Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by Industry: 1989
CIC	Industry	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
	AGRICULTURE	2,001	1,120	11	13	0.9%	1.2%
10	Agricultural production, crops	896	527	6	6	1.1%	1.2%
11	Agricultural production, livestock	760	382	3	3	0.7%	0.7%
20	Agricultural services, exc. horticultural	345	211	2	5	1.1%	2.2%
	FORESTRY AND FISHERIES	823	495	14	26	2.9%	5.2%
21	Horticultural services	549	379	8	18	2.0%	4.6%
30	Forestry	191	80	6	7	7.1%	8.5%
31	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	83	35	1	1	2.6%	3.9%
	MINING	10,928	6,462	1,437	1,533	22.2%	23.7%
40	Metal mining	190	63	22	27	34.7%	42.8%
41	Coal mining	313	152	60	64	39.5%	41.8%
42	Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction	656	339	8	13	2.3%	3.9%
50	Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, exc. fuel	219	110	27	27	24.2%	24.6%
60	CONSTRUCTION	9,550	5,798	1,320	1,402	22.8%	24.2%
	MANUFACTURING, NONDURABLE GOODS	14,522	8,523	1,655	1,775	19.4%	20.8%
100	Meat products	781	445	83	91	18.7%	20.5%
101	Dairy products	328	191	59	64	30.9%	33.6%
102	Canned and preserved fruits and vegetables	431	241	89	91	36.8%	37.8%
110	Grain mill products	261	151	34	37	22.8%	24.7%
111	Bakery products	356	218	83	84	38.0%	38.6%
112	Sugar and confectionery products	195	114	36	37	31.8%	32.8%
120	Beverage industries	346	220	68	72	30.7%	32.6%
121	Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products	342	195	40	43	20.7%	22.2%
122	Not specified food industries	2	1	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
130	Tobacco manufacturers	103	55	14	15	26.1%	26.7%
132	Knitting mills	256	125	5	6	3.9%	4.4%
140	Dyeing and finishing textiles, exc. wool and knit goods	57	32	4	5	11.5%	17.0%
141	Floor coverings, exc. hard surface	83	59	6	7	10.9%	11.7%
142	Yarn, thread, and fabric mills	839	426	36	39	8.5%	9.1%
150	Miscellaneous textile mill products	67	34	9	9	26.2%	26.9%
151	Apparel and accessories, exc. knit	1,453	966	171	180	17.7%	18.7%
152	Miscellaneous fabricated textile products	291	159	19	21	12.1%	13.3%
160	Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	622	357	178	185	50.0%	51.9%
161	Miscellaneous paper and pulp products	305	185	42	46	22.9%	25.1%
162	Paperboard containers and boxes	327	200	57	61	28.6%	30.4%
171	Newspaper publishing and printing	921	532	70	76	13.2%	14.3%
172	Printing, publishing, allied industries, exc. newspapers	2,010	1,258	126	146	10.0%	11.6%
180	Plastics, synthetics, and resins	277	149	30	33	20.1%	22.2%
181	Drugs	491	273	19	20	6.8%	7.3%
182	Soaps and cosmetics	284	173	31	33	17.8%	18.9%
190	Paints, varnishes, and related products	101	62	11	12	17.8%	19.2%
191	Agricultural chemicals	97	45	4	5	9.9%	10.5%
192	Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals	1,065	593	118	124	19.9%	20.9%
200	Petroleum refining	260	161	53	58	33.1%	35.8%
201	Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products	36	19	4	5	22.6%	26.2%
210	Tires and inner tubes	140	83	35	37	42.5%	44.6%
211	Other rubber products, plastics footwear and belting	257	145	31	33	21.5%	22.7%
212	Miscellaneous plastics products	864	513	71	79	13.9%	15.4%
