Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 1984
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	2,430	1,387	208	248	15.0%	17.9%
63	Alabama	Public	443	252	52	77	20.7%	30.4%
63	Alabama	Private	1,987	1,135	155	171	13.7%	15.1%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	641	367	95	103	25.9%	27.9%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	116	66	10	10	15.7%	15.7%
94	Alaska	Total	2,595	183	44	51	24.2%	27.9%
94	Alaska	Public	788	56	22	26	39.8%	47.1%
94	Alaska	Private	1,807	128	22	25	17.4%	19.6%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	127	9	2	2	18.6%	19.5%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	208	14	6	6	38.5%	43.7%
86	Arizona	Total	2,107	1,167	106	140	9.1%	12.0%
86	Arizona	Public	350	178	35	51	19.9%	28.5%
86	Arizona	Private	1,757	989	71	89	7.2%	9.0%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	304	170	13	14	7.7%	8.5%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	165	94	15	16	15.4%	17.3%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,973	794	76	95	9.6%	12.0%
71	Arkansas	Public	324	126	15	24	12.2%	19.2%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,649	668	61	71	9.1%	10.7%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	471	192	34	40	17.6%	20.9%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	94	36	4	5	11.9%	14.3%
93	California	Total	15,342	10,126	2,153	2,513	21.3%	24.8%
93	California	Public	2,431	1,610	724	916	45.0%	56.9%
93	California	Private	12,911	8,517	1,430	1,597	16.8%	18.7%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	3,320	2,155	431	472	20.0%	21.9%
93	California	Priv. Construction	677	455	152	159	33.5%	34.9%
84	Colorado	Total	3,066	1,390	180	203	13.0%	14.6%
84	Colorado	Public	567	253	68	80	26.9%	31.5%
84	Colorado	Private	2,499	1,137	112	124	9.9%	10.9%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	424	197	25	29	12.6%	14.7%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	194	95	17	19	18.1%	19.5%
16	Connecticut	Total	2,367	1,444	294	320	20.3%	22.2%
16	Connecticut	Public	319	189	123	127	65.4%	67.4%
16	Connecticut	Private	2,048	1,255	170	193	13.6%	15.4%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	683	417	78	90	18.8%	21.6%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	91	56	16	16	28.7%	28.7%
51	Delaware	Total	2,005	264	47	51	17.7%	19.4%
51	Delaware	Public	310	41	16	19	40.6%	46.7%
51	Delaware	Private	1,695	223	30	32	13.5%	14.4%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	464	63	16	17	25.1%	26.5%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	119	15	3	3	18.6%	20.2%
53	District of Columbia	Total	1,760	270	47	60	17.4%	22.3%
53	District of Columbia	Public	671	100	23	30	22.5%	30.2%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,089	170	25	30	14.5%	17.6%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	62	10	2	3	24.9%	29.1%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	46	7	3	3	48.0%	48.0%
59	Florida	Total	5,665	4,111	384	523	9.3%	12.7%
59	Florida	Public	923	673	179	268	26.6%	39.9%
59	Florida	Private	4,742	3,438	205	255	5.9%	7.4%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	727	516	54	67	10.5%	12.9%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	392	297	30	31	10.0%	10.5%
58	Georgia	Total	3,353	2,337	238	296	10.2%	12.7%
58	Georgia	Public	554	378	48	77	12.6%	20.4%
58	Georgia	Private	2,799	1,959	190	219	9.7%	11.2%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	815	554	87	97	15.8%	17.5%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	195	142	20	20	13.8%	14.4%
95	Hawaii	Total	1,960	392	115	127	29.2%	32.3%
95	Hawaii	Public	482	96	51	58	53.5%	59.8%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,478	296	63	69	21.3%	23.3%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	109	22	8	8	33.9%	37.3%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	88	17	10	11	61.3%	64.4%
82	Idaho	Total	2,101	350	32	40	9.0%	11.4%
82	Idaho	Public	416	68	11	14	15.6%	20.7%
82	Idaho	Private	1,685	282	21	26	7.5%	9.2%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	299	50	9	10	17.3%	19.0%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	105	17	3	3	16.4%	18.9%
