Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by Industry: 1983
CIC	Industry	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
	AGRICULTURE	2,628	1,255	39	44	3.1%	3.5%
10	Agricultural production, crops	1,378	682	31	36	4.6%	5.3%
11	Agricultural production, livestock	903	392	5	5	1.2%	1.2%
20	Agricultural services, exc. horticultural	347	180	3	3	1.7%	1.7%
	FORESTRY AND FISHERIES	687	309	22	28	7.2%	9.0%
21	Horticultural services	332	191	10	11	5.0%	5.7%
30	Forestry	286	92	9	12	9.5%	13.5%
31	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	69	26	4	5	14.6%	17.8%
	MINING	11,291	5,481	1,473	1,602	26.9%	29.2%
40	Metal mining	274	66	26	28	38.8%	42.2%
41	Coal mining	397	175	108	110	61.5%	62.8%
42	Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction	1,228	546	21	34	3.9%	6.2%
50	Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, exc. fuel	242	84	26	29	30.3%	34.8%
60	CONSTRUCTION	9,150	4,609	1,293	1,401	28.0%	30.4%
	MANUFACTURING, NONDURABLE GOODS	15,093	7,929	2,051	2,248	25.9%	28.4%
100	Meat products	729	330	110	123	33.4%	37.4%
101	Dairy products	360	175	60	63	34.6%	35.8%
102	Canned and preserved fruits and vegetables	445	211	78	85	36.8%	40.4%
110	Grain mill products	269	133	40	42	30.2%	32.0%
111	Bakery products	392	215	94	102	43.5%	47.6%
112	Sugar and confectionery products	253	131	42	44	32.1%	33.1%
120	Beverage industries	377	207	75	78	36.4%	37.9%
121	Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products	405	196	48	55	24.6%	27.8%
122	Not specified food industries	9	5	1	1	11.4%	11.4%
130	Tobacco manufacturers	111	65	24	26	36.5%	40.5%
132	Knitting mills	302	189	13	14	7.0%	7.3%
140	Dyeing and finishing textiles, exc. wool and knit goods	73	39	7	8	18.8%	21.2%
141	Floor coverings, exc. hard surface	82	49	7	8	14.7%	16.9%
142	Yarn, thread, and fabric mills	669	375	36	46	9.5%	12.3%
150	Miscellaneous textile mill products	115	72	12	13	17.1%	18.7%
151	Apparel and accessories, exc. knit	1,756	977	265	293	27.1%	30.0%
152	Miscellaneous fabricated textile products	256	138	26	29	18.6%	21.4%
160	Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	631	299	177	187	59.2%	62.7%
161	Miscellaneous paper and pulp products	351	184	62	65	33.9%	35.2%
162	Paperboard containers and boxes	331	194	88	93	45.2%	48.0%
171	Newspaper publishing and printing	1,007	490	87	105	17.7%	21.4%
172	Printing, publishing, allied industries, exc. newspapers	1,844	997	155	169	15.5%	16.9%
180	Plastics, synthetics, and resins	244	133	28	31	20.8%	23.0%
181	Drugs	361	212	24	27	11.1%	12.5%
182	Soaps and cosmetics	259	148	30	34	20.0%	22.9%
190	Paints, varnishes, and related products	100	58	14	15	24.5%	26.6%
191	Agricultural chemicals	111	46	9	10	20.4%	22.3%
192	Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals	1,078	544	130	146	24.0%	26.9%
200	Petroleum refining	350	176	56	60	31.9%	34.0%
201	Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products	41	23	9	10	38.7%	42.7%
210	Tires and inner tubes	184	107	52	55	48.2%	51.0%
211	Other rubber products, plastics footwear and belting	277	139	39	43	28.2%	31.1%
212	Miscellaneous plastics products	777	433	95	105	22.0%	24.3%
