How the Economic Power of American Cities Compares to Entire Countries • “When America sneezes, the

How the Economic Power of American Cities Compares to Entire Countries
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“When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.” This cliché is often cited to explain how economies around the world react to events in the United States.
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Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and maps the size of various metro economies (in millions USD). The larger the circle, the larger the economic output of that area. We then compared these numbers to GDP figures from the World Bank, placing the corresponding country’s flag next to the U.S. metro area closest in size.
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List of the top 10 largest metro area economies in the U.S. together with their international counterparts:

1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA - $1,426,027 vs. Canada - $1,529,760;
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA - $884,836 vs. Turkey - $857,749;
3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI - $568,969 vs. Argentina - $545,866;
4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX - $471,278 vs. Poland - $469,509;
5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV - $449,293 vs. Belgium - $466,366;
6. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX - $442,458 vs. Thailand - $406,840;
7. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA - $406,294 vs. Nigeria - $405,083;
8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD - $381,332 vs. Austria - $386,428;
9. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH - $371,577 vs. Norway - $370,557;
10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA - $320,171 vs. Hong Kong SAR, China - $320,912.
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