Net U.S. jobs displaced due to the goods trade deficit with China as a share of total state employment, 2001–2018

State Jobs displaced as a share of employment
New Hampshire 3.66%
Oregon 3.64%
California 3.64%
North Carolina 3.23%
Minnesota 3.18%
Massachusetts 3.10%
Wisconsin 3.02%
Vermont 2.93%
Indiana 2.92%
Idaho 2.82%
Georgia 2.67%
South Carolina 2.65%
Texas 2.64%
Illinois 2.63%
Rhode Island 2.55%
Ohio 2.49%
Michigan 2.48%
Alabama 2.47%
Tennessee 2.46%
Colorado 2.45%
Mississippi 2.43%
Kentucky 2.42%
Utah 2.40%
Pennsylvania 2.25%
Arizona 2.23%
New Jersey 2.16%
Iowa 2.12%
Connecticut 2.11%
Washington 1.97%
Missouri 1.96%
New York 1.96%
Arkansas 1.91%
Maine 1.85%
Oklahoma 1.80%
South Dakota 1.78%
Virginia 1.73%
Kansas 1.70%
Florida 1.67%
Nebraska 1.64%
Maryland 1.47%
Delaware 1.40%
West Virginia 1.34%
Nevada 1.33%
New Mexico 1.31%
North Dakota 1.27%
Louisiana 1.23%
Montana 1.10%
Hawaii 0.98%
District of Columbia 0.92%
Wyoming 0.85%
Alaska 0.85%

* 10 least-affected states, plus D.C.
** 10 next-least-affected states
*** 10 middle affected states
**** 10 next-most-affected states
***** 10 most-affected states

Totals may vary slightly due to rounding.

Note: Percentages are calculated using rounded totals.

Source: Authors’ analysis of American Community Survey (ACS) data (U.S. Census Bureau 2019a and 2020a), USITC 2019, and Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program 2019a and 2019b. For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.

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