33	Illinois	Total	6,727	4,537	1,017	1,126	22.4%	24.8%
33	Illinois	Public	1,041	706	255	309	36.1%	43.8%
33	Illinois	Private	5,686	3,830	762	817	19.9%	21.3%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	1,664	1,117	329	355	29.5%	31.8%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	245	166	84	85	50.4%	51.2%
32	Indiana	Total	3,387	2,148	540	586	25.1%	27.3%
32	Indiana	Public	499	309	96	117	31.1%	37.8%
32	Indiana	Private	2,888	1,839	443	469	24.1%	25.5%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	1,080	676	314	331	46.4%	49.0%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	126	85	31	31	36.8%	36.8%
42	Iowa	Total	2,518	1,062	181	215	17.1%	20.3%
42	Iowa	Public	530	223	58	75	25.9%	33.7%
42	Iowa	Private	1,988	839	123	140	14.7%	16.7%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	526	220	84	93	38.1%	42.1%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	75	32	6	6	17.0%	17.0%
47	Kansas	Total	2,272	949	111	150	11.6%	15.8%
47	Kansas	Public	435	171	29	49	17.2%	28.7%
47	Kansas	Private	1,837	779	81	101	10.4%	13.0%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	434	193	39	48	20.1%	24.7%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	111	46	8	8	16.4%	17.8%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,212	1,341	225	255	16.8%	19.0%
61	Kentucky	Public	388	237	36	52	15.3%	22.1%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,824	1,104	189	203	17.1%	18.4%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	518	317	103	108	32.5%	34.0%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	79	46	11	12	24.8%	26.1%
72	Louisiana	Total	2,208	1,527	166	205	10.9%	13.4%
72	Louisiana	Public	482	323	60	83	18.6%	25.6%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,726	1,203	106	122	8.8%	10.2%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	248	171	39	42	23.1%	24.6%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	199	139	21	24	14.9%	17.5%
11	Maine	Total	2,197	443	85	103	19.1%	23.3%
11	Maine	Public	416	84	37	49	44.3%	58.4%
11	Maine	Private	1,781	359	47	54	13.1%	15.0%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	635	125	32	34	25.9%	27.6%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	93	20	2	2	10.9%	10.9%
52	Maryland	Total	3,362	1,914	351	422	18.3%	22.0%
52	Maryland	Public	910	515	161	205	31.2%	39.8%
52	Maryland	Private	2,452	1,399	190	217	13.6%	15.5%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	389	221	63	65	28.3%	29.2%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	163	95	18	19	19.4%	20.0%
14	Massachusetts	Total	5,580	2,609	556	610	21.3%	23.4%
14	Massachusetts	Public	819	393	222	245	56.5%	62.4%
14	Massachusetts	Private	4,761	2,216	334	365	15.1%	16.5%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	1,524	715	161	173	22.5%	24.2%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	214	99	30	30	30.7%	30.7%
34	Michigan	Total	5,993	3,448	1,004	1,086	29.1%	31.5%
34	Michigan	Public	878	508	266	291	52.4%	57.2%
34	Michigan	Private	5,115	2,940	738	795	25.1%	27.1%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	1,837	1,058	481	513	45.5%	48.5%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	194	110	36	36	32.5%	33.1%
41	Minnesota	Total	3,519	1,778	407	454	22.9%	25.5%
41	Minnesota	Public	632	306	149	175	48.6%	57.1%
41	Minnesota	Private	2,887	1,471	258	279	17.5%	19.0%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	711	349	81	88	23.3%	25.1%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	141	69	30	30	42.9%	43.6%
64	Mississippi	Total	2,014	823	79	90	9.6%	10.9%
64	Mississippi	Public	399	162	20	25	12.6%	15.5%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,615	661	59	65	8.9%	9.8%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	515	213	35	39	16.4%	18.2%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	113	46	7	7	14.8%	14.8%
43	Missouri	Total	3,037	1,888	374	421	19.8%	22.3%
43	Missouri	Public	500	309	59	87	19.1%	28.3%
43	Missouri	Private	2,537	1,580	314	334	19.9%	21.2%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	687	419	136	146	32.5%	34.8%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	138	87	39	39	44.8%	44.8%
