Manufacturing Economy Monitor

Wood Products Manufacturing in Rhode Island

Wood Products manufacturing added $39M of value to Rhode Island's economy in 2024, down 3.0% year over year. That ranks Rhode Island 47th of 51 states and DC for this industry. It is 0.7% of Rhode Island's manufacturing output. Nationally, wood products is a $58.6B industry (the 15th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors), per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Output and rank

  • Value added: $39M in 2024, #47 of 51 states and DC for this industry.
  • Growth: -3% year over year.
  • Share of Rhode Island's manufacturing: 0.7% of the state's total manufacturing value added.
  • National context: wood products is a $58.6B industry nationally, #15 of the 19 manufacturing subsectors (-2.7% year over year).
  • Classification: durable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 321).

Frequently asked questions

  • How big is the wood products industry in Rhode Island? Wood Products added $39M of value in Rhode Island in 2024, ranking the state 47th of 51 for this industry, per BEA state GDP-by-industry data.
  • Is wood products growing in Rhode Island? Rhode Island's wood products output shrank 3.0% year over year to 2024. The chart above traces the full annual series since 1997.
  • What share of Rhode Island's manufacturing is wood products? Wood Products is 0.7% 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.