Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by Industry: 1984
CIC	Industry	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
	AGRICULTURE	2,451	1,241	24	31	1.9%	2.5%
10	Agricultural production, crops	1,287	683	19	21	2.7%	3.1%
11	Agricultural production, livestock	863	395	3	6	0.9%	1.5%
20	Agricultural services, exc. horticultural	301	163	2	3	1.2%	2.1%
	FORESTRY AND FISHERIES	684	321	23	30	7.2%	9.4%
21	Horticultural services	372	214	14	17	6.5%	7.8%
30	Forestry	234	75	8	12	10.1%	15.5%
31	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	78	32	1	2	4.7%	6.0%
	MINING	11,720	5,917	1,376	1,467	23.3%	24.8%
40	Metal mining	259	69	21	25	30.6%	35.7%
41	Coal mining	363	164	97	99	59.1%	60.4%
42	Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction	1,231	574	19	30	3.2%	5.2%
50	Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, exc. fuel	243	97	23	26	23.8%	26.6%
60	CONSTRUCTION	9,624	5,014	1,217	1,289	24.3%	25.7%
	MANUFACTURING, NONDURABLE GOODS	15,142	8,160	1,940	2,109	23.8%	25.8%
100	Meat products	734	352	107	117	30.4%	33.4%
101	Dairy products	354	178	55	58	30.9%	32.5%
102	Canned and preserved fruits and vegetables	455	225	80	84	35.8%	37.4%
110	Grain mill products	245	127	42	45	33.0%	35.0%
111	Bakery products	405	232	100	106	43.1%	45.7%
112	Sugar and confectionery products	239	130	44	45	33.9%	34.8%
120	Beverage industries	417	240	73	78	30.4%	32.6%
121	Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products	363	183	44	48	24.4%	26.1%
122	Not specified food industries	4	2	1	1	54.8%	54.8%
130	Tobacco manufacturers	100	61	20	23	32.4%	37.1%
132	Knitting mills	273	171	15	16	9.0%	9.3%
140	Dyeing and finishing textiles, exc. wool and knit goods	76	40	6	6	15.0%	15.0%
141	Floor coverings, exc. hard surface	97	57	9	11	16.0%	19.1%
142	Yarn, thread, and fabric mills	702	409	34	42	8.3%	10.2%
150	Miscellaneous textile mill products	99	60	9	10	14.2%	17.1%
151	Apparel and accessories, exc. knit	1,882	1,050	238	265	22.7%	25.2%
152	Miscellaneous fabricated textile products	253	136	15	19	11.4%	13.8%
160	Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	560	273	161	165	58.9%	60.6%
161	Miscellaneous paper and pulp products	334	178	71	76	39.9%	43.1%
162	Paperboard containers and boxes	291	178	76	78	42.8%	43.7%
171	Newspaper publishing and printing	1,072	521	79	90	15.1%	17.3%
172	Printing, publishing, allied industries, exc. newspapers	1,949	1,088	157	175	14.4%	16.1%
180	Plastics, synthetics, and resins	256	140	30	32	21.3%	22.7%
181	Drugs	380	219	13	15	6.2%	6.8%
182	Soaps and cosmetics	261	155	29	35	18.4%	22.4%
190	Paints, varnishes, and related products	113	64	13	15	20.9%	23.7%
191	Agricultural chemicals	126	55	6	8	11.6%	14.4%
192	Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals	978	516	110	121	21.3%	23.5%
200	Petroleum refining	334	179	58	63	32.4%	35.4%
201	Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products	41	20	8	9	40.2%	43.6%
210	Tires and inner tubes	206	126	57	57	45.0%	45.0%
211	Other rubber products, plastics footwear and belting	258	137	41	43	29.7%	31.8%
212	Miscellaneous plastics products	828	456	95	107	20.9%	23.5%
