# The 50 States - Link: https://perfectnations.org/50-states/ - Published: 2026-11-10T14:38:21-04:00 - Author: Preeti Sinha Perfect Nations® · The United States # The 50 States Fifty economies, many the size of nations. One blueprint for each, so that every resident has all seven basic standards of living. * **$30.86tn**GDP, 2025 * **341.8m**People, 2025 * **39.3m**Below the poverty line (11.8%) Sources: [BEA, 2025](https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-state) · [Census Bureau, 2025](https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-state-total.html)· [Census Bureau, ACS 2025](https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2025.B17001) [Find a state](https://perfectnations.org/50-states/#pnus-list) [Ask for a blueprint](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?about=blueprint&country=United%20States) * Blueprint open * In preparation * Tap a state 01 · Every state ## One blueprint for each of the 50 states. Each blueprint counts what the state owns, prices the seven basic standards of living for every resident, and designs the capital that closes the gap. Find a state Sort 1. **$339bn**GDP**5.2m**People**14.7%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Alabama) 2. **$73.6bn**GDP**737k**People**11.0%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Alaska) 3. **$592bn**GDP**7.6m**People**11.8%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Arizona) 4. **$196bn**GDP**3.1m**People**15.0%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Arkansas) 5. **$4.30tn**GDP**39.4m**People**11.4%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=California) 6. **$575bn**GDP**6.0m**People**9.2%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Colorado) 7. **$383bn**GDP**3.7m**People**9.1%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for 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preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Nevada) 29. **$128bn**GDP**1.4m**People**6.2%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=New%20Hampshire) 30. **$888bn**GDP**9.5m**People**8.7%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=New%20Jersey) 31. **$152bn**GDP**2.1m**People**15.5%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=New%20Mexico) 32. **$2.47tn**GDP**20.0m**People**13.8%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=New%20York) 33. **$896bn**GDP**11.2m**People**12.1%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=North%20Carolina) 34. **$82.3bn**GDP**799k**People**9.0%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=North%20Dakota) 35. **$977bn**GDP**11.9m**People**12.4%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Ohio) 36. **$274bn**GDP**4.1m**People**14.4%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Oklahoma) 37. **$343bn**GDP**4.3m**People**11.7%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Oregon) 38. **$1.06tn**GDP**13.1m**People**11.2%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Pennsylvania) 39. **$88.2bn**GDP**1.1m**People**9.5%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Rhode%20Island) 40. **$378bn**GDP**5.6m**People**13.3%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=South%20Carolina) 41. **$82.0bn**GDP**935k**People**11.8%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=South%20Dakota) 42. **$586bn**GDP**7.3m**People**12.6%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Tennessee) 43. **$2.93tn**GDP**31.7m**People**12.7%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Texas) 44. **$319bn**GDP**3.5m**People**8.6%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Utah) 45. **$49.7bn**GDP**645k**People**9.2%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Vermont) 46. **$808bn**GDP**8.9m**People**9.4%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Virginia) 47. **$892bn**GDP**8.0m**People**10.3%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Washington) 48. **$111bn**GDP**1.8m**People**16.0%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=West%20Virginia) 49. **$479bn**GDP**6.0m**People**10.3%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Wisconsin) 50. **$52.5bn**GDP**589k**People**10.1%**Below the poverty line[In preparationAsk for it](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?country=Wyoming) GDP: [U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, GDP by state, 2025, current dollars (updated 30 September 2026)](https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-state). People: [U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates, 1 July 2025](https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-state-total.html). Below the poverty line: share of people for whom poverty status is determined, [U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, table B17001](https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2025.B17001). 02 · How a state blueprint works ## Assets, Capital, Solutions. The method of every Perfect Nations blueprint, applied to a state. 1. 01 Assets 2. ### What the state owns, counted and valued. 3. Land, water, energy, universities, state funds and, above all, its people. 4. 02 Capital 5. ### The instruments that finance it. 6. Municipal and green bonds, outcome contracts, guarantees and the state’s own funds. 7. 03 Solutions 8. ### Seven basic standards of living for every resident. 9. Food, water, shelter, energy, education, health and livelihood. 03 · Work with us ## Your state, its blueprint. 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