Net U.S. jobs displaced due to goods trade deficit with China, by congressional district, 2001–2013 (ranked by jobs displaced as share of total district employment)

Rank State District Net jobs displaced District employment (in 2011) Jobs displaced as a share of employment
1 California 17 61,500 346,100 17.77%
2 California 18 50,700 344,500 14.72%
3 California 19 39,900 324,000 12.31%
4 Texas 31 36,800 323,000 11.39%
5 Oregon 1 32,500 377,200 8.62%
6 California 15 28,000 336,400 8.32%
7 Massachusetts 3 20,000 355,400 5.63%
8 California 40 15,600 280,500 5.56%
9 Texas 3 20,600 371,200 5.55%
10 Georgia 14 15,700 290,700 5.40%
11 California 34 16,200 309,400 5.24%
12 Texas 10 17,300 342,600 5.05%
13 California 52 17,000 350,100 4.86%
14 Minnesota 1 16,300 348,200 4.68%
15 New York 18 15,200 332,100 4.58%
16 California 45 16,200 354,400 4.57%
17 Texas 18 13,900 306,400 4.54%
18 Illinois 6 15,700 355,600 4.42%
19 Texas 17 14,100 329,300 4.28%
20 Texas 2 15,600 364,600 4.28%
21 Arizona 5 13,600 317,900 4.28%
22 California 14 15,200 364,000 4.18%
23 Minnesota 2 14,900 358,300 4.16%
24 Massachusetts 2 14,600 356,500 4.10%
25 Minnesota 3 14,200 353,800 4.01%
26 California 49 12,000 299,700 4.00%
27 California 48 14,100 352,600 4.00%
28 North Carolina 2 12,100 303,800 3.98%
29 Texas 25 11,800 302,200 3.90%
30 California 35 11,100 284,800 3.90%
31 North Carolina 8 11,400 301,700 3.78%
32 North Carolina 13 13,200 349,900 3.77%
33 New Hampshire 2 12,200 332,200 3.67%
34 Texas 32 13,200 360,900 3.66%
35 Massachusetts 4 13,600 374,800 3.63%
36 California 46 11,400 314,400 3.63%
37 California 39 12,000 332,000 3.61%
38 North Carolina 10 11,700 324,000 3.61%
39 Colorado 2 13,800 384,600 3.59%
40 Colorado 4 12,300 344,100 3.57%
41 North Carolina 6 12,200 341,800 3.57%
42 California 7 10,800 313,200 3.45%
43 Massachusetts 5 13,200 387,400 3.41%
44 Texas 33 9,500 283,900 3.35%
45 New Jersey 7 12,400 377,100 3.29%
46 Kentucky 6 11,000 335,400 3.28%
47 California 13 11,100 340,200 3.26%
48 South Carolina 3 8,600 264,500 3.25%
49 Arizona 9 11,700 360,300 3.25%
50 Alabama 5 10,100 311,900 3.24%
51 Texas 24 12,500 388,600 3.22%
52 California 44 8,700 270,600 3.22%
53 Indiana 3 10,400 327,000 3.18%
54 North Carolina 5 10,200 324,500 3.14%
55 Georgia 7 9,800 312,500 3.14%
56 Illinois 8 11,400 366,300 3.11%
57 Washington 3 8,700 284,500 3.06%
58 Illinois 10 9,900 324,800 3.05%
59 Washington 1 10,100 332,300 3.04%
60 Texas 7 11,400 376,300 3.03%
61 California 4 8,900 294,200 3.03%
62 South Carolina 5 8,200 275,200 2.98%
63 New Hampshire 1 10,500 352,600 2.98%
64 California 38 9,300 313,300 2.97%
65 Illinois 11 10,300 347,300 2.97%
66 Oregon 3 11,300 383,300 2.95%
67 North Carolina 12 9,400 319,800 2.94%
