Table 4
Jobs displaced due to U.S. trade with China, by state, 2001–2011 (ranked by jobs displaced as share of state employment)
| State | Net jobs displaced |
Total state employment* |
Jobs displaced as share of state employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 20,400 | 694,200 | 2.94% |
| California | 474,700 | 16,565,000 | 2.87% |
| Massachusetts | 92,700 | 3,241,300 | 2.86% |
| Oregon | 50,200 | 1,764,400 | 2.85% |
| North Carolina | 110,300 | 4,133,000 | 2.67% |
| Minnesota | 72,300 | 2,713,700 | 2.66% |
| Idaho | 18,200 | 685,800 | 2.65% |
| Vermont | 8,000 | 329,700 | 2.43% |
| Colorado | 57,800 | 2,424,500 | 2.38% |
| Texas | 239,600 | 10,602,400 | 2.26% |
| Rhode Island | 11,800 | 526,500 | 2.24% |
| Alabama | 43,900 | 1,996,000 | 2.20% |
| South Carolina | 40,800 | 1,950,800 | 2.09% |
| Georgia | 87,300 | 4,310,000 | 2.03% |
| Tennessee | 56,100 | 2,778,500 | 2.02% |
| Wisconsin | 54,600 | 2,849,100 | 1.92% |
| Kentucky | 35,700 | 1,863,500 | 1.92% |
| Indiana | 56,600 | 3,000,700 | 1.89% |
| Illinois | 113,700 | 6,087,800 | 1.87% |
| Puerto Rico | 22,200 | 1,199,900 | 1.85% |
| New Jersey | 76,000 | 4,212,200 | 1.80% |
| New York | 158,800 | 8,954,600 | 1.77% |
| Ohio | 95,900 | 5,412,100 | 1.77% |
| Pennsylvania | 101,200 | 5,825,400 | 1.74% |
| Connecticut | 29,900 | 1,742,300 | 1.72% |
| Arizona | 47,100 | 2,756,400 | 1.71% |
| Arkansas | 20,500 | 1,237,400 | 1.66% |
| Washington | 50,200 | 3,051,500 | 1.65% |
| Mississippi | 19,700 | 1,201,700 | 1.64% |
| Utah | 20,000 | 1,228,900 | 1.63% |
| Michigan | 68,900 | 4,503,100 | 1.53% |
| Maine | 10,000 | 656,400 | 1.52% |
| Virginia | 52,700 | 3,739,700 | 1.41% |
| Missouri | 38,700 | 2,774,000 | 1.40% |
| Maryland | 37,800 | 2,827,400 | 1.34% |
| Iowa | 20,300 | 1,530,400 | 1.33% |
| New Mexico | 11,500 | 868,100 | 1.32% |
| South Dakota | 5,300 | 407,600 | 1.30% |
| Florida | 106,100 | 8,204,700 | 1.29% |
| Kansas | 17,500 | 1,370,300 | 1.28% |
| Oklahoma | 20,400 | 1,626,900 | 1.25% |
| Delaware | 5,000 | 407,900 | 1.23% |
| Nebraska | 10,600 | 908,100 | 1.17% |
| Nevada | 13,200 | 1,206,800 | 1.09% |
| West Virginia | 7,200 | 753,200 | 0.96% |
| District of Columbia | 2,600 | 286,400 | 0.91% |
| Louisiana | 15,300 | 1,872,100 | 0.82% |
| North Dakota | 2,700 | 336,900 | 0.80% |
| Hawaii | 4,300 | 605,800 | 0.71% |
| Montana | 2,800 | 464,900 | 0.60% |
| Alaska | 1,800 | 322,300 | 0.56% |
| Wyoming | 1,500 | 268,800 | 0.56% |
| Total** | 2,742,200 | 141,348,700 | 1.94% |
* Average state employment in 2005–2007. Analysis based on pooled, three-year time series data from the U.S. Census American Community Survey, as described in the Appendix.
** Total may vary slightly due to rounding.
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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