Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 1983
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	2,567	1,353	228	268	16.9%	19.8%
63	Alabama	Public	492	261	61	82	23.5%	31.5%
63	Alabama	Private	2,075	1,092	167	186	15.3%	17.0%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	665	349	90	100	25.9%	28.7%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	129	68	15	16	21.8%	22.9%
94	Alaska	Total	2,632	168	42	49	24.9%	29.3%
94	Alaska	Public	827	52	22	26	41.6%	49.9%
94	Alaska	Private	1,805	115	20	23	17.3%	19.9%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	155	10	2	3	23.3%	26.3%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	201	13	4	5	31.1%	35.3%
86	Arizona	Total	2,199	1,092	125	156	11.4%	14.3%
86	Arizona	Public	387	177	46	59	25.9%	33.0%
86	Arizona	Private	1,812	914	79	98	8.6%	10.7%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	301	158	12	17	7.8%	10.5%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	120	63	16	18	25.2%	27.7%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,967	748	82	103	11.0%	13.8%
71	Arkansas	Public	370	139	20	27	14.3%	19.5%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,597	610	62	76	10.2%	12.5%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	513	189	35	46	18.7%	24.1%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	73	27	5	5	19.8%	19.8%
93	California	Total	15,199	9,666	2,119	2,505	21.9%	25.9%
93	California	Public	2,538	1,599	695	914	43.4%	57.2%
93	California	Private	12,661	8,067	1,424	1,591	17.7%	19.7%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	3,170	2,013	422	472	21.0%	23.5%
93	California	Priv. Construction	616	398	156	164	39.2%	41.3%
84	Colorado	Total	3,283	1,309	178	210	13.6%	16.0%
84	Colorado	Public	592	239	58	77	24.1%	32.0%
84	Colorado	Private	2,691	1,070	120	133	11.2%	12.4%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	458	181	24	27	13.1%	15.0%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	228	90	17	18	19.2%	20.3%
16	Connecticut	Total	2,292	1,382	314	345	22.7%	25.0%
16	Connecticut	Public	308	181	114	122	62.9%	67.2%
16	Connecticut	Private	1,984	1,201	200	223	16.7%	18.6%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	663	392	110	122	28.1%	31.1%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	94	56	21	21	37.1%	38.1%
51	Delaware	Total	1,806	245	49	54	20.1%	22.1%
51	Delaware	Public	289	40	17	19	41.6%	49.0%
51	Delaware	Private	1,517	205	33	35	15.9%	16.9%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	473	64	18	18	27.3%	28.2%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	111	15	5	5	33.2%	33.2%
53	District of Columbia	Total	1,707	268	52	69	19.5%	25.9%
53	District of Columbia	Public	680	106	28	37	26.1%	35.0%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,027	162	25	32	15.2%	19.9%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	46	7	1	2	17.6%	22.2%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	43	7	1	2	20.5%	32.2%
59	Florida	Total	5,443	3,851	394	533	10.2%	13.8%
59	Florida	Public	851	599	164	238	27.4%	39.7%
59	Florida	Private	4,592	3,252	230	295	7.1%	9.1%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	697	490	55	68	11.3%	13.8%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	328	248	39	47	15.6%	19.0%
58	Georgia	Total	3,526	2,251	267	345	11.9%	15.3%
58	Georgia	Public	655	421	65	89	15.4%	21.1%
58	Georgia	Private	2,871	1,830	202	256	11.1%	14.0%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	830	518	87	107	16.9%	20.7%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	182	115	21	21	17.9%	18.6%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,045	385	113	125	29.2%	32.4%
95	Hawaii	Public	501	95	49	56	51.6%	59.1%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,544	290	64	69	21.9%	23.7%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	136	25	9	10	35.6%	39.4%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	89	16	10	10	64.9%	64.9%
82	Idaho	Total	1,990	332	41	54	12.5%	16.2%
82	Idaho	Public	414	70	14	21	20.5%	29.5%
82	Idaho	Private	1,576	262	27	33	10.3%	12.7%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	296	49	9	11	19.0%	22.6%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	88	16	3	3	18.2%	19.2%
