Net U.S. jobs displaced due to the goods trade deficit with China, by state, 2001–2015 (ranked by net jobs displaced)

Rank State Net jobs displaced State employment (in 2011) Jobs displaced as a share
of state employment
1 California 589,100 16,426,700 3.59%
2 Texas 321,300 11,455,100 2.80%
3 New York 191,500 8,959,000 2.14%
4 Illinois 149,400 5,926,900 2.52%
5 Pennsylvania 136,700 5,853,300 2.34%
6 North Carolina 131,100 4,195,800 3.12%
7 Florida 128,100 8,101,900 1.58%
8 Ohio 121,500 5,213,500 2.33%
9 Georgia 104,200 4,193,800 2.48%
10 Massachusetts 101,700 3,284,700 3.10%
11 New Jersey 99,100 4,152,500 2.39%
12 Michigan 93,600 4,191,900 2.23%
13 Minnesota 89,100 2,728,900 3.27%
14 Wisconsin 79,100 2,819,500 2.81%
15 Indiana 78,600 2,934,500 2.68%
16 Virginia 69,600 3,860,100 1.80%
17 Tennessee 69,500 2,784,500 2.50%
18 Oregon 65,400 1,710,300 3.82%
19 Arizona 64,700 2,688,000 2.41%
20 Colorado 62,100 2,492,400 2.49%
21 Washington 59,900 3,118,000 1.92%
22 South Carolina 50,700 1,968,900 2.58%
23 Missouri 50,700 2,742,100 1.85%
24 Alabama 48,000 1,981,100 2.42%
25 Kentucky 46,000 1,838,400 2.50%
26 Maryland 46,000 2,894,600 1.59%
27 Connecticut 38,400 1,742,500 2.20%
28 Oklahoma 32,600 1,681,800 1.94%
29 Iowa 29,900 1,538,800 1.94%
30 Utah 29,700 1,260,800 2.36%
31 Arkansas 27,600 1,235,800 2.23%
32 Mississippi 24,200 1,181,300 2.05%
33 New Hampshire 24,000 684,800 3.50%
34 Kansas 22,300 1,389,000 1.61%
35 Louisiana 21,800 1,973,900 1.10%
36 Idaho 18,300 684,900 2.67%
37 Nevada 16,700 1,204,900 1.39%
38 Nebraska 14,800 943,600 1.57%
39 Rhode Island 14,000 511,200 2.74%
40 New Mexico 13,700 869,800 1.58%
41 Maine 12,900 643,100 2.01%
42 West Virginia 10,800 748,600 1.44%
43 Vermont 8,800 327,300 2.69%
44 Hawaii 6,800 629,500 1.08%
45 South Dakota 6,500 415,600 1.56%
46 Delaware 6,100 420,400 1.45%
47 Montana 4,800 480,000 1.00%
48 North Dakota 3,500 370,800 0.94%
49 District of Columbia 3,100 310,600 1.00%
50 Alaska 3,100 344,300 0.90%
51 Wyoming 2,300 290,000 0.79%
Total* 3,443,400 140,399,600 2.45%

Totals may vary slightly due to rounding.

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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