68 New York 19 9,600 327,300 2.93%
69 Minnesota 6 10,100 348,700 2.90%
70 New York 25 9,700 335,400 2.89%
71 Alabama 4 7,600 262,900 2.89%
72 California 37 9,700 335,600 2.89%
73 Texas 12 9,700 337,500 2.87%
74 Idaho 1 9,400 329,900 2.85%
75 California 12 11,300 399,400 2.83%
76 Wisconsin 3 10,000 353,500 2.83%
77 California 32 8,300 293,800 2.83%
78 Mississippi 1 8,600 305,600 2.81%
79 New Jersey 5 10,000 356,100 2.81%
80 Wisconsin 5 10,400 370,600 2.81%
81 Tennessee 7 8,000 285,800 2.80%
82 North Carolina 4 9,800 350,900 2.79%
83 South Carolina 4 8,400 301,000 2.79%
84 Indiana 2 8,700 317,800 2.74%
85 Illinois 14 9,500 351,000 2.71%
86 Georgia 9 7,700 284,600 2.71%
87 Indiana 8 8,900 329,300 2.70%
88 Georgia 3 7,700 285,800 2.69%
89 Wisconsin 6 9,500 353,600 2.69%
90 Florida 8 7,600 283,400 2.68%
91 California 30 9,600 358,200 2.68%
92 Tennessee 5 9,400 353,400 2.66%
93 Rhode Island 2 6,900 260,300 2.65%
94 Tennessee 4 8,300 314,500 2.64%
95 Illinois 9 9,100 347,200 2.62%
96 New Jersey 11 9,400 358,800 2.62%
97 California 43 7,900 302,800 2.61%
98 New York 7 8,400 322,200 2.61%
99 California 27 8,600 332,200 2.59%
100 Ohio 14 9,000 349,700 2.57%
101 Ohio 7 8,400 326,800 2.57%
102 California 42 7,800 307,000 2.54%
103 New Jersey 8 9,400 371,000 2.53%
104 Georgia 6 9,100 361,200 2.52%
105 Rhode Island 1 6,300 250,900 2.51%
106 Vermont Statewide 8,200 327,300 2.51%
107 Massachusetts 6 9,300 372,000 2.50%
108 Pennsylvania 3 7,900 317,700 2.49%
109 Wisconsin 1 8,500 342,500 2.48%
110 Illinois 4 8,100 326,600 2.48%
111 Minnesota 5 8,700 352,000 2.47%
112 North Carolina 11 7,300 295,400 2.47%
113 New York 1 8,400 343,300 2.45%
114 Virginia 9 7,300 298,400 2.45%
115 Pennsylvania 15 8,400 343,800 2.44%
116 Utah 3 7,600 311,200 2.44%
117 Michigan 2 7,700 315,900 2.44%
118 Indiana 6 7,600 311,900 2.44%
119 California 29 7,400 303,700 2.44%
120 Ohio 13 7,800 320,400 2.43%
121 Ohio 4 7,700 317,900 2.42%
122 Arkansas 3 7,900 327,000 2.42%
123 Oklahoma 1 8,700 361,900 2.40%
124 Pennsylvania 8 8,600 357,800 2.40%
125 North Carolina 9 8,900 371,400 2.40%
126 New Jersey 9 8,100 338,500 2.39%
127 California 33 8,700 364,200 2.39%
128 California 25 7,200 302,700 2.38%
129 New Jersey 6 8,400 353,600 2.38%
130 New York 22 7,600 320,200 2.37%
131 Kentucky 2 7,500 317,100 2.37%
132 California 50 7,000 296,200 2.36%
133 Tennessee 3 7,000 297,000 2.36%
134 Arizona 6 8,600 366,000 2.35%
135 New York 2 8,400 357,800 2.35%
136 Pennsylvania 6 8,500 362,300 2.35%
137 Kentucky 3 7,800 333,300 2.34%
138 Texas 26 8,600 368,300 2.34%
139 Alabama 3 6,400 274,600 2.33%
140 California 47 7,600 327,600 2.32%
141 Virginia 10 8,700 376,400 2.31%
142 Colorado 5 7,300 315,900 2.31%
143 Connecticut 4 7,900 343,000 2.30%
