Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 1987
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	2,144	1,549	216	241	13.9%	15.5%
63	Alabama	Public	391	284	73	92	25.7%	32.5%
63	Alabama	Private	1,753	1,265	143	148	11.3%	11.7%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	545	392	101	104	25.8%	26.4%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	107	80	5	6	6.5%	7.4%
94	Alaska	Total	2,504	188	42	48	22.2%	25.6%
94	Alaska	Public	800	62	27	31	43.0%	50.2%
94	Alaska	Private	1,704	126	15	17	11.9%	13.4%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	77	6	1	1	10.2%	11.6%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	118	9	3	3	35.1%	37.7%
86	Arizona	Total	1,742	1,338	82	110	6.2%	8.2%
86	Arizona	Public	311	234	34	51	14.5%	21.7%
86	Arizona	Private	1,431	1,104	49	59	4.4%	5.4%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	246	192	10	14	5.3%	7.3%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	152	120	12	12	9.7%	9.7%
71	Arkansas	Total	2,104	853	94	113	11.0%	13.3%
71	Arkansas	Public	392	157	26	32	16.3%	20.6%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,712	696	68	81	9.8%	11.6%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	526	219	46	56	21.0%	25.6%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	91	38	1	1	3.3%	3.3%
93	California	Total	13,719	11,260	2,190	2,514	19.4%	22.3%
93	California	Public	2,179	1,822	823	997	45.2%	54.7%
93	California	Private	11,540	9,438	1,366	1,517	14.5%	16.1%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	2,870	2,315	408	451	17.6%	19.5%
93	California	Priv. Construction	647	567	157	166	27.7%	29.3%
84	Colorado	Total	1,954	1,366	157	188	11.5%	13.8%
84	Colorado	Public	378	265	68	88	25.8%	33.1%
84	Colorado	Private	1,576	1,101	89	101	8.1%	9.2%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	263	186	21	25	11.3%	13.2%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	109	79	13	13	16.5%	16.5%
16	Connecticut	Total	2,109	1,521	282	305	18.5%	20.0%
16	Connecticut	Public	253	182	115	119	63.1%	65.3%
16	Connecticut	Private	1,856	1,339	167	186	12.5%	13.9%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	582	416	78	85	18.8%	20.5%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	83	61	19	20	31.4%	32.6%
51	Delaware	Total	1,999	296	50	53	16.8%	17.9%
51	Delaware	Public	281	42	19	21	45.1%	48.9%
51	Delaware	Private	1,718	254	31	32	12.0%	12.7%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	463	68	13	14	19.3%	20.3%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	126	19	3	3	16.6%	17.3%
53	District of Columbia	Total	1,933	294	42	58	14.3%	19.9%
53	District of Columbia	Public	695	106	23	32	21.3%	30.2%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,238	188	20	26	10.4%	14.1%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	59	9	2	2	17.9%	23.7%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	72	12	2	3	19.2%	23.3%
59	Florida	Total	7,973	4,830	361	494	7.5%	10.2%
59	Florida	Public	1,178	702	175	267	24.9%	38.1%
59	Florida	Private	6,795	4,128	187	227	4.5%	5.5%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	998	619	48	56	7.8%	9.1%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	576	359	21	25	6.0%	7.1%
58	Georgia	Total	2,235	2,664	253	289	9.5%	10.8%
58	Georgia	Public	385	459	84	99	18.2%	21.6%
58	Georgia	Private	1,850	2,205	170	190	7.7%	8.6%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	476	572	87	90	15.1%	15.8%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	139	170	11	14	6.3%	8.5%
95	Hawaii	Total	1,871	427	127	139	29.7%	32.5%
95	Hawaii	Public	428	98	56	61	57.4%	62.1%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,443	329	70	78	21.4%	23.7%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	86	19	8	8	41.1%	42.1%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	83	19	10	10	52.5%	52.5%
82	Idaho	Total	1,988	347	46	55	13.2%	15.8%
82	Idaho	Public	394	67	15	20	21.9%	30.1%
82	Idaho	Private	1,594	280	31	35	11.1%	12.4%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	344	62	17	18	27.4%	29.4%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	68	12	3	3	22.2%	22.2%
