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Regional Economies

GDP scale anchors, per-capita income, and the structural facts that shape the US, Canadian, Californian, and metro-level economies. Every value cites its source.

Vintage: 2026-07. Compiled July 2026. GDP figures are BEA/StatCan/state most-recent-available (mostly 2024-2025). Numbers of this kind get revised. Treat them as scale indicators, not precision instruments.

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EntityMetricValuePeriodConfidenceSource
World
National GDP
Nominal GDP
~$115 trillion2025Official[1]
United States
National GDP
Nominal GDP
~$30 trillion2025Official[1]
China
National GDP
Nominal GDP
~$19 trillion2025Official[1]
Canada
National GDP
Nominal GDP
~C$2.2 trillion2025Official[1]
United States
National GDP
Consumption share of GDP
American consumer is the largest single economic force globally (C in C+I+G+NX).
~68%2025Official[1]
United States
National GDP
Top 10 metros' share of national GDP
Top 10 metros produce ~43% of US GDP with only ~28% of population, agglomeration effect visible.
~43%2025Official[1]
California
State / Provincial GDP
Nominal GDP
4th-5th largest economy in the world as a standalone country; trades places with Japan on FX.
~$4.2-4.3 trillion2025Official[2] [3]
California
State / Provincial GDP
Share of US GDP
~14%2025Official[2]
California
State / Provincial GDP
Population
~39 million2025Official[2]
California
Per capita
GDP per capita
~$107,0002025Official[2]
California
Structural
Poverty rate (housing-cost-adjusted)
Bottleneck is housing supply, not production, high wages absorbed by prices.
Highest in the US2025Official[4]
California
Structural
General Fund constitutionally guaranteed to K-14 education (Prop 98)
~40%OngoingOfficial[5]
California
Structural
Share of Californians covered by Medi-Cal
~1/32025Official[5]
Los Angeles / Long Beach ports
Structural
Share of US container imports handled
~40%2025Official[4]
New York metro
Metro GDP
Metro GDP
~$2.2 trillion2025Official[1]
Los Angeles metro
Metro GDP
Metro GDP
~$1.1 trillion2025Official[1]
Chicago metro
Metro GDP
Metro GDP
~$760 billion2025Official[1]
Toronto metro
Metro GDP
Metro GDP
~C$500 billion2025Official[1]
Silicon Valley (Santa Clara + San Mateo)
Silicon Valley
Regional GDP
~$840 billion+2025Press-reported[6]
Full Bay Area
Silicon Valley
Regional GDP
>$1.2 trillion2025Press-reported[6] [7]
Bay Area
Silicon Valley
Population
~7.7 million2025Official[7]
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
GDP per worker
~$336,000 (~2.5× US average)2025Press-reported[7]
Bay Area
Silicon Valley
Share of all US venture capital
~50%2025Press-reported[7]
Bay Area
Silicon Valley
AI share of regional VC dollars
~83% (~$80B)2025Press-reported[7]
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Tech-headcount change YoY
Overall tech headcount flat-to-down post 2022-23 layoffs.
-0.8%2024 → 2025Press-reported[7]
South Bay
Silicon Valley
Job postings mentioning AI skills
~24.5% (vs. 2.9% in 2019)2025 vs. 2019Press-reported[7]
US billion-dollar startups
Silicon Valley
Share with at least one immigrant founder
~50%2025Press-reported[7]
Valley tech workers
Silicon Valley
Foreign-born share
~2/32025Press-reported[7]
San Francisco
Silicon Valley
Peak office vacancy
Blew a hole in SF's business-tax and downtown commercial property revenue.
~35%Post-COVID peakPress-reported[6]
US Federal Reserve
Structural
Policy interest rate
~3.4%Mid-2026Official[1]
United States
Structural
Headline inflation
~2.5-2.7%Mid-2026Official[1]
United States
Structural
Unemployment rate
~4.3%Mid-2026Official[1]

Sources

  1. Foundations. How to Think About an Economy (US Bureau of Economic Analysis (reference for GDP scale anchors))
  2. California is now the 4th largest economy in the world (Governor of California)
  3. California falls to fifth largest economy (Fox LA)
  4. California's Economy (Public Policy Institute of California)
  5. 2025-26 California Enacted Budget Summary (State of California)
  6. Silicon Valley: an $840 billion GDP and its global impact (Next Move Silicon Valley)
  7. Silicon Valley Index 2026. Hot engine, stalled growth (Joint Venture Silicon Valley)