Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Textile Mills and Textile Products Manufacturing in New Jersey

Textile Mills and Textile Products manufacturing added $367M of value to New Jersey's economy in 2025, up 1.8% year over year. That ranks New Jersey 13th of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 0.5% of New Jersey's manufacturing output. Nationally, textile mills and textile products is a $17.7B industry (the 18th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $367M in 2025, #13 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +1.8% year over year.
  • Share of New Jersey's manufacturing: 0.5% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: textile mills and textile products is a $17.7B industry nationally, #18 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+0.6% year over year).
  • Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 313TT).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the textile mills and textile products industry in New Jersey? Textile Mills and Textile Products added $367M of value in New Jersey in 2025, ranking the state 13th of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is textile mills and textile products growing in New Jersey? New Jersey's textile mills and textile products output grew 1.8% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of New Jersey's manufacturing is textile mills and textile products? Textile Mills and Textile Products is 0.5% of New Jersey'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.