Useful Stats: Value-added Manufacturing by State, 2001-2004

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released Geographic Area Statistics: 2004, a report that details manufacturing statistics collected from the 2004 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM). The report provides data on the number of all manufacturing employees, number of production workers, all employees payroll, value-added by manufactures, cost of materials, and value of shipments by state. The report also includes data by industry groups, including food, textiles, lumber, fuel, computers and transportation equipment.

Using Bureau data, SSTI has prepared a table showing the state rankings for the percent change between 2001-2004 for value-added by manufacture, value of shipments, and average value added per employee. The total value-added by U.S. manufacturers increased by 9.28 percent over the four years. Nationally, the average value-added per employee also increased by 29.68 percent.

Among states, Idaho more than doubled its total value-added dollar amount (161.73 percent increase) and nearly tripled the dollar amount in average value-added per employee (196.01 percent increase). Arizona experienced the largest drop in value-added by manufacture (15.24 percent) and had the only national decrease in average value-added per employee during the same period (0.03 percent).

The District of Columbia showed the largest increase in value of shipments, up 52.4 percent from 2001. New Mexico followed closely with a 51.7 percent increase. Total U.S. value of shipments increased by 7.28 percent over the four-year period. Of the 11 states that saw a decrease in value of shipments, Washington topped the list at 13 percent.

SSTI's table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/030606t.htm

State rankings of ASM statistics from 1997-2000 can be found at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/032902t.htm

Annual Survey of Manufactures, Geographic Area Statistics: 2004 is available at: http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/am0431as1.pdf