Quick rundown using 2021 numbers sourced earlier (used the country value closest to the state value):
California GDP = United Kingdom GDP
Texas GDP = Italy GDP
New York GDP = Canada GDP
Florida GDP = Mexico GDP
Illinois GDP = Netherlands GDP
Pennsylvania GDP = Switzerland GDP
Ohio GDP = Taiwan GDP
Georgia GDP = Iran GDP
New Jersey GDP = Iran GDP
Washington GDP = Iran GDP
North Carolina GDP = Poland GDP
Massachusetts GDP = Poland GDP
Virginia GDP = Belgium GDP
Michigan GDP = Belgium GDP
Maryland GDP = Israel GDP
Colorado GDP = Argentina GDP
Indiana GDP = Argentina GDP
Tennessee GDP = Argentina GDP
Minnesota GDP = Argentina GDP
Arizona GDP = Bangladesh GDP
Wisconsin GDP = Hong Kong GDP
Missouri GDP = Hong Kong GDP
Connecticut GDP = Finland GDP
South Carolina GDP = Czech Republic GDP
Oregon GDP = Czech Republic GDP
Louisiana GDP = Portugal GDP
Alabama GDP = New Zealand GDP
Kentucky GDP = New Zealand GDP
Iowa GDP = Peru GDP
Utah GDP = Greece GDP
Oklahoma GDP = Greece GDP
Kansas GDP = Iraq GDP
Nevada GDP = Iraq GDP
District of Colombia GDP = Algeria GDP
Nebraska GDP = Algeria GDP
Arkansas GDP = Algeria GDP
Mississippi GDP = Kuwait GDP
New Mexico GDP = Kenya GDP
New Hampshire GDP = Ethiopia GDP
Idaho GDP = Ethiopia GDP
Hawaii GDP = Ethiopia GDP
West Virginia GDP = Sri Lanka GDP
Delaware GDP = Guatemala GDP
Maine GDP = Myanmar GDP
North Dakota GDP = Angola GDP
Rhode Island GDP = Croatia GDP
South Dakota GDP = Lithuania GDP
Montana GDP = Slovenia GDP
Alaska GDP = Uruguay GDP
Wyoming GDP = Venezuela GDP
Vermont GDP = Nepal GDP
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Quick rundown using 2021 numbers sourced earlier (used the country value closest to the state value):
California GDP = United Kingdom GDP
Texas GDP = Italy GDP
New York GDP = Canada GDP
Florida GDP = Mexico GDP
Illinois GDP = Netherlands GDP
Pennsylvania GDP = Switzerland GDP
Ohio GDP = Taiwan GDP
Georgia GDP = Iran GDP
New Jersey GDP = Iran GDP
Washington GDP = Iran GDP
North Carolina GDP = Poland GDP
Massachusetts GDP = Poland GDP
Virginia GDP = Belgium GDP
Michigan GDP = Belgium GDP
Maryland GDP = Israel GDP
Colorado GDP = Argentina GDP
Indiana GDP = Argentina GDP
Tennessee GDP = Argentina GDP
Minnesota GDP = Argentina GDP
Arizona GDP = Bangladesh GDP
Wisconsin GDP = Hong Kong GDP
Missouri GDP = Hong Kong GDP
Connecticut GDP = Finland GDP
South Carolina GDP = Czech Republic GDP
Oregon GDP = Czech Republic GDP
Louisiana GDP = Portugal GDP
Alabama GDP = New Zealand GDP
Kentucky GDP = New Zealand GDP
Iowa GDP = Peru GDP
Utah GDP = Greece GDP
Oklahoma GDP = Greece GDP
Kansas GDP = Iraq GDP
Nevada GDP = Iraq GDP
District of Colombia GDP = Algeria GDP
Nebraska GDP = Algeria GDP
Arkansas GDP = Algeria GDP
Mississippi GDP = Kuwait GDP
New Mexico GDP = Kenya GDP
New Hampshire GDP = Ethiopia GDP
Idaho GDP = Ethiopia GDP
Hawaii GDP = Ethiopia GDP
West Virginia GDP = Sri Lanka GDP
Delaware GDP = Guatemala GDP
Maine GDP = Myanmar GDP
North Dakota GDP = Angola GDP
Rhode Island GDP = Croatia GDP
South Dakota GDP = Lithuania GDP
Montana GDP = Slovenia GDP
Alaska GDP = Uruguay GDP
Wyoming GDP = Venezuela GDP
Vermont GDP = Nepal GDP
Texas comparable to Italy wow! I'm sure it's ranking if it were a nation has gone up a spot or so.
^ Switzerland lacks a seaport and yet it has one of the highest per capita GDPs on the planet.
Also, thanks to the great lakes and the mississipi-ohio-missouri river waterway systems, the only states that truly lack navigable waterways to the ocean are those of the interior mountain west - ID, MT, NV, UT, WY, CO, AZ & NM.
Navigable waterways and interior port cities of the US