Net U.S. jobs displaced due to goods trade deficit with China as a share of total state employment, 2001–2013

State Jobs displaced as share
of state employment
Alabama 2.13%
Alaska 0.76%
Arizona 2.28%
Arkansas 1.98%
California 3.43%
Colorado 2.38%
Connecticut 2.04%
Delaware 1.31%
District of Columbia 0.90%
Florida 1.43%
Georgia 2.23%
Hawaii 0.97%
Idaho 2.44%
Illinois 2.24%
Indiana 2.31%
Iowa 1.60%
Kansas 1.38%
Kentucky 2.24%
Louisiana 0.93%
Maine 1.77%
Maryland 1.47%
Massachusetts 2.96%
Michigan 1.91%
Minnesota 3.05%
Mississippi 1.71%
Missouri 1.61%
Montana 0.75%
Nebraska 1.29%
Nevada 1.26%
New Hampshire 3.31%
New Jersey 2.22%
New Mexico 1.44%
New York 2.00%
North Carolina 2.85%
North Dakota 0.65%
Ohio 2.04%
Oklahoma 1.74%
Oregon 3.67%
Pennsylvania 2.09%
Rhode Island 2.58%
South Carolina 2.27%
South Dakota 1.20%
Tennessee 2.24%
Texas 2.66%
Utah 2.14%
Vermont 2.51%
Virginia 1.65%
Washington 1.79%
West Virginia 1.26%
Wisconsin 2.43%
Wyoming 0.59%
Total 2.25%

* 10 least-impacted states, plus D.C.
** 10 next-least-impacted states
*** 10 midde-impacted states
**** 10 next-most-impacted states
***** 10 most-impacted states

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.

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