Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Wood Products Manufacturing in Kentucky

Wood Products manufacturing added $748M of value to Kentucky's economy in 2025, down 8.4% year over year. That ranks Kentucky 24th of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 1.5% of Kentucky's manufacturing output. Nationally, wood products is a $55.5B industry (the 15th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $748M in 2025, #24 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -8.4% year over year.
  • Share of Kentucky's manufacturing: 1.5% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: wood products is a $55.5B industry nationally, #15 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+0.2% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 321).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the wood products industry in Kentucky? Wood Products added $748M of value in Kentucky in 2025, ranking the state 24th of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is wood products growing in Kentucky? Kentucky's wood products output shrank 8.4% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Kentucky's manufacturing is wood products? Wood Products is 1.5% of Kentucky'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.