220	Leather tanning and finishing	27	12	2	3	17.8%	23.6%
221	Footwear, exc. rubber and plastic	172	86	10	12	11.3%	14.4%
222	Leather products, exc. footwear	75	44	4	4	9.3%	10.2%
	MANUFACTURING, DURABLE GOODS	20,009	12,308	2,850	3,046	23.2%	24.7%
230	Logging	201	103	2	3	2.3%	2.4%
231	Sawmills, planing mills, and millwork	713	393	81	86	20.6%	21.8%
232	Wood buildings and mobile homes	109	62	6	6	9.3%	9.3%
241	Miscellaneous wood products	247	136	11	12	8.2%	8.5%
242	Furniture and fixtures	1,044	628	94	99	15.0%	15.8%
250	Glass and glass products	329	194	78	81	40.4%	41.8%
251	Cement, concrete, gypsum, and plaster products	359	208	46	49	22.3%	23.7%
252	Structural clay products	71	52	12	16	22.3%	29.9%
261	Pottery and related products	57	33	7	7	22.3%	22.3%
262	Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral and stone products	221	130	30	36	23.1%	28.0%
270	Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills	572	396	228	232	57.6%	58.6%
271	Iron and steel foundries	189	125	40	44	32.0%	35.0%
272	Primary aluminum industries	202	130	59	59	45.4%	45.8%
280	Other primary metal industries	320	179	57	59	32.0%	32.8%
281	Cutlery, handtools, and other hardware	196	125	29	32	23.5%	25.3%
282	Fabricated structural metal products	743	467	93	97	19.9%	20.7%
290	Screw machine products	104	67	6	6	8.7%	8.7%
291	Metal forgings and stampings	234	135	44	46	32.4%	33.7%
292	Ordnance	165	86	24	26	28.0%	31.0%
300	Miscellaneous fabricated metal products	552	357	88	94	24.6%	26.4%
301	Not specified metal industries	1	1	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
310	Engines and turbines	147	95	39	41	40.8%	43.0%
311	Farm machinery and equipment	167	86	22	24	25.1%	27.4%
312	Construction and material handling machines	358	220	56	57	25.3%	26.1%
320	Metalworking machinery	524	301	38	45	12.8%	15.0%
321	Office and accounting machines	171	108	7	10	6.9%	9.4%
322	Electronic computing equipment	1,158	689	19	23	2.7%	3.3%
331	Machinery, exc. electrical, n.e.c.	1,627	1,004	165	177	16.4%	17.6%
332	Not specified machinery	6	4	1	1	13.4%	13.4%
340	Household appliances	269	173	79	84	45.6%	48.5%
341	Radio, T.V., and communication equipment	740	462	71	78	15.3%	16.8%
342	Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.e.c.	2,271	1,392	224	254	16.1%	18.2%
350	Not specified electrical machinery, equipment, and supplie	9	6	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
351	Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment	1,993	1,198	602	618	50.3%	51.6%
352	Aircraft and parts	839	608	186	211	30.5%	34.7%
360	Ship and boat building and repairing	476	276	65	71	23.6%	25.5%
361	Railroad locomotives and equipment	40	25	12	13	48.8%	52.7%
362	Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts	530	416	87	98	20.9%	23.6%
370	Cycles and miscellaneous transportation equipment	90	60	20	21	33.5%	34.7%
371	Scientific and controlling instruments	357	216	30	31	13.9%	14.5%
372	Optical and health services supplies	493	299	16	21	5.4%	7.1%
380	Photographic equipment and supplies	196	133	13	14	9.4%	10.3%
381	Watches, clocks, and clockwork operated devices	18	12	1	1	10.4%	10.4%