81	Montana	Total	2,126	282	51	56	18.0%	20.0%
81	Montana	Public	495	62	21	24	33.8%	38.8%
81	Montana	Private	1,631	220	30	32	13.6%	14.7%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	181	22	7	7	30.1%	30.1%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	94	14	2	2	17.5%	17.5%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,201	606	82	103	13.6%	17.0%
46	Nebraska	Public	439	120	28	39	23.0%	32.1%
46	Nebraska	Private	1,762	485	55	64	11.3%	13.3%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	329	91	19	23	20.7%	25.8%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	97	27	5	5	19.1%	19.1%
88	Nevada	Total	2,008	420	99	114	23.5%	27.1%
88	Nevada	Public	305	64	23	30	36.3%	47.2%
88	Nevada	Private	1,703	356	76	84	21.2%	23.5%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	98	21	4	5	17.7%	21.7%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	122	28	11	11	39.0%	39.9%
12	New Hampshire	Total	1,920	444	46	55	10.3%	12.4%
12	New Hampshire	Public	246	56	18	23	31.5%	41.4%
12	New Hampshire	Private	1,674	388	28	32	7.3%	8.2%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	616	145	13	15	9.2%	10.5%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	101	22	4	5	19.3%	22.5%
22	New Jersey	Total	5,844	3,262	811	904	24.9%	27.7%
22	New Jersey	Public	960	537	298	336	55.5%	62.5%
22	New Jersey	Private	4,884	2,725	513	568	18.8%	20.8%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	1,404	780	222	241	28.5%	30.9%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	222	124	38	41	30.5%	33.5%
85	New Mexico	Total	2,016	486	47	67	9.6%	13.8%
85	New Mexico	Public	613	147	19	33	12.8%	22.4%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,403	339	28	34	8.2%	10.0%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	156	38	5	6	13.9%	16.3%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	128	31	3	3	8.3%	10.4%
21	New York	Total	10,589	6,748	2,170	2,405	32.2%	35.6%
21	New York	Public	2,064	1,327	888	975	66.9%	73.4%
21	New York	Private	8,525	5,421	1,282	1,431	23.6%	26.4%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	2,052	1,322	397	432	30.0%	32.7%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	385	246	113	120	46.0%	48.7%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,878	2,521	185	229	7.3%	9.1%
56	North Carolina	Public	634	417	85	110	20.3%	26.5%
56	North Carolina	Private	3,244	2,105	100	118	4.8%	5.6%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	1,310	873	58	66	6.6%	7.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	198	131	1	1	0.6%	0.6%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,111	229	28	36	12.4%	15.9%
44	North Dakota	Public	501	53	14	19	26.8%	36.6%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,610	175	14	17	8.0%	9.6%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	146	15	3	4	16.3%	25.9%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	92	10	2	2	23.5%	24.3%
31	Ohio	Total	7,063	4,184	993	1,094	23.7%	26.1%
31	Ohio	Public	1,012	598	239	289	40.1%	48.4%
31	Ohio	Private	6,051	3,586	753	804	21.0%	22.4%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	2,044	1,208	460	487	38.1%	40.4%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	223	135	42	43	31.2%	31.6%
73	Oklahoma	Total	2,519	1,214	124	150	10.2%	12.4%
73	Oklahoma	Public	454	221	39	53	17.9%	24.1%
73	Oklahoma	Private	2,065	993	85	97	8.5%	9.8%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	399	180	45	51	25.0%	28.1%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	121	56	7	8	13.3%	14.2%
92	Oregon	Total	2,145	983	241	274	24.5%	27.9%
92	Oregon	Public	433	190	93	109	48.9%	57.3%
92	Oregon	Private	1,712	793	148	165	18.7%	20.9%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	481	217	64	68	29.6%	31.6%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	57	25	7	7	27.6%	29.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	6,948	4,519	1,123	1,237	24.9%	27.4%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	927	596	294	350	49.3%	58.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	6,021	3,923	829	887	21.1%	22.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	1,843	1,203	455	475	37.8%	39.5%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	291	195	58	63	30.1%	32.3%
