Arizona, Nevada top list

Monday, June 4, 2001 | 11 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Arizona and seven other Western states outperformed the rest of the country in economic growth during much of the 1990s while Hawaii and Alaska suffered the worst growth rates, the Commerce Department said today.

Arizona led all other states during the 1992-99 period, turning in an average growth rate of 7.3 percent. Neighboring Nevada was not far behind with average growth of 7.0 percent, according to a new report on economic activity during what has become the country's longest economic expansion.

During the 1992-99 period, the national economy was growing at average annual rates of 4 percent.

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