Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2002
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	2,522	1,796	161	188	9.0%	10.5%
63	Alabama	Public	423	296	71	89	24.0%	29.9%
63	Alabama	Private	2,099	1,499	90	100	6.0%	6.7%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	476	342	48	51	14.1%	14.8%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	135	98	12	12	11.9%	11.9%
94	Alaska	Total	2,617	260	64	70	24.4%	26.8%
94	Alaska	Public	832	80	41	45	51.0%	56.1%
94	Alaska	Private	1,785	180	23	25	12.7%	13.9%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	83	8	1	1	7.9%	8.8%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	189	19	6	6	32.8%	34.1%
86	Arizona	Total	2,354	2,068	115	137	5.6%	6.6%
86	Arizona	Public	405	350	59	69	16.9%	19.9%
86	Arizona	Private	1,949	1,718	57	67	3.3%	3.9%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	251	222	4	5	1.6%	2.3%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	174	150	11	12	7.4%	8.1%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,902	1,061	63	72	6.0%	6.8%
71	Arkansas	Public	340	189	28	32	14.9%	16.7%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,562	872	35	41	4.0%	4.7%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	348	192	18	21	9.2%	10.7%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	93	52	2	2	4.3%	4.3%
93	California	Total	12,375	14,452	2,579	2,761	17.8%	19.1%
93	California	Public	2,042	2,412	1,345	1,447	55.8%	60.0%
93	California	Private	10,333	12,040	1,233	1,313	10.2%	10.9%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,709	1,925	192	201	10.0%	10.4%
93	California	Priv. Construction	645	788	159	161	20.2%	20.4%
84	Colorado	Total	3,836	1,940	152	173	7.8%	8.9%
84	Colorado	Public	604	303	63	76	20.9%	25.2%
84	Colorado	Private	3,232	1,637	88	97	5.4%	5.9%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	389	197	21	22	10.5%	11.1%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	288	146	16	18	10.6%	12.0%
16	Connecticut	Total	3,291	1,466	248	260	16.9%	17.8%
16	Connecticut	Public	450	195	124	128	63.5%	65.6%
16	Connecticut	Private	2,841	1,271	124	133	9.8%	10.4%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	546	241	28	29	11.6%	12.0%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	135	61	12	13	19.4%	21.2%
51	Delaware	Total	2,460	365	41	44	11.2%	12.2%
51	Delaware	Public	360	53	18	20	34.1%	37.6%
51	Delaware	Private	2,100	312	23	25	7.4%	7.9%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	346	50	9	9	17.9%	17.9%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	169	25	3	3	12.3%	13.1%
53	District of Columbia	Total	1,905	239	34	43	14.1%	17.9%
53	District of Columbia	Public	571	71	17	20	23.7%	28.1%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,334	168	17	23	10.0%	13.7%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	49	6	1	1	12.2%	18.6%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	65	8	2	2	20.4%	23.7%
59	Florida	Total	7,144	6,404	370	484	5.8%	7.6%
59	Florida	Public	996	882	217	277	24.6%	31.4%
59	Florida	Private	6,148	5,523	153	208	2.8%	3.8%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	552	494	16	21	3.2%	4.3%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	533	480	16	22	3.4%	4.6%
58	Georgia	Total	2,578	3,611	218	253	6.0%	7.0%
58	Georgia	Public	384	534	99	118	18.6%	22.1%
58	Georgia	Private	2,194	3,077	119	135	3.9%	4.4%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	415	577	39	43	6.8%	7.4%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	136	192	13	13	6.7%	6.7%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,244	485	118	122	24.4%	25.2%
95	Hawaii	Public	460	98	53	55	54.2%	55.6%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,784	387	65	68	16.9%	17.5%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	57	13	3	3	22.4%	22.4%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	120	27	13	13	47.0%	49.3%
82	Idaho	Total	2,307	551	39	48	7.1%	8.8%
82	Idaho	Public	425	95	17	22	17.7%	23.3%
82	Idaho	Private	1,882	456	22	26	4.9%	5.8%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	320	77	5	6	6.4%	7.4%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	157	38	7	7	17.0%	17.7%