15	Rhode Island	Total	1,906	418	94	102	22.5%	24.5%
15	Rhode Island	Public	286	63	45	48	71.1%	76.8%
15	Rhode Island	Private	1,620	356	49	54	13.9%	15.2%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	610	136	24	27	17.5%	19.8%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	59	13	4	4	29.5%	29.5%
57	South Carolina	Total	1,995	1,252	52	67	4.1%	5.4%
57	South Carolina	Public	374	229	16	20	7.2%	8.9%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,621	1,023	35	47	3.5%	4.6%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	519	313	20	26	6.4%	8.2%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	147	97	2	4	2.2%	4.6%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,522	251	27	35	10.7%	14.0%
45	South Dakota	Public	639	61	13	19	21.6%	31.1%
45	South Dakota	Private	1,883	190	14	16	7.2%	8.5%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	309	32	5	6	16.6%	19.9%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	102	10	1	1	10.6%	11.5%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,352	1,771	236	299	13.3%	16.9%
62	Tennessee	Public	395	300	73	105	24.3%	35.0%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,957	1,471	163	194	11.1%	13.2%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	685	524	99	116	18.9%	22.1%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	116	91	15	17	16.3%	18.5%
74	Texas	Total	8,853	6,388	500	639	7.8%	10.0%
74	Texas	Public	1,424	1,005	168	238	16.8%	23.7%
74	Texas	Private	7,429	5,383	331	401	6.2%	7.4%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	1,438	1,039	118	150	11.4%	14.5%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	731	529	57	62	10.9%	11.8%
87	Utah	Total	2,540	583	77	100	13.3%	17.1%
87	Utah	Public	559	125	35	50	28.4%	39.7%
87	Utah	Private	1,981	459	42	50	9.2%	10.9%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	400	93	12	15	13.2%	15.6%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	176	40	7	7	17.4%	18.0%
13	Vermont	Total	1,885	224	25	33	11.2%	14.8%
13	Vermont	Public	313	36	13	18	36.2%	49.7%
13	Vermont	Private	1,572	188	12	15	6.4%	8.2%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	439	51	7	9	13.9%	16.8%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	102	12	1	1	5.7%	7.7%
54	Virginia	Total	3,498	2,428	259	342	10.7%	14.1%
54	Virginia	Public	813	548	73	111	13.2%	20.3%
54	Virginia	Private	2,685	1,879	186	231	9.9%	12.3%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	657	466	100	124	21.4%	26.6%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	197	137	12	14	8.9%	9.8%
91	Washington	Total	2,303	1,556	398	471	25.6%	30.2%
91	Washington	Public	500	344	159	193	46.1%	56.2%
91	Washington	Private	1,803	1,212	240	278	19.8%	22.9%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	411	276	108	122	39.3%	44.2%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	100	67	20	23	30.3%	34.1%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,743	584	140	157	23.9%	26.9%
55	West Virginia	Public	371	124	30	40	24.1%	32.4%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,372	460	110	117	23.9%	25.4%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	278	96	40	41	41.7%	43.1%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	66	21	7	8	36.0%	36.9%
35	Wisconsin	Total	2,917	1,964	484	533	24.6%	27.1%
35	Wisconsin	Public	430	291	140	166	48.1%	56.9%
35	Wisconsin	Private	2,487	1,672	344	367	20.6%	22.0%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	807	543	214	226	39.4%	41.7%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	113	74	25	26	33.8%	34.7%
83	Wyoming	Total	1,616	197	30	37	15.4%	18.7%
83	Wyoming	Public	450	56	14	18	25.6%	31.9%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,166	142	16	19	11.4%	13.5%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	71	8	2	2	21.9%	23.6%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	107	14	2	2	15.3%	18.2%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.