes.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 19, 2026
This section matches specific GDP, economic growth and production terms in retained, attributed source text from published Arkansas candidate profiles. A profile heading or biography alone does not qualify. The Florida geography is fixed; saved state preferences cannot change these results. A mention can concern a community or group rather than Florida’s statewide measure.
Matching is automatic and does not establish a candidate’s stance, the accuracy of a claim, or an effect on the measured result. Results are grouped by recorded race, then by candidate name. Within each candidate, the matching issue mentions appear first. Only candidates with matching retained statements are shown; this is not a complete race roster. Repeated identical text for the same candidate is shown once. Coverage follows the existing state profiles and is not a complete record of all candidates or everything they have said. Review dates are not statement dates.
Arkansas incumbents
What incumbents are proposing
Explore reviewed bills sponsored by current Arkansas legislators and Arkansas’s congressional delegation, plus retained proposals from Arkansas’s governor and agencies. Each record keeps its latest recorded status and official evidence.
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No retained proposals match these filters. A missing record does not mean an incumbent has taken no action.
What sponsorship and proposal counts tell us
Only current Arkansas officeholders retained in the reviewed collection qualify. Bills require a recorded primary sponsorship; cosponsors and signing officials are excluded from sponsorship counts. An official introducer recorded as acting by request is labeled “Introduced by request”; that procedural role does not establish personal policy endorsement. Governor and agency records qualify when recorded as proposed. A separately verified governor transmittal can also establish an original proposal whose latest status reflects its later outcome. Signing an enacted law alone does not establish a proposal. A record appearing under several facts is counted once per officeholder. A bill with multiple primary sponsors appears under each recorded sponsor.
Enacted bills, adopted resolutions and unsuccessful measures remain visible as proposal history. Passing one chamber is not enactment. These counts do not measure effectiveness or prove that an action changed a Arkansas statistic. Collection reviewed Oct 5, 2026.
Sources & methods
Every section retains its primary sources, units, reporting periods and comparison limits. Maps, graphs and tables use the same observation and cohort. All 50 states are listed; D.C. and territories are excluded. Missing and suppressed values remain unavailable and never become zero.
#1 is the highest measured value. Equal source values share a rank and leave gaps (1, 2, 2, 4). Ranks use source precision and are descriptive, not a score of the state. Survey uncertainty and reporting coverage can limit comparisons. Published U.S. benchmarks are used where available; a state average is not substituted.
Arkansas snapshots and fiscal sources keep their own dates and accounting scope. National events and federal distribution explainers describe national context. Actions and statements are filtered to Arkansas, retain their reviewed evidence, and do not establish that a policy caused a measured change.
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