Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2003
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	2,438	1,822	147	172	8.1%	9.5%
63	Alabama	Public	421	306	67	82	22.1%	26.8%
63	Alabama	Private	2,017	1,516	79	91	5.2%	6.0%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	446	333	45	52	13.6%	15.6%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	130	101	2	3	2.0%	2.7%
94	Alaska	Total	2,550	265	59	65	22.3%	24.6%
94	Alaska	Public	821	84	39	42	45.7%	50.1%
94	Alaska	Private	1,729	180	21	23	11.4%	12.6%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	70	7	0	0	6.3%	6.3%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	161	17	6	6	33.7%	35.7%
86	Arizona	Total	2,379	2,191	113	140	5.2%	6.4%
86	Arizona	Public	359	326	50	63	15.4%	19.4%
86	Arizona	Private	2,020	1,865	63	77	3.4%	4.1%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	232	218	2	3	1.1%	1.6%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	172	164	11	13	6.6%	7.8%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,805	1,035	50	61	4.8%	5.9%
71	Arkansas	Public	291	159	20	25	12.3%	15.4%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,514	875	30	36	3.4%	4.1%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	324	184	16	18	8.7%	9.8%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	88	52	2	2	3.3%	3.3%
93	California	Total	11,835	14,350	2,414	2,647	16.8%	18.4%
93	California	Public	1,932	2,359	1,259	1,370	53.4%	58.1%
93	California	Private	9,903	11,991	1,155	1,277	9.6%	10.7%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,556	1,851	140	158	7.6%	8.5%
93	California	Priv. Construction	652	850	170	171	20.0%	20.2%
84	Colorado	Total	3,892	2,007	156	180	7.8%	9.0%
84	Colorado	Public	605	312	67	81	21.5%	26.0%
84	Colorado	Private	3,287	1,696	89	99	5.2%	5.8%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	357	186	16	17	8.5%	9.3%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	293	152	11	13	7.1%	8.4%
16	Connecticut	Total	3,256	1,489	229	244	15.4%	16.4%
16	Connecticut	Public	453	205	122	131	59.6%	64.1%
16	Connecticut	Private	2,803	1,284	107	113	8.3%	8.8%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	479	221	23	23	10.3%	10.6%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	151	71	16	17	22.3%	23.6%
51	Delaware	Total	2,454	366	42	46	11.4%	12.5%
51	Delaware	Public	363	53	21	23	39.6%	42.7%
51	Delaware	Private	2,091	313	21	23	6.6%	7.3%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	323	47	6	7	12.9%	14.0%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	156	24	3	3	13.8%	13.8%
53	District of Columbia	Total	1,848	268	39	46	14.6%	17.2%
53	District of Columbia	Public	570	80	21	23	25.8%	29.1%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,278	188	18	23	9.8%	12.1%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	21	3	0	0	11.4%	11.4%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	49	8	2	2	19.8%	24.1%
59	Florida	Total	7,073	6,652	407	557	6.1%	8.4%
59	Florida	Public	1,027	971	219	306	22.5%	31.5%
59	Florida	Private	6,046	5,681	188	251	3.3%	4.4%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	500	471	14	21	2.9%	4.5%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	537	506	22	25	4.4%	5.0%
58	Georgia	Total	2,537	3,703	249	298	6.7%	8.0%
58	Georgia	Public	398	565	108	127	19.1%	22.4%
58	Georgia	Private	2,139	3,138	141	171	4.5%	5.5%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	347	509	40	46	7.9%	9.1%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	159	242	19	25	7.9%	10.4%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,247	511	122	127	23.8%	24.8%
95	Hawaii	Public	518	115	58	62	50.6%	53.6%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,729	396	64	65	16.1%	16.5%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	70	15	2	2	14.9%	14.9%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	137	31	11	11	35.3%	35.3%
82	Idaho	Total	2,202	548	39	47	7.0%	8.6%
82	Idaho	Public	415	97	18	23	18.9%	23.7%
82	Idaho	Private	1,787	452	20	24	4.5%	5.3%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	231	58	6	7	9.5%	11.8%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	140	36	4	4	11.0%	11.0%
