The Politics of Fast Track: Exports, Imports and Jobs

The House is expected to vote this week on fast track authority to negotiate two massive trade deals, including the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP). The Wall Street Journal noted on Sunday that “the decade’s old argument that major trade agreements boost both exports and jobs at home is losing its political punch, even in some of the country’s most export-heavy Congressional Districts.” One reason is that counting exports is less than half the story. While it’s true that exports support domestic jobs, imports reduce demand for domestic output and cost jobs.

As I’ve written before, trade is a two-way street, and talking about exports without considering imports is like keeping score in a baseball game by counting only the runs scored by the home team. It might make you feel good, but it won’t tell you who’s winning the game. The Journal story included a table showing the ten congressional districts with the biggest gains in exports since 2006. The authors expressed surprise that only three of the ten members representing these districts have announced support for fast track (trade promotion authority, or TPA).

Looking at jobs supported and displaced by trade in these districts provides a very different picture, which helps explain why supporters of fast track are having trouble rounding up votes in the House. In a recent study, I estimated the number of jobs supported and displaced by China trade between 2001 and 2013. We used the results of this study to examine the impacts of China trade on jobs by congressional district between 2006 and 2013—the period covered in the Wall Street Journal story. The results for the top ten districts identified by the Journal are shown in the following table.

Scott

Net U.S. jobs displaced due to goods trade deficit with China, by congressional district, 2006–2013 (ranked by growth in the dollar value of exports, as reported by the Wall Street Journal)

Rank State State district # Jobs supported by exports Jobs displaced by imports Net jobs  displaced District employment Jobs displaced as a share of employment
100 Washington 2 1,000 2,700 1,700 318,900 0.5%
339 New York 12 600 4,500 3,900 418,800 0.9%
421 New York 10 400 3,000 2,600 360,300 0.7%
161 Washington 9 900 4,300 3,400 341,400 1.0%
99 Washington 1 1,000 6,700 5,700 332,300 1.7%
223 Washington 7 800 5,200 4,400 380,000 1.2%
350 Texas 18 600 8,600 8,000 306,400 2.6%
210 Texas 2 800 9,800 9,000 364,600 2.5%
182 Louisiana 3 800 1,800 1,000 328,100 0.3%
55 Oregon 1 1,200 20,100 18,900 377,200 5.0%
Total* 357,600 1,787,600 1,430,000 140,399,600 1.0%

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

Source: Authors' analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2014), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2014b), 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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While exports support some jobs in each of the districts shown, more jobs were displaced by imports from China in each of Journal’s top 10 districts. The average congressional district shown in this table gained 810 jobs through increased exports to China, but lost 6,670 jobs due to increased imports, resulting in a net loss of 5,860 jobs per district. In total, the growth of U.S. exports to China between 2006 and 2013 supported 357,600 U.S. jobs, but the growth of imports cost 1,787,600 jobs, for a net loss of over 1.4 million U.S. jobs in this period alone.

Voters are well aware of that the fact that U.S. trade and investment deals like the agreement that allowed China to join the World Trade organization in 2001 have cost millions of U.S. jobs. This helps explain why only three of the 10 members of Congress cited in the Journal story have announced that they are likely to vote for TPA.

Perhaps the most remarkable numbers are those for the first congressional district in Oregon, which suffered a net loss of 18,900 jobs, by far the largest number of jobs lost in any district shown in this table. But this illustrates another aspect of the politics of trade and fast track.  Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), who represents this district, is one of two Democrats listed as likely to support TPA.  It is not coincidental that Nike is also headquartered in Bonamici’s district.  Nike, one of the largest U.S. outsourcers, employs more than 1 million contract workers, more than 90 percent of them in Asia.  Though outsourcing has eliminated millions of U.S. jobs it is highly profitable for Nike, and its executives such as co-founder and chairman Phil Knight, whose personal worth exceeds $23 billion. U.S. multinational have lobbied heavily for fast track and proposed trade and investment deals, including the TPP.

(The Wall Street Journal also posted a complete list of exports for all 436 congressional district.  A table with complete data on jobs supported by exports and jobs displaced by imports is embedded below.)

Trade and investment deals, which have fueled outsourcing and globalization, have been highly profitable for the U.S. multinationals that have been the biggest supporters of fast track and the TPP.  But these deals have been extremely costly for U.S. workers and domestic businesses.  The last thing America needs is to renew fast track and rush more trade and investment deals through Congress.

