Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 1992
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	2,249	1,632	225	264	13.8%	16.2%
63	Alabama	Public	406	286	65	92	22.9%	32.1%
63	Alabama	Private	1,843	1,347	160	173	11.8%	12.8%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	562	418	104	110	25.0%	26.4%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	112	84	9	10	10.3%	11.8%
94	Alaska	Total	2,346	221	45	49	20.6%	22.1%
94	Alaska	Public	706	67	30	32	44.5%	48.4%
94	Alaska	Private	1,640	154	16	16	10.2%	10.7%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	88	8	1	1	12.2%	14.4%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	89	9	2	2	29.2%	29.2%
86	Arizona	Total	1,670	1,475	106	140	7.2%	9.5%
86	Arizona	Public	292	253	45	61	18.0%	24.2%
86	Arizona	Private	1,378	1,222	60	79	4.9%	6.5%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	212	187	5	10	2.6%	5.6%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	86	78	9	9	11.2%	12.1%
71	Arkansas	Total	2,197	927	79	102	8.6%	11.0%
71	Arkansas	Public	417	174	29	40	16.7%	23.0%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,780	754	50	62	6.7%	8.2%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	542	231	27	35	11.8%	15.0%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	83	36	1	1	4.1%	4.1%
93	California	Total	13,184	12,077	2,169	2,520	18.0%	20.9%
93	California	Public	2,131	1,973	919	1,134	46.6%	57.5%
93	California	Private	11,053	10,104	1,250	1,385	12.4%	13.7%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	2,431	2,165	289	323	13.3%	14.9%
93	California	Priv. Construction	563	547	126	130	23.0%	23.8%
84	Colorado	Total	2,072	1,478	150	177	10.2%	11.9%
84	Colorado	Public	392	275	56	76	20.2%	27.7%
84	Colorado	Private	1,680	1,202	95	100	7.9%	8.3%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	274	196	17	17	8.4%	8.7%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	101	76	10	10	13.4%	13.4%
16	Connecticut	Total	1,837	1,500	267	285	17.8%	19.0%
16	Connecticut	Public	217	175	112	117	64.1%	66.8%
16	Connecticut	Private	1,620	1,325	155	168	11.7%	12.7%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	430	347	66	67	19.1%	19.4%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	64	52	13	14	26.1%	27.5%
51	Delaware	Total	1,597	310	51	57	16.4%	18.4%
51	Delaware	Public	240	47	20	23	43.4%	50.4%
51	Delaware	Private	1,357	263	31	34	11.7%	12.8%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	343	66	16	17	24.5%	25.3%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	90	18	3	3	17.6%	18.5%
53	District of Columbia	Total	1,514	264	35	45	13.3%	17.1%
53	District of Columbia	Public	496	86	20	26	23.1%	30.2%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,018	178	15	19	8.6%	10.7%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	53	9	1	1	7.2%	14.0%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	27	5	1	1	18.3%	18.3%
59	Florida	Total	7,209	5,198	416	570	8.0%	11.0%
59	Florida	Public	1,278	922	240	340	26.1%	36.9%
59	Florida	Private	5,931	4,276	176	230	4.1%	5.4%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	728	529	28	34	5.3%	6.5%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	357	260	16	17	6.2%	6.7%
58	Georgia	Total	2,024	2,808	203	230	7.2%	8.2%
58	Georgia	Public	339	460	53	70	11.6%	15.2%
58	Georgia	Private	1,685	2,348	149	161	6.4%	6.8%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	426	587	52	52	8.9%	8.9%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	71	103	10	12	9.7%	11.5%
95	Hawaii	Total	1,838	499	143	160	28.7%	32.0%
95	Hawaii	Public	442	118	61	65	51.8%	55.3%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,396	381	82	94	21.5%	24.7%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	66	18	6	6	35.5%	35.5%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	133	36	19	19	51.6%	53.6%
82	Idaho	Total	2,106	418	38	49	9.1%	11.6%
82	Idaho	Public	421	83	13	19	16.2%	22.4%
82	Idaho	Private	1,685	336	25	30	7.4%	9.0%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	358	73	11	13	15.0%	17.7%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	101	21	2	2	10.2%	10.8%
