Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products Manufacturing in Illinois

Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products manufacturing added $17.7B of value to Illinois's economy in 2024, up 6.0% year over year. That ranks Illinois 5th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 13.2% of Illinois's manufacturing output. Nationally, food, beverage, and tobacco products is a $355B industry (the 2nd-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $17.7B in 2024, #5 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +6% year over year.
  • Share of Illinois's manufacturing: 13.2% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: food, beverage, and tobacco products is a $355B industry nationally, #2 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (-1.6% year over year).
  • Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 311FT).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the food, beverage, and tobacco products industry in Illinois? Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products added $17.7B of value in Illinois in 2024, ranking the state 5th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is food, beverage, and tobacco products growing in Illinois? Illinois's food, beverage, and tobacco products output grew 6.0% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Illinois's manufacturing is food, beverage, and tobacco products? Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Products is 13.2% of Illinois'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.