U.S. State Manufacturing Dependency · Where the Factory Belt Runs

U.S. Manufacturing · State GDP Share, 2025 (BEA / Visual Capitalist)

U.S. State Manufacturing Dependency · Where the Factory Belt Runs

The U.S. is the world's #2 manufacturing economy, but the state-level dependency is highly uneven. Indiana leads at 24%, followed by Louisiana (17%) and a cluster at 16% (Michigan, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Iowa). The map below is the whole story.

Manufacturing's Share of U.S. GDP by State, 2025 — Bureau of Economic Analysis, visualized by Voronoi / Visual Capitalist. Indiana 24%, Louisiana 17%, Michigan/Kentucky/Wisconsin/Iowa 16%. — Manufacturing's share of U.S. GDP by state, 2025. Data: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; visualization by Voronoi / Visual Capitalist. D.C. and Hawaii suppressed.

Why this matters for B2B

Where the factory sits, the wholesale demand sits — industrial packaging, MRO, warehouse supply. The 15%+ belt (Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Alabama, Mississippi) is where the recurring buyers live. Cube-Age is Houston-based; Texas sits at 11% but the surrounding Southeast belt (LA 17%, AL 15%, MS 15%) is a natural adjacency for our fulfillment footprint. Pair with state migration flows (atlas-c79) and 2025 U.S. reshoring investment (atlas-c34).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), state GDP by industry, 2025 series. Visualization: Voronoi / Visual Capitalist ("Manufacturing's Share of U.S. GDP by State"). Original image reproduced above with source attribution intact.