More and more things are being made here;U.S. Census data shows manufacturing in the U.S. (and Texas) continues to rebound
No matter what data you look at, manufacturing in the U.S. continues to increase. Sales for all U.S. manufacturers exceeded $1.69 trillion in the 1st quarter of 2012. In comparison, 1st quarter sales of manufacturing goods had falling to about $1.2 trillion at the deepest point of the ‘great recession’ in 2009.
Manufacturing levels have reached, and slightly exceeded pre-recession economic output in nominal or non-inflation adjusted terms. Before the recession, manufacturing 1st quarter sales were at $1.6 trillion in nominal or non-inflation adjusted terms.
So where is a good source for manufacturing output information?
http://www.census.gov/econ/manufacturing.html
The U.S. Census industry portal is also a good source
http://www.census.gov/econ/isp/