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Which state’s toy factories ship the most (in dollars)?

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Which states’ factories ship the most toys, dolls and games, counted in dollars? Tap them most-to-least.

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California! Hollywood, theme parks, everything fun is there… so it must make the most toys too! 🧸🐾

Answer

The real order is…
    Ohio ships about 1.82× as much as #2 California — even though California has more than four times as many toy-making locations (counting businesses with paid workers)! Fewer places, but on average each one ships far more.
    📚 Background Counting businesses with paid workers, California has more than four times as many toy-making locations as Ohio — yet Ohio’s toy factories shipped the most toys, dolls and games of any state, more than a quarter of the U.S. total. So, on average, each Ohio toy-making location must ship far more. Which companies are they? The Census will not say: by federal law (Title 13 of the U.S. Code), it publishes no number that would reveal one business’s operations. 🤔 Our own guess: a few very large factories can outweigh many small workshops. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census) (opens in a new tab)
    🔍 Explore more: 🔒『Why are some numbers secret? The mystery of the “D”』→
    California! Hollywood, theme parks, everything fun is there… so it must make the most toys too! 🧸🐾

    Compare

    Toys, dolls & games shipped by factories in each state, 2022 (million dollars)

    🇺🇸 United States (national)1,747 million dollars
    Ohio #1 489.5 million dollars
    Most: Ohio (489.5 million dollars). Least among the states shown: New Hampshire (0.9 million dollars).

    Note: this is the dollar value of the toys, dolls and games that toy-making factories shipped in 2022, counted in the state where the factory is (not where the toys are sold). It measures money, not the number of toys — one big, expensive toy and many cheap ones can add up the same. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census. Only states where the Census published a value are shown. Some states’ values are withheld (“D”) so that no single company’s numbers can be figured out, and the Census prints no row at all when fewer than three companies or locations would be in it. The withheld amounts are still inside the U.S. total, so subtracting the shown states from it estimates all the hidden ones together — and that leftover is smaller than each of the top four, so the top four are the true national top four.

    Ohio: toy champion! 🧸🐾

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    Toys, dolls & games shipped by factories in each state, 2022 (million dollars)
    Rank State Value Share of U.S. total
    #1 Ohio 489.5 million dollars 28%
    #2 California 269 million dollars 15.4%
    #3 New York 193.8 million dollars 11.1%
    #4 Massachusetts 179.1 million dollars 10.3%
    #5 Colorado 76.5 million dollars 4.4%
    #6 Florida 62.5 million dollars 3.6%
    #7 Georgia 54.2 million dollars 3.1%
    #8 Texas 48.4 million dollars 2.8%
    #9 Pennsylvania 41.5 million dollars 2.4%
    #10 Michigan 37.9 million dollars 2.2%
    #11 Indiana 31.6 million dollars 1.8%
    #12 Illinois 31.1 million dollars 1.8%
    #13 Missouri 22.6 million dollars 1.3%
    #14 Washington 20 million dollars 1.1%
    #15 Oregon 16.2 million dollars 0.9%
    #16 New Jersey 15.5 million dollars 0.9%
    #17 Arizona 12.6 million dollars 0.7%
    #18 Tennessee 8.9 million dollars 0.5%
    #19 Utah 8.8 million dollars 0.5%
    #20 Wisconsin 7.4 million dollars 0.4%
    #21 Nevada 5.8 million dollars 0.3%
    #22 Connecticut 5.7 million dollars 0.3%
    #23 Vermont 5.6 million dollars 0.3%
    #24 Minnesota 4.4 million dollars 0.3%
    #25 Virginia 3.5 million dollars 0.2%
    #26 Idaho 2.4 million dollars 0.1%
    #27 New Hampshire 0.9 million dollars 0.1%
    🇺🇸 USA (total) 1,747 million dollars 100%

    Only states where the Census published a value are shown. Some states’ values are withheld (“D”) so that no single company’s numbers can be figured out, and the Census prints no row at all when fewer than three companies or locations would be in it. The withheld amounts are still inside the U.S. total, so subtracting the shown states from it estimates all the hidden ones together — and that leftover is smaller than each of the top four, so the top four are the true national top four.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2022)

    Sources

    Data as of: 2022
    U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census: Summary Statistics for the U.S., States, and Selected Geographies — Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing (NAICS 339930) (opens in a new tab) (2026-10-13) — Official published values of “sales, value of shipments, or revenue” (in $1,000; shown here in millions of dollars). States marked “D” (withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies) are left out, and states with no row in the table are not shown; the withheld amounts are still inside the U.S. total. Subtracting the published states from the U.S. total gives an estimate of everything hidden (the Census notes that figures derived by subtraction are not official Census figures); that leftover is smaller than the 4th-place state’s value, so the top four are the national top four.
    ↳ On data.census.gov (or api.census.gov/data/2022/ecnbasic), open the 2022 Economic Census table “Summary Statistics for the U.S., States, and Selected Geographies”, filter NAICS 339930 (Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing) and read “Sales, value of shipments, or revenue ($1,000)” by state.