33	Illinois	Total	6,568	5,250	1,035	1,082	19.7%	20.6%
33	Illinois	Public	828	661	340	361	51.5%	54.6%
33	Illinois	Private	5,740	4,590	695	722	15.1%	15.7%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	1,071	868	191	196	22.0%	22.6%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	322	259	125	126	48.2%	48.5%
32	Indiana	Total	3,547	2,718	362	393	13.3%	14.5%
32	Indiana	Public	516	391	114	131	29.2%	33.6%
32	Indiana	Private	3,031	2,327	247	262	10.6%	11.2%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	774	589	122	125	20.7%	21.1%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	186	144	47	48	32.6%	33.1%
42	Iowa	Total	3,501	1,382	153	187	11.0%	13.6%
42	Iowa	Public	552	216	64	86	29.6%	40.0%
42	Iowa	Private	2,949	1,166	89	101	7.6%	8.7%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	696	273	53	57	19.3%	21.0%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	153	62	10	11	16.6%	17.2%
47	Kansas	Total	3,208	1,178	96	116	8.2%	9.8%
47	Kansas	Public	598	216	34	44	15.7%	20.3%
47	Kansas	Private	2,610	962	63	72	6.5%	7.5%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	444	163	28	34	17.2%	20.6%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	169	63	8	8	12.1%	12.6%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,423	1,666	167	187	10.0%	11.2%
61	Kentucky	Public	440	302	63	73	20.8%	24.0%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,983	1,363	104	114	7.6%	8.4%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	367	251	42	46	16.8%	18.2%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	103	71	12	12	17.5%	17.5%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,848	1,682	141	173	8.4%	10.3%
72	Louisiana	Public	367	331	72	89	21.7%	26.8%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,481	1,351	69	85	5.1%	6.3%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	187	168	29	29	17.2%	17.2%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	110	101	6	6	5.5%	5.5%
11	Maine	Total	3,006	562	73	84	13.0%	15.0%
11	Maine	Public	506	92	39	48	42.6%	52.5%
11	Maine	Private	2,500	470	34	36	7.2%	7.6%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	370	69	18	19	26.6%	27.2%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	174	34	2	2	4.8%	4.8%
52	Maryland	Total	3,149	2,496	362	420	14.5%	16.8%
52	Maryland	Public	735	576	197	231	34.3%	40.1%
52	Maryland	Private	2,414	1,921	165	189	8.6%	9.8%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	218	168	26	28	15.6%	16.8%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	186	152	28	30	18.3%	19.6%
14	Massachusetts	Total	3,845	2,865	412	447	14.4%	15.6%
14	Massachusetts	Public	521	383	224	236	58.4%	61.6%
14	Massachusetts	Private	3,324	2,482	189	211	7.6%	8.5%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	513	379	33	35	8.7%	9.3%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	182	139	32	33	22.8%	23.4%
34	Michigan	Total	5,075	4,244	896	932	21.1%	22.0%
34	Michigan	Public	729	598	325	338	54.3%	56.5%
34	Michigan	Private	4,346	3,646	572	594	15.7%	16.3%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	1,133	954	260	265	27.3%	27.7%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	241	205	55	57	27.0%	27.9%
41	Minnesota	Total	3,908	2,370	416	432	17.5%	18.2%
41	Minnesota	Public	573	335	196	205	58.5%	61.2%
41	Minnesota	Private	3,335	2,034	219	227	10.8%	11.2%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	639	386	48	50	12.5%	13.1%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	193	118	39	39	32.7%	32.7%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,628	1,059	71	85	6.7%	8.1%
64	Mississippi	Public	329	215	20	26	9.2%	11.9%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,299	844	51	60	6.0%	7.1%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	316	208	18	21	8.9%	10.1%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	75	51	4	5	7.9%	10.5%
43	Missouri	Total	2,981	2,487	329	362	13.2%	14.5%
43	Missouri	Public	489	400	97	115	24.3%	28.8%
