Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Wood Products Manufacturing in Illinois

Wood Products manufacturing added $837M of value to Illinois's economy in 2024, up 2.7% year over year. That ranks Illinois 24th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 0.6% of Illinois's manufacturing output. Nationally, wood products is a $58.6B industry (the 15th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $837M in 2024, #24 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +2.7% year over year.
  • Share of Illinois's manufacturing: 0.6% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: wood products is a $58.6B industry nationally, #15 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (-2.7% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 321).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the wood products industry in Illinois? Wood Products added $837M of value in Illinois in 2024, ranking the state 24th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is wood products growing in Illinois? Illinois's wood products output grew 2.7% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Illinois's manufacturing is wood products? Wood Products is 0.6% 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.