U.S. jobs displaced by the growing goods trade deficit with China since 2001 (in thousands of jobs)
Year | Jobs displaced (thousands) |
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2001 | 0.0 |
2002 | 225.5 |
2003 | 459.3 |
2004 | 872.3 |
2005 | 1,334.9 |
2006 | 1,686.8 |
2007 | 1,998.0 |
2008 | 2,061.2 |
2009 | 1,713.6 |
2010 | 2,339.2 |
2011 | 2,645.0 |
2012 | 2,785.8 |
2013 | 2,823.8 |
2014 | 2,990.0 |
2015 | 3,191.6 |
2016 | 2,999.6 |
2017 | 3,360.6 |
Source: Authors’ analysis of U.S. Census Bureau 2013, U.S. International Trade Commission 2018, and Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program 2017a and 2017b. For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.