43	Missouri	Private	2,492	2,087	232	247	11.1%	11.8%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	399	330	76	76	23.0%	23.2%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	190	161	44	45	27.5%	28.1%
81	Montana	Total	1,904	365	52	57	14.1%	15.5%
81	Montana	Public	452	86	32	35	36.7%	40.4%
81	Montana	Private	1,452	279	20	22	7.2%	7.8%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	133	25	2	2	8.2%	8.9%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	123	24	3	3	11.9%	13.2%
46	Nebraska	Total	3,185	773	62	86	8.0%	11.1%
46	Nebraska	Public	527	124	30	44	24.1%	35.2%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,658	649	32	42	4.9%	6.5%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	373	90	9	14	9.7%	15.2%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	139	35	4	4	11.5%	11.5%
88	Nevada	Total	3,655	897	137	150	15.2%	16.7%
88	Nevada	Public	518	125	42	51	33.9%	41.1%
88	Nevada	Private	3,137	773	94	98	12.2%	12.7%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	175	41	2	2	4.8%	4.8%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	327	80	17	17	21.3%	21.3%
12	New Hampshire	Total	3,405	588	58	66	9.8%	11.2%
12	New Hampshire	Public	487	81	35	41	42.8%	50.0%
12	New Hampshire	Private	2,918	507	23	25	4.5%	4.9%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	603	105	5	6	5.2%	5.7%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	178	31	6	6	18.5%	18.5%
22	New Jersey	Total	4,797	3,595	711	748	19.8%	20.8%
22	New Jersey	Public	762	566	358	370	63.3%	65.4%
22	New Jersey	Private	4,035	3,029	353	377	11.7%	12.5%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	575	430	58	61	13.5%	14.2%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	213	165	52	52	31.6%	31.6%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,984	704	48	60	6.9%	8.6%
85	New Mexico	Public	491	173	30	39	17.2%	22.8%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,493	531	18	21	3.5%	4.0%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	129	44	4	4	8.3%	8.3%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	128	46	3	3	5.8%	5.8%
21	New York	Total	9,102	7,590	1,945	2,030	25.6%	26.8%
21	New York	Public	1,745	1,443	976	1,007	67.6%	69.8%
21	New York	Private	7,357	6,147	969	1,023	15.8%	16.6%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	1,042	855	160	167	18.7%	19.5%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	398	338	114	119	33.8%	35.2%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,738	3,311	113	134	3.4%	4.0%
56	North Carolina	Public	596	518	54	65	10.5%	12.6%
56	North Carolina	Private	3,142	2,793	59	68	2.1%	2.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	689	617	17	21	2.7%	3.4%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	252	226	5	5	2.3%	2.3%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,667	275	22	27	8.1%	9.7%
44	North Dakota	Public	579	59	12	15	20.3%	26.3%
44	North Dakota	Private	2,088	217	10	11	4.8%	5.2%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	219	23	3	3	13.0%	13.4%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	131	14	2	2	10.5%	10.5%
31	Ohio	Total	6,065	4,985	835	891	16.8%	17.9%
31	Ohio	Public	852	686	338	361	49.2%	52.7%
31	Ohio	Private	5,213	4,299	498	530	11.6%	12.3%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	1,066	901	213	221	23.7%	24.5%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	255	214	41	43	18.9%	20.0%
73	Oklahoma	Total	2,317	1,416	127	150	8.9%	10.6%
73	Oklahoma	Public	455	273	67	84	24.5%	31.0%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,862	1,144	60	65	5.2%	5.7%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	302	184	26	27	14.0%	14.6%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	116	72	7	8	10.0%	11.7%
92	Oregon	Total	2,817	1,439	226	239	15.7%	16.6%
92	Oregon	Public	435	215	112	120	51.8%	55.6%
92	Oregon	Private	2,382	1,224	115	119	9.4%	9.7%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	447	235	30	32	12.9%	13.4%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	140	71	13	13	17.9%	17.9%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	6,840	5,263	825	878	15.7%	16.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	861	656	362	387	55.3%	59.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	5,979	4,607	463	490	10.0%	10.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	1,087	855	150	154	17.6%	18.0%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	306	240	60	64	24.8%	26.4%
