US states by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)

Texas had the highest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census) of 51 states in 2017, at $575.22 billion. District of Columbia had the lowest, at $277.36 million. The median was $62.41 billion and the figure for the United States was $5.55 trillion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest575,217.8Texas

Lowest277.4District of Columbia

Median62,411.251 states

United States5,548,796.8History

Map of states, 2017

Under 14K
14K to 48K
48K to 62K
62K to 130K
130K to 180K
180K and over

USD million, 2017. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2017

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2017 USD million
1	Texas	575,217.8
2	California	510,858.5
3	Ohio	306,222.2
4	Michigan	262,495.4
5	Indiana	246,671.7
6	Illinois	241,484.3
7	Pennsylvania	227,812
8	North Carolina	200,380.8
9	Louisiana	187,439.9
10	Wisconsin	171,896.3
11	Georgia	169,058.5
12	New York	155,571.9
13	Tennessee	155,422.4
14	Washington	140,381.5
15	South Carolina	138,586.5
16	Alabama	137,441.2
17	Kentucky	133,415.5
18	Minnesota	122,013.5
19	Missouri	118,633.7
20	Iowa	109,727.8
21	Florida	106,341.9
22	Virginia	99,343.9
23	New Jersey	95,483
24	Kansas	83,418.1
25	Massachusetts	82,308.5
26	Oregon	62,411.2
27	Oklahoma	61,143.3
28	Mississippi	60,906.5
29	Arkansas	58,363.7
30	Connecticut	57,882
31	Arizona	56,635.9
32	Utah	55,788
33	Nebraska	53,129.3
34	Colorado	50,809.1
35	Maryland	41,776.9
36	West Virginia	24,602.1
37	New Hampshire	20,304.1
38	Idaho	20,263.4
39	South Dakota	16,779.5
40	Delaware	16,689.2
41	Nevada	16,408.1
42	Maine	15,089.2
43	New Mexico	13,723.6
44	North Dakota	13,604.9
45	Rhode Island	12,416.3
46	Montana	10,943.6
47	Vermont	8,652.4
48	Alaska	8,616.9
49	Wyoming	7,897.7
50	Hawaii	6,055.9
51	District of Columbia	277.4

Other periods

2022
2017

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments (US states by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

MLA 9

Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments, US states by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-manufacturing/us-states?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2021. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. US states by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-manufacturing/us-states?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2021) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments, US states by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-manufacturing/us-states?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)?

Texas, with $575.22 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)?

District of Columbia, with $277.36 million in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.