BEA Regional Economic Accounts · CAGDP1 · GDP of the counties of Massachusetts, by year
Which counties of Massachusetts have the largest GDP?
Middlesex County had the largest GDP of the 14 counties of Massachusetts with a figure, $240.7 billion in the year ended .
Right now
Middlesex County had the largest GDP of the 14 counties of Massachusetts with a figure in 2024, $240.7 billion.
Nantucket County had the smallest GDP, $2.1 billion.
Places with no figure
Every county the Census Bureau lists has a figure for 2024.
As published
The GDP is in current dollars for the calendar year, not seasonally adjusted, as BEA publishes it. The ranks, the changes in real GDP and the GDP per person are ours.
Understanding the ranking
Where it stands today
Middlesex County had the largest GDP, $240.7 billion, in 2024.
How is the ranking made?
This page ranks the counties of Massachusetts that have a figure by their GDP in the newest year the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has published, in current dollars. Each county has a page of its own with its history, its personal income and its population.
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The rank of a county is among all the counties and county equivalents of the country with a figure for the year, not only among those of Massachusetts. The change in real GDP over a year and GDP per person are beside each GDP.
The numbers behind the chart
What is the GDP of each county?14 counties, 2024, the largest GDP first
| County | Rank among all counties | GDP | Real GDP, change over a year | GDP per person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex County | 14 | $240.7 billion | +3.1% | $144,201 |
| Suffolk County | 19 | $190.8 billion | +1.8% | $240,534 |
| Norfolk County | 72 | $75.1 billion | +2.0% | $101,344 |
| Worcester County | 97 | $60.9 billion | +1.8% | $69,160 |
| Essex County | 98 | $60.7 billion | +1.3% | $73,710 |
| Plymouth County | 164 | $36.9 billion | +2.8% | $68,101 |
| Bristol County | 167 | $36.0 billion | +2.4% | $61,233 |
| Hampden County | 193 | $30.6 billion | +1.6% | $65,922 |
| Barnstable County | 267 | $19.3 billion | +4.6% | $82,979 |
| Hampshire County | 428 | $10.4 billion | +1.9% | $62,810 |
| Berkshire County | 475 | $9.2 billion | +1.6% | $71,199 |
| Franklin County | 862 | $3.7 billion | −6.4% | $52,262 |
| Dukes County | 1230 | $2.1 billion | +2.7% | $100,171 |
| Nantucket County | 1231 | $2.1 billion | +3.9% | $143,651 |
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What does the ranking leave out, and where is it from?Limits and source
What this number cannot tell you
- BEA publishes the GDP of the counties once a year, in December, for the year before. A county BEA combines with another has no page. A county BEA has no value for in that year and published one before keeps its page, with no rank, and is named under the ranking; the line that counts the places with no figure includes it.
- Real GDP is BEA's measure with price changes taken out, in chained 2017 dollars; the change over a year is ours, worked out from it. GDP per person is ours: GDP divided by population in the same year.
- This product uses the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data API but is not endorsed or certified by BEA.
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