Table 6

20 congressional districts that would gain the most jobs from the elimination of currency manipulation, high-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 21,100 243,800 8.65%
2 California 17 24,400 346,100 7.05%
3 Wisconsin 6 23,800 353,600 6.73%
4 Indiana 3 20,800 327,000 6.36%
5 Kansas 4 21,000 332,900 6.31%
6 Indiana 2 20,000 317,800 6.29%
7 Ohio 4 19,700 317,900 6.20%
8 Nebraska 3 18,800 305,600 6.15%
9 Wisconsin 5 22,500 370,600 6.07%
10 California 16 14,700 244,900 6.00%
11 California 19 19,300 324,000 5.96%
12 Michigan 6 18,400 310,400 5.93%
13 Illinois 17 18,300 311,700 5.87%
14 Michigan 10 18,100 308,700 5.86%
15 California 20 17,700 302,500 5.85%
16 Wisconsin 8 21,200 362,800 5.84%
17 Minnesota 7 19,100 328,700 5.81%
18 Ohio 8 19,100 328,800 5.81%
19 Washington 4 16,500 284,500 5.80%
20 Iowa 1 22,700 392,300 5.79%

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

Note: The high-impact scenario assumes ending currency manipulation would reduce the trade deficit by $500 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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