33	Illinois	Total	7,614	4,987	1,018	1,089	20.4%	21.8%
33	Illinois	Public	1,092	704	326	359	46.3%	50.9%
33	Illinois	Private	6,522	4,283	692	731	16.2%	17.1%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	1,559	1,024	272	280	26.6%	27.4%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	266	175	84	86	48.0%	49.1%
32	Indiana	Total	2,080	2,411	460	501	19.1%	20.8%
32	Indiana	Public	288	337	72	103	21.3%	30.5%
32	Indiana	Private	1,792	2,074	389	398	18.7%	19.2%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	612	671	249	254	37.1%	37.8%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	81	97	31	32	32.2%	33.1%
42	Iowa	Total	2,577	1,239	166	205	13.4%	16.5%
42	Iowa	Public	468	222	73	92	32.8%	41.5%
42	Iowa	Private	2,109	1,018	94	113	9.2%	11.1%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	457	219	53	60	24.3%	27.3%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	108	53	12	13	22.3%	24.2%
47	Kansas	Total	2,393	1,072	122	149	11.4%	13.9%
47	Kansas	Public	477	209	45	59	21.7%	28.0%
47	Kansas	Private	1,916	863	77	90	8.9%	10.4%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	455	203	43	52	21.4%	25.9%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	89	41	5	5	13.0%	13.0%
61	Kentucky	Total	1,998	1,402	176	203	12.6%	14.5%
61	Kentucky	Public	345	238	39	52	16.4%	21.8%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,653	1,164	137	151	11.8%	13.0%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	398	278	77	81	27.6%	29.2%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	86	60	9	10	14.9%	16.1%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,684	1,544	121	139	7.8%	9.0%
72	Louisiana	Public	371	345	55	67	16.0%	19.5%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,313	1,199	66	72	5.5%	6.0%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	203	182	37	38	20.1%	20.6%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	102	91	10	10	10.8%	10.8%
11	Maine	Total	1,789	510	76	87	14.8%	17.1%
11	Maine	Public	292	83	39	44	46.7%	52.4%
11	Maine	Private	1,497	427	37	44	8.6%	10.2%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	365	103	24	25	23.3%	24.4%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	62	19	0	1	1.3%	4.7%
52	Maryland	Total	1,990	2,246	346	396	15.4%	17.6%
52	Maryland	Public	485	543	160	191	29.5%	35.1%
52	Maryland	Private	1,505	1,703	186	206	10.9%	12.1%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	177	195	46	48	23.8%	24.8%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	130	146	16	20	11.3%	13.5%
14	Massachusetts	Total	7,102	2,557	434	468	17.0%	18.3%
14	Massachusetts	Public	1,009	359	213	225	59.5%	62.7%
14	Massachusetts	Private	6,093	2,198	221	243	10.0%	11.1%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	1,289	460	65	70	14.1%	15.2%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	203	74	19	19	25.8%	25.8%
34	Michigan	Total	7,694	3,837	977	1,031	25.5%	26.9%
34	Michigan	Public	1,231	603	347	367	57.6%	60.8%
34	Michigan	Private	6,463	3,234	630	664	19.5%	20.5%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	1,970	987	355	365	35.9%	36.9%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	279	141	44	46	31.3%	32.8%
41	Minnesota	Total	2,162	1,987	438	461	22.0%	23.2%
41	Minnesota	Public	368	335	182	189	54.3%	56.5%
41	Minnesota	Private	1,794	1,652	256	271	15.5%	16.4%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	410	378	68	72	18.1%	19.1%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	73	68	27	27	39.3%	39.3%
64	Mississippi	Total	2,307	986	89	108	9.1%	10.9%
64	Mississippi	Public	494	205	24	35	11.7%	17.1%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,813	781	66	73	8.4%	9.3%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	511	221	42	44	19.1%	19.8%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	99	44	4	4	7.9%	7.9%
43	Missouri	Total	2,108	2,225	304	348	13.7%	15.6%
43	Missouri	Public	322	329	73	95	22.2%	28.8%
43	Missouri	Private	1,786	1,896	231	253	12.2%	13.4%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	421	417	91	105	21.9%	25.1%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	87	92	24	24	26.2%	26.2%