33	Illinois	Total	6,410	5,399	967	1,003	17.9%	18.6%
33	Illinois	Public	879	728	362	379	49.8%	52.1%
33	Illinois	Private	5,531	4,671	605	624	12.9%	13.4%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	934	806	150	152	18.6%	18.8%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	396	337	145	150	43.1%	44.6%
32	Indiana	Total	3,615	2,768	327	352	11.8%	12.7%
32	Indiana	Public	480	358	104	113	29.1%	31.6%
32	Indiana	Private	3,135	2,411	223	239	9.3%	9.9%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	765	584	115	122	19.6%	20.9%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	196	154	41	41	26.6%	26.6%
42	Iowa	Total	3,356	1,365	157	196	11.5%	14.4%
42	Iowa	Public	571	234	68	97	29.2%	41.3%
42	Iowa	Private	2,785	1,131	89	100	7.8%	8.8%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	646	260	52	56	20.0%	21.6%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	129	51	12	13	23.2%	24.6%
47	Kansas	Total	3,205	1,204	96	124	7.9%	10.3%
47	Kansas	Public	660	243	36	52	14.6%	21.2%
47	Kansas	Private	2,545	961	60	72	6.2%	7.5%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	413	155	27	36	17.4%	23.3%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	161	62	7	7	11.4%	11.4%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,321	1,681	175	216	10.4%	12.8%
61	Kentucky	Public	429	303	55	80	18.2%	26.5%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,892	1,378	120	136	8.7%	9.9%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	358	259	51	52	19.6%	20.2%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	111	83	15	16	17.9%	18.8%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,790	1,685	109	132	6.5%	7.9%
72	Louisiana	Public	310	281	48	56	17.0%	20.0%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,480	1,404	61	76	4.4%	5.4%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	172	160	24	29	14.9%	18.1%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	125	118	6	8	5.2%	6.8%
11	Maine	Total	3,071	567	73	81	12.8%	14.3%
11	Maine	Public	482	87	40	47	46.1%	53.7%
11	Maine	Private	2,589	480	32	34	6.7%	7.2%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	384	70	17	17	24.2%	24.8%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	152	29	3	3	9.1%	9.1%
52	Maryland	Total	3,024	2,481	354	410	14.3%	16.5%
52	Maryland	Public	717	580	179	210	30.8%	36.3%
52	Maryland	Private	2,307	1,901	175	200	9.2%	10.5%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	194	153	24	27	16.0%	17.4%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	208	166	23	24	14.0%	14.7%
14	Massachusetts	Total	3,682	2,925	416	454	14.2%	15.5%
14	Massachusetts	Public	509	396	215	225	54.4%	57.0%
14	Massachusetts	Private	3,173	2,530	200	229	7.9%	9.1%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	478	376	28	28	7.3%	7.5%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	181	150	38	39	25.3%	26.3%
34	Michigan	Total	5,052	4,188	919	968	21.9%	23.1%
34	Michigan	Public	698	585	322	336	55.0%	57.5%
34	Michigan	Private	4,354	3,603	597	632	16.6%	17.5%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	1,168	973	280	290	28.8%	29.8%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	238	202	43	45	21.2%	22.0%
41	Minnesota	Total	3,819	2,435	414	441	17.0%	18.1%
41	Minnesota	Public	589	364	205	220	56.5%	60.5%
41	Minnesota	Private	3,230	2,071	209	221	10.1%	10.7%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	598	382	44	45	11.5%	11.7%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	199	127	37	41	28.9%	32.3%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,663	1,117	55	73	5.0%	6.6%
64	Mississippi	Public	324	216	15	26	6.8%	12.1%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,339	901	41	47	4.5%	5.2%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	288	200	17	20	8.5%	10.2%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	90	65	5	5	7.6%	7.6%
43	Missouri	Total	3,022	2,546	336	363	13.2%	14.2%
43	Missouri	Public	488	406	105	120	25.8%	29.7%
