Interstate goods trade
Value and weight of goods shipped between the states, 2022.
In 2022, states shipped $9.55T of goods to other states. The busiest corridor was New Jersey to New York ($89.2B). Indiana shipped out the most beyond what it took in; Florida took in the most beyond what it shipped.
What America ships, by goods type
The goods with the largest shipment value in 2022, summed across every state, with the change since the previous survey in 2017. Total goods shipped grew 17% over that span (nominal, not adjusted for inflation). Grouped by standard commodity class.
Busiest trade corridors
The largest single state-to-state goods flows by shipment value, 2022. Value is nominal; weight is thousands of tons. Shipments within a state are excluded.
| From | To | Top good | Value | vs 2017 | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | New York | Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment | $89.2B | +14% | 25.2M tons |
| California | Texas | Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment | $68.3B | -2% | 16.9M tons |
| Oregon | Washington | Pharmaceutical products | $64.7B | +119% | 20.0M tons |
| Texas | Louisiana | Pharmaceutical products | $61.1B | +58% | 37.2M tons |
| Indiana | Michigan | Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) | $58.5B | +68% | 19.2M tons |
| New Jersey | Pennsylvania | Pharmaceutical products | $57.8B | +22% | 26.6M tons |
| Pennsylvania | New York | Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather | $55.9B | -14% | 19.0M tons |
| California | Arizona | Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment | $53.3B | +44% | 16.8M tons |
| Pennsylvania | Ohio | Pharmaceutical products | $51.8B | +50% | 30.9M tons |
| Illinois | Wisconsin | Pharmaceutical products | $51.7B | +8% | 24.2M tons |
| Texas | California | Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment | $51.2B | +11% | 12.1M tons |
| California | Florida | Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment | $51.0B | +32% | 6.4M tons |
| Illinois | Indiana | Pharmaceutical products | $50.4B | -9% | 34.0M tons |
| Ohio | Michigan | Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) | $49.8B | +20% | 18.2M tons |
| Indiana | Illinois | Base metal in primary or semi-finished forms and in finished basic shapes | $49.0B | +50% | 23.8M tons |
Net shippers and net receivers
States ranked by net balance: goods shipped to other states minus goods received from them, 2022. A positive figure means a state ships out more than it takes in.
Biggest net shippers
- 1Indiana+$117.0B
- 2New Jersey+$107.7B
- 3California+$106.7B
- 4Ohio+$90.4B
- 5Minnesota+$76.1B
- 6Illinois+$75.8B
- 7Utah+$66.5B
- 8North Carolina+$63.1B
- 9Kansas+$45.3B
- 10Massachusetts+$43.4B
Biggest net receivers
- 1Florida-$213.4B
- 2Texas-$130.6B
- 3New York-$98.4B
- 4Michigan-$52.3B
- 5Virginia-$48.5B
- 6Washington-$40.6B
- 7Arizona-$39.6B
- 8Louisiana-$37.5B
- 9Nevada-$36.3B
- 10New Mexico-$35.6B
Goods only: this is the movement of physical freight, a completely different measure from the migration of people and income shown elsewhere on this site, and the two are never combined. The Commodity Flow Survey is a sample, so figures are estimates and the smallest or least certain flows are withheld; it covers manufacturing, wholesale, mining, and select other industries, not every shipment in the economy. Value is nominal. The survey runs every five years; 2022 is the latest. Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Commodity Flow Survey (public domain). Methodology.