220	Leather tanning and finishing	28	12	7	7	58.5%	58.5%
221	Footwear, exc. rubber and plastic	321	137	26	28	19.2%	20.6%
222	Leather products, exc. footwear	108	52	9	10	16.6%	18.9%
	MANUFACTURING, DURABLE GOODS	22,097	12,202	3,358	3,683	27.5%	30.2%
230	Logging	233	88	10	13	11.5%	14.7%
231	Sawmills, planing mills, and millwork	825	365	75	83	20.5%	22.8%
232	Wood buildings and mobile homes	116	62	7	9	11.7%	13.8%
241	Miscellaneous wood products	264	130	16	18	12.5%	13.6%
242	Furniture and fixtures	900	516	88	93	17.0%	18.1%
250	Glass and glass products	286	170	77	83	45.4%	48.7%
251	Cement, concrete, gypsum, and plaster products	350	194	50	52	25.7%	26.7%
252	Structural clay products	64	37	9	11	25.0%	28.7%
261	Pottery and related products	62	35	9	9	27.3%	27.3%
262	Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral and stone products	250	133	33	36	24.9%	26.7%
270	Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills	627	371	211	223	57.0%	60.1%
271	Iron and steel foundries	258	152	70	77	45.9%	50.5%
272	Primary aluminum industries	249	132	61	64	46.1%	48.6%
280	Other primary metal industries	353	187	63	68	33.6%	36.6%
281	Cutlery, handtools, and other hardware	208	119	37	41	31.4%	34.8%
282	Fabricated structural metal products	768	425	113	120	26.5%	28.2%
290	Screw machine products	132	79	15	18	18.5%	22.5%
291	Metal forgings and stampings	251	151	61	63	40.4%	41.6%
292	Ordnance	212	107	42	48	38.8%	44.5%
300	Miscellaneous fabricated metal products	634	368	120	129	32.6%	34.9%
301	Not specified metal industries	4	2	1	1	56.7%	56.7%
310	Engines and turbines	178	110	53	54	47.8%	49.3%
311	Farm machinery and equipment	250	128	34	37	26.7%	29.3%
312	Construction and material handling machines	406	244	72	80	29.5%	32.6%
320	Metalworking machinery	472	252	44	52	17.3%	20.5%
321	Office and accounting machines	209	121	8	9	6.6%	7.1%
322	Electronic computing equipment	1,325	697	29	36	4.2%	5.2%
331	Machinery, exc. electrical, n.e.c.	1,775	1,007	234	252	23.3%	25.0%
332	Not specified machinery	11	6	0	0	1.9%	1.9%
340	Household appliances	273	157	56	61	35.5%	38.9%
341	Radio, T.V., and communication equipment	1,020	589	121	138	20.5%	23.5%
342	Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.e.c.	2,702	1,482	285	327	19.2%	22.1%
350	Not specified electrical machinery, equipment, and supplie	24	14	1	1	5.3%	5.3%
351	Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment	2,062	1,202	712	740	59.2%	61.6%
352	Aircraft and parts	979	570	194	233	33.9%	40.9%
360	Ship and boat building and repairing	598	294	101	129	34.2%	43.7%
361	Railroad locomotives and equipment	55	33	21	21	62.0%	62.0%
362	Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts	557	328	67	82	20.5%	24.9%
370	Cycles and miscellaneous transportation equipment	127	65	17	19	25.8%	29.8%
371	Scientific and controlling instruments	429	231	38	42	16.5%	18.1%
372	Optical and health services supplies	483	266	20	21	7.4%	8.0%
380	Photographic equipment and supplies	208	121	7	8	6.1%	6.7%
381	Watches, clocks, and clockwork operated devices	27	15	3	4	22.4%	26.6%
382	Not specified professional equipment	1	1	1	1	100.0%	100.0%
