Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Wood Products Manufacturing in Kansas

Wood Products manufacturing added $255M of value to Kansas's economy in 2024, down 6.3% year over year. That ranks Kansas 41th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 0.7% of Kansas'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: $255M in 2024, #41 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -6.3% year over year.
  • Share of Kansas's manufacturing: 0.7% 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 Kansas? Wood Products added $255M of value in Kansas in 2024, ranking the state 41th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is wood products growing in Kansas? Kansas's wood products output shrank 6.3% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Kansas's manufacturing is wood products? Wood Products is 0.7% of Kansas'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.