33	Illinois	Total	6,541	4,394	1,064	1,205	24.2%	27.4%
33	Illinois	Public	1,030	698	268	339	38.4%	48.5%
33	Illinois	Private	5,511	3,695	796	866	21.5%	23.4%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	1,604	1,080	349	380	32.4%	35.2%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	233	160	88	91	55.2%	57.0%
32	Indiana	Total	3,307	2,019	503	544	24.9%	27.0%
32	Indiana	Public	517	311	76	99	24.4%	31.7%
32	Indiana	Private	2,790	1,708	427	446	25.0%	26.1%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	1,014	610	297	305	48.7%	50.0%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	97	60	25	27	42.3%	44.3%
42	Iowa	Total	2,673	1,078	186	231	17.2%	21.5%
42	Iowa	Public	610	237	63	87	26.5%	36.8%
42	Iowa	Private	2,063	841	123	144	14.6%	17.1%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	525	212	85	94	40.3%	44.2%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	92	38	7	9	19.0%	22.8%
47	Kansas	Total	2,133	911	125	170	13.7%	18.7%
47	Kansas	Public	441	175	35	58	20.1%	33.1%
47	Kansas	Private	1,692	736	90	112	12.2%	15.3%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	396	181	46	62	25.5%	34.5%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	78	34	6	7	17.4%	20.3%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,237	1,249	224	260	17.9%	20.8%
61	Kentucky	Public	429	238	40	59	16.7%	24.7%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,808	1,012	184	201	18.2%	19.9%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	511	282	105	109	37.4%	38.8%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	92	55	12	14	22.8%	24.7%
72	Louisiana	Total	2,264	1,480	204	268	13.8%	18.1%
72	Louisiana	Public	515	333	78	118	23.5%	35.5%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,749	1,147	126	149	11.0%	13.0%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	277	180	45	51	24.9%	28.2%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	193	126	38	42	29.8%	33.2%
11	Maine	Total	2,208	418	88	100	21.0%	24.0%
11	Maine	Public	404	79	40	47	50.3%	59.7%
11	Maine	Private	1,804	339	48	53	14.2%	15.7%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	670	121	30	31	24.8%	25.4%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	85	17	2	2	13.0%	14.3%
52	Maryland	Total	3,407	1,868	346	423	18.5%	22.6%
52	Maryland	Public	920	503	150	201	29.9%	40.0%
52	Maryland	Private	2,487	1,365	196	222	14.4%	16.3%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	438	243	71	80	29.2%	32.9%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	185	100	16	16	16.0%	16.6%
14	Massachusetts	Total	4,659	2,541	603	661	23.7%	26.0%
14	Massachusetts	Public	685	367	222	240	60.4%	65.4%
14	Massachusetts	Private	3,974	2,174	381	421	17.6%	19.4%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	1,247	678	181	199	26.7%	29.4%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	186	102	37	38	36.1%	37.1%
34	Michigan	Total	5,607	3,307	1,005	1,085	30.4%	32.8%
34	Michigan	Public	915	534	303	326	56.8%	61.2%
34	Michigan	Private	4,692	2,773	702	758	25.3%	27.3%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	1,635	969	447	473	46.2%	48.8%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	163	93	35	37	37.8%	39.5%
41	Minnesota	Total	3,330	1,698	394	439	23.2%	25.9%
41	Minnesota	Public	609	302	155	177	51.4%	58.5%
41	Minnesota	Private	2,721	1,396	239	263	17.1%	18.8%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	675	348	78	85	22.3%	24.4%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	129	62	27	27	44.0%	44.0%
64	Mississippi	Total	2,112	800	79	100	9.9%	12.5%
64	Mississippi	Public	450	170	22	33	13.2%	19.5%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,662	630	57	67	9.0%	10.6%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	506	197	37	41	18.9%	20.9%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	126	49	5	7	10.1%	14.2%
43	Missouri	Total	3,086	1,798	374	417	20.8%	23.2%
43	Missouri	Public	569	329	58	77	17.7%	23.4%
43	Missouri	Private	2,517	1,469	316	340	21.5%	23.1%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	690	394	144	151	36.6%	38.4%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	120	70	30	31	42.4%	44.0%