390	Toys, amusement, and sporting goods	226	119	23	23	19.7%	19.7%
391	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	609	301	48	52	15.9%	17.3%
392	Not specified manufacturing industries	45	27	3	3	10.0%	11.8%
	TRANSPORTATION	7,588	3,936	1,785	1,920	45.4%	48.8%
400	Railroads	931	434	362	369	83.6%	85.0%
401	Bus service and urban transit	742	405	189	198	46.7%	48.8%
402	Taxicab service	116	60	7	9	11.0%	15.2%
410	Trucking service	2,484	1,302	405	434	31.1%	33.3%
411	Warehousing and storage	175	101	26	28	26.1%	27.8%
412	U.S. Postal Service	1,398	720	532	596	73.9%	82.8%
420	Water transportation	327	183	65	70	35.3%	38.2%
421	Air transportation	989	509	184	198	36.1%	38.9%
422	Pipe lines, exc. natural gas	35	13	1	3	11.1%	23.7%
432	Services incidental to transportation	391	208	14	15	6.6%	7.2%
	COMMUNICATIONS	2,806	1,512	626	715	41.4%	47.3%
440	Radio and television broadcasting	458	223	25	28	11.2%	12.6%
441	Telephone (wire and radio)	2,008	1,105	567	647	51.3%	58.6%
442	Telegraph and miscellaneous communications services	340	185	35	40	18.7%	21.6%
	UTILITIES AND SANITARY SERVICES	2,818	1,482	572	642	38.6%	43.3%
460	Electric light and power	1,271	666	292	322	43.8%	48.3%
461	Gas and steam supply systems	377	201	58	65	28.7%	32.5%
462	Electric and gas, and other combinations	340	184	83	91	45.3%	49.7%
470	Water supply and irrigation	413	211	64	82	30.5%	38.7%
471	Sanitary services	407	214	75	81	35.0%	37.7%
472	Not specified utilities	10	6	0	0	0.0%	8.6%
	WHOLESALE TRADE	6,801	3,582	307	342	8.6%	9.5%
500	Motor vehicles and equipment	351	189	17	19	9.0%	9.8%
501	Furniture and home furnishings	113	62	3	4	5.0%	7.1%
502	Lumber and construction materials	253	134	10	11	7.8%	8.0%
510	Sporting goods, toys, and hobby goods	52	29	1	1	1.7%	1.7%
511	Metals and minerals, exc. petroleum	145	87	13	15	15.5%	17.1%
512	Electrical goods	472	264	13	17	4.8%	6.5%
521	Hardware, plumbing and heating supplies	349	190	17	21	8.8%	10.8%
530	Machinery, equipment, and supplies	1,673	878	29	38	3.3%	4.3%
531	Scrap and waste materials	176	93	12	13	13.2%	13.5%
532	Miscellaneous wholesale, durable goods	101	60	3	3	5.2%	5.2%
540	Paper and paper products	187	103	5	6	5.2%	5.9%
541	Drugs, chemicals, and allied products	328	175	12	12	6.8%	6.8%
542	Apparel, fabrics, and notions	150	88	4	6	4.9%	6.6%
550	Groceries and related products	1,080	565	107	112	18.9%	19.9%
551	Farm products - raw materials	279	114	7	7	5.9%	5.9%
552	Petroleum products	290	141	9	11	6.5%	7.8%
560	Alcoholic beverages	230	118	37	37	31.2%	31.6%
561	Farm supplies	241	108	3	5	2.4%	4.3%
562	Miscellaneous wholesale, nondurable goods	305	170	5	5	3.0%	3.0%
571	Not specified wholesale trade	26	14	1	1	5.9%	5.9%
	RETAIL TRADE	29,610	15,357	1,197	1,342	7.8%	8.7%
580	Lumber and building material retailing	761	377	22	25	5.8%	6.8%
581	Hardware stores	380	192	5	8	2.7%	4.2%
582	Retail nurseries and garden stores	136	69	1	1	1.0%	1.0%
590	Mobile home dealers	48	26	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
591	Department stores	3,792	2,096	118	144	5.6%	6.8%
592	Variety stores	270	134	8	9	5.9%	6.7%
600	Miscellaneous general merchandise stores	235	95	9	14	8.9%	15.0%
