Appendix Table 1

Net U.S. jobs displaced due to trade with China, by state, 2001–2012 (ranked by net jobs displaced)

Rank State Net jobs displaced Total state employment Jobs displaced as share
of state employment
1 California 529,100 16,426,700 3.22%
2 Texas 283,800 11,455,100 2.48%
3 New York 167,400 8,959,000 1.87%
4 Illinois 124,900 5,926,900 2.11%
5 Pennsylvania 114,000 5,853,300 1.95%
6 North Carolina 112,200 4,195,800 2.67%
7 Florida 108,000 8,101,900 1.33%
8 Ohio 98,600 5,213,500 1.89%
9 Massachusetts 90,800 3,284,700 2.76%
10 Georgia 88,300 4,193,800 2.11%
11 New Jersey 86,700 4,152,500 2.09%
12 Minnesota 76,300 2,728,900 2.80%
13 Michigan 72,500 4,191,900 1.73%
14 Wisconsin 63,500 2,819,500 2.25%
15 Indiana 62,800 2,934,500 2.14%
16 Virginia 58,500 3,860,100 1.52%
17 Oregon 58,300 1,710,300 3.41%
18 Tennessee 57,600 2,784,500 2.07%
19 Arizona 56,800 2,688,000 2.11%
20 Colorado 54,600 2,492,400 2.19%
21 Washington 52,100 3,118,000 1.67%
22 South Carolina 41,700 1,968,900 2.12%
23 Missouri 41,400 2,742,100 1.51%
24 Alabama 39,500 1,981,100 1.99%
25 Maryland 39,200 2,894,600 1.35%
26 Kentucky 37,700 1,838,400 2.05%
27 Connecticut 33,000 1,742,500 1.89%
28 Oklahoma 26,900 1,681,800 1.60%
29 Utah 25,300 1,260,800 2.01%
30 Iowa 22,900 1,538,800 1.49%
31 Arkansas 22,800 1,235,800 1.84%
32 New Hampshire 21,100 684,800 3.08%
33 Mississippi 18,800 1,181,300 1.59%
34 Kansas 18,000 1,389,000 1.30%
35 Louisiana 16,800 1,973,900 0.85%
36 Idaho 15,200 684,900 2.22%
37 Nevada 14,100 1,204,900 1.17%
38 Rhode Island 12,200 511,200 2.39%
39 New Mexico 11,400 869,800 1.31%
40 Maine 11,100 643,100 1.73%
41 Nebraska 11,000 943,600 1.17%
42 West Virginia 8,500 748,600 1.14%
43 Vermont 7,600 327,300 2.32%
44 Hawaii 5,600 629,500 0.89%
45 Delaware 5,100 420,400 1.21%
46 South Dakota 4,500 415,600 1.08%
47 Montana 3,300 480,000 0.69%
48 District of Columbia 2,500 310,600 0.80%
49 Alaska 2,300 344,300 0.67%
50 North Dakota 2,200 370,800 0.59%
51 Wyoming 1,500 290,000 0.52%
Total* 2,939,600 140,399,600 2.09%

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

Source: Author's analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (2013a), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2013), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2013b), and BLS Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2011a and 2011b). For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix

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