Twenty congressional districts hardest hit by U.S. goods trade deficit with China, 2001–2017 (ranked by jobs displaced as a share of district employment)

Rank State District Net jobs displaced District employment (in 2011) Jobs displaced as a share of district employment
1 California 17 59,500 346,100 17.19%
2 California 18 48,300 344,500 14.02%
3 California 19 38,600 324,000 11.91%
4 Texas 31 34,400 323,000 10.65%
5 Oregon 1 31,600 377,200 8.38%
6 California 15 26,900 336,400 8.00%
7 Georgia 14 17,600 290,700 6.05%
8 Texas 3 21,100 371,200 5.68%
9 Massachusetts 3 20,000 355,400 5.63%
10 California 40 14,800 280,500 5.28%
11 Texas 10 16,900 342,600 4.93%
12 California 52 16,900 350,100 4.83%
13 Illinois 6 17,000 355,600 4.78%
14 California 34 14,600 309,400 4.72%
15 Minnesota 1 16,400 348,200 4.71%
16 California 45 16,100 354,400 4.54%
17 Texas 18 13,700 306,400 4.47%
18 New York 18 14,800 332,100 4.46%
19 Arizona 5 13,500 317,900 4.25%
20 North Carolina 2 12,900 303,800 4.25%

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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