Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2005
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	2,029	1,909	195	223	10.2%	11.7%
63	Alabama	Public	354	325	101	116	30.9%	35.8%
63	Alabama	Private	1,675	1,585	95	107	6.0%	6.8%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	337	322	39	43	12.1%	13.5%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	127	127	10	11	7.6%	9.0%
94	Alaska	Total	2,367	275	63	66	22.8%	24.1%
94	Alaska	Public	655	75	37	39	48.5%	52.1%
94	Alaska	Private	1,712	200	26	27	13.1%	13.5%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	54	6	0	0	7.7%	7.7%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	177	21	6	6	30.0%	30.7%
86	Arizona	Total	2,276	2,366	145	181	6.1%	7.7%
86	Arizona	Public	355	366	66	85	18.1%	23.3%
86	Arizona	Private	1,921	2,000	78	96	3.9%	4.8%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	171	178	6	7	3.4%	3.9%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	217	232	7	8	3.0%	3.4%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,945	1,138	54	68	4.8%	6.0%
71	Arkansas	Public	340	193	25	34	12.9%	17.6%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,605	945	30	35	3.1%	3.7%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	334	192	17	19	8.9%	9.9%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	116	73	1	1	0.8%	0.8%
93	California	Total	13,202	14,687	2,424	2,610	16.5%	17.8%
93	California	Public	2,045	2,257	1,215	1,297	53.8%	57.5%
93	California	Private	11,157	12,430	1,209	1,313	9.7%	10.6%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,493	1,653	140	149	8.4%	9.0%
93	California	Priv. Construction	903	1,035	169	178	16.3%	17.2%
84	Colorado	Total	3,803	2,052	170	193	8.3%	9.4%
84	Colorado	Public	620	332	79	92	23.8%	27.6%
84	Colorado	Private	3,183	1,720	91	101	5.3%	5.9%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	373	202	18	19	8.7%	9.4%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	286	158	10	11	6.3%	7.1%
16	Connecticut	Total	3,954	1,550	247	263	15.9%	17.0%
16	Connecticut	Public	591	230	146	154	63.5%	66.7%
16	Connecticut	Private	3,363	1,319	100	109	7.6%	8.3%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	558	214	24	25	11.0%	11.6%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	182	72	12	12	16.7%	16.7%
51	Delaware	Total	2,799	386	46	50	11.8%	12.9%
51	Delaware	Public	444	60	23	25	38.4%	41.2%
51	Delaware	Private	2,355	326	23	25	7.0%	7.7%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	317	44	7	8	16.3%	17.6%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	213	30	4	4	13.1%	14.1%
53	District of Columbia	Total	2,259	259	29	33	11.3%	12.8%
53	District of Columbia	Public	620	71	15	18	21.1%	24.9%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,639	188	14	16	7.6%	8.3%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	25	3	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	68	8	2	2	24.9%	24.9%
59	Florida	Total	7,164	7,389	401	532	5.4%	7.2%
59	Florida	Public	1,059	1,081	242	321	22.3%	29.7%
59	Florida	Private	6,105	6,307	159	211	2.5%	3.3%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	465	477	15	19	3.2%	3.9%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	588	620	23	27	3.7%	4.3%
58	Georgia	Total	3,449	3,765	190	226	5.0%	6.0%
58	Georgia	Public	556	589	71	89	12.1%	15.2%
58	Georgia	Private	2,893	3,176	119	137	3.7%	4.3%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	445	483	34	36	7.1%	7.5%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	243	267	12	13	4.4%	4.8%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,688	545	141	145	25.8%	26.7%
95	Hawaii	Public	594	119	69	71	57.7%	59.4%
95	Hawaii	Private	2,094	426	72	75	16.9%	17.5%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	77	16	3	3	19.5%	19.5%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	194	39	15	15	39.6%	39.6%
82	Idaho	Total	2,082	606	31	38	5.2%	6.3%
82	Idaho	Public	369	104	15	20	14.2%	19.7%
82	Idaho	Private	1,713	502	17	18	3.3%	3.5%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	250	73	5	5	6.5%	6.5%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	131	39	2	2	5.2%	5.2%