Scott

Net U.S. jobs displaced due to goods trade deficit with China, by congressional district, 2006–2013 (ranked alphabetically)

Rank State State district # Jobs supported by exports Jobs displaced by imports Net jobs  displaced District employment Jobs displaced as a share of employment
386 Alabama 1 600 1,800 1,200 283,000 0.4%
287 Alabama 2 800 2,600 1,800 276,900 0.7%
269 Alabama 3 1,000 2,900 1,900 274,600 0.7%
151 Alabama 4 1,000 3,600 2,600 262,900 1.0%
56 Alabama 5 1,000 5,600 4,600 311,900 1.5%
301 Alabama 6 700 2,700 2,000 318,400 0.6%
364 Alabama 7 700 1,900 1,200 253,500 0.5%
417 Alaska Statewide 700 1,700 1,000 344,300 0.3%
314 Arizona 1 600 2,200 1,600 264,900 0.6%
177 Arizona 2 600 3,300 2,700 299,200 0.9%
387 Arizona 3 800 1,900 1,100 262,200 0.4%
365 Arizona 4 600 1,700 1,100 233,500 0.5%
15 Arizona 5 700 8,700 8,000 317,900 2.5%
78 Arizona 6 600 5,300 4,700 366,000 1.3%
137 Arizona 7 600 3,500 2,900 282,300 1.0%
127 Arizona 8 600 3,800 3,200 301,700 1.1%
36 Arizona 9 700 7,300 6,600 360,300 1.8%
412 Arkansas 1 1,300 2,200 900 277,400 0.3%
111 Arkansas 2 600 4,300 3,700 336,300 1.1%
109 Arkansas 3 900 4,500 3,600 327,000 1.1%
362 Arkansas 4 1,300 2,700 1,400 295,100 0.5%
169 California 1 700 3,100 2,400 260,300 0.9%
305 California 2 900 2,900 2,000 323,100 0.6%
423 California 3 900 1,500 600 286,600 0.2%
43 California 4 600 5,600 5,000 294,200 1.7%
155 California 5 1,000 4,200 3,200 326,800 1.0%
157 California 6 500 3,300 2,800 288,300 1.0%
26 California 7 400 6,900 6,500 313,200 2.1%
369 California 8 400 1,500 1,100 235,500 0.5%
393 California 9 900 2,000 1,100 275,300 0.4%
234 California 10 1,000 3,100 2,100 277,200 0.8%
179 California 11 600 3,500 2,900 324,200 0.9%
51 California 12 500 6,600 6,100 399,400 1.5%
38 California 13 500 6,600 6,100 340,200 1.8%
18 California 14 700 9,400 8,700 364,000 2.4%
5 California 15 700 17,900 17,200 336,400 5.1%
435 California 16 1,800 1,500 -300 244,900 -0.1%
1 California 17 1,000 39,800 38,800 346,100 11.2%
2 California 18 800 33,400 32,600 344,500 9.5%
3 California 19 900 25,900 25,000 324,000 7.7%
180 California 20 2,100 4,800 2,700 302,500 0.9%
436 California 21 3,100 1,200 -1,900 243,800 -0.8%
431 California 22 1,500 1,700 200 289,600 0.1%
426 California 23 1,000 1,500 500 274,100 0.2%
391 California 24 1,500 2,800 1,300 323,500 0.4%
97 California 25 800 4,300 3,500 302,700 1.2%
170 California 26 1,600 4,600 3,000 325,900 0.9%
102 California 27 500 4,300 3,800 332,200 1.1%
163 California 28 500 3,900 3,400 359,900 0.9%
141 California 29 700 3,800 3,100 303,700 1.0%
77 California 30 600 5,200 4,600 358,200 1.3%
240 California 31 500 2,700 2,200 292,200 0.8%
106 California 32 700 4,000 3,300 293,800 1.1%
123 California 33 800 4,700 3,900 364,200 1.1%
31 California 34 500 6,500 6,000 309,400 1.9%
46 California 35 700 5,300 4,600 284,800 1.6%
413 California 36 700 1,500 800 251,900 0.3%