144 Michigan 10 7,100 308,700 2.30%
145 Texas 6 8,000 348,800 2.29%
146 Pennsylvania 12 7,600 331,900 2.29%
147 Wisconsin 8 8,300 362,800 2.29%
148 Arizona 7 6,400 282,300 2.27%
149 Oregon 4 7,000 309,000 2.27%
150 Wisconsin 7 7,600 338,400 2.25%
151 Ohio 5 7,500 334,200 2.24%
152 Wisconsin 4 6,900 308,000 2.24%
153 Connecticut 5 7,800 348,300 2.24%
154 Pennsylvania 17 7,000 312,600 2.24%
155 Illinois 5 8,900 397,600 2.24%
156 Minnesota 4 7,500 336,000 2.23%
157 Pennsylvania 18 7,700 345,000 2.23%
158 Ohio 16 7,900 355,600 2.22%
159 Ohio 8 7,300 328,800 2.22%
160 Tennessee 1 6,600 297,600 2.22%
161 Michigan 11 7,500 342,100 2.19%
162 Colorado 6 8,100 369,600 2.19%
163 California 53 7,500 342,700 2.19%
164 Texas 21 7,900 361,200 2.19%
165 Oregon 5 7,100 326,700 2.17%
166 California 28 7,800 359,900 2.17%
167 Florida 13 6,700 309,200 2.17%
168 Michigan 3 6,800 315,300 2.16%
169 Connecticut 3 7,600 352,700 2.15%
170 Florida 12 6,100 283,200 2.15%
171 Indiana 7 6,700 312,200 2.15%
172 Pennsylvania 10 6,700 312,500 2.14%
173 Utah 4 7,100 331,500 2.14%
174 Georgia 11 7,300 340,900 2.14%
175 Texas 35 6,800 318,200 2.14%
176 Kansas 3 7,900 370,300 2.13%
177 Washington 7 8,100 380,000 2.13%
178 Pennsylvania 4 7,300 342,900 2.13%
179 South Carolina 7 5,700 269,400 2.12%
180 Texas 9 6,900 326,400 2.11%
181 New York 24 6,900 327,300 2.11%
182 Kentucky 1 6,000 284,800 2.11%
183 Tennessee 6 6,400 304,500 2.10%
184 Massachusetts 9 7,400 352,300 2.10%
185 Iowa 1 8,200 392,300 2.09%
186 Florida 23 7,100 339,900 2.09%
187 Texas 30 6,100 292,300 2.09%
188 California 26 6,800 325,900 2.09%
189 Pennsylvania 5 6,600 316,800 2.08%
190 Arkansas 2 7,000 336,300 2.08%
191 Oklahoma 4 7,300 350,900 2.08%
192 Massachusetts 8 7,800 375,600 2.08%
193 Utah 2 6,300 305,700 2.06%
194 Pennsylvania 7 7,000 339,700 2.06%
195 Idaho 2 7,300 355,000 2.06%
196 New Mexico 1 6,400 311,900 2.05%
197 Ohio 10 6,400 312,800 2.05%
198 Pennsylvania 16 6,700 327,700 2.04%
199 New York 23 6,600 324,600 2.03%
200 Michigan 8 6,700 330,800 2.03%
201 Arizona 8 6,100 301,700 2.02%
202 Missouri 2 7,600 378,600 2.01%
203 Michigan 6 6,200 310,400 2.00%
204 New York 17 6,800 341,400 1.99%
205 Washington 10 5,800 291,300 1.99%
206 California 5 6,500 326,800 1.99%
207 North Carolina 1 5,800 291,800 1.99%
208 California 31 5,800 292,200 1.98%
209 New York 12 8,300 418,800 1.98%
210 Indiana 4 6,500 328,500 1.98%
211 Indiana 9 6,700 339,400 1.97%
212 Florida 22 6,500 332,000 1.96%
213 Illinois 17 6,100 311,700 1.96%
214 Texas 16 5,500 281,300 1.96%
215 New York 27 6,600 337,800 1.95%
216 Ohio 6 5,700 292,300 1.95%
217 Michigan 9 6,300 326,100 1.93%
218 Michigan 4 5,500 286,300 1.92%
219 Utah 1 6,000 312,400 1.92%
