Texas is sweeping the competition when it comes to overall economic growth – and prosperity per resident.
Fox News reports that Texas saw an impressive “10.1% increase in economic output on a per-capita basis from 2021 to 2024, based on calculations using Bureau of Economic Analysis and U.S. Census figures.”
Between 2021 and 2024, Texas boosted economic output per resident from roughly $64,000 to nearly $71,000, an increase of $7,000. Despite its larger overall economy, California, by contrast, saw economic output per resident increase over the same time period by only $4,000.
The Lone Star State’s ever-strengthening economy isn’t just driven by a sharp rise in population. Other Sun Belt states are seeing rapid growth, too – and yet Texas continues to outpace its peers.
What sets Texas apart is Governor Greg Abbott’s strong conservative agenda: lowering taxes, cutting unnecessary and burdensome regulations, and promoting strong energy production, to name a few priorities.
Thanks to Governor Abbott’s leadership, Texas is seeing a substantial bump in per-resident gains. And this notable climb in economic output per resident is only one piece of Texas’ economic success story.
Just one week ago, on January 25, Governor Abbott celebrated Texas as America’s top jobs leader. Notably, Governor Abbott announced that Texas gained nearly 133,000 jobs from December 2024 to December 2025, more than any other state and outpacing the national annual job growth rate by half a percentage point; reached a new high with the largest labor force ever in the state’s history at 15,964,000; and registered an unemployment rate in the state of 4.3%, below the U.S. unemployment rate of 4.4%.