73 California 37 600 5,000 4,400 335,600 1.3%
90 California 38 700 4,400 3,700 313,300 1.2%
37 California 39 800 6,800 6,000 332,000 1.8%
34 California 40 700 6,100 5,400 280,500 1.9%
228 California 41 600 2,700 2,100 271,900 0.8%
120 California 42 700 4,000 3,300 307,000 1.1%
89 California 43 700 4,300 3,600 302,800 1.2%
101 California 44 700 3,800 3,100 270,600 1.1%
12 California 45 800 10,100 9,300 354,400 2.6%
48 California 46 800 5,800 5,000 314,400 1.6%
144 California 47 600 3,900 3,300 327,600 1.0%
24 California 48 800 8,200 7,400 352,600 2.1%
23 California 49 700 7,000 6,300 299,700 2.1%
99 California 50 1,000 4,400 3,400 296,200 1.1%
266 California 51 700 2,500 1,800 258,600 0.7%
10 California 52 700 10,700 10,000 350,100 2.9%
108 California 53 500 4,300 3,800 342,700 1.1%
160 Colorado 1 600 4,300 3,700 384,400 1.0%
25 Colorado 2 900 8,900 8,000 384,600 2.1%
377 Colorado 3 900 2,400 1,500 331,400 0.5%
27 Colorado 4 1,200 8,300 7,100 344,100 2.1%
75 Colorado 5 600 4,700 4,100 315,900 1.3%
103 Colorado 6 600 4,800 4,200 369,600 1.1%
188 Colorado 7 700 3,800 3,100 362,500 0.9%
229 Connecticut 1 800 3,500 2,700 349,800 0.8%
225 Connecticut 2 900 3,600 2,700 348,600 0.8%
133 Connecticut 3 800 4,500 3,700 352,700 1.0%
93 Connecticut 4 700 4,700 4,000 343,000 1.2%
126 Connecticut 5 900 4,600 3,700 348,300 1.1%
330 DC Statewide 900 3,300 2,400 420,400 0.6%
378 Delaware Statewide 300 1,700 1,400 310,600 0.5%
402 Florida 1 500 1,600 1,100 303,900 0.4%
372 Florida 2 500 1,900 1,400 301,500 0.5%
419 Florida 3 600 1,400 800 277,000 0.3%
339 Florida 4 600 2,400 1,800 329,900 0.5%
332 Florida 5 500 2,100 1,600 284,000 0.6%
345 Florida 6 500 2,000 1,500 283,200 0.5%
208 Florida 7 500 3,100 2,600 322,500 0.8%
60 Florida 8 600 4,700 4,100 283,400 1.4%
390 Florida 9 400 1,700 1,300 317,200 0.4%
358 Florida 10 600 2,200 1,600 331,500 0.5%
353 Florida 11 400 1,500 1,100 217,400 0.5%
94 Florida 12 400 3,700 3,300 283,200 1.2%
136 Florida 13 600 3,800 3,200 309,200 1.0%
302 Florida 14 500 2,500 2,000 320,700 0.6%
334 Florida 15 700 2,400 1,700 304,200 0.6%
271 Florida 16 400 2,300 1,900 276,100 0.7%
432 Florida 17 1,100 1,100 0 248,700 0.0%
357 Florida 18 500 1,900 1,400 284,000 0.5%
388 Florida 19 500 1,600 1,100 265,200 0.4%
299 Florida 20 500 2,400 1,900 302,100 0.6%
298 Florida 21 400 2,400 2,000 316,800 0.6%
158 Florida 22 500 3,700 3,200 332,000 1.0%
113 Florida 23 400 4,100 3,700 339,900 1.1%
351 Florida 24 400 1,900 1,500 293,400 0.5%
290 Florida 25 700 2,800 2,100 326,000 0.6%
361 Florida 26 600 2,200 1,600 335,600 0.5%
277 Florida 27 500 2,600 2,100 313,600 0.7%
414 Georgia 1 700 1,600 900 286,100 0.3%
347 Georgia 2 800 2,100 1,300 251,200 0.5%
116 Georgia 3 700 3,800 3,100 285,800 1.1%
261 Georgia 4 600 2,800 2,200 311,700 0.7%
203 Georgia 5 500 3,100 2,600 318,100 0.8%
72 Georgia 6 700 5,500 4,800 361,200 1.3%
50 Georgia 7 600 5,500 4,900 312,500 1.6%
