Table 5

20 congressional districts that would gain the most jobs from eliminating currency manipulation, low-impact scenario, 2015 (ranked by jobs gained as a share of district employment)*

Rank State District Net jobs created District employment (2011 average) Jobs created as a share of district employment
1 California 21 10,100 243,800 4.14%
2 Kansas 4 9,800 332,900 2.94%
3 Wisconsin 6 9,900 353,600 2.80%
4 Nebraska 3 8,500 305,600 2.78%
5 California 16 6,700 244,900 2.74%
6 California 17 9,300 346,100 2.69%
7 Washington 4 7,600 284,500 2.67%
8 California 20 8,000 302,500 2.64%
9 Minnesota 7 8,400 328,700 2.56%
10 Ohio 4 8,000 317,900 2.52%
11 Wisconsin 5 9,300 370,600 2.51%
12 Illinois 17 7,800 311,700 2.50%
13 Indiana 2 7,900 317,800 2.49%
14 Wisconsin 8 9,000 362,800 2.48%
15 Michigan 6 7,700 310,400 2.48%
16 Iowa 1 9,700 392,300 2.47%
17 Indiana 3 8,000 327,000 2.45%
18 Ohio 8 8,000 328,800 2.43%
19 Michigan 10 7,400 308,700 2.40%
20 Wisconsin 1 8,200 342,500 2.39%

*The table estimates the effects of ending currency manipulation over three years, modeled as having begun in 2013.

Note: The low-impact scenario assumes ending currency manipulation would reduce the trade deficit by $200 billion in 2015 relative to the trade deficit in 2012.

Source: Author's analysis of the American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau 2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (2013),  Congressional Budget Office (2013a and 2013b), Bivens (2011), Bivens and Edwards (2010), Kondo and Svec (2009, 10), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2013d), Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2011a and 2011b), and Zandi (2011). For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see text and the appendix.

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