Manufacturing Economy Monitor
Miscellaneous Manufacturing Manufacturing in Arkansas
Miscellaneous Manufacturing manufacturing added $299M of value to Arkansas's economy in 2025, down 5.7% year over year. That ranks Arkansas 39th of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 1.2% of Arkansas's manufacturing output. Nationally, miscellaneous manufacturing is a $119B industry (the 9th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Output and rank
- Value added: $299M in 2025, #39 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
- Growth: -5.7% year over year.
- Share of Arkansas's manufacturing: 1.2% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
- National context: miscellaneous manufacturing is a $119B industry nationally, #9 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+1.7% year over year).
- Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 339).
Frequently asked questions
- How big is the miscellaneous manufacturing industry in Arkansas? Miscellaneous Manufacturing added $299M of value in Arkansas in 2025, ranking the state 39th of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
- Is miscellaneous manufacturing growing in Arkansas? Arkansas's miscellaneous manufacturing output shrank 5.7% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
- What share of Arkansas's manufacturing is miscellaneous manufacturing? Miscellaneous Manufacturing is 1.2% of Arkansas's total manufacturing value added in 2025, 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 2026-10-01.