Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing in Kentucky

Plastics and Rubber Products manufacturing added $2.1B of value to Kentucky's economy in 2024, up 0.7% year over year. That ranks Kentucky 17th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 4.3% of Kentucky's manufacturing output. Nationally, plastics and rubber products is a $101B industry (the 10th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $2.1B in 2024, #17 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +0.7% year over year.
  • Share of Kentucky's manufacturing: 4.3% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: plastics and rubber products is a $101B industry nationally, #10 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (-0.1% year over year).
  • Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 326).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the plastics and rubber products industry in Kentucky? Plastics and Rubber Products added $2.1B of value in Kentucky in 2024, ranking the state 17th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is plastics and rubber products growing in Kentucky? Kentucky's plastics and rubber products output grew 0.7% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Kentucky's manufacturing is plastics and rubber products? Plastics and Rubber Products is 4.3% of Kentucky'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.