Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 1995
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	2,060	1,726	236	256	13.6%	14.9%
63	Alabama	Public	350	290	89	103	30.5%	35.6%
63	Alabama	Private	1,710	1,436	147	153	10.2%	10.7%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	518	433	84	86	19.5%	19.9%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	95	80	8	8	10.0%	10.0%
94	Alaska	Total	1,857	234	54	60	23.1%	25.7%
94	Alaska	Public	664	83	37	40	44.5%	48.7%
94	Alaska	Private	1,193	151	17	20	11.4%	13.1%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	55	7	0	0	3.8%	5.8%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	94	13	3	3	25.0%	26.9%
86	Arizona	Total	2,132	1,810	145	175	8.0%	9.7%
86	Arizona	Public	363	302	65	82	21.5%	27.0%
86	Arizona	Private	1,769	1,507	80	93	5.3%	6.2%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	263	218	11	12	4.9%	5.7%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	121	110	8	8	7.3%	7.3%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,947	1,013	79	99	7.8%	9.7%
71	Arkansas	Public	339	176	25	34	14.4%	19.2%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,608	837	54	65	6.5%	7.7%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	447	237	33	41	14.0%	17.1%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	72	38	1	1	2.1%	3.3%
93	California	Total	11,954	12,320	2,176	2,463	17.7%	20.0%
93	California	Public	1,946	2,040	1,047	1,213	51.3%	59.5%
93	California	Private	10,008	10,280	1,130	1,250	11.0%	12.2%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	2,063	2,040	246	266	12.1%	13.0%
93	California	Priv. Construction	444	489	108	118	22.1%	24.2%
84	Colorado	Total	2,320	1,725	170	208	9.9%	12.0%
84	Colorado	Public	359	265	69	88	26.2%	33.1%
84	Colorado	Private	1,961	1,460	101	120	6.9%	8.2%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	282	202	19	21	9.2%	10.3%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	136	107	12	14	11.1%	13.0%
16	Connecticut	Total	1,591	1,427	288	296	20.2%	20.7%
16	Connecticut	Public	224	199	145	148	73.1%	74.2%
16	Connecticut	Private	1,367	1,229	143	148	11.6%	12.0%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	310	277	40	43	14.4%	15.5%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	44	39	12	13	29.5%	32.0%
51	Delaware	Total	1,629	331	43	48	13.0%	14.6%
51	Delaware	Public	238	47	18	21	38.3%	44.4%
51	Delaware	Private	1,391	283	25	27	8.7%	9.6%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	296	60	11	12	18.7%	20.1%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	65	13	2	2	13.1%	13.1%
53	District of Columbia	Total	1,662	246	37	44	15.1%	18.0%
53	District of Columbia	Public	581	85	21	26	24.7%	30.6%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,081	161	16	18	10.0%	11.3%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	45	6	1	1	10.8%	10.8%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	35	6	1	1	23.3%	26.3%
59	Florida	Total	6,681	5,641	412	558	7.3%	9.9%
59	Florida	Public	1,103	927	250	345	26.9%	37.3%
59	Florida	Private	5,578	4,715	163	213	3.5%	4.5%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	605	512	30	33	5.8%	6.4%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	354	311	13	18	4.2%	5.9%
58	Georgia	Total	3,833	3,120	211	237	6.8%	7.6%
58	Georgia	Public	600	494	75	89	15.3%	18.0%
58	Georgia	Private	3,233	2,626	136	148	5.2%	5.6%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	716	637	55	59	8.7%	9.3%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	186	166	20	20	12.0%	12.0%
95	Hawaii	Total	1,617	475	117	124	24.6%	26.1%
95	Hawaii	Public	354	107	58	63	54.2%	59.2%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,263	368	59	61	16.1%	16.5%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	47	13	1	1	11.0%	11.0%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	89	27	11	12	41.7%	43.7%
82	Idaho	Total	2,108	464	38	48	8.1%	10.2%
82	Idaho	Public	477	98	18	25	18.7%	25.5%
82	Idaho	Private	1,631	366	19	23	5.3%	6.2%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	358	80	9	10	11.6%	12.5%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	104	24	2	2	8.0%	8.0%
