Net U.S. jobs eliminated by U.S. trade deficit with TPP countries, by state, 2015 (ranked by jobs eliminated)

Rank State Net jobs eliminated State employment (in 2011) Jobs eliminated as share
of state employment
1 California 227,500 16,426,700 1.38%
2 Michigan 214,600 4,191,900 5.12%
3 Texas 172,600 11,455,100 1.51%
4 Ohio 112,500 5,213,500 2.16%
5 Indiana 103,800 2,934,500 3.54%
6 New York 97,300 8,959,000 1.09%
7 Illinois 78,800 5,926,900 1.33%
8 Pennsylvania 68,900 5,853,300 1.18%
9 Florida 68,200 8,101,900 0.84%
10 Tennessee 61,000 2,784,500 2.19%
11 North Carolina 60,700 4,195,800 1.45%
12 Kentucky 53,700 1,838,400 2.92%
13 Alabama 46,000 1,981,100 2.32%
14 Georgia 43,100 4,193,800 1.03%
15 Wisconsin 39,600 2,819,500 1.40%
16 Missouri 39,200 2,742,100 1.43%
17 New Jersey 37,700 4,152,500 0.91%
18 Oklahoma 35,300 1,681,800 2.10%
19 South Carolina 33,600 1,968,900 1.71%
20 Virginia 33,100 3,860,100 0.86%
21 Massachusetts 29,900 3,284,700 0.91%
22 Minnesota 29,000 2,728,900 1.06%
23 Colorado 28,600 2,492,400 1.15%
24 Oregon 24,900 1,710,300 1.46%
25 Louisiana 24,700 1,973,900 1.25%
26 Mississippi 22,000 1,181,300 1.86%
27 Arizona 21,000 2,688,000 0.78%
28 Arkansas 20,100 1,235,800 1.63%
28 Maryland 20,100 2,894,600 0.69%
30 Iowa 19,800 1,538,800 1.29%
31 Washington 17,800 3,118,000 0.57%
32 Kansas 13,500 1,389,000 0.97%
33 Utah 13,000 1,260,800 1.03%
34 New Mexico 11,600 869,800 1.33%
35 Connecticut 10,400 1,742,500 0.60%
36 Nebraska 10,000 943,600 1.06%
37 Nevada 9,100 1,204,900 0.76%
38 West Virginia 8,400 748,600 1.12%
39 Maine 8,000 643,100 1.24%
40 New Hampshire 7,400 684,800 1.08%
41 Idaho 7,100 684,900 1.04%
42 Wyoming 6,800 290,000 2.34%
43 Alaska 6,300 344,300 1.83%
44 South Dakota 5,300 415,600 1.28%
45 Hawaii 5,100 629,500 0.81%
46 Montana 4,900 480,000 1.02%
47 North Dakota 4,300 370,800 1.16%
48 Rhode Island 3,400 511,200 0.67%
49 Vermont 2,900 327,300 0.89%
50 Delaware 1,800 420,400 0.43%
51 District of Columbia 1,500 310,600 0.48%
Total* 2,025,800 140,399,600 1.44%

* Subcategory and overall totals may vary slightly due to rounding.

Source: Authors’ analysis of Bivens (2014), U.S. Census Bureau (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2016), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2016a and 2016b), and BLS Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2014a, 2014b, and 2015). For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.

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