Originally Posted by DC2
Hrmmm...oooh look what I found
Economically, if it were a country, Orange County’s gross product would rank ahead of South Africa, Turkey, Finland, Greece, and Thailand.
Orange County has the 8th largest economy in the United States, behind Los Angeles (2nd) and Boston (4th) and ahead of the Twin Cities (12th) and Seattle (13th).
With a population of nearly 3 million people and an estimated annual gross county product of $127 billion, if we were a country, we would rank No. 33.
And if you converted that gross product to account for the prices there, it would buy you a milk shake and a couple items off Wendy's 99 cent menu.