390	Toys, amusement, and sporting goods	209	126	17	17	13.3%	13.3%
391	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	637	353	41	44	11.7%	12.5%
392	Not specified manufacturing industries	55	35	3	3	8.6%	8.6%
	TRANSPORTATION	7,780	4,653	1,829	1,951	39.3%	41.9%
400	Railroads	621	340	267	271	78.4%	79.8%
401	Bus service and urban transit	706	412	159	169	38.7%	41.0%
402	Taxicab service	128	81	6	10	7.1%	12.0%
410	Trucking service	2,667	1,576	378	403	24.0%	25.5%
411	Warehousing and storage	223	139	13	15	9.6%	10.8%
412	U.S. Postal Service	1,479	898	657	715	73.2%	79.7%
420	Water transportation	278	170	50	51	29.6%	30.4%
421	Air transportation	1,154	725	276	293	38.0%	40.4%
422	Pipe lines, exc. natural gas	28	13	1	1	6.2%	6.2%
432	Services incidental to transportation	496	300	22	23	7.3%	7.6%
	COMMUNICATIONS	2,604	1,515	540	601	35.7%	39.7%
440	Radio and television broadcasting	468	251	29	33	11.4%	13.0%
441	Telephone (wire and radio)	1,839	1,092	500	555	45.8%	50.8%
442	Telegraph and miscellaneous communications services	297	172	11	14	6.6%	8.1%
	UTILITIES AND SANITARY SERVICES	2,661	1,524	501	558	32.9%	36.6%
460	Electric light and power	1,217	659	229	256	34.8%	38.8%
461	Gas and steam supply systems	311	181	61	63	33.5%	35.1%
462	Electric and gas, and other combinations	281	195	77	86	39.7%	43.9%
470	Water supply and irrigation	380	215	50	56	23.4%	26.1%
471	Sanitary services	455	265	80	93	30.3%	34.9%
472	Not specified utilities	17	9	3	4	35.5%	46.7%
	WHOLESALE TRADE	6,750	3,942	269	308	6.8%	7.8%
500	Motor vehicles and equipment	358	212	15	16	7.0%	7.5%
501	Furniture and home furnishings	96	56	0	0	0.7%	0.7%
502	Lumber and construction materials	239	144	11	12	7.5%	8.4%
510	Sporting goods, toys, and hobby goods	57	34	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
511	Metals and minerals, exc. petroleum	132	81	5	6	6.6%	7.5%
512	Electrical goods	433	271	8	13	3.1%	5.0%
521	Hardware, plumbing and heating supplies	346	201	4	5	2.0%	2.6%
530	Machinery, equipment, and supplies	1,661	949	28	37	2.9%	3.9%
531	Scrap and waste materials	214	130	8	8	6.0%	6.1%
532	Miscellaneous wholesale, durable goods	99	63	2	3	3.9%	4.9%
540	Paper and paper products	205	121	9	10	7.4%	7.9%
541	Drugs, chemicals, and allied products	311	184	10	12	5.2%	6.7%
542	Apparel, fabrics, and notions	155	101	10	12	10.0%	11.9%
550	Groceries and related products	1,166	716	117	120	16.4%	16.8%
551	Farm products - raw materials	208	92	4	6	4.0%	6.1%
552	Petroleum products	250	136	8	13	5.9%	9.9%
560	Alcoholic beverages	219	120	18	20	15.2%	16.9%
561	Farm supplies	225	115	2	3	1.5%	3.0%
562	Miscellaneous wholesale, nondurable goods	356	202	10	10	5.0%	5.0%
571	Not specified wholesale trade	20	13	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
	RETAIL TRADE	29,518	17,299	1,063	1,185	6.1%	6.8%
580	Lumber and building material retailing	775	462	23	27	5.0%	5.9%
581	Hardware stores	305	180	2	3	0.9%	1.8%
582	Retail nurseries and garden stores	127	80	0	1	0.6%	1.8%
590	Mobile home dealers	45	21	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
591	Department stores	3,501	2,082	82	99	4.0%	4.8%