33	Illinois	Total	7,491	4,771	1,066	1,162	22.3%	24.4%
33	Illinois	Public	1,146	724	314	359	43.4%	49.5%
33	Illinois	Private	6,345	4,046	751	803	18.6%	19.9%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	1,631	1,042	314	326	30.1%	31.3%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	313	203	98	101	48.3%	49.8%
32	Indiana	Total	2,674	2,262	481	516	21.3%	22.8%
32	Indiana	Public	404	343	87	105	25.3%	30.7%
32	Indiana	Private	2,270	1,919	395	410	20.6%	21.4%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	743	627	272	278	43.3%	44.3%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	120	105	31	33	29.6%	31.2%
42	Iowa	Total	2,187	1,100	162	195	14.7%	17.7%
42	Iowa	Public	424	212	50	72	23.7%	33.8%
42	Iowa	Private	1,763	887	111	123	12.6%	13.9%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	433	220	68	75	30.9%	33.9%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	69	36	8	9	21.5%	24.7%
47	Kansas	Total	2,248	1,005	124	154	12.3%	15.4%
47	Kansas	Public	423	187	36	50	19.2%	26.6%
47	Kansas	Private	1,825	818	88	105	10.8%	12.8%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	449	201	44	54	21.8%	26.9%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	91	41	10	11	24.8%	27.8%
61	Kentucky	Total	1,917	1,327	214	237	16.2%	17.9%
61	Kentucky	Public	318	214	38	54	17.9%	25.0%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,599	1,112	176	184	15.8%	16.5%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	400	276	100	100	36.2%	36.4%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	84	61	16	17	25.8%	28.4%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,670	1,554	130	153	8.4%	9.9%
72	Louisiana	Public	367	333	50	66	14.9%	19.7%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,303	1,221	80	88	6.6%	7.2%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	201	190	30	32	15.6%	16.7%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	94	87	14	14	15.7%	15.7%
11	Maine	Total	1,898	469	90	99	19.1%	21.2%
11	Maine	Public	314	78	41	47	52.5%	60.0%
11	Maine	Private	1,584	391	49	52	12.5%	13.4%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	442	109	31	34	28.3%	30.7%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	114	28	3	3	12.0%	12.0%
52	Maryland	Total	2,877	2,125	333	402	15.7%	18.9%
52	Maryland	Public	745	542	156	195	28.7%	36.0%
52	Maryland	Private	2,132	1,583	177	207	11.2%	13.1%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	354	264	59	63	22.2%	24.0%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	180	137	19	21	13.7%	15.6%
14	Massachusetts	Total	7,847	2,698	479	511	17.7%	19.0%
14	Massachusetts	Public	1,075	367	214	229	58.4%	62.4%
14	Massachusetts	Private	6,772	2,331	264	283	11.3%	12.1%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	1,876	643	105	109	16.3%	16.9%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	355	125	26	28	20.5%	22.1%
34	Michigan	Total	7,549	3,753	997	1,065	26.6%	28.4%
34	Michigan	Public	1,115	547	307	326	56.1%	59.5%
34	Michigan	Private	6,434	3,206	691	739	21.5%	23.1%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	2,119	1,057	430	446	40.7%	42.2%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	265	135	36	39	26.3%	28.6%
41	Minnesota	Total	2,112	1,786	412	438	23.1%	24.5%
41	Minnesota	Public	369	306	175	188	57.1%	61.6%
41	Minnesota	Private	1,743	1,480	237	250	16.0%	16.9%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	437	371	76	82	20.6%	22.1%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	90	78	26	27	33.3%	34.3%
64	Mississippi	Total	2,146	946	84	101	8.9%	10.7%
64	Mississippi	Public	454	198	25	36	12.5%	18.2%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,692	747	59	65	7.9%	8.7%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	524	235	35	39	14.8%	16.6%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	102	46	3	3	6.7%	6.7%
43	Missouri	Total	2,602	2,118	374	409	17.7%	19.3%
43	Missouri	Public	407	328	70	89	21.4%	27.2%
43	Missouri	Private	2,195	1,790	304	320	17.0%	17.9%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	542	443	117	124	26.3%	28.0%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	118	100	36	36	36.0%	36.0%
