Arkansas · individual fact

Arkansas real gross domestic product

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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Major events & context · A curated selection, including uncertain effects. Milestone dates do not establish that an event caused a Arkansas change.

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Real GDP Arkansas · source units
ArkansasPublished U.S. benchmark

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Real GDP2025: $147.93B$0$13.4T$26.8TArkansas, 2014: $121.41BArkansas, 2015: $121.53BArkansas, 2016: $123.03BArkansas, 2017: $123.88BArkansas, 2018: $126.34BArkansas, 2019: $127.18BArkansas, 2020: $128.18BArkansas, 2021: $136.52BArkansas, 2022: $137.62BArkansas, 2023: $140.9BArkansas, 2024: $146.57BArkansas, 2025: $147.93B201420192025
✦ Major events & context · 29National context · Hurricanes Katrina and Rita · 2005-08-29Katrina and RitaNational context · Great Financial Crisis and Great Recession · 2008-09-15Great Financial CrisisNational context · Federal Reserve moves rates close to zero · 2008-12-16Fed near-zero ratesNational context · American Recovery and Reinvestment Act · 2009-02-17Recovery ActNational context · Japan disaster disrupts U.S. auto production · 2011-05-17Japan / auto supplyNational context · Midwest drought reduces farm output · 2012-09-27Drought / farm outputNational context · Automatic federal spending cuts begin · 2013-03-01Federal spending cutsNational context · 2013 federal government shutdown · 2013-10-012013 shutdownNational context · Oil-price decline cuts drilling investment · 2015-02-24Oil investment downturnNational context · Hurricanes Harvey and Irma disrupt activity · 2017-08-25Harvey and IrmaNational context · 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act · 2017-12-222017 tax lawNational context · U.S.–China tariff escalation · 2018-07-06U.S.–China tariffsNational context · 2018–19 federal government shutdown · 2018-12-222018–19 shutdownNational context · Federal Reserve begins 2019 rate cuts · 2019-07-312019 Fed rate cutsNational context · COVID-19 pandemic · 2020-03-11COVID-19 pandemicNational context · Emergency rate cuts and asset purchases · 2020-03-15Fed emergency supportNational context · CARES Act pandemic relief · 2020-03-27CARES Act reliefNational context · American Rescue Plan · 2021-03-11American Rescue PlanNational context · Reopening recovery meets supply bottlenecks · 2021-07-09Reopening / shortagesNational context · Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act · 2021-11-15Infrastructure lawNational context · Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine · 2022-02-24Russia invades UkraineNational context · Federal Reserve begins 2022 rate increases · 2022-03-16Fed rate increasesNational context · Semiconductor and energy investment incentives · 2022-08-16CHIPS / energy incentivesNational context · Banking stress and credit conditions · 2023-03-22Banking / credit stressNational context · Federal Reserve begins 2024 rate cuts · 2024-09-182024 Fed rate cutsNational context · Broad U.S. tariffs and volatile trade flows · 2025-04-02Tariffs / trade timingNational context · 2025 tax and spending reconciliation law · 2025-07-042025 tax / spending lawNational context · 2025 shutdown reduces federal services · 2025-10-012025 shutdownNational context · Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruption · 2026-02-28Iran / Hormuz disruption● Arkansas Legislature · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.● U.S. Congress · Arkansas delegation · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.◆ Governor · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.■ Arkansas agencies · 0No reviewed actions match these filters.2005-08-012026-02-28

0 of 0 reviewed Arkansas actions match · 0 date markers shown. 29 major events shown separately.

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 Real GDP · source units
PeriodArkansasRankU.S. benchmark
2025$147.93B#35 of 50$23.94T
2024$146.57B#35 of 50$23.39T
2023$140.9B#35 of 50$22.72T
2022$137.62B#35 of 50$22.08T
2021$136.52B#34 of 50$21.56T
2020$128.18B#34 of 50$20.28T
2019$127.18B#35 of 50$20.72T
2018$126.34B#34 of 50$20.19T
2017$123.88B#34 of 50$19.61T
2016$123.03B#34 of 50$19.14T
2015$121.53B#34 of 50$18.8T
2014$121.41B#34 of 50$18.26T
How major events are selected

The timeline combines the corresponding national fact’s reviewed event catalog, labeled National context, with individually reviewed state milestones. State events use primary sources and distinguish signing, effective and filing dates. Each milestone keeps its source-check date, geographical limits and evidence limits. This curated selection is not a complete history.