43	Missouri	Private	2,534	2,140	232	242	10.8%	11.3%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	337	281	62	62	22.2%	22.2%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	190	162	40	40	24.9%	24.9%
81	Montana	Total	1,869	360	50	54	14.0%	14.9%
81	Montana	Public	455	86	29	32	33.8%	36.6%
81	Montana	Private	1,414	274	21	22	7.7%	8.1%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	98	18	3	3	16.2%	16.2%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	142	29	5	5	17.2%	17.2%
46	Nebraska	Total	3,191	819	64	87	7.9%	10.6%
46	Nebraska	Public	545	136	35	48	25.4%	34.9%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,646	682	30	40	4.4%	5.8%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	349	91	10	14	11.2%	15.2%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	163	43	4	4	9.5%	10.1%
88	Nevada	Total	3,714	943	136	149	14.4%	15.8%
88	Nevada	Public	489	120	38	44	32.1%	37.2%
88	Nevada	Private	3,225	823	98	104	11.9%	12.6%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	157	39	2	3	6.2%	7.0%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	313	84	16	16	18.7%	19.0%
12	New Hampshire	Total	3,508	607	56	69	9.3%	11.3%
12	New Hampshire	Public	489	82	32	40	39.2%	48.8%
12	New Hampshire	Private	3,019	525	24	29	4.7%	5.5%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	600	104	5	5	4.6%	5.2%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	177	30	5	6	17.4%	18.5%
22	New Jersey	Total	4,723	3,777	737	801	19.5%	21.2%
22	New Jersey	Public	767	601	366	391	60.9%	65.1%
22	New Jersey	Private	3,956	3,176	371	410	11.7%	12.9%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	521	416	48	51	11.5%	12.2%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	217	176	48	49	27.4%	27.8%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,945	741	57	70	7.6%	9.5%
85	New Mexico	Public	516	193	31	42	15.9%	21.6%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,429	548	26	29	4.8%	5.3%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	86	34	4	4	11.3%	11.3%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	117	45	4	5	8.2%	10.1%
21	New York	Total	8,566	7,874	1,936	2,017	24.6%	25.6%
21	New York	Public	1,617	1,453	988	1,026	68.0%	70.6%
21	New York	Private	6,949	6,421	948	991	14.8%	15.4%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	844	742	128	131	17.3%	17.7%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	402	386	114	117	29.6%	30.4%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,829	3,576	111	135	3.1%	3.8%
56	North Carolina	Public	620	570	49	60	8.6%	10.5%
56	North Carolina	Private	3,209	3,007	63	75	2.1%	2.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	650	603	19	22	3.1%	3.7%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	270	261	6	6	2.1%	2.1%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,566	284	21	26	7.3%	9.0%
44	North Dakota	Public	563	60	13	17	21.7%	27.6%
44	North Dakota	Private	2,003	224	8	9	3.5%	4.1%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	182	20	2	2	9.8%	10.8%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	143	16	1	2	8.7%	10.2%
31	Ohio	Total	5,871	5,100	850	923	16.7%	18.1%
31	Ohio	Public	849	720	358	397	49.7%	55.1%
31	Ohio	Private	5,022	4,380	492	526	11.2%	12.0%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	1,016	915	215	220	23.4%	24.1%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	249	222	41	42	18.4%	19.1%
73	Oklahoma	Total	2,137	1,406	96	111	6.8%	7.9%
73	Oklahoma	Public	379	237	50	56	21.2%	23.5%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,758	1,168	46	55	3.9%	4.7%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	239	153	15	15	9.7%	10.1%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	119	81	4	4	5.2%	5.2%
92	Oregon	Total	2,775	1,466	230	240	15.7%	16.4%
92	Oregon	Public	415	215	118	123	54.9%	57.2%
92	Oregon	Private	2,360	1,251	112	117	8.9%	9.4%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	382	206	20	20	9.9%	9.9%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	142	74	12	12	16.3%	16.3%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	6,676	5,261	794	847	15.1%	16.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	865	684	365	394	53.3%	57.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	5,811	4,577	430	454	9.4%	9.9%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	1,008	811	146	151	18.0%	18.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	320	254	54	54	21.4%	21.4%
