• The US Census Bureau publishes data on international trade for each of the 50 US states and Washington, DC.
  • Business Insider took a look at the biggest export good from each state, based on total 2016 dollar value.

International trade is a big part of the US economy, and of the individual state economies that together make up the larger whole.

The US Census Bureau publishes data on international trade for each of the 50 states and Washington, DC, including lists of the top-25 exported goods from each state by dollar value. Based on that, Business Insider took a look at the highest-volume export good from each state, based on total 2016 dollar value.

Exports of aircraft and aircraft parts were the most common category, with 17 states having their biggest export coming from that group.

It’s worth noting the Census data include only trade in physical goods: The US economy is predominantly a service economy, and international trade in services – like an architecture firm based in Chicago designing a building in the UK, or a financial advisor on Wall Street managing a retirement account for a resident of Japan – are not included in this particular data set.

Here's the biggest export good from each state, based on 2016 dollar value:

ALABAMA: Cars

Foto: Cars.sourceShutterstock

ALASKA: Zinc

Foto: Zinc.sourceWikimediaCommons

ARIZONA: Aircraft

Foto: A plane.sourceICCJet/Facebook

ARKANSAS: Aircraft

Foto: A plane's wing.sourceJuanedc/Flickr

CALIFORNIA: Aircraft

Foto: A helicopter.sourcePierre-Yves Babelon/Shutterstock

COLORADO: Electronics

Foto: A laptop.sourceChristin Hume/Unsplash

CONNECTICUT: Aircraft

Foto: A plane.sourceShutterstock

DELAWARE: Medicine

Foto: Pills.sourceperfectlab/Shutterstock

FLORIDA: Aircraft

Foto: A plane.sourceBoeing Mediaroom

GEORGIA: Aircraft

Foto: Helicopters.sourceU.S. Army/Getty Images

HAWAII: Aircraft parts

Foto: An airplane engine.sourceGetty Images

IDAHO: Computer memory

Foto: An electronic control panel.sourceShutterstock

ILLINOIS: Refined oil

Foto: Oil refinery in Romeoville, Illinois.sourceTim Boyle/Getty Images

INDIANA: Medicine

Foto: Medicine.sourceAfrica Studio/Shutterstock

IOWA: Corn

Foto: Corn.sourceliz west/Flickr

KANSAS: Aircraft

Foto: A plane.sourceStephen Brashear / Stringer / Getty Images

KENTUCKY: Aircraft

Foto: A plane.sourceIryna Rasko/Shutterstock

LOUISIANA: Soybeans

Foto: Rows of soy bean plants in a field.sourceJTSorrell/Getty Images

MAINE: Lobsters

Foto: Lobster.sourceIvana Lalicki/Shutterstock

MARYLAND: Helicopters

Foto: A helicopter.sourceANURAKE SINGTO-ON/Shutterstock

MASSACHUSETTS: Gold

Foto: Gold bars.sourceAP

MICHIGAN: Trucks

Foto: Trucks.sourceDavid McKnew/Getty Images

MINNESOTA: Medical supplies

Foto: Scissors, tweezers and other surgical instruments lie in a operation room.sourceTheo Heimann/Getty Images

MISSISSIPPI: Refined Oil

Foto: An oil refinery.sourceJustin Sullivan/Getty Images

MISSOURI: Trucks

Foto: Trucks.sourceGreg Olson/Getty Images

MONTANA: Cigarettes

Foto: Cigarettes.sourceMatt Cardy/Getty Images

NEBRASKA: Beef

Foto: Steak.sourceBrent Hofacker/Shutterstock

NEVADA: Gold

Foto: Gold bars.sourceIlya Naymushin/Reuters

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Aircraft parts

Foto: A cockpit.sourceErik Charlton/Flickr

NEW JERSEY: Refined oil

Foto: Getting gas.sourceGetty Images

NEW MEXICO: Computer processors

Foto: Computer processor.sourceNaMaKuKi/Shutterstock

NEW YORK: Diamond jewelry

Foto: sourceYuriko Nakao/Reuters

NORTH CAROLINA: Aircraft

Foto: Aircraft.sourcepoter.simon/Flickr

NORTH DAKOTA: Crude oil

Foto: Fracking In California Under Spotlight As Some Local Municipalities Issue BanssourceDavid McNew/Getty Images

OHIO: Aircraft

Foto: A plane.sourceDushlik/Shutterstock

OKLAHOMA: Aircraft

Foto: Planes.sourceVCG/Getty Images

OREGON: Computer processors

Foto: sourceDima Gavrysh/AP

PENNSYLVANIA: Coal

Foto: Coal waits to be loaded on train cars to depart the Hobet mine in Boone County, West Virginia.sourceJonathan Ernst/Reuters

RHODE ISLAND: Silver powder

Foto: A silver ring.sourceShutterstock

SOUTH CAROLINA: Aircraft

Foto: A plane.sourcetratong/Shutterstock

SOUTH DAKOTA: Soybean products

Foto: Soy sauce is a popular soybean product.sourceffolas/Shutterstock

TENNESSEE: Medical equipment

Foto: Surgical tools used in a Veterinary Hospital.sourceLeon Neal/Getty Images

TEXAS: Refined oil

Foto: An oil refinery.sourceJustin Sullivan/Getty Images

UTAH: Gold

Foto: A bar of gold.sourceLeonhard Foeger/Reuters

VERMONT: Computer processors

Foto: A small computer technician changes a computer processor.sourceSenior Airman Brittany Bateman/Wikimedia Commons

VIRGINIA: Soybeans

Foto: Soybeans.sourceTom Gannam/Reuters

WASHINGTON: Aircraft

Foto: A helicopter.sourceICCJET/Facebook

WEST VIRGINIA: Coal

Foto: Exhaust rises from the East Bend Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant along the Ohio River in Union, Kentucky.sourceREUTERS/Brian Snyder

WISCONSIN: Aircraft

Foto: A plane.sourcePool/Getty Images

WYOMING: Disodium carbonate

Foto: Salt.sourceHandmadePictures/Shutterstock

WASHINGTON D.C.: Ammunition

Foto: Bullets.sourceThomson Reuters

See the full map here:

Foto: A map of the most important export from every US state.sourceBusiness Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from US Census Bureau