Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Textile Mills and Textile Products Manufacturing in Illinois

Textile Mills and Textile Products manufacturing added $301M of value to Illinois's economy in 2024, up 4.4% year over year. That ranks Illinois 15th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 0.2% of Illinois's manufacturing output. Nationally, textile mills and textile products is a $16.6B industry (the 18th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $301M in 2024, #15 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +4.4% year over year.
  • Share of Illinois's manufacturing: 0.2% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: textile mills and textile products is a $16.6B industry nationally, #18 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+1.8% year over year).
  • Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 313TT).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the textile mills and textile products industry in Illinois? Textile Mills and Textile Products added $301M of value in Illinois in 2024, ranking the state 15th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is textile mills and textile products growing in Illinois? Illinois's textile mills and textile products output grew 4.4% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Illinois's manufacturing is textile mills and textile products? Textile Mills and Textile Products is 0.2% 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.