Manufacturing Economy Monitor
Textile Mills and Textile Products Manufacturing in Delaware
Textile Mills and Textile Products manufacturing added $84M of value to Delaware's economy in 2025, up 14.8% year over year. That ranks Delaware 32nd of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 1% of Delaware's manufacturing output. Nationally, textile mills and textile products is a $17.7B industry (the 18th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Output and rank
- Value added: $84M in 2025, #32 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
- Growth: +14.8% year over year.
- Share of Delaware's manufacturing: 1% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
- National context: textile mills and textile products is a $17.7B industry nationally, #18 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+0.6% year over year).
- Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 313TT).
Frequently asked questions
- How big is the textile mills and textile products industry in Delaware? Textile Mills and Textile Products added $84M of value in Delaware in 2025, ranking the state 32nd of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
- Is textile mills and textile products growing in Delaware? Delaware's textile mills and textile products output grew 14.8% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
- What share of Delaware's manufacturing is textile mills and textile products? Textile Mills and Textile Products is 1% of Delaware'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.