81	Montana	Total	2,192	313	59	68	18.7%	21.7%
81	Montana	Public	586	84	31	38	36.6%	45.1%
81	Montana	Private	1,606	229	28	30	12.2%	13.1%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	143	21	5	5	23.6%	24.3%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	105	15	4	4	24.9%	24.9%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,532	675	72	103	10.6%	15.2%
46	Nebraska	Public	476	125	38	51	30.5%	41.0%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,056	550	34	51	6.1%	9.3%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	359	95	15	18	15.5%	19.4%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	102	27	2	2	7.7%	7.7%
88	Nevada	Total	2,100	606	115	131	18.9%	21.6%
88	Nevada	Public	337	96	39	48	41.0%	50.2%
88	Nevada	Private	1,763	511	75	83	14.8%	16.2%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	95	28	1	1	4.0%	4.8%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	135	40	9	10	22.9%	25.2%
12	New Hampshire	Total	1,555	498	48	61	9.7%	12.2%
12	New Hampshire	Public	212	66	28	36	42.0%	55.2%
12	New Hampshire	Private	1,343	432	21	24	4.8%	5.7%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	383	124	8	10	6.8%	7.8%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	50	16	1	1	3.8%	3.8%
22	New Jersey	Total	7,916	3,331	762	819	22.9%	24.6%
22	New Jersey	Public	1,323	552	325	351	58.8%	63.6%
22	New Jersey	Private	6,593	2,778	437	468	15.7%	16.8%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	1,391	586	136	143	23.2%	24.4%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	287	120	41	43	34.1%	35.6%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,770	578	51	63	8.9%	10.9%
85	New Mexico	Public	514	166	27	35	16.0%	21.3%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,256	413	25	28	6.0%	6.7%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	142	47	2	3	5.2%	6.8%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	93	32	4	4	11.9%	11.9%
21	New York	Total	11,586	6,952	1,920	2,051	27.6%	29.5%
21	New York	Public	2,360	1,410	968	1,018	68.6%	72.2%
21	New York	Private	9,226	5,541	953	1,033	17.2%	18.6%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	1,758	1,048	238	247	22.7%	23.5%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	390	240	87	95	36.1%	39.4%
56	North Carolina	Total	7,703	2,959	142	183	4.8%	6.2%
56	North Carolina	Public	1,208	464	67	91	14.5%	19.7%
56	North Carolina	Private	6,495	2,495	75	91	3.0%	3.7%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	2,266	871	36	40	4.1%	4.6%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	373	146	2	2	1.1%	1.7%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,238	242	23	26	9.3%	10.8%
44	North Dakota	Public	535	57	13	16	23.4%	27.6%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,703	184	9	10	5.0%	5.6%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	156	17	3	3	16.6%	17.9%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	83	9	1	1	12.9%	14.2%
31	Ohio	Total	8,329	4,636	940	1,029	20.3%	22.2%
31	Ohio	Public	1,337	746	326	375	43.8%	50.3%
31	Ohio	Private	6,992	3,890	613	654	15.8%	16.8%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	2,056	1,132	352	362	31.1%	32.0%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	290	162	40	42	24.8%	25.8%
73	Oklahoma	Total	1,997	1,203	113	128	9.4%	10.7%
73	Oklahoma	Public	438	257	45	58	17.6%	22.5%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,559	946	67	71	7.1%	7.5%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	295	178	31	31	17.4%	17.4%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	81	50	7	7	14.5%	14.5%
92	Oregon	Total	1,852	1,197	221	246	18.5%	20.6%
92	Oregon	Public	325	208	99	115	47.6%	55.2%
92	Oregon	Private	1,527	989	122	131	12.4%	13.3%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	292	189	36	37	18.8%	19.5%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	73	47	12	14	26.0%	28.9%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	8,105	4,932	962	1,062	19.5%	21.5%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	1,140	691	352	406	51.0%	58.8%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	6,965	4,241	610	655	14.4%	15.5%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	1,622	981	262	271	26.8%	27.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	328	201	55	56	27.2%	27.8%