Date ranges affect events and actions. Action type, status and official-name search affect government records only. Events remain separate from action counts. An event after the latest observation extends context without creating a new reading.

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
Real GDP history in Arkansas$-3.45T$12.03T$27.52T20142025
2025 · Arkansas: $147.93B · Rank #35 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: $23.94T · Selected for state comparison
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Arkansas Real GDP history
PeriodArkansasCompare
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

50 states shown · scroll to explore every state. Missing values have no bar and are excluded from ranks. Bars start at zero; #1 means the highest value.

Compare Arkansas with every state · 50 ranked
Real GDP · 2025 · highest value ranked #1
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California$3.43T—
#2Texas$2.33T—
#3New York$1.89T—
#4Florida$1.38T—
#5Illinois$948.03B—
#6Pennsylvania$815.87B—
#7Ohio$738.49B—
#8Georgia$719.74B—
#9Washington$715.88B—
#10New Jersey$688.76B—
#11North Carolina$682.83B—
#12Massachusetts$640.79B—
#13Virginia$631.98B—
#14Michigan$575.4B—
#15Colorado$452.78B—
#16Arizona$451.49B—
#17Tennessee$447.66B—
#18Maryland$437.37B—
#19Indiana$422.47B—
#20Minnesota$392.31B—
#21Wisconsin$363.84B—
#22Missouri$362.46B—
#23Connecticut$297.35B—
#24South Carolina$287.16B—
#25Oregon$264.75B—
#26Louisiana$263.89B—
#27Alabama$259.46B—
#28Utah$243.04B—
#29Kentucky$239.51B—
#30Oklahoma$216.31B—
#31Nevada$210.1B—
#32Iowa$204.86B—
#33Kansas$178.51B—
#34Nebraska$156.61B—
#35Arkansas · your comparison$147.93B—
#36Mississippi$123.37B—
#37New Mexico$122.58B—
#38Idaho$103.62B—
#39New Hampshire$99.06B—
#40Hawaii$93.38B—
#41Delaware$89.92B—
#42West Virginia$84.94B—
#43Maine$77.23B—
#44Rhode Island$67.25B—
#45North Dakota$65.27B—
#46Montana$61.08B—
#47South Dakota$59.87B—
#48Alaska$56.34B—
#49Wyoming$40.16B—
#50Vermont$38.06B—

All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.

Arkansas · state comparison

What makes up Arkansas GDP?

Choose an industry to compare Arkansas’s output with every state. Nominal industry values can be added within a year.

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.

A large industry output rank can reflect the size of the state. Chained-dollar components should not be added.

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Arkansas
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting · output history in Arkansas$-42.06B$147.59B$337.23B20142025
2025 · Arkansas: $4.13B · Rank #23 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: $255.93B · Selected for state comparison
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Arkansas Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting · output history
PeriodArkansasCompare
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
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California$50.67B—
#2Texas$16.95B—
#3Iowa$14.1B—
#4Nebraska$10.6B—
#5Illinois$9.52B—
#6Florida$8.33B—
#7Washington$8.05B—
#8Minnesota$8.01B—
#9Indiana$7.13B—
#10South Dakota$7.08B—
#11Kansas$7.02B—
#12Ohio$7B—
#13Wisconsin$6.58B—
#14Oregon$6.18B—
#15Michigan$6.02B—
#16Missouri$5.71B—
#17North Carolina$5.55B—
#18Idaho$5.41B—
#19Pennsylvania$4.97B—
#20North Dakota$4.71B—
#21Georgia$4.53B—
#22Oklahoma$4.26B—
#23Arkansas · your comparison$4.13B—
#24Kentucky$3.75B—
#25New York$3.55B—
#26Alabama$3.29B—
#27Mississippi$2.99B—
#28Colorado$2.98B—
#29Arizona$2.85B—
#30Montana$2.49B—
#31Louisiana$2.42B—
#32Virginia$2.37B—
#33Tennessee$2.01B—
#34New Mexico$1.7B—
#35South Carolina$1.63B—
#36Utah$1.59B—
#37Maryland$1.31B—
#38New Jersey$1.27B—
#39Maine$1.2B—
#40Wyoming$888.5M—
#41Massachusetts$869.6M—
#42Delaware$741.1M—
#43West Virginia$561.8M—
#44Hawaii$553.9M—
#45Nevada$551.2M—
#46Vermont$536.1M—
#47Alaska$488.1M—
#48Connecticut$341.8M—
#49New Hampshire$320.1M—
#50Rhode Island$164.2M—

All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.

