Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account, U.S. and States, 2019 The new U.S. data show that the outdoor recreation economy accounted for 2.1 percent ($459.8 billion) of current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP) for the nation in 2019. At the state level, outdoor recreation value added as a share of state GDP ranged from 5.8 percent in Hawaii to 1.3 percent in Connecticut. The share was 1.1 percent in the District of Columbia. Full Text Published November 10, 2020 at 07:00PM Read more at bea.gov