15	Rhode Island	Total	3,409	494	84	86	17.0%	17.5%
15	Rhode Island	Public	502	71	46	47	65.1%	66.2%
15	Rhode Island	Private	2,907	423	38	40	9.0%	9.4%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	528	76	7	7	8.7%	8.7%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	139	20	5	5	22.7%	24.4%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,123	1,689	71	90	4.2%	5.3%
57	South Carolina	Public	388	296	34	46	11.3%	15.4%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,735	1,392	38	44	2.7%	3.2%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	385	301	13	15	4.5%	5.0%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	125	100	3	4	2.6%	4.3%
45	South Dakota	Total	3,035	353	19	23	5.4%	6.4%
45	South Dakota	Public	606	64	10	13	15.6%	19.9%
45	South Dakota	Private	2,429	289	9	10	3.1%	3.5%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	395	47	4	4	8.5%	9.3%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	158	19	1	1	3.0%	3.0%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,170	2,384	179	218	7.5%	9.2%
62	Tennessee	Public	364	394	75	91	19.0%	23.1%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,806	1,990	104	128	5.2%	6.4%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	353	389	39	42	9.9%	10.8%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	90	101	8	10	8.2%	9.4%
74	Texas	Total	7,568	9,072	508	621	5.6%	6.8%
74	Texas	Public	1,219	1,432	250	318	17.5%	22.2%
74	Texas	Private	6,349	7,641	258	303	3.4%	4.0%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	853	1,033	91	99	8.8%	9.6%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	494	618	24	25	3.9%	4.1%
87	Utah	Total	2,652	1,015	53	69	5.2%	6.8%
87	Utah	Public	478	175	35	42	19.9%	24.0%
87	Utah	Private	2,174	840	18	27	2.2%	3.2%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	320	122	3	5	2.5%	4.3%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	158	62	5	5	8.0%	8.0%
13	Vermont	Total	2,778	281	27	33	9.7%	11.7%
13	Vermont	Public	467	47	16	21	34.4%	44.2%
13	Vermont	Private	2,311	235	11	12	4.7%	5.2%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	376	38	2	2	4.7%	4.7%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	145	15	0	0	2.1%	2.1%
54	Virginia	Total	3,218	3,243	210	251	6.5%	7.7%
54	Virginia	Public	681	668	105	127	15.7%	19.0%
54	Virginia	Private	2,537	2,576	105	124	4.1%	4.8%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	269	273	26	29	9.6%	10.8%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	205	214	11	13	5.4%	5.9%
91	Washington	Total	3,150	2,539	502	531	19.7%	20.9%
91	Washington	Public	607	468	230	246	49.1%	52.6%
91	Washington	Private	2,543	2,071	272	284	13.1%	13.7%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	387	314	57	59	18.2%	18.9%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	151	125	25	26	20.2%	20.8%
55	West Virginia	Total	2,273	671	88	95	13.1%	14.2%
55	West Virginia	Public	454	131	32	37	24.5%	28.5%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,819	540	56	58	10.3%	10.7%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	227	69	19	19	27.8%	27.8%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	120	37	10	10	26.0%	26.7%
35	Wisconsin	Total	4,028	2,613	414	438	15.9%	16.8%
35	Wisconsin	Public	539	347	189	199	54.4%	57.2%
35	Wisconsin	Private	3,489	2,265	225	239	10.0%	10.6%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	840	540	91	94	16.8%	17.4%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	212	139	39	40	28.2%	29.2%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,510	224	18	22	8.0%	9.8%
83	Wyoming	Public	597	52	9	12	17.5%	23.8%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,913	173	9	10	5.1%	5.6%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	116	11	1	1	8.7%	9.5%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	162	15	1	1	3.7%	4.8%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.