81	Montana	Total	2,084	270	50	55	18.3%	20.5%
81	Montana	Public	506	62	19	22	30.1%	35.6%
81	Montana	Private	1,578	209	31	34	14.8%	16.1%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	177	24	8	8	33.0%	33.0%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	99	14	3	3	23.4%	23.7%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,273	593	81	95	13.6%	16.0%
46	Nebraska	Public	459	119	34	43	29.0%	36.1%
46	Nebraska	Private	1,814	475	46	52	9.7%	10.9%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	293	77	15	18	19.1%	22.8%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	95	25	3	4	12.9%	14.0%
88	Nevada	Total	1,983	401	90	107	22.4%	26.6%
88	Nevada	Public	291	59	23	31	39.0%	52.6%
88	Nevada	Private	1,692	342	67	76	19.6%	22.2%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	90	19	2	2	10.8%	12.9%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	95	19	9	9	46.3%	47.2%
12	New Hampshire	Total	1,954	423	49	61	11.5%	14.4%
12	New Hampshire	Public	284	59	21	29	35.8%	49.3%
12	New Hampshire	Private	1,670	364	27	32	7.5%	8.7%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	577	125	13	15	10.6%	11.8%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	93	20	4	4	20.3%	22.3%
22	New Jersey	Total	4,994	3,060	822	918	26.9%	30.0%
22	New Jersey	Public	838	506	282	326	55.8%	64.4%
22	New Jersey	Private	4,156	2,554	540	592	21.1%	23.2%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	1,211	739	232	249	31.4%	33.7%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	209	131	45	48	34.2%	37.0%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,958	446	53	71	11.8%	15.8%
85	New Mexico	Public	594	137	21	34	15.6%	24.9%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,364	309	31	36	10.1%	11.8%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	151	33	4	5	11.9%	14.1%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	118	25	5	6	18.9%	22.4%
21	New York	Total	10,345	6,625	2,156	2,386	32.5%	36.0%
21	New York	Public	1,958	1,248	865	950	69.3%	76.1%
21	New York	Private	8,387	5,376	1,291	1,436	24.0%	26.7%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	2,046	1,320	409	443	31.0%	33.6%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	377	245	118	122	48.1%	49.7%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,400	2,339	179	238	7.6%	10.2%
56	North Carolina	Public	610	426	76	115	17.9%	26.9%
56	North Carolina	Private	2,790	1,913	102	123	5.4%	6.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	1,171	803	55	65	6.9%	8.1%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	129	90	2	2	2.2%	2.2%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,047	215	28	35	13.2%	16.3%
44	North Dakota	Public	477	49	13	17	25.6%	34.1%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,570	166	16	18	9.5%	11.0%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	120	12	3	4	27.4%	28.9%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	102	11	4	4	32.2%	32.9%
31	Ohio	Total	6,712	4,032	1,011	1,125	25.1%	27.9%
31	Ohio	Public	1,038	616	242	295	39.3%	47.9%
31	Ohio	Private	5,674	3,416	769	830	22.5%	24.3%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	1,893	1,131	462	486	40.9%	43.0%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	230	141	46	49	32.6%	35.0%
73	Oklahoma	Total	2,443	1,144	132	168	11.5%	14.7%
73	Oklahoma	Public	462	215	47	69	21.8%	31.8%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,981	929	85	100	9.1%	10.7%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	345	155	39	44	25.2%	28.6%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	119	56	10	10	17.6%	18.1%
92	Oregon	Total	2,205	999	223	262	22.3%	26.2%
92	Oregon	Public	450	198	92	117	46.3%	58.9%
92	Oregon	Private	1,755	801	131	145	16.4%	18.1%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	471	207	59	61	28.7%	29.6%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	60	26	9	9	32.8%	35.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	6,737	4,346	1,196	1,350	27.5%	31.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	1,041	663	341	406	51.4%	61.3%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	5,696	3,683	855	944	23.2%	25.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	1,675	1,078	456	485	42.3%	45.0%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	266	177	64	68	36.0%	38.5%
