Table 4

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

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