81	Montana	Total	2,138	288	51	59	17.7%	20.4%
81	Montana	Public	547	74	26	31	35.4%	41.9%
81	Montana	Private	1,591	214	25	28	11.6%	13.0%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	163	22	5	6	24.9%	26.3%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	80	11	3	3	23.4%	27.3%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,268	628	70	93	11.2%	14.8%
46	Nebraska	Public	432	117	35	48	29.9%	41.1%
46	Nebraska	Private	1,836	510	35	45	6.9%	8.7%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	376	107	16	20	14.8%	18.9%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	90	25	3	3	10.1%	12.4%
88	Nevada	Total	1,822	469	86	100	18.3%	21.4%
88	Nevada	Public	285	72	25	33	34.5%	45.7%
88	Nevada	Private	1,537	397	61	67	15.4%	16.9%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	106	27	2	2	7.1%	7.1%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	102	27	7	8	27.2%	28.1%
12	New Hampshire	Total	1,854	508	50	59	9.9%	11.6%
12	New Hampshire	Public	239	64	23	29	36.7%	46.2%
12	New Hampshire	Private	1,615	444	27	29	6.0%	6.6%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	545	151	11	12	7.4%	8.0%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	141	39	2	2	6.3%	6.3%
22	New Jersey	Total	7,914	3,432	824	904	24.0%	26.3%
22	New Jersey	Public	1,232	528	300	333	56.9%	62.9%
22	New Jersey	Private	6,682	2,904	524	571	18.0%	19.7%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	1,703	745	196	208	26.3%	27.9%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	375	164	63	64	38.4%	39.0%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,847	511	44	59	8.6%	11.5%
85	New Mexico	Public	516	141	20	31	14.1%	21.9%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,331	369	24	28	6.5%	7.5%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	140	40	4	5	11.2%	12.7%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	123	35	4	5	11.2%	13.7%
21	New York	Total	12,225	7,213	2,124	2,263	29.4%	31.4%
21	New York	Public	2,371	1,381	933	980	67.5%	70.9%
21	New York	Private	9,854	5,831	1,192	1,283	20.4%	22.0%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	2,126	1,253	335	353	26.7%	28.2%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	522	309	115	118	37.3%	38.2%
56	North Carolina	Total	7,873	2,811	156	194	5.6%	6.9%
56	North Carolina	Public	1,142	409	57	77	14.0%	18.7%
56	North Carolina	Private	6,731	2,402	99	118	4.1%	4.9%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	2,475	882	52	58	5.9%	6.6%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	437	158	3	4	1.6%	2.5%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,233	238	29	38	12.3%	16.0%
44	North Dakota	Public	519	55	15	21	28.1%	38.5%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,714	183	14	17	7.6%	9.2%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	134	14	3	3	19.0%	22.0%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	94	10	2	2	21.2%	23.6%
31	Ohio	Total	7,875	4,418	1,008	1,095	22.8%	24.8%
31	Ohio	Public	1,174	660	276	319	41.8%	48.3%
31	Ohio	Private	6,701	3,758	732	776	19.5%	20.6%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	2,123	1,189	438	457	36.8%	38.4%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	314	178	64	65	36.0%	36.7%
73	Oklahoma	Total	1,958	1,226	131	141	10.7%	11.5%
73	Oklahoma	Public	422	254	57	65	22.2%	25.4%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,536	972	74	76	7.6%	7.8%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	279	175	32	33	18.5%	18.8%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	84	53	8	8	16.0%	16.0%
92	Oregon	Total	1,735	1,077	212	254	19.7%	23.6%
92	Oregon	Public	301	185	87	111	47.2%	60.2%
92	Oregon	Private	1,434	892	124	143	13.9%	16.0%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	330	206	48	53	23.4%	25.7%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	50	32	10	10	30.3%	32.4%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	7,498	4,784	1,051	1,163	22.0%	24.3%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	1,000	640	315	370	49.2%	57.8%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	6,498	4,144	736	793	17.8%	19.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	1,654	1,054	361	376	34.3%	35.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	397	258	74	78	28.8%	30.3%