33	Illinois	Total	7,445	5,167	1,042	1,095	20.2%	21.2%
33	Illinois	Public	1,051	730	357	377	49.0%	51.6%
33	Illinois	Private	6,394	4,438	684	718	15.4%	16.2%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	1,527	1,056	248	256	23.5%	24.2%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	315	222	108	110	48.9%	49.4%
32	Indiana	Total	2,137	2,690	443	482	16.5%	17.9%
32	Indiana	Public	249	299	74	89	24.6%	29.7%
32	Indiana	Private	1,888	2,391	369	394	15.5%	16.5%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	593	746	223	231	29.9%	31.0%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	111	139	41	44	29.3%	31.6%
42	Iowa	Total	2,165	1,260	152	192	12.1%	15.2%
42	Iowa	Public	375	216	62	88	28.7%	40.7%
42	Iowa	Private	1,790	1,044	90	104	8.6%	10.0%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	430	250	50	58	20.1%	23.2%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	94	55	12	12	21.7%	22.6%
47	Kansas	Total	2,112	1,088	111	139	10.2%	12.7%
47	Kansas	Public	447	228	43	60	18.7%	26.5%
47	Kansas	Private	1,665	860	68	78	7.9%	9.1%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	341	176	31	38	17.7%	21.5%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	92	48	5	5	10.0%	10.0%
61	Kentucky	Total	1,892	1,554	195	223	12.6%	14.4%
61	Kentucky	Public	319	257	56	73	21.7%	28.6%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,573	1,297	139	150	10.8%	11.5%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	378	314	69	72	22.0%	22.9%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	86	72	8	8	10.6%	10.6%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,872	1,628	114	143	7.0%	8.8%
72	Louisiana	Public	351	301	53	67	17.5%	22.4%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,521	1,328	62	76	4.7%	5.7%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	197	174	29	33	16.8%	19.1%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	114	105	10	10	9.3%	9.3%
11	Maine	Total	1,602	502	78	89	15.6%	17.8%
11	Maine	Public	257	81	43	51	52.7%	63.0%
11	Maine	Private	1,345	421	35	38	8.4%	9.1%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	291	91	20	22	21.9%	23.6%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	57	17	1	1	3.1%	3.1%
52	Maryland	Total	2,000	2,353	351	420	14.9%	17.8%
52	Maryland	Public	538	642	194	240	30.3%	37.4%
52	Maryland	Private	1,462	1,711	156	179	9.1%	10.5%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	196	224	45	47	20.1%	21.1%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	102	120	17	18	13.8%	14.7%
14	Massachusetts	Total	7,226	2,649	428	471	16.2%	17.8%
14	Massachusetts	Public	1,021	366	215	230	58.9%	63.0%
14	Massachusetts	Private	6,205	2,284	213	240	9.3%	10.5%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	1,181	433	49	52	11.3%	12.1%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	299	112	24	26	21.6%	22.8%
34	Michigan	Total	7,699	4,001	947	1,006	23.7%	25.1%
34	Michigan	Public	1,110	563	314	332	55.8%	59.1%
34	Michigan	Private	6,589	3,438	633	673	18.4%	19.6%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	2,053	1,067	361	374	33.9%	35.0%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	269	141	39	41	27.6%	28.7%
41	Minnesota	Total	2,239	2,122	431	458	20.3%	21.6%
41	Minnesota	Public	378	347	213	231	61.5%	66.7%
41	Minnesota	Private	1,861	1,775	217	226	12.2%	12.8%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	427	403	68	69	16.8%	17.2%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	80	74	26	26	34.7%	34.7%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,899	1,076	56	72	5.2%	6.7%
64	Mississippi	Public	330	183	17	24	9.1%	13.4%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,569	893	40	47	4.5%	5.3%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	424	249	24	28	9.8%	11.2%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	92	52	0	2	1.0%	3.7%
43	Missouri	Total	1,876	2,341	342	387	14.6%	16.5%
43	Missouri	Public	294	361	87	118	24.2%	32.7%
43	Missouri	Private	1,582	1,979	255	269	12.9%	13.6%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	336	413	99	102	23.9%	24.7%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	92	116	28	28	23.9%	23.9%
