Union Membership, Coverage, Density, and Employment:
Police Officers
Year	Sample Size	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	%Cov
1983	901	479.7	261.1	298.1	54.4%	62.1%
1984	901	487.3	273.2	316.2	56.1%	64.9%
1985	895	488.7	279.5	304.3	57.2%	62.3%
1986	888	488.4	286.9	326.6	58.7%	66.9%
1987	945	531.3	306.9	339.1	57.8%	63.8%
1988	845	530.4	317.3	350.0	59.8%	66.0%
1989	897	547.6	319.4	347.5	58.3%	63.5%
1990	957	560.8	316.9	347.2	56.5%	61.9%
1991	974	590.5	340.3	369.6	57.6%	62.6%
1992	878	539.8	318.6	345.3	59.0%	64.0%
1993	948	614.8	365.5	386.4	59.5%	62.9%
1994	983	636.2	415.4	433.3	65.3%	68.1%
1995	925	617.0	373.4	409.5	60.5%	66.4%
1996	859	653.7	386.9	408.9	59.2%	62.6%
1997	871	673.5	411.2	443.2	61.1%	65.8%
1998	920	730.7	454.3	471.8	62.2%	64.6%
1999	927	718.4	426.2	453.4	59.3%	63.1%
2000	890	667.2	394.8	420.3	59.2%	63.0%
2001	927	678.5	391.7	406.8	57.7%	60.0%
2002	987	716.2	413.5	431.1	57.7%	60.2%
2003	1,016	730.1	410.9	439.1	56.3%	60.1%
2004	1,078	800.0	458.9	488.0	57.4%	61.0%
2005	1,066	804.1	454.1	476.9	56.5%	59.3%
2006	1,011	761.1	412.4	430.5	54.2%	56.6%
2007	1,029	792.9	431.9	453.0	54.5%	57.1%
2008	1,046	810.2	459.6	477.5	56.7%	58.9%
2009	999	794.6	440.1	463.8	55.4%	58.4%
2010	1,042	832.2	454.7	479.0	54.6%	57.6%
2011	995	774.8	459.0	482.0	59.2%	62.2%
2012	947	763.0	421.0	440.2	55.2%	57.7%
2013	990	813.4	460.1	476.8	56.6%	58.6%
2014	990	823.0	451.8	476.8	54.9%	57.9%
2015	941	787.8	448.0	466.6	56.9%	59.2%
2016	981	844.3	439.4	458.4	52.0%	54.3%
2017	940	809.5	453.6	476.9	56.0%	58.9%
2018	940	836.2	455.2	468.3	54.4%	56.0%
2019	869	793.1	426.7	444.3	53.8%	56.0%
2020	820	841.9	463.3	484.9	55.0%	57.6%
2021	829	835.5	443.9	468.6	53.1%	56.1%
2022	755	851.4	471.1	497.7	55.3%	58.5%
2023	659	800.7	386.2	417.5	48.2%	52.1%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.