Mapped: Every U.S. State’s Top Import in 2024

Mapped: The Top Import in Every U.S. State

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Nothing is drawing more focus in the global economy than trade patterns and supply chains.

What is the U.S. importing, where is it coming from, and how are Trump Administration tariffs affecting or moving cross-border supply chains? There are all key questions in the news cycle.

To add context to this discussion, we mapped the top import for each U.S. state in 2024 with data from the Census Bureau.

However, each state imports a variety of things, particularly the more populous ones, and this map should be used more as a reference point for major import categories.

What Every U.S. State Imports the Most

Cars and auto equipment are the highest value import in 14 states. This category includes fully finished cars, as well as those half-assembled cars, auto parts, and airplane parts.

Noted automaker state Michigan—home of the Big Three—leads the country in the dollar value ($108 billion) of these imports.

State	Code	Highest Value Import	Import Value ($)
Alabama	AL	Cars & Auto Parts	$13.9B
Alaska	AK	Energy	$1.5B
Arizona	AZ	Computers & Electronics	$10.6B
Arkansas	AR	Cars & Auto Parts	$1.6B
California	CA	Computers & Electronics	$152.6B
Colorado	CO	Energy	$3.3B
Connecticut	CT	Cars & Auto Parts	$4.1B
Delaware	DE	Energy	$3.3B
Florida	FL	Cars & Auto Parts	$20.9B
Georgia	GA	Cars & Auto Parts	$27.8B
Hawaii	HI	Energy	$632M
Idaho	ID	Computers & Electronics	$5.7B
Illinois	IL	Computers & Electronics	$52.8B
Indiana	IN	Chemicals & Medicines	$49.3B
Iowa	IA	Industrial Machinery	$3.2B
Kansas	KS	Industrial Machinery	$4.0B
Kentucky	KY	Chemicals & Medicines	$35.6B
Louisiana	LA	Raw Metals	$5.3B
Maine	ME	Energy	$2.7B
Maryland	MD	Cars & Auto Parts	$16.1B
Massachusetts	MA	Computers & Electronics	$6.3B
Michigan	MI	Cars & Auto Parts	$107.8B
Minnesota	MN	Energy	$9.2B
Mississippi	MS	Industrial Machinery	$2.8B
Missouri	MO	Cars & Auto Parts	$4.3B
Montana	MT	Energy	$5.1B
Nebraska	NE	Chemicals & Medicines	$1.3B
Nevada	NV	Computers & Electronics	$6.5B
New Hampshire	NH	Cars & Auto Parts	$3.4B
New Jersey	NJ	Chemicals & Medicines	$23.4B
New Mexico	NM	Computers & Electronics	$4.3B
New York	NY	Other	$29.2B
North Carolina	NC	Chemicals & Medicines	$28.3B
North Dakota	ND	Industrial Machinery	$1.1B
Ohio	OH	Chemicals & Medicines	$13.9B
Oklahoma	OK	Energy	$7.1B
Oregon	OR	Computers & Electronics	$9.2B
Pennsylvania	PA	Chemicals & Medicines	$40.9B
Rhode Island	RI	Chemicals & Medicines	$4.9B
South Carolina	SC	Chemicals & Medicines	$9.6B
South Dakota	SD	Industrial Machinery	$356M
Tennessee	TN	Chemicals & Medicines	$33.5B
Texas	TX	Computers & Electronics	$96.5B
Utah	UT	Raw Metals	$5.6B
Vermont	VT	Processed Food & Beverages	$686M
Virginia	VA	Cars & Auto Parts	$5.8B
Washington	WA	Cars & Auto Parts	$11.8B
West Virginia	WV	Cars & Auto Parts	$1.5B
Wisconsin	WI	Industrial Machinery	$7.3B
Wyoming	WY	Processed Food & Beverages	$213M

In second place, computers and electronics are the top import in another 9 states.

This category includes computers, TVs, smartphones, as well as chips for electronics. California leads the rest of the country by the import value ($153 billion) in this category.

Together, these two groups—targets of on-again, off-again tariffs—are the top import in about half of all states.

Trade War Tussles

At the time of publishing this article, the Trump Administration has implemented a general 10% tariff on imports from a long list of countries coming into America.

There are a few exceptions: some have no tariffs (pharmaceuticals), and some have higher tariffs (cars, steel, and aluminum, all at 25%).

A tariff on auto parts, expected in May, will disrupt auto supply chains further.

Finally, China has also attracted the highest tariff charge, now stacked to 125% on all imported goods from the country.

However, electronics have been exempted from this rate, though there is no indication of how long these exemptions will last.

Learn More on the Voronoi App

Looking at this map alongside The Top Import Partners by State gives you a quick overview of America’s trade patterns.