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State Outdoor Recreation Economy Rankings (2024)

All 50 states ranked by outdoor recreation economic contribution. Click any column header to sort.

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State
Value Added
% of GDP
Jobs
Compensation
1California$87.9B2.2%589K$42.0B
2Florida$65.3B3.8%509K$33.2B
3Texas$59.4B2.1%402K$23.5B
4New York$37.3B1.6%265K$19.0B
5Illinois$26.4B2.3%179K$12.3B
6Washington$23.5B2.7%129K$10.5B
7Georgia$20.7B2.3%168K$10.1B
8Pennsylvania$20.4B2.0%177K$9.5B
9Ohio$20.1B2.2%154K$8.6B
10Colorado$18.1B3.3%138K$9.4B
11North Carolina$17.8B2.1%155K$8.5B
12Indiana$17.1B3.3%110K$6.9B
13New Jersey$16.2B1.9%128K$7.9B
14Tennessee$15.6B2.8%114K$6.2B
15Arizona$15.4B2.7%119K$7.5B
16Michigan$15.1B2.1%125K$6.9B
17Massachusetts$14.6B1.9%108K$7.1B
18Virginia$14.4B1.9%126K$7.0B
19Minnesota$13.9B2.7%99K$6.4B
20Wisconsin$12.0B2.7%100K$5.7B
21Missouri$10.7B2.4%91K$5.2B
22Maryland$10.6B1.9%85K$5.0B
23South Carolina$10.2B2.8%92K$4.7B
24Louisiana$10.0B3.0%60K$3.5B
25Utah$9.7B3.3%75K$4.6B
26Oregon$9.0B2.7%76K$4.8B
27Nevada$8.4B3.1%61K$3.9B
28Alabama$7.3B2.2%72K$3.4B
29Hawaii$7.2B6.1%51K$3.6B
30Kentucky$6.4B2.2%56K$2.8B
31Oklahoma$6.1B2.3%50K$2.7B
32Connecticut$6.0B1.7%50K$2.8B
33Iowa$5.9B2.2%48K$2.5B
34Kansas$5.1B2.2%40K$2.1B
35Arkansas$5.0B2.6%43K$2.3B
36Idaho$4.5B3.5%39K$2.1B
37Mississippi$4.2B2.7%37K$1.7B
38New Hampshire$4.2B3.5%33K$1.8B
39Maine$3.9B4.0%32K$1.7B
40Montana$3.8B4.9%32K$1.9B
41Alaska$3.8B5.3%24K$2.0B
42Nebraska$3.7B2.0%30K$1.7B
43New Mexico$3.6B2.5%31K$1.7B
44Wyoming$2.3B4.5%17K$900.1M
45West Virginia$2.3B2.1%22K$1.0B
46Vermont$2.2B4.7%17K$888.0M
47Rhode Island$2.1B2.7%21K$1.1B
48South Dakota$2.1B2.7%19K$873.0M
49North Dakota$1.8B2.2%16K$805.7M
50Delaware$1.8B1.6%17K$821.7M
51District of Columbia$1.8B1.0%14K$1.0B