15	Rhode Island	Total	1,889	400	86	94	21.5%	23.5%
15	Rhode Island	Public	271	57	39	42	68.1%	73.3%
15	Rhode Island	Private	1,618	343	47	52	13.7%	15.1%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	583	123	21	22	16.9%	18.3%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	62	13	4	4	32.1%	32.1%
57	South Carolina	Total	1,977	1,175	70	101	5.9%	8.6%
57	South Carolina	Public	387	225	32	45	14.3%	20.2%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,590	950	37	55	3.9%	5.8%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	514	296	16	22	5.5%	7.3%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	135	84	4	4	5.0%	5.0%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,437	233	27	35	11.5%	14.9%
45	South Dakota	Public	636	55	13	19	22.6%	33.8%
45	South Dakota	Private	1,801	178	14	16	8.0%	9.0%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	261	27	5	5	19.0%	20.1%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	71	7	1	1	7.0%	7.0%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,406	1,668	252	301	15.1%	18.0%
62	Tennessee	Public	407	283	80	98	28.2%	34.6%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,999	1,385	172	203	12.4%	14.7%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	715	507	108	125	21.4%	24.6%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	109	78	13	14	16.5%	17.4%
74	Texas	Total	8,752	6,010	584	713	9.7%	11.9%
74	Texas	Public	1,395	924	172	233	18.6%	25.3%
74	Texas	Private	7,357	5,087	412	480	8.1%	9.4%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	1,402	958	154	177	16.1%	18.5%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	712	492	65	72	13.2%	14.7%
87	Utah	Total	2,609	535	82	101	15.2%	18.9%
87	Utah	Public	555	111	34	45	30.3%	40.7%
87	Utah	Private	2,054	424	48	56	11.3%	13.1%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	383	80	12	13	14.9%	16.9%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	166	35	9	10	26.6%	29.0%
13	Vermont	Total	1,873	206	26	31	12.6%	15.3%
13	Vermont	Public	300	31	14	17	45.4%	54.6%
13	Vermont	Private	1,573	175	12	15	6.7%	8.3%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	411	45	6	7	13.5%	15.4%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	112	12	1	1	6.3%	8.1%
54	Virginia	Total	3,628	2,291	268	346	11.7%	15.1%
54	Virginia	Public	891	549	91	125	16.6%	22.8%
54	Virginia	Private	2,737	1,742	177	221	10.2%	12.7%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	675	437	93	120	21.2%	27.4%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	197	129	9	13	6.7%	10.1%
91	Washington	Total	2,480	1,549	420	500	27.1%	32.3%
91	Washington	Public	491	306	147	189	47.9%	61.6%
91	Washington	Private	1,989	1,243	273	311	22.0%	25.0%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	453	279	99	113	35.5%	40.4%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	123	77	24	26	30.7%	33.9%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,729	564	143	161	25.3%	28.5%
55	West Virginia	Public	342	112	25	34	22.0%	30.4%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,387	452	118	127	26.1%	28.0%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	301	100	41	45	41.3%	45.5%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	74	24	9	9	35.5%	38.0%
35	Wisconsin	Total	3,066	1,956	465	527	23.8%	26.9%
35	Wisconsin	Public	505	316	141	171	44.6%	54.0%
35	Wisconsin	Private	2,561	1,639	324	356	19.8%	21.7%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	850	547	197	213	36.0%	39.0%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	109	69	29	30	42.4%	43.8%
83	Wyoming	Total	1,731	196	27	32	13.9%	16.2%
83	Wyoming	Public	435	51	12	14	23.6%	26.7%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,296	144	15	18	10.4%	12.5%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	77	8	1	1	14.6%	17.0%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	110	12	1	2	11.8%	13.5%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.