220 Pennsylvania 13 6,500 339,000 1.92%
221 California 20 5,800 302,500 1.92%
222 California 41 5,200 271,900 1.91%
223 California 6 5,500 288,300 1.91%
224 Tennessee 8 5,700 299,200 1.91%
225 Washington 9 6,500 341,400 1.90%
226 Pennsylvania 9 5,800 304,800 1.90%
227 Tennessee 9 5,800 305,300 1.90%
228 New Jersey 4 6,200 326,400 1.90%
229 Colorado 1 7,300 384,400 1.90%
230 Virginia 5 6,000 316,100 1.90%
231 Wisconsin 2 7,400 390,000 1.90%
232 Texas 5 5,700 300,800 1.89%
233 California 1 4,900 260,300 1.88%
234 Texas 29 5,500 292,900 1.88%
235 Colorado 7 6,800 362,500 1.88%
236 Iowa 2 7,000 373,400 1.87%
237 New Jersey 12 6,600 352,400 1.87%
238 Texas 4 5,600 299,300 1.87%
239 Missouri 7 6,300 337,400 1.87%
240 Pennsylvania 11 6,100 329,300 1.85%
241 Maine 2 5,600 302,700 1.85%
242 Indiana 5 6,600 357,700 1.85%
243 Alabama 2 5,100 276,900 1.84%
244 New Jersey 10 5,700 310,700 1.83%
245 South Carolina 2 5,600 305,600 1.83%
246 Arkansas 4 5,400 295,100 1.83%
247 New Jersey 1 6,200 339,200 1.83%
248 Pennsylvania 14 5,900 323,200 1.83%
249 Minnesota 7 6,000 328,700 1.83%
250 California 11 5,900 324,200 1.82%
251 Maryland 6 6,600 363,200 1.82%
252 Minnesota 8 5,500 303,400 1.81%
253 New York 21 5,600 309,200 1.81%
254 Ohio 9 5,700 315,000 1.81%
255 Georgia 10 5,200 287,400 1.81%
256 Missouri 8 5,400 298,500 1.81%
257 Indiana 1 5,600 310,600 1.80%
258 Texas 22 6,300 352,500 1.79%
259 Illinois 3 5,700 319,500 1.78%
260 Illinois 16 5,900 330,800 1.78%
261 Maryland 8 7,100 400,100 1.77%
262 Connecticut 1 6,200 349,800 1.77%
263 Illinois 2 4,900 278,200 1.76%
264 Georgia 5 5,600 318,100 1.76%
265 Alabama 6 5,600 318,400 1.76%
266 Pennsylvania 1 4,800 273,300 1.76%
267 Virginia 7 6,400 364,600 1.76%
268 New York 3 5,900 336,700 1.75%
269 Texas 8 5,400 309,200 1.75%
270 Ohio 1 5,800 332,300 1.75%
271 Ohio 3 5,800 333,000 1.74%
272 Kentucky 4 5,800 333,500 1.74%
273 Georgia 4 5,400 311,700 1.73%
274 Ohio 15 5,800 336,400 1.72%
275 Connecticut 2 6,000 348,600 1.72%
276 New York 6 5,600 327,000 1.71%
277 Michigan 14 4,400 257,700 1.71%
278 Michigan 7 5,100 299,100 1.71%
279 Arizona 2 5,100 299,200 1.70%
280 California 10 4,700 277,200 1.70%
281 Michigan 13 3,900 230,700 1.69%
282 Georgia 12 4,700 278,200 1.69%
283 Nevada 2 5,200 309,400 1.68%
284 Virginia 6 5,700 339,900 1.68%
285 Maine 1 5,700 340,400 1.67%
286 New York 5 5,600 336,200 1.67%
287 South Carolina 6 4,200 253,500 1.66%
288 Nebraska 2 5,200 316,300 1.64%
289 Florida 7 5,300 322,500 1.64%
290 Ohio 12 5,900 359,500 1.64%
291 Ohio 11 4,500 275,200 1.64%
292 Georgia 2 4,100 251,200 1.63%
293 New Jersey 3 5,600 344,200 1.63%
294 Michigan 5 4,300 264,800 1.62%
295 Tennessee 2 5,300 327,200 1.62%
296 New York 26 5,300 327,700 1.62%