220	Leather tanning and finishing	32	17	8	8	48.3%	48.3%
221	Footwear, exc. rubber and plastic	396	158	38	40	23.7%	25.2%
222	Leather products, exc. footwear	116	60	11	13	18.3%	21.6%
	MANUFACTURING, DURABLE GOODS	20,703	11,294	3,303	3,628	29.2%	32.1%
230	Logging	279	113	8	10	7.5%	9.2%
231	Sawmills, planing mills, and millwork	679	306	76	80	24.7%	26.3%
232	Wood buildings and mobile homes	113	51	7	7	13.7%	13.7%
241	Miscellaneous wood products	230	108	15	15	13.6%	14.0%
242	Furniture and fixtures	808	453	82	90	18.2%	19.8%
250	Glass and glass products	270	161	81	84	50.1%	52.4%
251	Cement, concrete, gypsum, and plaster products	342	173	51	53	29.5%	30.9%
252	Structural clay products	69	39	15	15	37.3%	38.7%
261	Pottery and related products	71	37	12	15	32.9%	40.3%
262	Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral and stone products	232	127	43	48	33.6%	37.9%
270	Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills	603	349	228	235	65.2%	67.3%
271	Iron and steel foundries	228	129	57	65	44.5%	50.4%
272	Primary aluminum industries	274	140	70	74	49.6%	52.6%
280	Other primary metal industries	335	167	63	67	38.0%	40.3%
281	Cutlery, handtools, and other hardware	231	131	44	48	33.5%	36.9%
282	Fabricated structural metal products	752	416	109	121	26.1%	29.0%
290	Screw machine products	98	60	11	12	18.3%	19.3%
291	Metal forgings and stampings	248	146	61	65	41.8%	44.6%
292	Ordnance	178	89	37	42	41.2%	47.0%
300	Miscellaneous fabricated metal products	633	347	120	126	34.5%	36.4%
301	Not specified metal industries	11	6	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
310	Engines and turbines	169	99	53	55	53.3%	55.9%
311	Farm machinery and equipment	251	126	39	45	31.4%	35.6%
312	Construction and material handling machines	405	232	75	82	32.6%	35.4%
320	Metalworking machinery	505	276	45	50	16.2%	18.3%
321	Office and accounting machines	214	120	14	15	12.0%	12.7%
322	Electronic computing equipment	1,129	595	26	33	4.3%	5.5%
331	Machinery, exc. electrical, n.e.c.	1,611	901	224	248	24.8%	27.5%
332	Not specified machinery	8	3	0	0	13.8%	13.8%
340	Household appliances	257	150	66	70	44.1%	46.6%
341	Radio, T.V., and communication equipment	1,041	595	135	149	22.7%	25.1%
342	Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.e.c.	2,426	1,320	281	327	21.3%	24.7%
350	Not specified electrical machinery, equipment, and supplie	32	19	1	1	7.1%	7.1%
351	Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment	1,721	996	586	615	58.8%	61.7%
352	Aircraft and parts	979	569	203	244	35.6%	42.9%
360	Ship and boat building and repairing	596	289	108	131	37.5%	45.4%
361	Railroad locomotives and equipment	47	30	19	19	62.7%	62.7%
362	Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts	504	292	62	77	21.0%	26.4%
370	Cycles and miscellaneous transportation equipment	88	50	16	18	31.7%	35.5%
371	Scientific and controlling instruments	466	247	36	39	14.7%	15.8%
372	Optical and health services supplies	482	261	26	27	9.8%	10.3%
380	Photographic equipment and supplies	198	121	8	10	6.7%	8.2%
381	Watches, clocks, and clockwork operated devices	32	17	6	6	36.4%	36.4%
382	Not specified professional equipment	1	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
