Interactive | March 8, 2012

Export Nation

Export Nation 2012

Notes

Metropolitan exports are sales of goods and services by U.S. resident firms in a metro area to foreign entities. These entities include any firm located abroad (including subsidiaries of U.S. companies located abroad, but not affiliates of foreign companies in the U.S.), foreign tourists and students in the U.S., and foreign passengers on U.S. air carriers. Metropolitan exports are estimated by location of production; therefore they do not match the U.S. Census Bureau's estimates of metro exports, based on origin-of-movement. Exports exclude waste, scrap, re-exports, military transfers, government services, and spending by foreign embassies and international organizations in the United States.

For more information, see the Export Nation home page or send your inquiries to rharvey@brookings.edu.

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Data sources: Moodys Analytics, BEA, BLS, IRS, NAFSA, & the USITC

Map Indicators

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Exports Value

Exports Share of Metro GDP

Direct Export-Production Jobs

Total Export-Supported Jobs

Exports Growth, 2003–2008

Exports Growth, 2009–2010

Billions of Dollars, 2010

Exports Value, 2010

Selected Metro

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Metropolitan level export rankings

Exports Value, Billions, 2010

Exports Share of Metro GDP, 2010

Direct Export-Production Jobs, 2010

Total Export-Supported Jobs, 2010

Exports Growth, 2003–2008 (ann.)

Exports Growth, 2009–2010

Exports by Industry, 2010

Metropolitan Exports Dashboard

Select a metro from the map above to view its detailed exports data and see how it ranks among the 100 largest metro areas by population.

Featured Exports Statistics:

Exports Value: The dollar value of exports produced within a metropolitan area. (Billions of dollars, 2010)

Exports Share of Metro Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Shows the importance of exports to the metropolitan economy. (Percent, 2010)

Direct Export-Production Jobs: The number of jobs supported by exports in the industries producing the exported good or service. These jobs are in the metropolitan area where the export is produced. (Number of jobs rounded to the nearest hundred, 2010)

Total Export-Supported Jobs: Includes both direct export-production jobs as well as jobs supported by exports in firms that supply an exporting industry and in the case of goods exports, in the transportation and wholesale trade industries. Some portion of these jobs lie outside of the metro area producing the exports, and in other parts of the U.S. (Number of jobs rounded to the nearest hundred, 2010)

Exports Growth: Growth rate of inflation-adjusted exports value; measured for the periods 2003–2008 and 2009–2010. (Annualized percent change)

Exports by Industry: Industry share of total metro exports value and industry exports value growth rate, 2009–2010. (Percent)

Industrial Composition of Metro Exports

Inflation-adjusted gross product per person. Captures economic growth while controlling for population

SUMMARY

This second edition of Export Nation updates and builds upon the results of a previous analysis to examine changes across the metropolitan export landscape in 2010, the first year of the nation’s economic recovery.

Use this interactive map to explore export data about your metropolitan area and the nation as a whole.