81	Montana	Total	1,967	322	51	57	15.8%	17.5%
81	Montana	Public	457	72	28	30	38.1%	41.7%
81	Montana	Private	1,510	250	23	26	9.3%	10.6%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	150	26	4	4	15.6%	16.2%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	125	20	4	5	21.0%	22.3%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,192	715	65	89	9.1%	12.4%
46	Nebraska	Public	377	118	35	47	29.8%	40.0%
46	Nebraska	Private	1,815	597	30	41	5.0%	6.9%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	292	95	14	17	14.4%	18.3%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	83	28	2	2	6.7%	6.7%
88	Nevada	Total	1,808	680	137	161	20.2%	23.6%
88	Nevada	Public	273	99	41	53	41.4%	53.7%
88	Nevada	Private	1,535	581	96	108	16.5%	18.5%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	86	33	3	3	8.5%	8.5%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	137	55	11	13	20.4%	23.3%
12	New Hampshire	Total	1,555	528	67	76	12.6%	14.5%
12	New Hampshire	Public	238	79	38	45	48.5%	56.9%
12	New Hampshire	Private	1,317	449	28	31	6.3%	7.0%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	364	123	8	9	6.5%	7.2%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	57	20	3	3	15.1%	15.1%
22	New Jersey	Total	7,219	3,368	739	802	21.9%	23.8%
22	New Jersey	Public	1,173	543	332	360	61.2%	66.2%
22	New Jersey	Private	6,046	2,825	407	442	14.4%	15.7%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	1,160	537	110	114	20.5%	21.2%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	274	134	40	42	30.1%	31.8%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,875	616	58	72	9.4%	11.7%
85	New Mexico	Public	527	171	32	43	18.9%	25.2%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,348	445	25	29	5.7%	6.5%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	135	44	4	4	9.6%	9.6%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	113	39	2	2	4.4%	4.4%
21	New York	Total	10,881	7,129	1,975	2,086	27.7%	29.3%
21	New York	Public	2,061	1,378	966	1,015	70.1%	73.6%
21	New York	Private	8,820	5,751	1,010	1,071	17.6%	18.6%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	1,543	1,027	231	245	22.5%	23.8%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	363	242	79	79	32.5%	32.7%
56	North Carolina	Total	7,113	3,114	132	169	4.2%	5.4%
56	North Carolina	Public	1,086	469	67	85	14.3%	18.2%
56	North Carolina	Private	6,027	2,645	65	84	2.5%	3.2%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	1,950	858	25	29	2.9%	3.4%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	358	160	1	2	0.5%	1.4%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,055	257	26	31	10.0%	12.0%
44	North Dakota	Public	452	54	13	17	24.5%	30.8%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,603	203	12	14	6.2%	7.0%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	133	17	3	3	19.5%	20.3%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	90	12	2	2	17.7%	17.7%
31	Ohio	Total	7,737	4,774	885	979	18.5%	20.5%
31	Ohio	Public	1,064	655	286	331	43.7%	50.6%
31	Ohio	Private	6,673	4,120	599	648	14.6%	15.7%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	1,841	1,139	329	341	28.9%	29.9%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	336	211	56	61	26.4%	29.0%
73	Oklahoma	Total	2,182	1,258	117	135	9.3%	10.7%
73	Oklahoma	Public	433	249	56	69	22.6%	27.6%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,749	1,009	61	66	6.0%	6.6%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	304	171	24	26	14.0%	15.1%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	86	49	7	7	13.6%	14.4%
92	Oregon	Total	1,871	1,329	267	288	20.1%	21.7%
92	Oregon	Public	342	240	146	156	60.7%	64.9%
92	Oregon	Private	1,529	1,089	121	132	11.1%	12.2%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	350	244	37	39	15.1%	15.9%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	84	61	13	13	21.1%	21.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	7,569	4,925	929	1,021	18.9%	20.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	964	615	323	360	52.5%	58.5%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	6,605	4,310	606	661	14.1%	15.3%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	1,543	1,002	268	276	26.7%	27.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	334	222	55	57	24.8%	25.5%
