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US cannabis industry’s $100 billion economic impact varies by state

Medical and recreational cannabis markets continue to have a growing impact on the broader U.S. economy, but the state-level impact differs based on each market’s size, maturity and type.

And while highly populated states with bigger markets have a larger dollar amount of economic impact, some smaller, less-populated states are generating more impact per person.

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The total U.S. economic impact from marijuana sales in 2023 is expected to reach $100 billion – up more than 12% from last year, according to analysis from the recently published MJBiz Factbook.

For California – by far the largest cannabis market in the U.S. by sales and population – the economic impact from marijuana sales can amount to $17.7 billion pumped into the state’s economy in 2023.

By contrast, marijuana’s contribution to sparsely populated recreational and medical markets is much less, but not insignificant.

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