Urban Coalition Economic Baseline:                                                                                                             

Consider the following facts:

• About half of the U.S. population lives within one of the 48 major metropolitan urban centers in America. 

• Eighty five percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is produced in 259 major and minor urban metropolitan areas throughout America. 

• The United States economy makes up approximately 23% of the global output and boasts an annual economic productivity          of 17.3 trillion dollars.

• The U.S.’s metropolitan urban centers are expected to “generate more than ten percent of global GDP growth in the next 15 years, a larger contribution than all of the large cities of other developed countries combined.”   

• The greater New York City's metropolitan area alone contributes up to 1.5 trillion dollars of economic productivity.  

• Baltimore’s economic productivity contributes approximately 181 billion dollars to the nations GDP.

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Real GDP for the top 33 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Millions of dollars)

Rank MSA's (2015)

     Metropolitan Statistical Areas         GDP (000,000) 2015                                  

1    New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (MSA)                       1,502,705

2    Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (MSA)                           930,817

3    Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (MSA)                                640,656

4    Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)                        503,311

5    Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA)           491,042

6    Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (MSA)                                    485,683

7    San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA (MSA)                               431,704

8    Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (MSA)             411,161

9    Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (MSA)                               396,549

10   Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (MSA)                                 339,203

11   Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (MSA)                    317,986

12   Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (MSA)                                         313,654

13   Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (MSA)                      248,779

14   Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (MSA)                                         245,607

15   San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (MSA)                                235,222

16   San Diego-Carlsbad, CA (MSA)                                                 220,573

17   Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (MSA)                                         219,968

18   Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO (MSA)                                        193,172

19   Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (MSA)                                   181,419

20   Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (MSA)                            158,770

21   St. Louis, MO-IL (MSA)                                                            155,077

22   Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (MSA)                                152,447

23   Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (MSA)                             140,637

24   Pittsburgh, PA (MSA)                                                              138,873

25   Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN (MSA)                                   134,081

26  Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL (MSA)                                133,838

27  Cleveland-Elyria, OH (MSA)                                                       128,448

28  Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (MSA)                                                      127,057

29  Kansas City, MO-KS (MSA)                                                        125,618

30  Columbus, OH (MSA)                                                                124,381

31  Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL (MSA)                                       121,329

32  Austin-Round Rock, TX (MSA)                                                    119,949

33  Sacramento—Roseville—Arden-Arcade, CA (MSA)                        118,822