America's economic boom, crash, and epic comeback in 128 maps
Philly Fed
While the US economy as a whole is growing modestly, that growth is not even across the country.As the Philly Fed's latest coincident indexes survey shows, six states - North Dakota, Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, West Virginia and Vermont - saw economic activity contract during the three months ending in September.
Three other states went sideways, while the other 41 states continued to inch upwards.
These coincident indexes combine different state-level indicators to give us a picture of current economic conditions for that state.
On the bright side, we're doing much better than we were during the darkest days of the recession when all of those states were flashing red. And we have the history to show it. Every month, the Philly Fed publishes a color-coded map tracking economic activity across the country. Red shows economic contraction while blue or green show expansion.
The maps start in 2005 when the economy was booming, then get really ugly. We've put them all together below.