Net U.S. jobs displaced due to the goods trade deficit with China as a share of total state employment, 2001–2015

State Jobs displaced as share
of state employment
Alabama 2.42%
Alaska 0.90%
Arizona 2.41%
Arkansas 2.23%
California 3.59%
Colorado 2.49%
Connecticut 2.20%
Delaware 1.45%
District of Columbia 1.00%
Florida 1.58%
Georgia 2.48%
Hawaii 1.08%
Idaho 2.67%
Illinois 2.52%
Indiana 2.68%
Iowa 1.94%
Kansas 1.61%
Kentucky 2.50%
Louisiana 1.10%
Maine 2.01%
Maryland 1.59%
Massachusetts 3.10%
Michigan 2.23%
Minnesota 3.27%
Mississippi 2.05%
Missouri 1.85%
Montana 1.00%
Nebraska 1.57%
Nevada 1.39%
New Hampshire 3.50%
New Jersey 2.39%
New Mexico 1.58%
New York 2.14%
North Carolina 3.12%
North Dakota 0.94%
Ohio 2.33%
Oklahoma 1.94%
Oregon 3.82%
Pennsylvania 2.34%
Rhode Island 2.74%
South Carolina 2.58%
South Dakota 1.56%
Tennessee 2.50%
Texas 2.80%
Utah 2.36%
Vermont 2.69%
Virginia 1.80%
Washington 1.92%
West Virginia 1.44%
Wisconsin 2.81%
Wyoming 0.79%
Total 2.45%

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

Source: Author's analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2016a), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2016e), 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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