Manufacturing Economy Monitor
Chemical Products Manufacturing in Louisiana
Chemical Products manufacturing added $25.3B of value to Louisiana's economy in 2024, up 11.6% year over year. That ranks Louisiana 9th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 42.3% of Louisiana's manufacturing output. Nationally, chemical products is a $578B industry (the 1st-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Output and rank
- Value added: $25.3B in 2024, #9 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
- Growth: +11.6% year over year.
- Share of Louisiana's manufacturing: 42.3% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
- National context: chemical products is a $578B industry nationally, #1 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+4.3% year over year).
- Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 325).
Frequently asked questions
- How big is the chemical products industry in Louisiana? Chemical Products added $25.3B of value in Louisiana in 2024, ranking the state 9th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
- Is chemical products growing in Louisiana? Louisiana's chemical products output grew 11.6% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
- What share of Louisiana's manufacturing is chemical products? Chemical Products is 42.3% of Louisiana'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.