Arkansas · state comparison

Does growth translate into more work?

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
Total employment · jobs history in Arkansas-30,922,515109,956,346250,835,20620142025
2025 · Arkansas: 1,811,561 · Rank #34 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: 218,324,700 · Selected for state comparison
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Arkansas Total employment · jobs history
PeriodArkansasCompare
20141,587,991
20151,611,671
20161,630,933
20171,641,425
20181,660,338
20191,666,492
20201,643,308
20211,689,774
20221,750,364
20231,775,854
20241,797,668
20251,811,561

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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
RankStateValueComparison notes
#1California25,407,891—
#2Texas20,639,097—
#3Florida15,174,955—
#4New York13,498,360—
#5Illinois8,197,037—
#6Pennsylvania8,150,272—
#7Ohio7,394,537—
#8Georgia7,184,433—
#9North Carolina6,864,520—
#10New Jersey6,095,348—
#11Michigan5,946,187—
#12Virginia5,789,397—
#13Massachusetts5,020,627—
#14Washington4,879,224—
#15Tennessee4,633,711—
#16Arizona4,455,141—
#17Colorado4,231,488—
#18Indiana4,213,622—
#19Maryland4,009,451—
#20Missouri3,998,549—
#21Minnesota3,914,167—
#22Wisconsin3,855,203—
#23South Carolina3,245,739—
#24Alabama2,966,686—
#25Louisiana2,831,737—
#26Kentucky2,718,290—
#27Oregon2,671,758—
#28Oklahoma2,466,719—
#29Utah2,458,247—
#30Connecticut2,424,541—
#31Nevada2,163,825—
#32Iowa2,122,389—
#33Kansas2,007,083—
#34Arkansas · your comparison1,811,561—
#35Mississippi1,713,294—
#36Nebraska1,410,465—
#37Idaho1,238,642—
#38New Mexico1,183,906—
#39New Hampshire942,254—
#40Hawaii925,451—
#41West Virginia910,570—
#42Maine898,379—
#43Montana761,061—
#44Rhode Island690,505—
#45Delaware678,218—
#46South Dakota665,420—
#47North Dakota605,276—
#48Alaska472,008—
#49Wyoming451,906—
#50Vermont439,349—

All 50 states are listed, including states without a comparable observation. Ranks use stored source precision; displayed values may round to the same number.

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

Colt Shelby

2 statements

Libertarian · Governor · AR

Economic growth & production context

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 Shelby — candidate-owned primary source 3 ↗
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Economic growth & production context

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

Candidate campaign source

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

Colt Shelby — candidate-owned primary source 3 ↗

2026 Arkansas U.S. House — District 1 — General Election

1 candidate with matching statements · 1 statement

2026 Arkansas U.S. House — District 2 — General Election

2 candidates with matching statements · 3 statements

Chris Jones

1 statement

Democratic · U.S. House District 2 · AR

Economic growth & production context

Creating opportunity by promoting access to jobs, infrastructure, education, and economic growth.

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Source topic or question: Economy, taxes, spending, and affordability

Candidate campaign source

Creating opportunity by promoting access to jobs, infrastructure, education, and economic growth.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 17, 2026

Chris Jones — candidate-owned primary source 2 ↗

French Hill

2 statements

Republican · U.S. House District 2 · AR

Economic growth & production context

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

Candidate campaign source

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 Hill — candidate-owned primary source ↗
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Economic growth & production context

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

French Hill — campaign source ↗
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How statements are selected

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.

0 matching sponsorships or proposals · 0 Arkansas incumbents. These filters apply only to this section.

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.