297 Virginia 4 5,300 327,900 1.62%
298 New York 16 5,200 323,600 1.61%
299 Ohio 2 5,200 323,600 1.61%
300 Massachusetts 7 5,900 369,800 1.60%
301 New York 20 5,700 357,600 1.59%
302 Missouri 5 5,500 345,300 1.59%
303 California 51 4,100 258,600 1.59%
304 New York 10 5,700 360,300 1.58%
305 New York 8 4,600 292,700 1.57%
306 Georgia 13 4,900 312,800 1.57%
307 Florida 25 5,100 326,000 1.56%
308 Massachusetts 1 5,300 341,000 1.55%
309 Illinois 15 4,900 316,500 1.55%
310 Oklahoma 5 5,400 348,800 1.55%
311 Virginia 11 6,200 400,900 1.55%
312 West Virginia 1 4,000 258,700 1.55%
313 New York 13 4,900 317,200 1.54%
314 New York 11 4,900 317,500 1.54%
315 Illinois 7 4,600 298,500 1.54%
316 Illinois 18 5,200 337,500 1.54%
317 Florida 27 4,800 313,600 1.53%
318 Oregon 2 4,800 314,200 1.53%
319 New York 14 5,200 341,800 1.52%
320 Florida 16 4,200 276,100 1.52%
321 Illinois 1 4,400 290,200 1.52%
322 Arkansas 1 4,200 277,400 1.51%
323 New Mexico 3 4,300 284,800 1.51%
324 Alabama 7 3,800 253,500 1.50%
325 Nebraska 1 4,800 321,700 1.49%
326 Missouri 3 5,500 370,000 1.49%
327 Maryland 4 5,700 384,100 1.48%
328 New York 9 4,800 324,900 1.48%
329 California 2 4,700 323,100 1.45%
330 Missouri 1 4,800 331,500 1.45%
331 Mississippi 3 4,400 303,900 1.45%
332 Virginia 1 5,100 352,400 1.45%
333 Oklahoma 2 4,200 290,300 1.45%
334 Texas 1 4,300 297,700 1.44%
335 Kansas 2 4,900 339,900 1.44%
336 Florida 14 4,600 320,700 1.43%
337 Michigan 12 4,500 313,800 1.43%
338 Florida 20 4,300 302,100 1.42%
339 Michigan 1 4,100 290,200 1.41%
340 Texas 27 4,300 305,600 1.41%
341 Washington 5 4,100 291,500 1.41%
342 Maryland 1 4,800 342,300 1.40%
343 Maryland 7 4,400 315,700 1.39%
344 Missouri 6 4,900 355,900 1.38%
345 Illinois 12 4,100 301,000 1.36%
346 Maryland 3 5,000 369,500 1.35%
347 Florida 5 3,800 284,000 1.34%
348 North Carolina 7 4,200 315,400 1.33%
349 Iowa 3 5,200 390,800 1.33%
350 Florida 24 3,900 293,400 1.33%
351 New York 15 3,400 255,900 1.33%
352 Arizona 4 3,100 233,500 1.33%
353 Florida 21 4,200 316,800 1.33%
354 Florida 15 4,000 304,200 1.31%
355 Mississippi 4 4,000 304,900 1.31%
356 Delaware Statewide 5,500 420,400 1.31%
357 Florida 6 3,700 283,200 1.31%
358 South Carolina 1 3,900 299,800 1.30%
359 Virginia 2 4,400 339,800 1.29%
360 Florida 11 2,800 217,400 1.29%
361 New York 4 4,400 342,500 1.28%
362 Arizona 1 3,400 264,900 1.28%
363 Georgia 8 3,500 272,700 1.28%
364 Pennsylvania 2 3,500 273,100 1.28%
365 Kentucky 5 3,000 234,300 1.28%
366 Florida 4 4,200 329,900 1.27%
367 Florida 18 3,600 284,000 1.27%
368 Texas 36 3,700 291,900 1.27%
369 Missouri 4 4,100 324,900 1.26%
370 Washington 8 4,000 318,000 1.26%
371 Maryland 2 4,400 351,700 1.25%
372 Maryland 5 4,600 368,200 1.25%
373 Alabama 1 3,500 283,000 1.24%
374 Mississippi 2 3,300 266,900 1.24%
375 West Virginia 2 3,300 266,900 1.24%
376 California 9 3,400 275,300 1.24%
377 New Jersey 2 4,000 324,400 1.23%
378 California 8 2,900 235,500 1.23%
379 Washington 2 3,900 318,900 1.22%
380 Hawaii 1 4,000 330,100 1.21%
381 Texas 23 3,500 289,700 1.21%
382 South Dakota 1 5,000 415,600 1.20%
383 Texas 20 3,700 311,400 1.19%
384 Virginia 3 3,800 320,100 1.19%
385 Arizona 3 3,100 262,200 1.18%
386 Florida 10 3,900 331,500 1.18%
387 Illinois 13 3,700 326,600 1.13%
388 Florida 26 3,800 335,600 1.13%
389 Nevada 3 3,800 336,500 1.13%
390 Florida 2 3,400 301,500 1.13%
391 Washington 6 3,100 275,500 1.13%
392 Oklahoma 3 3,700 329,900 1.12%
393 Texas 14 3,400 303,300 1.12%
394 Colorado 3 3,700 331,400 1.12%
395 California 24 3,600 323,500 1.11%
396 Virginia 8 4,700 423,700 1.11%
397 Texas 13 3,400 309,000 1.10%
398 Iowa 4 4,200 382,300 1.10%
399 Nevada 4 3,000 274,300 1.09%
400 Louisiana 4 3,400 311,100 1.09%
401 Nevada 1 3,100 284,700 1.09%
402 Kansas 4 3,500 332,900 1.05%
403 North Carolina 3 3,100 305,600 1.01%
404 Georgia 1 2,900 286,100 1.01%
405 Florida 9 3,200 317,200 1.01%
406 Texas 15 2,800 280,900 1.00%
407 Florida 19 2,600 265,200 0.98%
408 Texas 11 3,000 308,800 0.97%
409 Texas 19 3,000 310,700 0.97%
410 Louisiana 6 3,500 367,800 0.95%
411 Texas 34 2,300 242,200 0.95%
412 West Virginia 3 2,100 223,000 0.94%
413 Texas 28 2,500 266,300 0.94%
414 Louisiana 3 3,000 328,100 0.91%
415 California 36 2,300 251,900 0.91%
416 Louisiana 1 3,200 354,000 0.90%
417 DC Statewide 2,800 310,600 0.90%
418 Florida 1 2,700 303,900 0.89%
419 Florida 3 2,400 277,000 0.87%
420 Louisiana 2 2,800 329,000 0.85%
421 Louisiana 5 2,400 283,900 0.85%
422 Kansas 1 2,900 345,900 0.84%
423 California 3 2,200 286,600 0.77%
424 Alaska Statewide 2,600 344,300 0.76%
425 Montana Statewide 3,600 480,000 0.75%
426 Hawaii 2 2,100 299,400 0.70%
427 New Mexico 2 1,900 273,100 0.70%
428 Nebraska 3 2,100 305,600 0.69%
429 California 23 1,800 274,100 0.66%
430 California 22 1,900 289,600 0.66%
431 North Dakota Statewide 2,400 370,800 0.65%
432 Wyoming Statewide 1,700 290,000 0.59%
433 Washington 4 1,500 284,500 0.53%
434 California 16 1,100 244,900 0.45%
435 Florida 17 1,100 248,700 0.44%
436 California 21 -1,100 243,800 -0.45%
Total* 3,157,100 140,399,600 2.25%

*Subcategory and overall totals may vary slightly due to rounding.

Source: Authors' analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2014), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2014b), and BLS Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2014a and 2014b). For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.

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