Business Facts

Long Island has the 17th largest metropolitan area economy in the nation. Its output of good and services, or gross metropolitan product, was estimated at $126.3 billion in 2004. The size of its economy exceeded that of most U.S. metropolitan areas and many foreign countires.

Each Fall the LIA publishes its award-winning Business Fact Book, written by LIA Chief Economist Dr. Pearl Kamer, which breaks out the Long Island economy in detail.

To read the complete 2009 - 2010 report in Adobe Reader,click here.

For a complete listing of monthly economic reports by the LIA’s Chief Economist, Dr. Pearl M. Kamer as well as Dr. Kamer’s periodic analyses of special topics of interest to the business and non-profit communities visit our Economic Analysis page.