592	Variety stores	212	108	0	2	0.5%	1.9%
600	Miscellaneous general merchandise stores	246	134	7	9	5.2%	6.8%
601	Grocery stores	4,619	2,668	677	707	25.4%	26.5%
602	Dairy products stores	92	51	2	3	4.2%	5.8%
610	Retail bakeries	264	155	14	16	9.0%	10.6%
611	Food stores, n.e.c.	251	154	7	8	4.4%	5.0%
612	Motor vehicle dealers	1,773	1,050	48	55	4.5%	5.3%
620	Auto and home supply stores	625	354	6	7	1.7%	2.1%
621	Gasoline service stations	739	415	3	3	0.6%	0.7%
622	Miscellaneous vehicle dealers	124	74	2	2	2.4%	2.4%
630	Apparel and accessory stores, exc. shoe	1,275	729	15	19	2.1%	2.7%
631	Shoe stores	262	155	2	3	1.4%	1.9%
632	Furniture and home furnishings stores	735	428	10	14	2.4%	3.3%
640	Household appliances, TV, and radio stores	710	461	6	11	1.3%	2.5%
641	Eating and drinking places	8,887	5,233	92	112	1.8%	2.1%
642	Drug stores	862	514	30	35	5.9%	6.8%
650	Liquor stores	176	97	3	4	3.1%	3.7%
651	Sporting goods, bicycles, and hobby stores	408	239	5	8	1.9%	3.3%
652	Book and stationery stores	314	183	3	5	1.8%	2.7%
660	Jewelry stores	249	146	2	3	1.6%	2.1%
661	Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores	108	61	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
662	Mail order houses	165	98	4	4	3.8%	3.8%
670	Vending machine operators	104	62	2	3	2.9%	4.1%
671	Direct selling establishments	168	107	2	2	1.5%	1.5%
672	Fuel and ice dealers	177	92	5	5	5.6%	5.6%
681	Retail florists	241	128	0	1	0.0%	1.0%
682	Miscellaneous retail stores	959	567	8	11	1.5%	2.0%
691	Not specified retail trade	20	11	1	2	6.8%	18.4%
	FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE	11,747	7,045	197	257	2.8%	3.6%
700	Banking	3,540	2,061	32	49	1.6%	2.4%
701	Savings and loan associations	349	214	1	3	0.6%	1.5%
702	Credit agencies, n.e.c.	886	520	13	20	2.4%	3.8%
710	Security, commodity brokerage, and investment companies	866	536	6	11	1.2%	2.1%
711	Insurance	3,522	2,141	60	78	2.8%	3.6%
712	Real estate, including real estate-insurance-law offices	2,584	1,574	84	96	5.3%	6.1%
	BUSINESS AND REPAIR SERVICES	8,973	5,567	260	315	4.7%	5.7%
721	Advertising	335	216	4	7	1.6%	3.4%
722	Services to dwellings and other buildings	889	564	64	71	11.4%	12.6%
730	Commercial research, development, and testing labs	490	247	13	14	5.3%	5.7%
731	Personnel supply services	1,132	719	28	38	3.9%	5.2%
732	Business management and consulting services	597	360	4	5	1.2%	1.5%
740	Computer and data processing services	1,072	694	10	18	1.4%	2.7%
741	Detective and protective services	550	345	24	32	7.0%	9.3%
742	Business services, n.e.c.	1,711	1,064	38	48	3.6%	4.5%
750	Automotive services, exc. repair	543	350	22	25	6.1%	7.2%
751	Automotive repair shops	1,014	607	19	21	3.1%	3.5%
752	Electrical repair shops	140	84	9	10	11.1%	12.2%
760	Miscellaneous repair services	500	316	24	25	7.7%	7.9%
	PERSONAL SERVICES	6,306	3,585	198	218	5.5%	6.1%
761	Private households	1,807	1,078	1	4	0.1%	0.4%
762	Hotels and motels	2,279	1,177	144	152	12.2%	12.9%
770	Lodging places, exc. hotels and motels	224	125	0	2	0.4%	1.8%
771	Laundry, cleaning, and garment services	696	428	41	45	9.6%	10.5%
772	Beauty shops	731	433	5	6	1.2%	1.5%
780	Barber shops	33	20	0	0	0.7%	0.7%
