The economies of every US state and DC, ranked from worst to best

North Dakota had the worst year-over-year change in its labor market among the 50 states and DC, with the number of non-farm payroll jobs declining by 1.8% between April 2017 and April 2018. The state also had the worst economic growth, with GDP falling 1.3% in Q4 2017.

Mississippi's Q4 2017 GDP per capita of $37,997 and April 2018 average weekly wage of $709 were both the lowest among the states and DC.

New Mexico's April 2018 unemployment rate of 5.4% was tied for third-highest among the 50 states and DC, while its average weekly wage of $744 was third-lowest.

Kentucky had the sixth-lowest rate of jobs growth among the 50 states and DC, with non-farm payroll jobs increasing just 0.4% between April 2017 and April 2018. The state's Q4 2017 GDP per capita of $46,234 was the seventh-lowest in the country.

Delaware's Q4 2017 GDP growth of 0.2% was the fourth-lowest among the 50 states and DC, and its average hourly wage growth of 0.8% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the fifth-lowest. However, the state's Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $77,945 was the fourth-highest in the country.

Alaska's April 2018 unemployment rate of 7.3% was the highest among the 50 states and DC, and it was one of the only two states to lose jobs between April 2017 and April 2018, with non-farm payroll employment declining by 0.2%.

Arkansas' Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $42,028 and April 2018 average weekly wage of $743 were both the second-lowest among the 50 states and DC.

Montana's job growth rate of 0.6% between April 2017 and April 2018, its Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $46,268, and its April 2018 average weekly wage of $790 were all the eighth-lowest among the 50 states and DC.

Iowa's Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 0.7% was the fifth-lowest among the 50 states and DC, and its wage growth rate of 1.0% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the sixth-lowest. On the bright side, the state's 2.8% unemployment rate in April 2018 was the fifth-best in the country.

West Virginia's Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $43,377 was the fourth-lowest among the 50 states and DC, and its April 2018 unemployment rate of 5.4% was tied for third-highest.

Minnesota was one of only two states with negative wage growth, with the state's average weekly wage declining 0.4% between April 2017 and April 2018. Minnesota's Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 1.5% was also somewhat below the average rate of 2.3% among the 50 states and DC.

Michigan's April 2018 unemployment rate of 4.7% was tied for eighth-highest in the country. The state's April 2018 average weekly wage of $885 was slightly below the average of $908 among the 50 states and DC.

While New York's Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $78,810 was the second-highest among the 50 states and DC, its flat GDP growth rate of 0.0% during that quarter was the third-lowest.

Ohio's Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $56,703 was a bit below the average of $60,263 among the 50 states and DC, while its 4.1% wage growth between April 2017 and April 2018 was a bit above the average growth rate of 3.3%.

Nebraska's Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 0.9% was the sixth-lowest among the states and DC, and its April 2018 unemployment rate of 2.8% was tied for fifth-lowest.

Nebraska fell pretty far since our last ranking of the state economies earlier this year, when it came in as the eighth-best economy in the country on the strength of high wage growth in that quarter.

While Vermont had the third-lowest rate of job growth among the states and DC, with non-farm payroll jobs increasing just 0.2% between April 2017 and April 2018, the state's April 2018 unemployment rate of 2.8% was tied for fifth-best.

Alabama's Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $43,880 was the fifth-lowest among the states and DC. The state's April 2018 unemployment rate of 3.8% was slightly lower than the average rate of 4.0%.

New Hampshire was one of only two states to see negative wage growth, with the average weekly wage falling 1.8% between April 2017 and April 2018. On the bright side, the state's April 2018 unemployment rate of 2.6% was tied for second-best among the 50 states and DC.

Missouri's April 2018 average weekly wage of $838 was a bit below the average of $908 among the 50 states and DC, while its April 2018 unemployment rate of 3.6% was a bit better than the average rate of 4.0%.

Oklahoma's Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 3.3% was the sixth-highest among the states and DC, but its average weekly wage growth rate of 1.0% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the seventh-lowest.

Louisiana's average weekly wage growth of 4.9% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the ninth-highest among the states and DC, but its April 2018 unemployment rate of 4.5% was above the average rate of 4.0%.

Pennsylvania's April 2018 unemployment rate of 4.7% was tied for eighth-highest in the country, and its Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $59,941 was close to the average per capita GDP of $60,263 among the 50 states and DC.

Nevada had the fastest job growth among the 50 states and DC, with the number of non-farm payroll jobs increasing 3.4% between April 2017 and April 2018. However, the state's April 2018 average weekly wage of $783 was the sixth-lowest in the country.

