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Gross Domestic Product

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With an economic gross domestic product of more than $747 billion in 2020, Los Angeles County contributes a quarter of California's gross state product. It ranks second among all U.S. counties only to New York County (Manhattan Island, New York City) for gross domestic product. It has a larger economic output than all but six U.S. states (California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania). If Los Angeles County were itself an independent nation among the world's 217 independent national economies, it would rank as the world's 19th largest economy (just a little behind Switzerland). It has a larger gross economic output than, for example, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, or Thailand.


Year Real GDP (in thousands of chained 2012 dollars) Current-dollar GDP (in thousands of current dollars)
2020 $659,328,437 $747,523,558
2019 $703,781,312 $789,460,877
2018 $681,549,961 $752,017,612
2017 $662,418,536 $715,267,112
2016 $639,934,876 $681,188,404
Year Real GDP (in thousands of chained 2012 dollars) Current-dollar GDP (in thousands of current dollars)
2015 $628,765,253 $661,324,357
2014 $604,034,122 $624,867,909
2013 $587,370,781 $597,849,809
2012 $576,713,190 $576,713,190
2011 $571,324,012 $558,788,408
Year Real GDP (in thousands of chained 2012 dollars) Current-dollar GDP (in thousands of current dollars)
2010 $561,409,984 $539,921,212
2009 $547,249,104 $520,267,632
2008 $569,813,740 $537,541,173
2007 $555,951,086 $517,559,678
2006 $547,542,672 $497,032,624
Year Real GDP (in thousands of chained 2012 dollars) Current-dollar GDP (in thousands of current dollars)
2005 $525,750,328 $465,922,362
2004 $514,064,136 $444,304,422
2003 $499,512,771 $421,461,776
2002 $482,467,282 $401,632,764
2001 $473,306,527 $388,463,854

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.