Manufacturing Economy Monitor
Paper Products Manufacturing in Iowa
Paper Products manufacturing added $651M of value to Iowa's economy in 2025, up 4.4% year over year. That ranks Iowa 31st of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 1.4% of Iowa's manufacturing output. Nationally, paper products is a $70.9B industry (the 14th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Output and rank
- Value added: $651M in 2025, #31 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
- Growth: +4.4% year over year.
- Share of Iowa's manufacturing: 1.4% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
- National context: paper products is a $70.9B industry nationally, #14 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+2.8% year over year).
- Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 322).
Frequently asked questions
- How big is the paper products industry in Iowa? Paper Products added $651M of value in Iowa in 2025, ranking the state 31st of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
- Is paper products growing in Iowa? Iowa's paper products output grew 4.4% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
- What share of Iowa's manufacturing is paper products? Paper Products is 1.4% of Iowa'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.