411 Georgia 8 800 1,700 900 272,700 0.3%
128 Georgia 9 900 3,900 3,000 284,600 1.1%
267 Georgia 10 700 2,700 2,000 287,400 0.7%
173 Georgia 11 800 3,900 3,100 340,900 0.9%
355 Georgia 12 800 2,200 1,400 278,200 0.5%
311 Georgia 13 600 2,500 1,900 312,800 0.6%
40 Georgia 14 1,100 6,100 5,000 290,700 1.7%
327 Hawaii 1 400 2,300 1,900 330,100 0.6%
421 Hawaii 2 600 1,400 800 299,400 0.3%
58 Idaho 1 1,200 6,000 4,800 329,900 1.5%
168 Idaho 2 1,700 5,000 3,300 355,000 0.9%
304 Illinois 1 500 2,300 1,800 290,200 0.6%
255 Illinois 2 600 2,600 2,000 278,200 0.7%
254 Illinois 3 600 2,900 2,300 319,500 0.7%
154 Illinois 4 700 3,900 3,200 326,600 1.0%
117 Illinois 5 700 5,000 4,300 397,600 1.1%
21 Illinois 6 900 8,900 8,000 355,600 2.2%
276 Illinois 7 500 2,500 2,000 298,500 0.7%
67 Illinois 8 900 5,900 5,000 366,300 1.4%
79 Illinois 9 600 5,000 4,400 347,200 1.3%
59 Illinois 10 800 5,500 4,700 324,800 1.4%
63 Illinois 11 800 5,700 4,900 347,300 1.4%
371 Illinois 12 700 2,100 1,400 301,000 0.5%
399 Illinois 13 800 2,000 1,200 326,600 0.4%
86 Illinois 14 900 5,100 4,200 351,000 1.2%
384 Illinois 15 1,200 2,600 1,400 316,500 0.4%
328 Illinois 16 1,200 3,100 1,900 330,800 0.6%
291 Illinois 17 1,200 3,200 2,000 311,700 0.6%
354 Illinois 18 1,100 2,800 1,700 337,500 0.5%
310 Indiana 1 900 2,800 1,900 310,600 0.6%
236 Indiana 2 1,600 4,000 2,400 317,800 0.8%
156 Indiana 3 1,600 4,800 3,200 327,000 1.0%
265 Indiana 4 1,300 3,600 2,300 328,500 0.7%
239 Indiana 5 900 3,600 2,700 357,700 0.8%
197 Indiana 6 1,400 4,000 2,600 311,900 0.8%
161 Indiana 7 700 3,700 3,000 312,200 1.0%
190 Indiana 8 1,200 4,000 2,800 329,300 0.9%
274 Indiana 9 1,100 3,400 2,300 339,400 0.7%
247 Iowa 1 1,700 4,600 2,900 392,300 0.7%
321 Iowa 2 1,400 3,600 2,200 373,400 0.6%
350 Iowa 3 1,100 3,100 2,000 390,800 0.5%
424 Iowa 4 1,900 2,700 800 382,300 0.2%
429 Kansas 1 1,700 2,100 400 345,900 0.1%
366 Kansas 2 900 2,500 1,600 339,900 0.5%
129 Kansas 3 800 4,700 3,900 370,300 1.1%
410 Kansas 4 1,400 2,500 1,100 332,900 0.3%
297 Kentucky 1 1,200 3,000 1,800 284,800 0.6%
201 Kentucky 2 1,200 3,800 2,600 317,100 0.8%
131 Kentucky 3 800 4,300 3,500 333,300 1.1%
317 Kentucky 4 1,000 3,000 2,000 333,500 0.6%
396 Kentucky 5 600 1,500 900 234,300 0.4%
44 Kentucky 6 1,100 6,800 5,700 335,400 1.7%
400 Louisiana 1 600 1,900 1,300 354,000 0.4%
409 Louisiana 2 500 1,600 1,100 329,000 0.3%
415 Louisiana 3 800 1,800 1,000 328,100 0.3%
395 Louisiana 4 700 1,900 1,200 311,100 0.4%
422 Louisiana 5 800 1,500 700 283,900 0.2%
406 Louisiana 6 700 2,000 1,300 367,800 0.4%
263 Maine 1 800 3,200 2,400 340,400 0.7%
333 Maine 2 900 2,600 1,700 302,700 0.6%
335 Maryland 1 800 2,700 1,900 342,300 0.6%
349 Maryland 2 500 2,300 1,800 351,700 0.5%
275 Maryland 3 500 3,000 2,500 369,500 0.7%
238 Maryland 4 500 3,400 2,900 384,100 0.8%
319 Maryland 5 500 2,700 2,200 368,200 0.6%
165 Maryland 6 600 4,000 3,400 363,200 0.9%