390	Toys, amusement, and sporting goods	234	127	30	33	23.7%	26.0%
391	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries	584	285	52	57	18.4%	20.1%
392	Not specified manufacturing industries	39	21	1	1	5.7%	5.7%
	TRANSPORTATION	7,240	3,627	1,811	1,945	49.9%	53.6%
400	Railroads	933	428	355	365	82.9%	85.3%
401	Bus service and urban transit	728	387	193	203	49.9%	52.3%
402	Taxicab service	121	58	9	10	15.5%	17.0%
410	Trucking service	2,203	1,117	421	442	37.7%	39.6%
411	Warehousing and storage	156	80	21	23	25.9%	28.1%
412	U.S. Postal Service	1,431	705	523	589	74.2%	83.5%
420	Water transportation	339	187	71	78	37.9%	42.0%
421	Air transportation	933	464	198	212	42.7%	45.7%
422	Pipe lines, exc. natural gas	43	17	3	5	17.0%	28.6%
432	Services incidental to transportation	353	184	17	19	9.2%	10.3%
	COMMUNICATIONS	2,856	1,435	649	742	45.2%	51.7%
440	Radio and television broadcasting	453	213	33	37	15.4%	17.4%
441	Telephone (wire and radio)	2,073	1,060	588	669	55.4%	63.1%
442	Telegraph and miscellaneous communications services	330	162	28	36	17.5%	22.1%
	UTILITIES AND SANITARY SERVICES	2,890	1,473	574	644	39.0%	43.7%
460	Electric light and power	1,277	642	281	307	43.8%	47.8%
461	Gas and steam supply systems	410	204	60	67	29.2%	32.7%
462	Electric and gas, and other combinations	327	174	73	84	41.9%	47.9%
470	Water supply and irrigation	426	215	74	90	34.2%	42.1%
471	Sanitary services	418	223	81	90	36.1%	40.4%
472	Not specified utilities	32	15	6	6	38.1%	41.9%
	WHOLESALE TRADE	7,042	3,657	341	397	9.3%	10.9%
500	Motor vehicles and equipment	365	201	24	27	12.0%	13.4%
501	Furniture and home furnishings	107	56	4	5	6.6%	8.9%
502	Lumber and construction materials	254	130	15	18	11.8%	14.2%
510	Sporting goods, toys, and hobby goods	66	31	2	3	5.7%	9.7%
511	Metals and minerals, exc. petroleum	142	81	13	15	15.7%	18.9%
512	Electrical goods	462	254	15	19	5.9%	7.5%
521	Hardware, plumbing and heating supplies	328	160	15	17	9.5%	10.7%
522	Not specified electrical and hardware products	1	1	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
530	Machinery, equipment, and supplies	1,781	925	39	49	4.2%	5.3%
531	Scrap and waste materials	174	97	16	16	17.0%	17.0%
532	Miscellaneous wholesale, durable goods	118	67	2	2	2.5%	2.5%
540	Paper and paper products	186	102	9	9	8.7%	8.7%
541	Drugs, chemicals, and allied products	347	195	13	15	6.7%	7.7%
542	Apparel, fabrics, and notions	142	84	8	11	9.5%	13.1%
550	Groceries and related products	1,155	586	107	121	18.2%	20.6%
551	Farm products - raw materials	275	111	5	6	4.6%	5.2%
552	Petroleum products	305	150	17	20	11.1%	13.2%
560	Alcoholic beverages	256	129	28	31	21.8%	24.1%
561	Farm supplies	232	107	2	3	2.1%	3.1%
562	Miscellaneous wholesale, nondurable goods	317	174	7	8	3.9%	4.5%
571	Not specified wholesale trade	29	15	1	1	8.1%	8.1%
	RETAIL TRADE	28,668	14,510	1,249	1,411	8.6%	9.7%
580	Lumber and building material retailing	716	351	26	28	7.4%	8.1%
581	Hardware stores	319	158	5	7	3.2%	4.3%
582	Retail nurseries and garden stores	108	52	0	0	0.0%	0.2%
590	Mobile home dealers	51	22	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