601	Grocery stores	4,310	2,268	679	712	29.9%	31.4%
602	Dairy products stores	86	45	2	2	5.2%	5.2%
610	Retail bakeries	295	154	17	18	10.8%	11.8%
611	Food stores, n.e.c.	242	138	3	5	1.9%	3.3%
612	Motor vehicle dealers	1,675	865	46	53	5.3%	6.1%
620	Auto and home supply stores	664	347	11	17	3.1%	4.9%
621	Gasoline service stations	932	455	4	6	1.0%	1.3%
622	Miscellaneous vehicle dealers	125	65	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
630	Apparel and accessory stores, exc. shoe	1,195	614	21	25	3.4%	4.1%
631	Shoe stores	291	160	6	6	4.0%	4.0%
632	Furniture and home furnishings stores	682	365	11	14	3.2%	4.0%
640	Household appliances, TV, and radio stores	598	326	5	8	1.4%	2.5%
641	Eating and drinking places	9,059	4,603	161	186	3.5%	4.0%
642	Drug stores	962	499	30	37	6.1%	7.4%
650	Liquor stores	225	114	7	8	6.5%	6.8%
651	Sporting goods, bicycles, and hobby stores	350	178	5	6	2.7%	3.3%
652	Book and stationery stores	292	141	2	7	1.7%	4.8%
660	Jewelry stores	234	129	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
661	Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores	104	55	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
662	Mail order houses	137	72	5	6	6.9%	7.8%
670	Vending machine operators	113	66	8	8	11.5%	12.8%
671	Direct selling establishments	208	101	1	1	1.2%	1.3%
672	Fuel and ice dealers	180	84	2	2	1.9%	2.5%
681	Retail florists	222	114	1	1	1.1%	1.1%
682	Miscellaneous retail stores	792	401	9	11	2.3%	2.7%
691	Not specified retail trade	15	9	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
	FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE	11,160	5,954	195	277	3.3%	4.6%
700	Banking	3,555	1,861	37	60	2.0%	3.2%
701	Savings and loan associations	512	282	2	7	0.8%	2.4%
702	Credit agencies, n.e.c.	699	356	10	17	2.8%	4.7%
710	Security, commodity brokerage, and investment companies	757	427	6	11	1.4%	2.5%
711	Insurance	3,345	1,811	55	85	3.1%	4.7%
712	Real estate, including real estate-insurance-law offices	2,292	1,218	84	97	6.9%	8.0%
	BUSINESS AND REPAIR SERVICES	7,410	4,010	257	319	6.4%	8.0%
721	Advertising	356	202	8	8	3.9%	4.2%
722	Services to dwellings and other buildings	767	406	62	67	15.2%	16.4%
730	Commercial research, development, and testing labs	420	193	16	21	8.4%	10.8%
731	Personnel supply services	777	426	15	25	3.5%	5.8%
732	Business management and consulting services	436	235	4	8	1.8%	3.6%
740	Computer and data processing services	709	391	11	17	2.8%	4.3%
741	Detective and protective services	509	289	23	32	8.1%	11.2%
742	Business services, n.e.c.	1,336	730	36	50	4.9%	6.8%
750	Automotive services, exc. repair	447	247	21	24	8.7%	9.8%
751	Automotive repair shops	997	543	25	27	4.5%	5.0%
752	Electrical repair shops	154	85	12	12	14.2%	14.2%
760	Miscellaneous repair services	502	266	25	28	9.3%	10.6%
	PERSONAL SERVICES	6,638	3,238	197	216	6.1%	6.7%
761	Private households	2,460	1,241	8	9	0.7%	0.7%
762	Hotels and motels	2,130	925	124	137	13.4%	14.8%
770	Lodging places, exc. hotels and motels	201	99	1	1	1.3%	1.5%
771	Laundry, cleaning, and garment services	632	323	51	53	15.8%	16.3%
772	Beauty shops	750	400	6	8	1.5%	2.0%
