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New York, big three? Florida passed New York in population in 2014: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-florida-census-new-york-population-20

New York, big three? Florida passed New York in population in 2014: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-florida-census-new-york-population-20141224-story.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-florid... . Census figures released Tuesday show Florida passed New York as the nation's third largest state with an estimated population of 19.9 million. New York, now fourth, has 19.7 million.

magduf 7y ago
Florida may have a larger population, but they're not nearly as productive, probably because FL is a popular place for retirees to move to. Retired people don't contribute much to GDP.
ginko 7y ago
By economy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP#/media/File:United_States_GDP_by_States.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...
- drocer88 7y ago
  Fair enough.
- yorwba 7y ago
  You can play the same game for Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_states_by_GRP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_states_by_GRP And if you looked at each of the regions at the top, you'll likely also discover large differences between close-by areas. The geographical distribution of economic activity seems to follow a kind of fractal structure.
  - martin_a 7y ago
    > The geographical distribution of economic activity seems to follow a kind of fractal structure. Nah, it's more the result of WW2 and everything that happened after. North Rhine-Westphalia was lucky to have lots of heavy industry which really helped the country after WW2, almost everything in terms of mining and heavy industriy and so on happened there. So although NRW was hit probably the most by allied bombs, the natural "richness" with minerals helped to get on top again. BW and BY were "lucky" to have been under control of the USA (which probably took their image of Germany with them from what they experienced in BY) and French, which were probably somewhat more of "laisez-faire" than the Russians. Well, we all know what happened with the Eastern parts of Germany... I find this article a good read, although I'm not sure how good the English version is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany

magduf 7y ago

Florida may have a larger population, but they're not nearly as productive, probably because FL is a popular place for retirees to move to. Retired people don't contribute much to GDP.

ginko 7y ago

By economy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP#/media/File:United_States_GDP_by_States.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...

drocer88 7y ago
Fair enough.
yorwba 7y ago
You can play the same game for Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_states_by_GRP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_states_by_GRP And if you looked at each of the regions at the top, you'll likely also discover large differences between close-by areas. The geographical distribution of economic activity seems to follow a kind of fractal structure.
- martin_a 7y ago
  > The geographical distribution of economic activity seems to follow a kind of fractal structure. Nah, it's more the result of WW2 and everything that happened after. North Rhine-Westphalia was lucky to have lots of heavy industry which really helped the country after WW2, almost everything in terms of mining and heavy industriy and so on happened there. So although NRW was hit probably the most by allied bombs, the natural "richness" with minerals helped to get on top again. BW and BY were "lucky" to have been under control of the USA (which probably took their image of Germany with them from what they experienced in BY) and French, which were probably somewhat more of "laisez-faire" than the Russians. Well, we all know what happened with the Eastern parts of Germany... I find this article a good read, although I'm not sure how good the English version is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany