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

Rank State Net jobs displaced State employment (in 2011) Jobs displaced as share
of state employment
1 Oregon 62,700 1,710,300 3.67%
2 California 564,200 16,426,700 3.43%
3 New Hampshire 22,700 684,800 3.31%
4 Minnesota 83,300 2,728,900 3.05%
5 Massachusetts 97,200 3,284,700 2.96%
6 North Carolina 119,600 4,195,800 2.85%
7 Texas 304,700 11,455,100 2.66%
8 Rhode Island 13,200 511,200 2.58%
9 Vermont 8,200 327,300 2.51%
10 Idaho 16,700 684,900 2.44%
11 Wisconsin 68,600 2,819,500 2.43%
12 Colorado 59,400 2,492,400 2.38%
13 Indiana 67,800 2,934,500 2.31%
14 Arizona 61,200 2,688,000 2.28%
15 South Carolina 44,700 1,968,900 2.27%
16 Tennessee 62,500 2,784,500 2.24%
17 Kentucky 41,100 1,838,400 2.24%
18 Illinois 132,500 5,926,900 2.24%
19 Georgia 93,700 4,193,800 2.23%
20 New Jersey 92,000 4,152,500 2.22%
21 Utah 27,000 1,260,800 2.14%
22 Alabama 42,100 1,981,100 2.13%
23 Pennsylvania 122,600 5,853,300 2.09%
24 Ohio 106,400 5,213,500 2.04%
25 Connecticut 35,500 1,742,500 2.04%
26 New York 179,200 8,959,000 2.00%
27 Arkansas 24,500 1,235,800 1.98%
28 Michigan 80,100 4,191,900 1.91%
29 Washington 55,900 3,118,000 1.79%
30 Maine 11,400 643,100 1.77%
31 Oklahoma 29,300 1,681,800 1.74%
32 Mississippi 20,200 1,181,300 1.71%
33 Virginia 63,500 3,860,100 1.65%
34 Missouri 44,200 2,742,100 1.61%
35 Iowa 24,600 1,538,800 1.60%
36 Maryland 42,600 2,894,600 1.47%
37 New Mexico 12,500 869,800 1.44%
38 Florida 115,700 8,101,900 1.43%
39 Kansas 19,100 1,389,000 1.38%
40 Delaware 5,500 420,400 1.31%
41 Nebraska 12,200 943,600 1.29%
42 Nevada 15,200 1,204,900 1.26%
43 West Virginia 9,400 748,600 1.26%
44 South Dakota 5,000 415,600 1.20%
45 Hawaii 6,100 629,500 0.97%
46 Louisiana 18,300 1,973,900 0.93%
47 District of Columbia 2,800 310,600 0.90%
48 Alaska 2,600 344,300 0.76%
49 Montana 3,600 480,000 0.75%
50 North Dakota 2,400 370,800 0.65%
51 Wyoming 1,700 290,000 0.59%
Total* 3,154,300 140,399,600 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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