Table 5
Top 20 congressional districts hardest-hit by U.S. trade deficits with China (ranked by jobs displaced as share of district employment), 2001–2011
| Rank | District | Jobs displaced |
District employment* |
Jobs displaced as share of district employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California 15 | 44,700 | 324,600 | 13.77% |
| 2 | California 14 | 32,700 | 320,700 | 10.20% |
| 3 | California 16 | 29,000 | 303,700 | 9.55% |
| 4 | Texas 31 | 24,300 | 338,200 | 7.19% |
| 5 | California 13 | 20,200 | 313,900 | 6.44% |
| 6 | Texas 10 | 26,300 | 436,900 | 6.02% |
| 7 | Oregon 1 | 21,100 | 388,100 | 5.44% |
| 8 | Massachusetts 5 | 17,200 | 317,400 | 5.42% |
| 9 | California 31 | 14,600 | 291,600 | 5.01% |
| 10 | Massachusetts 3 | 15,500 | 322,800 | 4.80% |
| 11 | North Carolina 4 | 17,700 | 384,800 | 4.60% |
| 12 | California 34 | 12,000 | 262,800 | 4.57% |
| 13 | Texas 25 | 15,600 | 377,800 | 4.13% |
| 14 | Georgia 9 | 14,300 | 352,100 | 4.06% |
| 15 | California 50 | 13,600 | 344,500 | 3.95% |
| 16 | Colorado 4 | 13,800 | 352,500 | 3.91% |
| 17 | Minnesota 1 | 12,900 | 334,100 | 3.86% |
| 18 | North Carolina 10 |
11,600 | 301,100 | 3.85% |
| 19 | Alabama 5 | 11,400 | 302,400 | 3.77% |
| 20 | Texas 3 | 15,600 | 418,300 | 3.73% |
* Average congressional district employment in 2005–2007. Analysis based on pooled, three-year time series data from U.S. Census American Community Survey, as described in the Appendix.
Source: Author's analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (2009), U.S. International Trade Commission (2012), and Bureau of Labor Statistics Office of Employment Projections (2011a and 2011b). For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the Appendix.
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