Connecticut's Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $74,098 was the fifth-highest among the 50 states and DC, and its April 2018 average weekly wage of $1,086 was fourth-highest. However, the state's non-farm payroll job growth rate of 0.5% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the seventh-lowest.

Arizona's Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 3.1% was the eighth-highest among the states and DC, and its non-farm payroll job growth rate of 2.2% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the seventh-highest. However, the state's April 2018 unemployment rate of 4.9% was tied for fifth-worst.

Maine's April 2018 unemployment rate of 2.7% was the fourth-lowest among the states and DC, and its Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $46,799 was the tenth-lowest.

Kansas' non-farm payroll job growth rate of 1.4% between April 2017 and April 2018 was just above the average rate among the states and DC of 1.3%, and its Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 2.3% was equal to the average rate.

Tennessee's April 2018 unemployment rate of 3.4% was below the average rate among the states and DC of 4.0%, but its Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $52,407 was somewhat lower than the average of $60,263.

Illinois' non-farm payroll job growth rate of 0.9% between April 2017 and April 2018 was a bit below the average rate of 1.3% among the 50 states and DC, but its Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $65,274 was somewhat above the average of $60,263.

Oregon's Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 3.7% was the third-highest among the states and DC, but its average weekly wage growth of 1.1% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the eighth-lowest.

North Carolina's April 2018 unemployment rate of 4.4% was higher than the average rate among the states and DC of 4.0%, and its Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 2.9% was higher than the average rate of 2.3%.

New Jersey's Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $66,840 was the eleventh-highest among the states and DC, and its April 2018 average weekly wage of $1,023 was the eighth-highest.

Virginia's April 2018 average weekly wage of $994 was the tenth-highest in the country, and its unemployment rate of 3.3% was well below the average rate of 4.0% among the 50 states and DC.

Rhode Island's 5.3% average weekly wage growth between April 2017 and April 2018 was the seventh-highest in the country, but its April 2018 unemployment rate of 4.5% was higher than the average rate among the 50 states and DC of 4.0%.

Wyoming's Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $71,403 was the eighth-highest in the country, while its April 2018 unemployment rate of 3.8% was just below the average rate among the 50 states and DC of 4.0%.

Indiana's Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 2.7% was a bit higher than the average rate of 2.4% among the 50 states and DC, while its April 2018 unemployment rate of 3.2% was below the average 4.0% rate.

Maryland's April 2018 average weekly wage of $1,042 was the sixth-highest among the 50 states and DC, and its wage growth rate of 7.5% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the highest.

South Carolina's average weekly wage growth rate of 6.4% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the fourth-highest among the states and DC, but its Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $44,228 was the sixth-lowest.

Florida's Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 3.7% was the third-highest among the states and DC, and its non-farm payroll job growth rate of 2.1% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the ninth-highest.

Georgia's average weekly wage growth rate of 6.0% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the sixth-highest in the country, and its non-farm payroll job growth rate of 1.5% over that year was slightly above the average rate of 1.3% among the 50 states and DC.

Wisconsin's April 2018 unemployment rate of 2.8% was tied for fifth-lowest among the states and DC, and its Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 3.1% was tied for eighth-highest.

Utah's non-farm payroll job growth rate of 3.3% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the third-highest in the country, and its April 2018 unemployment rate of 3.1% was well below the average rate among the 50 states and DC of 4.0%.

Massachusetts' Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $78,300 and April 2018 average weekly wage of $1,116 were both the third-highest among the 50 states and DC.

California's Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 3.4% was the fifth-highest among the states and DC, as was its April 2018 average weekly wage of $1,073.

Idaho's non-farm payroll job growth rate of 3.3% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the second-highest among the states and DC, as was its Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 4.8%.

Idaho fared much better in this quarter's ranking than in our first-quarter ranking of the state economies, when it came in at number 20.

Hawaii's 2.0% unemployment rate in April 2018 was the lowest among the 50 states and DC, and its average weekly wage growth rate of 6.1% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the fifth-highest.

Texas' Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 5.2% was the highest among the 50 states and DC, and its non-farm payroll job growth rate of 2.7% between April 2017 and April 2018 was fifth-highest.

Colorado's Q4 2017 GDP growth rate of 3.2% was the seventh-highest among the states and DC, and its April 2018 unemployment rate of 2.9% was the ninth-lowest.

Washington state's April 2018 average weekly wage of $1,168 was the second-highest among the states and DC, and its non-farm payroll job growth rate of 2.8% between April 2017 and April 2018 was the fourth-highest.

The District of Columbia's Q4 2017 per capita GDP of $193,091 and April 2018 average weekly wage of $1,552 were far and away the highest in the country. However, DC's April 2018 unemployment rate of 5.6% was the second-highest among the states and DC.