3. Maine
Maine
2011 growth rate: -0.4%
Economy size: $52 billion*

Maine's economy was the only one of the New England states that slowed in 2011.

Blame a lagging real estate industry and cuts in the public sector, as the housing market continued to flounder and jobs were cut across the state's government.

Maine's durable goods manufacturing sector, which makes ships and boats, fabricated metal and computer products, picked up over the year, but gains were meager at best.


Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
*In current U.S. dollars
By Emily Jane Fox @CNNMoney - Last updated June 08 2012: 5:12 PM ET
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