Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Chemical Products Manufacturing in Rhode Island

Chemical Products manufacturing added $816M of value to Rhode Island's economy in 2024, up 9.6% year over year. That ranks Rhode Island 42th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 14.9% of Rhode Island'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: $816M in 2024, #42 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +9.6% year over year.
  • Share of Rhode Island's manufacturing: 14.9% 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 Rhode Island? Chemical Products added $816M of value in Rhode Island in 2024, ranking the state 42th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is chemical products growing in Rhode Island? Rhode Island's chemical products output grew 9.6% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Rhode Island's manufacturing is chemical products? Chemical Products is 14.9% of Rhode Island'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.