Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing in Rhode Island

Plastics and Rubber Products manufacturing added $240M of value to Rhode Island's economy in 2025, down 5.3% year over year. That ranks Rhode Island 41st of 50 states and DC for this industry. It is 3.9% of Rhode Island's manufacturing output. Nationally, plastics and rubber products is a $94.1B industry (the 10th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $240M in 2025, #41 of 50 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -5.3% year over year.
  • Share of Rhode Island's manufacturing: 3.9% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: plastics and rubber products is a $94.1B industry nationally, #10 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (-1.5% year over year).
  • Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 326).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the plastics and rubber products industry in Rhode Island? Plastics and Rubber Products added $240M of value in Rhode Island in 2025, ranking the state 41st of 50 states and DC for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is plastics and rubber products growing in Rhode Island? Rhode Island's plastics and rubber products output shrank 5.3% year over year to 2025. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Rhode Island's manufacturing is plastics and rubber products? Plastics and Rubber Products is 3.9% of Rhode Island'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.