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The New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area had the largest economy of any U.S. metro area in 2024, with a gross metropolitan product of **** trillion U.S. dollars. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim ranked second, at **** trillion U.S. dollars. The two regions were also the country’s most populous metro areas.

What is a metro area?

Economic life often spills beyond city limits, and sometimes across state lines and national borders. Metropolitan areas reflect how an urban economy actually works, with a densely populated core tied to surrounding communities through jobs, commuting, and shared markets. They are not legal entities like cities, but functional ones defined by how people live and work across a shared economic area.

Los Angeles metropolitan area

The Greater Los Angeles metro area has one of the world’s largest economies. It hosts the U.S. headquarters of several international carmakers, including Honda, Mazda, and Hyundai. Entertainment helps draw visitors, with beaches, shopping districts, film studios, amusement parks, and Hollywood itself. Its ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, taken together, rank among the busiest in the world.

Together, these metro areas show how economic power in the United States is concentrated in large, interconnected regions rather than within city boundaries alone.