Manufacturing Economy Monitor
Paper Products Manufacturing in Arizona
Paper Products manufacturing added $457M of value to Arizona's economy in 2024, up 6.0% year over year. That ranks Arizona 32th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 1% of Arizona's manufacturing output. Nationally, paper products is a $75.2B industry (the 14th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Output and rank
- Value added: $457M in 2024, #32 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
- Growth: +6% year over year.
- Share of Arizona's manufacturing: 1% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
- National context: paper products is a $75.2B industry nationally, #14 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+1.1% year over year).
- Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 322).
Frequently asked questions
- How big is the paper products industry in Arizona? Paper Products added $457M of value in Arizona in 2024, ranking the state 32th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
- Is paper products growing in Arizona? Arizona's paper products output grew 6.0% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
- What share of Arizona's manufacturing is paper products? Paper Products is 1% of Arizona's total manufacturing value added in 2024, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
About this data
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (public domain). National quarterly values are seasonally adjusted annual rates. Corporate-profit industry detail reflects inventory valuation adjustment without capital consumption adjustment, per NIPA table 6.16D conventions.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.