15	Rhode Island	Total	1,517	403	78	84	19.4%	20.8%
15	Rhode Island	Public	252	67	47	50	70.8%	74.1%
15	Rhode Island	Private	1,265	336	31	34	9.1%	10.2%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	337	87	11	12	12.6%	14.1%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	44	12	1	1	11.3%	11.3%
57	South Carolina	Total	1,758	1,585	52	83	3.3%	5.2%
57	South Carolina	Public	312	281	21	30	7.6%	10.8%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,446	1,304	30	52	2.3%	4.0%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	456	418	12	24	2.9%	5.7%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	98	94	3	3	3.3%	3.3%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,162	291	22	27	7.7%	9.4%
45	South Dakota	Public	449	55	12	15	21.1%	27.6%
45	South Dakota	Private	1,713	235	11	12	4.5%	5.1%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	323	46	4	5	9.1%	10.4%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	70	9	1	1	8.6%	8.6%
62	Tennessee	Total	1,980	2,304	219	260	9.5%	11.3%
62	Tennessee	Public	317	367	66	84	17.9%	23.0%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,663	1,936	154	176	7.9%	9.1%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	463	530	88	99	16.6%	18.7%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	81	97	9	9	9.6%	9.6%
74	Texas	Total	7,504	7,874	512	634	6.5%	8.0%
74	Texas	Public	1,347	1,371	218	289	15.9%	21.1%
74	Texas	Private	6,157	6,503	294	345	4.5%	5.3%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	1,086	1,143	101	112	8.9%	9.8%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	426	467	23	27	4.8%	5.8%
87	Utah	Total	2,170	806	73	92	9.0%	11.4%
87	Utah	Public	445	161	45	59	28.0%	36.4%
87	Utah	Private	1,725	645	27	33	4.3%	5.1%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	348	130	5	7	4.1%	5.3%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	146	56	6	6	9.9%	10.5%
13	Vermont	Total	1,589	255	24	29	9.3%	11.5%
13	Vermont	Public	247	39	15	19	38.6%	49.2%
13	Vermont	Private	1,342	216	9	10	4.1%	4.8%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	292	47	3	4	7.2%	8.2%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	69	11	0	1	2.5%	4.8%
54	Virginia	Total	3,794	3,001	201	267	6.7%	8.9%
54	Virginia	Public	866	673	98	134	14.6%	19.9%
54	Virginia	Private	2,928	2,328	103	133	4.4%	5.7%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	468	423	35	47	8.3%	11.2%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	232	197	8	10	4.2%	5.1%
91	Washington	Total	1,925	2,271	477	509	21.0%	22.4%
91	Washington	Public	333	372	170	186	45.8%	50.0%
91	Washington	Private	1,592	1,899	307	323	16.1%	17.0%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	299	352	103	105	29.3%	29.9%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	83	100	33	35	33.3%	35.5%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,773	641	104	114	16.3%	17.8%
55	West Virginia	Public	367	128	28	34	22.2%	26.4%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,406	513	76	80	14.8%	15.6%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	245	88	27	27	30.5%	30.9%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	97	36	8	10	22.6%	27.4%
35	Wisconsin	Total	2,611	2,429	429	465	17.7%	19.1%
35	Wisconsin	Public	395	363	188	204	51.9%	56.2%
35	Wisconsin	Private	2,216	2,066	241	261	11.7%	12.6%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	657	609	130	134	21.3%	21.9%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	106	99	23	23	23.5%	23.5%
83	Wyoming	Total	1,945	199	22	26	11.2%	13.1%
83	Wyoming	Public	489	50	9	12	18.2%	23.4%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,456	149	13	14	8.8%	9.7%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	99	10	2	3	21.9%	24.9%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	111	11	1	1	7.2%	7.2%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.