> Which US state has an economy of a size comparable to that of Portugal Oklahoma, but Oklahoma also only has 40% of the population of Portugal. Despite being

> Which US state has an economy of a size comparable to that of Portugal Oklahoma, but Oklahoma also only has 40% of the population of Portugal. Despite being in the Western half of Europe, Portugal is economically comparable to an Eastern European country like Poland or Slovakia. The only US territory (not state - even poor Mississippi has a higher median household income and GDP per capita than much of Western Europe excluding Germany and Scandinavia) that is comparable to Portugal is Puerto Rico. In fact, the problems Puerto Rico faces today in the US mirror those that Portugal faces in the EU.