781	Funeral service and crematories	117	71	1	1	1.4%	1.4%
782	Shoe repair shops	9	5	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
790	Dressmaking shops	9	4	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
791	Miscellaneous personal services	401	244	6	7	2.3%	2.9%
	ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES	9,827	5,685	802	943	14.1%	16.6%
800	Theaters and motion pictures	440	298	51	59	17.3%	19.7%
801	Bowling alleys, billiard and pool parlors	97	52	0	0	0.3%	0.3%
802	Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services	1,409	783	72	81	9.2%	10.4%
	MEDICAL SERVICES, EXCEPT HOSPITALS	6,895	3,868	322	369	8.3%	9.5%
812	Offices of physicians	1,300	747	9	12	1.1%	1.6%
820	Offices of dentists	729	411	6	8	1.6%	1.9%
821	Offices of chiropractors	94	57	0	0	0.6%	0.6%
822	Offices of optometrists	76	44	1	1	2.6%	2.6%
830	Offices of health practitioners, n.e.c.	64	38	3	3	7.0%	7.0%
831	HOSPITALS	7,881	4,552	679	802	14.9%	17.6%
832	Nursing and personal care facilities	2,783	1,504	183	206	12.2%	13.7%
840	Health services, n.e.c.	1,849	1,067	120	139	11.2%	13.0%
	OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	6,085	3,558	126	165	3.5%	4.6%
841	Legal services	1,455	861	12	21	1.4%	2.4%
	EDUCATIONAL SERVICES	15,854	8,845	3,043	3,690	34.4%	41.7%
842	Elementary and secondary schools	10,687	5,994	2,702	3,233	45.1%	53.9%
850	Colleges and universities	4,590	2,530	306	411	12.1%	16.3%
851	Business, trade, and vocational schools	127	70	4	5	5.8%	6.7%
852	Libraries	297	164	26	32	15.7%	19.4%
860	Educational services, n.e.c.	153	86	5	9	5.7%	10.8%
	SOCIAL SERVICES	3,327	1,910	162	200	8.5%	10.5%
861	Job training and vocational rehabilitation services	401	237	11	13	4.5%	5.6%
862	Child day care services	974	567	14	21	2.6%	3.7%
870	Residential care facilities, without nursing	616	347	27	29	7.7%	8.4%
871	Social services, n.e.c.	1,336	759	110	137	14.5%	18.1%
872	Museums, art galleries, and zoos	166	86	5	7	5.9%	7.9%
880	Religious organizations	1,361	765	6	12	0.8%	1.5%
881	Membership organizations	877	486	66	74	13.5%	15.2%
882	Engineering, architectural, and surveying services	1,175	720	22	29	3.0%	4.0%
890	Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services	786	478	6	10	1.3%	2.1%
891	Noncommercial educational and scientific research	183	110	8	10	6.9%	9.3%
892	Miscellaneous professional and related services	82	52	2	3	3.9%	5.7%
	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	9,801	5,576	1,681	2,045	30.1%	36.7%
900	Executive and legislative offices	318	170	22	25	12.7%	14.7%
901	General government, n.e.c.	1,014	576	141	182	24.6%	31.6%
910	Justice, public order, and safety	3,240	1,950	883	973	45.3%	49.9%
921	Public finance, taxation, and monetary policy	722	415	106	142	25.6%	34.3%
922	Administration of human resources programs	1,256	681	202	249	29.6%	36.6%
930	Administration of environmental quality & housing programs	631	317	83	98	26.2%	30.9%
931	Administration of economic programs	1,067	554	137	167	24.8%	30.2%
932	National security and international affairs	1,553	913	107	209	11.7%	22.9%
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