15	Rhode Island	Total	1,622	425	84	91	19.7%	21.4%
15	Rhode Island	Public	261	69	40	42	57.1%	59.9%
15	Rhode Island	Private	1,361	355	44	49	12.4%	13.9%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	365	94	14	18	15.0%	18.9%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	40	10	3	3	25.7%	25.7%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,433	1,526	74	94	4.9%	6.1%
57	South Carolina	Public	436	267	31	41	11.6%	15.3%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,997	1,260	43	53	3.5%	4.2%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	650	414	23	29	5.6%	6.9%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	119	75	2	4	3.0%	5.1%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,514	277	25	31	8.9%	11.3%
45	South Dakota	Public	539	59	13	18	22.6%	30.5%
45	South Dakota	Private	1,975	218	11	13	5.1%	6.0%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	333	37	4	5	11.1%	13.7%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	93	10	1	1	11.9%	11.9%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,308	2,061	214	251	10.4%	12.2%
62	Tennessee	Public	361	322	66	86	20.6%	26.6%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,947	1,739	147	166	8.5%	9.5%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	577	517	87	99	16.8%	19.2%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	101	90	9	10	10.5%	11.5%
74	Texas	Total	8,109	7,433	503	662	6.8%	8.9%
74	Texas	Public	1,512	1,330	212	305	16.0%	22.9%
74	Texas	Private	6,597	6,103	291	357	4.8%	5.9%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	1,110	1,055	93	117	8.8%	11.1%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	428	412	26	29	6.4%	7.0%
87	Utah	Total	2,138	729	69	95	9.5%	13.0%
87	Utah	Public	469	160	38	54	23.6%	33.7%
87	Utah	Private	1,669	569	31	41	5.5%	7.2%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	336	115	8	9	7.1%	8.2%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	111	38	5	6	14.3%	17.0%
13	Vermont	Total	1,521	243	26	32	10.5%	13.0%
13	Vermont	Public	275	43	18	22	42.4%	51.9%
13	Vermont	Private	1,246	200	7	9	3.7%	4.6%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	287	46	2	2	4.3%	4.7%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	61	10	0	0	4.0%	4.0%
54	Virginia	Total	2,766	2,900	271	357	9.3%	12.3%
54	Virginia	Public	640	672	103	152	15.4%	22.6%
54	Virginia	Private	2,126	2,228	167	205	7.5%	9.2%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	398	412	68	79	16.6%	19.2%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	151	161	13	16	8.2%	10.2%
91	Washington	Total	1,992	2,114	493	539	23.3%	25.5%
91	Washington	Public	409	428	228	253	53.2%	59.1%
91	Washington	Private	1,583	1,686	265	286	15.7%	17.0%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	333	351	91	98	25.9%	27.9%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	93	100	27	28	27.0%	28.0%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,781	620	113	126	18.3%	20.4%
55	West Virginia	Public	357	122	31	38	25.3%	31.2%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,424	498	83	88	16.6%	17.7%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	290	101	42	44	41.3%	43.4%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	85	30	9	9	31.4%	31.4%
35	Wisconsin	Total	2,826	2,219	440	472	19.8%	21.3%
35	Wisconsin	Public	454	342	177	192	51.7%	56.1%
35	Wisconsin	Private	2,372	1,877	263	280	14.0%	14.9%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	746	588	147	155	24.9%	26.4%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	144	116	35	37	30.2%	31.6%
83	Wyoming	Total	1,620	189	23	27	11.9%	14.4%
83	Wyoming	Public	412	47	10	12	20.3%	25.9%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,208	142	13	15	9.2%	10.6%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	91	11	2	2	16.2%	22.3%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	85	10	1	1	9.2%	9.2%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.