Table 4

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

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