which is the richest state?
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It depends on what your definition of "richest" is. If you mean in terms of gross product, it's probably California, Texas, or New York. If you're talking about median income, it's Connecticut.\n\nI've been looking all over the web for sources, but no luck so far.
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While New York City is the most populous city in the United States, Sitka, Alaska is the largest city in area. Sitka includes a whopping 2874 square miles of incorporated area. The city is larger than the state of Delaware!
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based on per capita income and GDP per land area it is Luxemburg by far.  However one of the posters is right that the UAE has so much money they do not know what to do with it.  However, many people in the UAE are dirt poor while the income in luxemburg is distributed evenly.
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Alaska.\n\nFollowed by Texas and California.
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Traditionally, timber has been at the top of the list. But there is a also a large fishing industry, huge agricultural industry and the absolute beauty of the state is argueably the biggest natural resource we have.
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Yep, it's Michigan. It's the biggest by a long shot. The top 5...\n\n1 Michigan 96,810 square miles\n2 Florida 65,758 \n3 Wisconsin 65,503\n4 Georgia 59,441\n5 Illinois 57,918\n\nThe funny thing is Georgia likes to claim being the largest...
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Which state and at what rank???
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China, followed by India. 3rd place according to my estimates, should be Indonesia followed by the US.
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The world's richest country is actually Luxembourg, with a per-capita GDP (gross domestic product) of $ 55,600. Second is Norway ($ 42,400), third is the United States ($ 42,000). San Marino ($ 34,600) and Switzerland ($ 35,300) are fourth and fifth, respectively.  \n\nAccording to wikipedia, GDP "defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time." It is computed as:\n\nGDP = consumption + investment + government spending + (exports − imports)
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That depends. Who has the most money?
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USA! I live in the OC, California, and if we broke off and made our own country we would be the seventh wealthiest country in the world. So right there that's only a small portion of the United States.  Money says a lot in terms of power!
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http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_gdp-gross-state-product-current-dollars\n\nhere's a current list from a great resource. You can click on Per Capita tab to get gross state product per capita, which is a better indicator of wealth.\n\nGenerally, gross domestic product refers to independent countries, where gross state product refers to states, whether it's an Australian, Indian or American state.\n\nSo in conclusion, California has, by far, the highest GSP. Although Delaware has the highest GSP per capita, making it the wealthiest state per person.
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China. India is the world's biggest democracy. Population wise. So the US has been working with the Indian Government. But China is still under Communist rule and still hates Capitalists.
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well NY has 40 Billionaires so Id say the highest income is about $10B\n\nAlso a lot of poor people upstate so Id say the lowest income is $0.00
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Australia.\n\nWorld class universities (several are in the top 10), cheaper educational and living costs.
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WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES\n_________________\n\n1. United States\n2. People's Republic of China\n3. Japan\n4. India\n5. Germany\n6. United Kingdom\n7. France\n8. Italy\n9. Brazil\n10. Russia\n\nWEALTHIEST MAN\n______________\n\nBill Gates - $51 billion\n\nWEALTHIEST WOMAN\n________________\n\nAlice Walton - $18 billion
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I live in Long Island which is one of most heavily taxed parts of the country.  I don't believe we are overtaxed.  Our state is one of the richest in the Union and we have to help out poorer states.   If Alabama was the richest state and we were the poorest Alabama would be taxed more and we would receive more federal aid.  I believe that our tax dollars are not going to the right places a lot of times though.