296 Maryland 7 500 2,500 2,000 315,700 0.6%
162 Maryland 8 600 4,400 3,800 400,100 0.9%
307 Massachusetts 1 700 2,800 2,100 341,000 0.6%
19 Massachusetts 2 700 9,100 8,400 356,500 2.4%
8 Massachusetts 3 900 11,900 11,000 355,400 3.1%
30 Massachusetts 4 700 8,000 7,300 374,800 1.9%
32 Massachusetts 5 600 8,100 7,500 387,400 1.9%
83 Massachusetts 6 800 5,400 4,600 372,000 1.2%
220 Massachusetts 7 500 3,400 2,900 369,800 0.8%
124 Massachusetts 8 600 4,600 4,000 375,600 1.1%
164 Massachusetts 9 700 4,000 3,300 352,300 0.9%
359 Michigan 1 900 2,300 1,400 290,200 0.5%
331 Michigan 2 1,400 3,200 1,800 315,900 0.6%
315 Michigan 3 1,200 3,100 1,900 315,300 0.6%
300 Michigan 4 1,100 2,900 1,800 286,300 0.6%
313 Michigan 5 900 2,500 1,600 264,800 0.6%
326 Michigan 6 1,400 3,200 1,800 310,400 0.6%
368 Michigan 7 1,300 2,700 1,400 299,100 0.5%
219 Michigan 8 1,300 3,900 2,600 330,800 0.8%
309 Michigan 9 1,300 3,300 2,000 326,100 0.6%
205 Michigan 10 1,600 4,100 2,500 308,700 0.8%
192 Michigan 11 1,400 4,300 2,900 342,100 0.8%
382 Michigan 12 1,100 2,500 1,400 313,800 0.4%
312 Michigan 13 800 2,200 1,400 230,700 0.6%
281 Michigan 14 800 2,500 1,700 257,700 0.7%
13 Minnesota 1 1,400 10,500 9,100 348,200 2.6%
22 Minnesota 2 1,100 8,700 7,600 358,300 2.1%
28 Minnesota 3 1,000 8,300 7,300 353,800 2.1%
153 Minnesota 4 800 4,100 3,300 336,000 1.0%
82 Minnesota 5 700 5,100 4,400 352,000 1.3%
70 Minnesota 6 1,100 5,800 4,700 348,700 1.3%
293 Minnesota 7 1,800 3,900 2,100 328,700 0.6%
233 Minnesota 8 800 3,100 2,300 303,400 0.8%
273 Mississippi 1 900 3,000 2,100 305,600 0.7%
407 Mississippi 2 900 1,800 900 266,900 0.3%
374 Mississippi 3 800 2,200 1,400 303,900 0.5%
375 Mississippi 4 600 2,000 1,400 304,900 0.5%
427 Missouri 1 1,800 2,500 700 480,000 0.1%
340 Missouri 2 600 2,400 1,800 331,500 0.5%
178 Missouri 3 900 4,300 3,400 378,600 0.9%
348 Missouri 4 1,000 2,900 1,900 370,000 0.5%
392 Missouri 5 900 2,200 1,300 324,900 0.4%
294 Missouri 6 800 3,000 2,200 345,300 0.6%
381 Missouri 7 1,300 2,900 1,600 355,900 0.4%
303 Missouri 8 900 3,000 2,100 337,400 0.6%
367 Montana Statewide 1,200 2,600 1,400 298,500 0.5%
320 Nebraska 1 1,100 3,000 1,900 321,700 0.6%
232 Nebraska 2 500 2,900 2,400 316,300 0.8%
433 Nebraska 3 2,000 1,900 -100 305,600 0.0%
376 Nevada 1 300 1,600 1,300 284,700 0.5%
224 Nevada 2 700 3,100 2,400 309,400 0.8%
342 Nevada 3 400 2,200 1,800 336,500 0.5%
363 Nevada 4 400 1,700 1,300 274,300 0.5%
57 New Hampshire 1 900 6,100 5,200 352,600 1.5%
33 New Hampshire 2 900 7,300 6,400 332,200 1.9%
189 New Jersey 1 600 3,500 2,900 339,200 0.9%
346 New Jersey 2 700 2,400 1,700 324,400 0.5%
204 New Jersey 3 600 3,400 2,800 344,200 0.8%
181 New Jersey 4 500 3,400 2,900 326,400 0.9%
64 New Jersey 5 800 5,800 5,000 356,100 1.4%
121 New Jersey 6 700 4,500 3,800 353,600 1.1%
39 New Jersey 7 800 7,300 6,500 377,100 1.7%
139 New Jersey 8 600 4,400 3,800 371,000 1.0%
145 New Jersey 9 600 4,000 3,400 338,500 1.0%
196 New Jersey 10 400 3,000 2,600 310,700 0.8%
80 New Jersey 11 700 5,200 4,500 358,800 1.3%
174 New Jersey 12 700 3,900 3,200 352,400 0.9%
107 New Mexico 1 600 4,100 3,500 311,900 1.1%
425 New Mexico 2 900 1,400 500 273,100 0.2%
227 New Mexico 3 600 2,800 2,200 284,800 0.8%
74 New York 1 600 5,100 4,500 343,300 1.3%
112 New York 2 600 4,500 3,900 357,800 1.1%
211 New York 3 500 3,200 2,700 336,700 0.8%
336 New York 4 400 2,300 1,900 342,500 0.6%
226 New York 5 400 3,000 2,600 336,200 0.8%
251 New York 6 400 2,800 2,400 327,000 0.7%
114 New York 7 400 3,900 3,500 322,200 1.1%
257 New York 8 300 2,400 2,100 292,700 0.7%
260 New York 9 300 2,600 2,300 324,900 0.7%
253 New York 10 400 3,000 2,600 360,300 0.7%
318 New York 11 400 2,300 1,900 317,500 0.6%
167 New York 12 600 4,500 3,900 418,800 0.9%
268 New York 13 400 2,600 2,200 317,200 0.7%
308 New York 14 400 2,500 2,100 341,800 0.6%
338 New York 15 300 1,700 1,400 255,900 0.5%
246 New York 16 400 2,800 2,400 323,600 0.7%
148 New York 17 400 3,800 3,400 341,400 1.0%
11 New York 18 600 9,800 9,200 332,100 2.8%
49 New York 19 700 5,900 5,200 327,300 1.6%
237 New York 20 500 3,200 2,700 357,600 0.8%
289 New York 21 700 2,700 2,000 309,200 0.6%
98 New York 22 800 4,500 3,700 320,200 1.2%
259 New York 23 1,100 3,400 2,300 324,600 0.7%
182 New York 24 900 3,800 2,900 327,300 0.9%
62 New York 25 700 5,500 4,800 335,400 1.4%
292 New York 26 600 2,700 2,100 327,700 0.6%
230 New York 27 1,000 3,600 2,600 337,800 0.8%
200 North Carolina 1 900 3,300 2,400 291,800 0.8%
47 North Carolina 2 800 5,700 4,900 303,800 1.6%
403 North Carolina 3 700 1,800 1,100 305,600 0.4%
54 North Carolina 4 600 5,800 5,200 350,900 1.5%
134 North Carolina 5 1,000 4,400 3,400 324,500 1.0%
71 North Carolina 6 900 5,500 4,600 341,800 1.3%
389 North Carolina 7 900 2,200 1,300 315,400 0.4%
53 North Carolina 8 800 5,300 4,500 301,700 1.5%
132 North Carolina 9 800 4,700 3,900 371,400 1.1%
91 North Carolina 10 900 4,700 3,800 324,000 1.2%
223 North Carolina 11 900 3,200 2,300 295,400 0.8%
66 North Carolina 12 600 5,000 4,400 319,800 1.4%
29 North Carolina 13 900 8,000 7,100 349,900 2.0%
430 North Dakota Statewide 1,600 1,900 300 370,800 0.1%
280 Ohio 1 800 3,000 2,200 332,300 0.7%
306 Ohio 2 800 2,800 2,000 323,600 0.6%
222 Ohio 3 600 3,200 2,600 333,000 0.8%
218 Ohio 4 1,500 4,000 2,500 317,900 0.8%
270 Ohio 5 1,400 3,700 2,300 334,200 0.7%
256 Ohio 6 900 3,000 2,100 292,300 0.7%
214 Ohio 7 1,300 3,900 2,600 326,800 0.8%
216 Ohio 8 1,400 4,000 2,600 328,800 0.8%
279 Ohio 9 900 3,000 2,100 315,000 0.7%
187 Ohio 10 800 3,500 2,700 312,800 0.9%
285 Ohio 11 600 2,400 1,800 275,200 0.7%
278 Ohio 12 900 3,300 2,400 359,500 0.7%
195 Ohio 13 900 3,600 2,700 320,400 0.8%
146 Ohio 14 1,100 4,600 3,500 349,700 1.0%
286 Ohio 15 900 3,100 2,200 336,400 0.7%
185 Ohio 16 1,100 4,200 3,100 355,600 0.9%
95 Oklahoma 1 900 5,100 4,200 361,900 1.2%
360 Oklahoma 2 1,000 2,400 1,400 290,300 0.5%
401 Oklahoma 3 1,200 2,400 1,200 329,900 0.4%
147 Oklahoma 4 800 4,300 3,500 350,900 1.0%
272 Oklahoma 5 700 3,100 2,400 348,800 0.7%
6 Oregon 1 1,200 20,100 18,900 377,200 5.0%
352 Oregon 2 1,500 3,100 1,600 314,200 0.5%
69 Oregon 3 800 6,000 5,200 383,300 1.4%
110 Oregon 4 1,100 4,500 3,400 309,000 1.1%
143 Oregon 5 1,100 4,400 3,300 326,700 1.0%
209 Pennsylvania 1 400 2,600 2,200 273,300 0.8%
282 Pennsylvania 2 300 2,100 1,800 273,100 0.7%
135 Pennsylvania 3 900 4,200 3,300 317,700 1.0%
193 Pennsylvania 4 900 3,800 2,900 342,900 0.8%
235 Pennsylvania 5 1,000 3,400 2,400 316,800 0.8%
140 Pennsylvania 6 900 4,600 3,700 362,300 1.0%
172 Pennsylvania 7 900 4,000 3,100 339,700 0.9%
100 Pennsylvania 8 800 4,900 4,100 357,800 1.1%
284 Pennsylvania 9 900 2,900 2,000 304,800 0.7%
250 Pennsylvania 10 1,000 3,300 2,300 312,500 0.7%
231 Pennsylvania 11 800 3,300 2,500 329,300 0.8%
138 Pennsylvania 12 800 4,200 3,400 331,900 1.0%
199 Pennsylvania 13 700 3,500 2,800 339,000 0.8%
186 Pennsylvania 14 500 3,300 2,800 323,200 0.9%
118 Pennsylvania 15 900 4,600 3,700 343,800 1.1%
264 Pennsylvania 16 1,100 3,400 2,300 327,700 0.7%
198 Pennsylvania 17 700 3,300 2,600 312,600 0.8%
142 Pennsylvania 18 800 4,300 3,500 345,000 1.0%
119 Rhode Island 1 600 3,300 2,700 250,900 1.1%
65 Rhode Island 2 400 4,000 3,600 260,300 1.4%
370 South Carolina 1 700 2,100 1,400 299,800 0.5%
241 South Carolina 2 700 3,000 2,300 305,600 0.8%
92 South Carolina 3 1,000 4,100 3,100 264,500 1.2%
159 South Carolina 4 1,000 3,900 2,900 301,000 1.0%
85 South Carolina 5 900 4,200 3,300 275,200 1.2%
337 South Carolina 6 700 2,100 1,400 253,500 0.6%
262 South Carolina 7 700 2,600 1,900 269,400 0.7%
408 South Dakota Statewide 1,900 3,300 1,400 415,600 0.3%
207 Tennessee 1 900 3,300 2,400 297,600 0.8%
325 Tennessee 2 800 2,700 1,900 327,200 0.6%
206 Tennessee 3 800 3,200 2,400 297,000 0.8%
152 Tennessee 4 1,000 4,100 3,100 314,500 1.0%
61 Tennessee 5 600 5,700 5,100 353,400 1.4%
217 Tennessee 6 900 3,300 2,400 304,500 0.8%
84 Tennessee 7 900 4,400 3,500 285,800 1.2%
295 Tennessee 8 1,000 2,900 1,900 299,200 0.6%
202 Tennessee 9 600 3,100 2,500 305,300 0.8%
329 Texas 1 700 2,400 1,700 297,700 0.6%
16 Texas 2 800 9,800 9,000 364,600 2.5%
7 Texas 3 900 12,700 11,800 371,200 3.2%
212 Texas 4 800 3,200 2,400 299,300 0.8%
213 Texas 5 700 3,100 2,400 300,800 0.8%
171 Texas 6 900 4,100 3,200 348,800 0.9%
42 Texas 7 800 7,200 6,400 376,300 1.7%
244 Texas 8 800 3,100 2,300 309,200 0.7%
122 Texas 9 500 4,000 3,500 326,400 1.1%
9 Texas 10 800 11,100 10,300 342,600 3.0%
416 Texas 11 900 1,800 900 308,800 0.3%
68 Texas 12 1,000 5,600 4,600 337,500 1.4%
405 Texas 13 1,100 2,200 1,100 309,000 0.4%
373 Texas 14 700 2,100 1,400 303,300 0.5%
404 Texas 15 600 1,600 1,000 280,900 0.4%
221 Texas 16 400 2,600 2,200 281,300 0.8%
