Net U.S. jobs displaced by U.S. trade deficit with Japan, by state, 2013 (ranked by jobs displaced as a share of state employment)

Rank State Net jobs displaced State employment (in 2011) Jobs displaced as share
of state employment
1 Michigan 56,200 4,191,900 1.34%
2 Indiana 33,700 2,934,500 1.15%
3 Ohio 50,900 5,213,500 0.98%
4 Kentucky 16,400 1,838,400 0.89%
5 Wisconsin 24,300 2,819,500 0.86%
6 South Carolina 16,800 1,968,900 0.85%
7 Tennessee 23,200 2,784,500 0.83%
8 Alabama 16,000 1,981,100 0.81%
9 New Hampshire 5,300 684,800 0.77%
10 Illinois 45,500 5,926,900 0.77%
11 Pennsylvania 40,100 5,853,300 0.69%
12 Iowa 10,500 1,538,800 0.68%
13 Minnesota 18,600 2,728,900 0.68%
14 Connecticut 11,700 1,742,500 0.67%
15 North Carolina 27,300 4,195,800 0.65%
16 Missouri 17,800 2,742,100 0.65%
17 Rhode Island 3,300 511,200 0.65%
18 Oklahoma 10,800 1,681,800 0.64%
19 Mississippi 7,300 1,181,300 0.62%
20 Massachusetts 20,100 3,284,700 0.61%
21 Texas 69,600 11,455,100 0.61%
22 Georgia 25,300 4,193,800 0.60%
23 Utah 7,600 1,260,800 0.60%
24 Arkansas 7,200 1,235,800 0.58%
25 Oregon 9,400 1,710,300 0.55%
26 New Jersey 22,800 4,152,500 0.55%
27 West Virginia 4,100 748,600 0.55%
28 Arizona 14,300 2,688,000 0.53%
29 California 86,800 16,426,700 0.53%
30 New York 46,700 8,959,000 0.52%
31 Kansas 7,200 1,389,000 0.52%
32 Virginia 20,000 3,860,100 0.52%
33 Colorado 12,700 2,492,400 0.51%
34 Vermont 1,600 327,300 0.49%
35 Florida 38,800 8,101,900 0.48%
36 Nevada 5,700 1,204,900 0.47%
37 Louisiana 9,300 1,973,900 0.47%
38 Maryland 13,100 2,894,600 0.45%
39 Maine 2,900 643,100 0.45%
40 Washington 14,000 3,118,000 0.45%
41 Nebraska 4,200 943,600 0.45%
42 Delaware 1,800 420,400 0.43%
43 South Dakota 1,700 415,600 0.41%
44 Idaho 2,700 684,900 0.39%
45 New Mexico 3,400 869,800 0.39%
46 District of Columbia 1,200 310,600 0.39%
47 Hawaii 2,300 629,500 0.37%
48 Wyoming 1,000 290,000 0.34%
49 Alaska 1,100 344,300 0.32%
50 North Dakota 1,100 370,800 0.30%
51 Montana 1,200 480,000 0.25%
Total* 896,600 140,399,600 0.64%

*Totals may vary slightly due to rounding.

Source: Author's analysis of Bivens (2014), U.S. Census Bureau (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2015), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2014a), and BLS Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2014a, 2014b, and 2014c).  For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.

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