State GDP: $342 billion
Growth in 2010: 4.2%
This state has also benefited from a manufacturing renaissance, fueled in part by increasing demand from China.
Massachusetts-made exports to China created $2.2 billion in business for local manufacturers in 2010, a 60% increase over the year before. Medical equipment and industrial machinery were two of the state's strongest exports.
Overall, this state economy grew at a 4.23% rate last year
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