Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Paper Products Manufacturing in Louisiana

Paper Products manufacturing added $2.7B of value to Louisiana's economy in 2024, up 0.8% year over year. That ranks Louisiana 11th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 4.6% of Louisiana's manufacturing output. Nationally, paper products is a $75.2B industry (the 14th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $2.7B in 2024, #11 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +0.8% year over year.
  • Share of Louisiana's manufacturing: 4.6% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: paper products is a $75.2B industry nationally, #14 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+1.1% year over year).
  • Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 322).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the paper products industry in Louisiana? Paper Products added $2.7B of value in Louisiana in 2024, ranking the state 11th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is paper products growing in Louisiana? Louisiana's paper products output grew 0.8% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Louisiana's manufacturing is paper products? Paper Products is 4.6% 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.