17 Texas 17 700 8,800 8,100 329,300 2.5%
14 Texas 18 600 8,600 8,000 306,400 2.6%
394 Texas 19 900 2,100 1,200 310,700 0.4%
380 Texas 20 500 1,900 1,400 311,400 0.4%
88 Texas 21 600 4,900 4,300 361,200 1.2%
184 Texas 22 700 3,800 3,100 352,500 0.9%
397 Texas 23 800 1,900 1,100 289,700 0.4%
45 Texas 24 800 7,300 6,500 388,600 1.7%
20 Texas 25 700 7,500 6,800 302,200 2.3%
115 Texas 26 900 4,900 4,000 368,300 1.1%
322 Texas 27 800 2,600 1,800 305,600 0.6%
398 Texas 28 600 1,600 1,000 266,300 0.4%
242 Texas 29 700 2,900 2,200 292,900 0.8%
150 Texas 30 500 3,400 2,900 292,300 1.0%
4 Texas 31 500 24,700 24,200 323,000 7.5%
35 Texas 32 800 7,600 6,800 360,900 1.9%
55 Texas 33 700 4,900 4,200 283,900 1.5%
418 Texas 34 600 1,300 700 242,200 0.3%
105 Texas 35 500 4,100 3,600 318,200 1.1%
383 Texas 36 800 2,100 1,300 291,900 0.4%
249 Utah 1 900 3,200 2,300 312,400 0.7%
183 Utah 2 700 3,400 2,700 305,700 0.9%
76 Utah 3 500 4,500 4,000 311,200 1.3%
176 Utah 4 700 3,700 3,000 331,500 0.9%
81 Vermont Statewide 900 5,000 4,100 327,300 1.3%
248 Virginia 1 600 3,200 2,600 352,400 0.7%
323 Virginia 2 500 2,500 2,000 339,800 0.6%
356 Virginia 3 400 2,000 1,600 320,100 0.5%
252 Virginia 4 700 3,100 2,400 327,900 0.7%
316 Virginia 5 800 2,700 1,900 316,100 0.6%
288 Virginia 6 800 3,000 2,200 339,900 0.6%
166 Virginia 7 600 4,000 3,400 364,600 0.9%
341 Virginia 8 500 2,800 2,300 423,700 0.5%
210 Virginia 9 1,000 3,400 2,400 298,400 0.8%
87 Virginia 10 700 5,200 4,500 376,400 1.2%
191 Virginia 11 500 3,900 3,400 400,900 0.8%
41 Washington 1 1,000 6,700 5,700 332,300 1.7%
344 Washington 2 1,000 2,700 1,700 318,900 0.5%
52 Washington 3 900 5,200 4,300 284,500 1.5%
434 Washington 4 2,000 1,900 -100 284,500 0.0%
324 Washington 5 800 2,500 1,700 291,500 0.6%
385 Washington 6 600 1,800 1,200 275,500 0.4%
96 Washington 7 800 5,200 4,400 380,000 1.2%
343 Washington 8 1,200 2,900 1,700 318,000 0.5%
149 Washington 9 900 4,300 3,400 341,400 1.0%
125 Washington 10 500 3,600 3,100 291,300 1.1%
283 West Virginia 1 600 2,300 1,700 258,700 0.7%
379 West Virginia 2 600 1,800 1,200 266,900 0.4%
420 West Virginia 3 500 1,100 600 223,000 0.3%
175 Wisconsin 1 1,100 4,200 3,100 342,500 0.9%
245 Wisconsin 2 1,200 4,100 2,900 390,000 0.7%
104 Wisconsin 3 1,500 5,500 4,000 353,500 1.1%
194 Wisconsin 4 800 3,400 2,600 308,000 0.8%
130 Wisconsin 5 1,300 5,200 3,900 370,600 1.1%
215 Wisconsin 6 1,700 4,500 2,800 353,600 0.8%
258 Wisconsin 7 1,600 4,000 2,400 338,400 0.7%
243 Wisconsin 8 1,600 4,300 2,700 362,800 0.7%
428 Wyoming Statewide 800 1,200 400 290,000 0.1%
Total* 357,600 1,787,600 1,430,000 140,399,600 1.0%

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

Source: Authors' analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2014), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2014b), 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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