591	Department stores	3,672	1,966	146	178	7.4%	9.0%
592	Variety stores	256	118	6	8	5.3%	7.1%
600	Miscellaneous general merchandise stores	201	84	9	16	10.6%	18.8%
601	Grocery stores	4,287	2,196	682	735	31.1%	33.5%
602	Dairy products stores	90	48	2	2	3.4%	4.5%
610	Retail bakeries	230	119	9	9	7.9%	7.9%
611	Food stores, n.e.c.	232	123	8	8	6.3%	6.7%
612	Motor vehicle dealers	1,495	749	48	58	6.5%	7.7%
620	Auto and home supply stores	622	316	14	17	4.5%	5.5%
621	Gasoline service stations	921	447	5	9	1.1%	2.0%
622	Miscellaneous vehicle dealers	137	66	1	1	1.7%	1.7%
630	Apparel and accessory stores, exc. shoe	1,297	658	24	29	3.6%	4.4%
631	Shoe stores	268	146	5	6	3.8%	4.1%
632	Furniture and home furnishings stores	599	312	10	11	3.1%	3.4%
640	Household appliances, TV, and radio stores	495	255	3	4	1.1%	1.4%
641	Eating and drinking places	8,817	4,405	164	185	3.7%	4.2%
642	Drug stores	924	470	34	42	7.2%	8.9%
650	Liquor stores	233	117	9	11	8.1%	9.7%
651	Sporting goods, bicycles, and hobby stores	362	172	3	4	1.8%	2.6%
652	Book and stationery stores	277	139	3	3	2.3%	2.3%
660	Jewelry stores	267	139	5	5	3.4%	3.9%
661	Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores	112	57	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
662	Mail order houses	125	63	2	2	3.7%	3.7%
670	Vending machine operators	107	56	10	10	18.6%	18.6%
671	Direct selling establishments	220	108	1	2	1.4%	2.0%
672	Fuel and ice dealers	183	74	6	6	7.5%	8.5%
681	Retail florists	227	111	1	2	1.0%	1.6%
682	Miscellaneous retail stores	797	400	7	10	1.7%	2.5%
691	Not specified retail trade	21	12	0	0	0.2%	0.2%
	FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE	10,895	5,708	193	270	3.4%	4.7%
700	Banking	3,543	1,816	37	59	2.1%	3.3%
701	Savings and loan associations	494	265	4	5	1.4%	1.9%
702	Credit agencies, n.e.c.	658	329	9	17	2.6%	5.0%
710	Security, commodity brokerage, and investment companies	705	396	9	14	2.4%	3.6%
711	Insurance	3,278	1,751	53	80	3.0%	4.6%
712	Real estate, including real estate-insurance-law offices	2,217	1,150	81	95	7.0%	8.3%
	BUSINESS AND REPAIR SERVICES	6,716	3,541	231	296	6.5%	8.4%
721	Advertising	349	193	7	9	3.6%	4.9%
722	Services to dwellings and other buildings	699	341	50	53	14.7%	15.6%
730	Commercial research, development, and testing labs	411	189	10	24	5.2%	12.6%
731	Personnel supply services	589	332	12	22	3.7%	6.5%
732	Business management and consulting services	411	218	5	9	2.4%	4.2%
740	Computer and data processing services	667	366	8	19	2.3%	5.1%
741	Detective and protective services	506	277	29	36	10.5%	13.2%
742	Business services, n.e.c.	1,152	617	30	37	4.8%	6.0%
750	Automotive services, exc. repair	383	203	25	27	12.1%	13.4%
751	Automotive repair shops	948	489	25	27	5.1%	5.5%
752	Electrical repair shops	141	75	9	10	12.1%	13.1%
760	Miscellaneous repair services	460	241	21	22	8.8%	9.3%
	PERSONAL SERVICES	6,643	3,119	181	205	5.8%	6.6%
761	Private households	2,515	1,223	3	5	0.3%	0.4%
762	Hotels and motels	2,050	828	111	128	13.3%	15.4%
770	Lodging places, exc. hotels and motels	243	130	1	1	0.5%	0.5%
771	Laundry, cleaning, and garment services	686	342	52	54	15.1%	15.7%
772	Beauty shops	676	355	6	8	1.8%	2.4%
