If States Were Companies, Which Would Make the Fortune 100?

And which companies are they closest to?

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If California's state government were a business, it would be about as big as Exxon Mobile. And Georgia would be about the same size as a company headquartered in Atlanta: Coca-Cola.

When speaking about state budgets, billion-dollar pools of money can become something of an abstract concept. It's easy to forget what a billion dollars really means.

So the Center for Digital Government — part of e.Republic, Government Technology's parent company — used its own data alongside data from the Fortune 100 list to put together some comparisons. Here are all the states whose budgets would put them on the Fortune 100 list if they were companies, along with the businesses whose revenue totals they are closest to.

Fortune 100 States & Co.
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And here is a map of all the states whose budgets would put them in the Fortune 100 if they were businesses:

Fortune 100 States
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Ben Miller

Ben Miller is the associate editor of data and business for Government Technology. His reporting experience includes breaking news, business, community features and technical subjects. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, and lives in Sacramento, Calif.

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If States Were Companies, Which Would Make the Fortune 100?

And which companies are they closest to?