15	Rhode Island	Total	3,343	435	76	78	17.4%	18.0%
15	Rhode Island	Public	495	64	42	43	65.4%	66.9%
15	Rhode Island	Private	2,848	371	34	36	9.1%	9.6%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	561	73	6	7	8.7%	9.2%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	123	17	5	5	30.8%	30.8%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,183	1,665	83	103	5.0%	6.2%
57	South Carolina	Public	436	327	33	44	10.1%	13.6%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,747	1,337	50	59	3.7%	4.4%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	381	289	19	23	6.7%	8.1%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	125	95	3	3	3.0%	3.0%
45	South Dakota	Total	3,088	335	19	23	5.5%	6.9%
45	South Dakota	Public	638	63	10	13	15.6%	20.5%
45	South Dakota	Private	2,450	272	9	10	3.2%	3.8%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	373	42	3	3	7.5%	7.7%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	146	17	1	1	4.8%	4.8%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,262	2,436	221	256	9.1%	10.5%
62	Tennessee	Public	371	392	88	107	22.6%	27.4%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,891	2,044	133	149	6.5%	7.3%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	421	449	69	81	15.4%	18.1%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	125	137	16	16	11.9%	11.9%
74	Texas	Total	7,525	8,839	458	577	5.2%	6.5%
74	Texas	Public	1,240	1,433	213	281	14.9%	19.6%
74	Texas	Private	6,285	7,406	246	295	3.3%	4.0%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	882	1,023	84	94	8.2%	9.2%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	536	622	39	41	6.3%	6.6%
87	Utah	Total	2,741	948	59	72	6.2%	7.6%
87	Utah	Public	514	173	37	45	21.3%	25.9%
87	Utah	Private	2,227	776	22	27	2.9%	3.5%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	332	113	6	7	5.1%	6.0%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	177	62	3	3	4.7%	5.2%
13	Vermont	Total	2,867	279	26	30	9.5%	10.9%
13	Vermont	Public	464	44	15	17	33.4%	39.8%
13	Vermont	Private	2,403	235	12	13	5.0%	5.5%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	479	48	3	3	6.6%	6.6%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	138	14	1	1	5.6%	5.6%
54	Virginia	Total	3,337	3,255	196	255	6.0%	7.8%
54	Virginia	Public	705	680	106	143	15.6%	21.0%
54	Virginia	Private	2,632	2,575	90	112	3.5%	4.4%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	358	349	31	33	8.9%	9.5%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	202	201	9	9	4.6%	4.6%
91	Washington	Total	3,201	2,531	472	509	18.6%	20.1%
91	Washington	Public	554	432	185	207	42.9%	47.9%
91	Washington	Private	2,647	2,099	286	302	13.6%	14.4%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	412	327	81	83	24.7%	25.5%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	154	125	32	33	25.7%	26.5%
55	West Virginia	Total	2,349	705	93	98	13.2%	14.0%
55	West Virginia	Public	435	129	33	37	25.6%	28.9%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,914	576	60	61	10.5%	10.6%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	266	82	18	18	22.1%	22.5%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	130	38	8	8	21.1%	22.0%
35	Wisconsin	Total	3,954	2,474	385	405	15.6%	16.4%
35	Wisconsin	Public	533	330	173	183	52.6%	55.5%
35	Wisconsin	Private	3,421	2,145	212	222	9.9%	10.4%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	899	559	97	99	17.4%	17.7%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	203	132	39	39	29.6%	29.6%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,589	218	17	21	7.7%	9.8%
83	Wyoming	Public	646	53	8	11	14.6%	19.9%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,943	164	9	11	5.5%	6.5%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	129	11	0	1	3.1%	4.8%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	197	17	1	1	4.5%	4.5%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.