Cumulative U.S. jobs displaced by growing goods trade deficit with China, 2001–2013 (in thousands of jobs)
Year | Jobs displaced (thousands) |
---|---|
2001 | 0 |
2002 | 223.3 |
2003 | 464.7 |
2004 | 882.4 |
2005 | 1,359.6 |
2006 | 1,726.8 |
2007 | 2,087.4 |
2008 | 2,154.7 |
2009 | 1,861.6 |
2010 | 2,568.1 |
2011 | 2,911.4 |
2012 | 3,109.0 |
2013 | 3,157.1 |
Source: Authors' analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2014), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2014b), and BLS Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2014a and 2014b). For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.