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Not exactly true. Even if Texas (the no. 2 U.S. state by population) had the same population as California it would still have a smaller economy.
by jdavis703 10y ago
Not exactly true. Even if Texas (the no. 2 U.S. state by population) had the same population as California it would still have a smaller economy.
- mikeash 10y agoSure, but the difference is much smaller. The state with the highest GDP per capita beats the state with the lowest by a factor of about 2, whereas the difference in population between biggest and smallest is about a factor of 66. Texas versus California is a particularly bad example of this, with Texas's GDP per capita less than 1% lower.