Gross Domestic Product by Metropolitan Area: Advance Statistics for 2010 and Revised Statistics for 2007-2009

摘要

REAL gross domestic product (GDP) by metropolitan area - a measure of nationwide economic growth calculated as the sum of GDP of all metropolitan areas deflated by a national price measure - increased 2.5 percent in 2010 after declining 2.5 percent in 2009 (chart 1 and table 1). Economic growth in 2010 was widespread among U.S. metropolitan areas; real GDP increased in 304 of the nation's 366 metropolitan areas. In 2009, real GDP declined in 296 metropolitan areas (chart 2).