Delaware County ranks 98th among counties in highest exporting metros

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Delaware County ranks 98th in trade with $1.90 billion in exports in 2017, according to the International Trade Administration (ITA).

The ITA promotes trade and investments in the United States through data aggregation and studies on global markets and specific U.S. regions. The agency utilizes its research to negotiate on behalf of U.S. industries and is also responsible for enforcing compliance with trade agreements.

The ITA includes Delaware County in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area, which includes counties from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland.

The following is the ranking of the top exporting counties in the largest trade metros across the U.S.

RankCountyMetro Area2017 Exports
1Harris CountyHouston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX$78,407,702,569
2Los Angeles CountyLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$48,164,783,380
3New York CountyNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA$38,577,645,906
4King CountySeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$31,959,339,563
5Miami-Dade CountyMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$25,499,828,936
6Snohomish CountySeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$24,586,046,670
7Wayne CountyDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$22,329,918,638
8Cook CountyChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI$21,413,563,126
9Santa Clara CountySan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$21,331,678,493
10Alameda CountySan Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA$19,518,964,364
11San Diego CountySan Diego-Carlsbad, CA$18,637,096,248
12Dallas CountyDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$18,236,839,717
13Orange CountyLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$15,588,108,613
14Jefferson CountyBeaumont-Port Arthur, TX$14,677,275,006
15Kenton CountyCincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN$14,496,295,701
16Oakland CountyDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$14,418,407,583
17Maricopa CountyPhoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ$12,930,878,549
18Washington CountyPortland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$11,532,553,702
19Travis CountyAustin-Round Rock, TX$11,491,871,868
20Greenville CountyGreenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC$11,090,026,950
21Nueces CountyCorpus Christi, TX$10,425,548,123
22Fulton CountyAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$10,205,989,130
23Middlesex CountyBoston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$9,207,939,582
24Webb CountyLaredo, TX$9,160,662,034
25Hartford CountyHartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$9,051,922,611

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