15	Rhode Island	Total	1,776	451	96	99	21.2%	22.0%
15	Rhode Island	Public	276	69	46	47	66.6%	68.5%
15	Rhode Island	Private	1,500	381	50	52	13.0%	13.5%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	506	130	20	21	15.6%	16.1%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	89	24	7	8	30.9%	31.9%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,571	1,399	70	82	5.0%	5.8%
57	South Carolina	Public	440	237	18	25	7.7%	10.4%
57	South Carolina	Private	2,131	1,162	51	57	4.4%	4.9%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	767	420	27	31	6.5%	7.3%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	138	77	3	3	3.8%	3.8%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,478	256	20	28	7.9%	10.9%
45	South Dakota	Public	496	50	10	16	20.1%	31.2%
45	South Dakota	Private	1,982	206	10	12	4.9%	5.9%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	300	32	3	3	8.3%	10.3%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	78	8	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,199	1,941	235	288	12.1%	14.8%
62	Tennessee	Public	367	322	74	102	22.9%	31.6%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,832	1,619	162	186	10.0%	11.5%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	580	512	94	107	18.3%	20.8%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	137	122	15	15	12.0%	12.0%
74	Texas	Total	8,086	6,758	440	570	6.5%	8.4%
74	Texas	Public	1,404	1,138	149	210	13.1%	18.5%
74	Texas	Private	6,682	5,620	292	360	5.2%	6.4%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	1,164	999	121	145	12.1%	14.5%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	467	404	19	25	4.6%	6.2%
87	Utah	Total	1,997	621	63	88	10.1%	14.2%
87	Utah	Public	443	137	39	56	28.3%	40.8%
87	Utah	Private	1,554	485	24	32	5.0%	6.6%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	310	97	6	9	6.4%	8.9%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	89	28	2	3	7.9%	9.0%
13	Vermont	Total	1,786	239	27	32	11.2%	13.2%
13	Vermont	Public	261	34	16	18	45.0%	52.6%
13	Vermont	Private	1,525	205	11	13	5.5%	6.6%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	370	50	6	6	11.4%	12.1%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	127	17	1	1	3.4%	4.9%
54	Virginia	Total	2,998	2,599	233	280	9.0%	10.8%
54	Virginia	Public	652	565	85	107	15.0%	19.0%
54	Virginia	Private	2,346	2,033	148	173	7.3%	8.5%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	485	415	66	78	15.9%	18.7%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	171	151	10	11	6.9%	7.5%
91	Washington	Total	1,964	1,762	414	476	23.5%	27.0%
91	Washington	Public	415	367	160	193	43.5%	52.4%
91	Washington	Private	1,549	1,394	254	283	18.2%	20.3%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	336	309	102	110	33.1%	35.5%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	86	79	23	26	29.0%	32.8%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,789	605	131	148	21.6%	24.5%
55	West Virginia	Public	386	131	31	43	23.8%	32.8%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,403	474	100	105	21.1%	22.2%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	310	105	42	43	40.3%	41.3%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	88	30	9	10	30.4%	32.5%
35	Wisconsin	Total	2,632	2,035	435	460	21.4%	22.6%
35	Wisconsin	Public	413	318	147	161	46.2%	50.8%
35	Wisconsin	Private	2,219	1,717	288	299	16.8%	17.4%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	693	536	179	182	33.4%	34.0%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	102	80	27	28	34.3%	35.3%
83	Wyoming	Total	1,425	188	26	30	13.7%	15.9%
83	Wyoming	Public	377	50	12	14	23.7%	28.6%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,048	138	14	16	10.1%	11.4%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	78	11	1	1	13.5%	13.5%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	67	9	1	1	6.5%	8.1%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.