Net U.S. jobs displaced due to the goods trade deficit with China as a share of total state employment, 2001–2017

State Jobs displaced as share of state employment
New Hampshire 3.55%
Oregon 3.36%
California 3.34%
Minnesota 3.01%
North Carolina 2.96%
Rhode Island 2.84%
Massachusetts 2.75%
Vermont 2.74%
Wisconsin 2.67%
Texas 2.57%
Indiana 2.51%
Idaho 2.46%
Illinois 2.45%
South Carolina 2.43%
Kentucky 2.36%
New Jersey 2.34%
Alabama 2.33%
Georgia 2.32%
Tennessee 2.30%
Pennsylvania 2.291%
Arizona 2.286%
Connecticut 2.28%
Colorado 2.24%
Mississippi 2.20%
Ohio 2.20%
Arkansas 2.16%
Michigan 2.11%
Utah 1.98%
New York 1.93%
Oklahoma 1.92%
Maine 1.91%
Iowa 1.90%
Washington 1.75%
Missouri 1.74%
Virginia 1.68%
Maryland 1.58%
New Mexico 1.54%
Kansas 1.54%
Florida 1.46%
South Dakota 1.44%
West Virginia 1.42%
Nebraska 1.40%
Delaware 1.32%
Nevada 1.18%
Louisiana 1.08%
Hawaii 0.95%
Montana 0.89%
Alaska 0.83%
North Dakota 0.78%
Wyoming 0.72%
District of Columbia 0.29%

 

* 10 least-affected states, plus D.C.
** 10 next-least-affected states
*** 10 middle affected states
**** 10 next-most-affected states
***** 10 most-affected states

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.

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