Twenty congressional districts hardest hit by U.S. goods trade deficit with China, 2001–2015 (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 60,900 346,100 17.60%
2 California 18 49,500 344,500 14.37%
3 California 19 39,400 324,000 12.16%
4 Texas 31 34,700 323,000 10.74%
5 Oregon 1 32,500 377,200 8.62%
6 California 15 27,600 336,400 8.20%
7 Georgia 14 17,400 290,700 5.99%
8 Texas 3 21,900 371,200 5.90%
9 California 40 16,300 280,500 5.81%
10 Massachusetts 3 20,600 355,400 5.80%
11 California 34 16,700 309,400 5.40%
12 California 52 17,600 350,100 5.03%
13 Texas 10 17,100 342,600 4.99%
14 Illinois 6 17,200 355,600 4.84%
15 Minnesota 1 16,600 348,200 4.77%
16 California 45 16,400 354,400 4.63%
17 Texas 18 13,800 306,400 4.50%
18 New York 18 14,900 332,100 4.49%
19 North Carolina 2 13,200 303,800 4.34%
20 Arizona 5 13,800 317,900 4.34%

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.

View the underlying data on epi.org.