Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Textile Mills and Textile Products Manufacturing in Rhode Island

Textile Mills and Textile Products manufacturing added $128M of value to Rhode Island's economy in 2024, up 1.5% year over year. That ranks Rhode Island 28th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 2.3% of Rhode Island's manufacturing output. Nationally, textile mills and textile products is a $16.6B industry (the 18th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $128M in 2024, #28 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: +1.5% year over year.
  • Share of Rhode Island's manufacturing: 2.3% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: textile mills and textile products is a $16.6B industry nationally, #18 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (+1.8% year over year).
  • Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 313TT).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the textile mills and textile products industry in Rhode Island? Textile Mills and Textile Products added $128M of value in Rhode Island in 2024, ranking the state 28th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is textile mills and textile products growing in Rhode Island? Rhode Island's textile mills and textile products output grew 1.5% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Rhode Island's manufacturing is textile mills and textile products? Textile Mills and Textile Products is 2.3% 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.