780	Barber shops	61	36	3	3	8.3%	8.3%
781	Funeral service and crematories	104	56	1	2	2.2%	3.4%
782	Shoe repair shops	10	5	0	0	0.0%	3.1%
790	Dressmaking shops	6	3	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
791	Miscellaneous personal services	284	150	2	3	1.6%	2.2%
	ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES	10,261	5,290	858	1,063	16.2%	20.1%
800	Theaters and motion pictures	515	270	67	74	25.0%	27.5%
801	Bowling alleys, billiard and pool parlors	121	63	2	3	3.4%	4.4%
802	Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services	1,449	707	66	79	9.4%	11.2%
	MEDICAL SERVICES, EXCEPT HOSPITALS	6,106	3,086	305	355	9.9%	11.5%
812	Offices of physicians	1,155	605	11	15	1.8%	2.5%
820	Offices of dentists	679	346	3	4	0.9%	1.0%
821	Offices of chiropractors	68	34	1	1	2.4%	2.4%
822	Offices of optometrists	64	30	1	1	2.1%	2.1%
830	Offices of health practitioners, n.e.c.	35	18	0	0	0.0%	2.4%
831	HOSPITALS	8,176	4,250	722	907	17.0%	21.3%
832	Nursing and personal care facilities	2,733	1,356	210	236	15.5%	17.4%
840	Health services, n.e.c.	1,372	698	80	99	11.5%	14.2%
	OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	5,543	2,840	110	139	3.9%	4.9%
841	Legal services	1,163	612	8	13	1.3%	2.2%
	EDUCATIONAL SERVICES	15,865	7,856	2,693	3,337	34.3%	42.5%
842	Elementary and secondary schools	10,800	5,365	2,368	2,893	44.1%	53.9%
850	Colleges and universities	4,492	2,204	281	385	12.7%	17.5%
851	Business, trade, and vocational schools	106	53	3	5	6.2%	9.4%
852	Libraries	312	160	34	41	20.9%	25.6%
860	Educational services, n.e.c.	155	74	8	13	11.3%	17.0%
	SOCIAL SERVICES	2,752	1,433	155	193	10.8%	13.5%
861	Job training and vocational rehabilitation services	259	138	7	11	5.2%	7.7%
862	Child day care services	766	401	12	18	3.1%	4.4%
870	Residential care facilities, without nursing	469	238	21	25	8.7%	10.6%
871	Social services, n.e.c.	1,258	657	115	140	17.5%	21.2%
872	Museums, art galleries, and zoos	142	67	11	14	16.3%	21.3%
880	Religious organizations	1,308	660	5	7	0.7%	1.1%
881	Membership organizations	808	385	50	56	13.0%	14.4%
882	Engineering, architectural, and surveying services	1,050	553	21	27	3.7%	4.8%
890	Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services	714	386	4	8	1.0%	2.0%
891	Noncommercial educational and scientific research	281	137	11	14	7.7%	10.3%
892	Miscellaneous professional and related services	77	40	1	1	2.1%	2.1%
	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	9,796	4,778	1,361	1,751	28.5%	36.6%
900	Executive and legislative offices	327	144	16	22	11.0%	15.3%
901	General government, n.e.c.	1,057	499	115	150	23.1%	30.1%
910	Justice, public order, and safety	3,088	1,626	696	813	42.8%	50.0%
921	Public finance, taxation, and monetary policy	679	327	74	104	22.7%	31.9%
922	Administration of human resources programs	1,235	599	173	229	28.8%	38.2%
930	Administration of environmental quality & housing programs	691	294	52	75	17.7%	25.6%
931	Administration of economic programs	1,111	508	132	170	26.0%	33.5%
932	National security and international affairs	1,608	781	102	188	13.1%	24.1%
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