780	Barber shops	52	27	3	3	10.7%	10.7%
781	Funeral service and crematories	113	58	3	3	4.4%	4.4%
782	Shoe repair shops	16	9	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
790	Dressmaking shops	5	3	1	1	22.4%	22.4%
791	Miscellaneous personal services	287	145	3	3	1.8%	2.1%
	ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES	10,529	5,368	898	1,136	16.7%	21.2%
800	Theaters and motion pictures	445	233	58	62	25.1%	26.4%
801	Bowling alleys, billiard and pool parlors	144	69	3	3	4.5%	4.5%
802	Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services	1,441	707	70	85	9.9%	12.1%
	MEDICAL SERVICES, EXCEPT HOSPITALS	5,995	2,986	290	352	9.7%	11.8%
812	Offices of physicians	1,195	611	4	8	0.7%	1.4%
820	Offices of dentists	669	334	5	5	1.5%	1.5%
821	Offices of chiropractors	61	30	0	0	1.1%	1.1%
822	Offices of optometrists	62	30	1	1	3.6%	3.6%
830	Offices of health practitioners, n.e.c.	35	18	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
831	HOSPITALS	8,499	4,358	767	986	17.6%	22.6%
832	Nursing and personal care facilities	2,656	1,314	195	227	14.8%	17.3%
840	Health services, n.e.c.	1,317	650	84	111	12.9%	17.0%
	OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	5,361	2,692	127	161	4.7%	6.0%
841	Legal services	1,112	561	10	11	1.8%	2.0%
	EDUCATIONAL SERVICES	16,056	7,837	2,716	3,421	34.7%	43.6%
842	Elementary and secondary schools	10,840	5,294	2,337	2,904	44.1%	54.9%
850	Colleges and universities	4,611	2,244	330	454	14.7%	20.2%
851	Business, trade, and vocational schools	122	60	7	9	11.9%	15.6%
852	Libraries	318	158	35	43	22.3%	27.6%
860	Educational services, n.e.c.	165	81	6	9	7.6%	11.5%
	SOCIAL SERVICES	2,630	1,315	143	185	10.9%	14.1%
861	Job training and vocational rehabilitation services	277	142	12	13	8.2%	9.5%
862	Child day care services	711	354	7	9	2.0%	2.6%
870	Residential care facilities, without nursing	425	203	17	23	8.2%	11.1%
871	Social services, n.e.c.	1,217	616	108	139	17.5%	22.7%
872	Museums, art galleries, and zoos	154	67	5	10	7.2%	14.5%
880	Religious organizations	1,303	651	5	11	0.7%	1.6%
881	Membership organizations	912	441	77	85	17.4%	19.3%
882	Engineering, architectural, and surveying services	899	477	16	26	3.4%	5.4%
890	Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services	630	327	4	5	1.3%	1.4%
891	Noncommercial educational and scientific research	282	131	9	13	6.9%	10.3%
892	Miscellaneous professional and related services	69	37	1	1	2.8%	2.8%
	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	10,009	4,751	1,426	1,818	30.0%	38.3%
900	Executive and legislative offices	363	154	15	22	9.9%	14.4%
901	General government, n.e.c.	984	441	117	146	26.5%	33.0%
910	Justice, public order, and safety	3,108	1,598	691	799	43.2%	50.0%
921	Public finance, taxation, and monetary policy	694	328	86	111	26.2%	33.7%
922	Administration of human resources programs	1,335	636	181	243	28.5%	38.2%
930	Administration of environmental quality & housing programs	773	328	69	95	20.9%	28.8%
931	Administration of economic programs	1,090	478	127	167	26.5%	34.9%
932	National security and international affairs	1,662	787	141	236	17.9%	30.0%
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