33	Illinois	Total	5,770	5,473	927	965	16.9%	17.6%
33	Illinois	Public	803	764	370	390	48.5%	51.1%
33	Illinois	Private	4,967	4,709	556	575	11.8%	12.2%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	783	730	122	125	16.7%	17.2%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	325	312	125	127	40.0%	40.8%
32	Indiana	Total	3,147	2,789	346	368	12.4%	13.2%
32	Indiana	Public	416	361	102	113	28.2%	31.3%
32	Indiana	Private	2,731	2,428	244	255	10.0%	10.5%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	697	610	131	136	21.5%	22.3%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	171	165	33	33	20.1%	20.1%
42	Iowa	Total	3,462	1,369	157	185	11.5%	13.5%
42	Iowa	Public	567	222	73	92	32.8%	41.3%
42	Iowa	Private	2,895	1,146	84	94	7.3%	8.2%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	583	231	49	52	21.0%	22.4%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	188	76	13	14	17.6%	18.2%
47	Kansas	Total	2,764	1,210	85	115	7.0%	9.5%
47	Kansas	Public	555	241	36	54	14.8%	22.4%
47	Kansas	Private	2,209	969	50	61	5.1%	6.3%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	409	180	25	32	14.0%	17.7%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	117	53	7	8	12.5%	14.4%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,375	1,696	164	184	9.7%	10.8%
61	Kentucky	Public	455	318	59	73	18.6%	23.0%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,920	1,378	105	111	7.6%	8.0%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	347	250	33	34	13.2%	13.6%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	127	93	8	8	8.4%	8.4%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,591	1,778	114	132	6.4%	7.4%
72	Louisiana	Public	293	313	44	52	14.0%	16.6%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,298	1,465	71	80	4.8%	5.4%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	136	151	29	32	19.0%	21.0%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	108	130	8	8	6.0%	6.0%
11	Maine	Total	3,468	582	69	79	11.9%	13.6%
11	Maine	Public	592	98	42	49	42.8%	50.4%
11	Maine	Private	2,876	484	27	29	5.6%	6.1%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	382	65	12	13	18.4%	19.4%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	164	28	2	2	6.2%	6.8%
52	Maryland	Total	4,049	2,530	337	379	13.3%	15.0%
52	Maryland	Public	920	599	193	219	32.3%	36.5%
52	Maryland	Private	3,129	1,931	143	161	7.4%	8.3%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	253	151	23	23	15.2%	15.2%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	312	186	24	25	13.1%	13.6%
14	Massachusetts	Total	3,001	2,886	402	431	13.9%	14.9%
14	Massachusetts	Public	395	369	215	231	58.3%	62.7%
14	Massachusetts	Private	2,606	2,518	187	200	7.4%	8.0%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	302	280	24	25	8.7%	9.1%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	161	156	28	28	17.7%	17.7%
34	Michigan	Total	4,673	4,288	880	916	20.5%	21.4%
34	Michigan	Public	665	600	348	360	58.0%	59.9%
34	Michigan	Private	4,008	3,688	532	557	14.4%	15.1%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	994	920	245	249	26.7%	27.0%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	220	208	51	53	24.6%	25.5%
41	Minnesota	Total	4,524	2,494	392	410	15.7%	16.4%
41	Minnesota	Public	645	352	185	197	52.6%	56.0%
41	Minnesota	Private	3,879	2,142	207	213	9.7%	9.9%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	676	366	37	38	10.1%	10.4%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	222	122	32	33	26.2%	27.4%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,559	1,089	77	105	7.1%	9.7%
64	Mississippi	Public	337	227	33	51	14.6%	22.4%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,222	863	44	55	5.1%	6.3%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	299	214	22	27	10.1%	12.4%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	86	65	4	5	6.4%	7.4%
43	Missouri	Total	3,083	2,532	290	319	11.5%	12.6%
43	Missouri	Public	457	362	78	93	21.4%	25.7%
43	Missouri	Private	2,626	2,170	212	226	9.8%	10.4%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	422	349	73	77	21.0%	22.1%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	173	146	35	35	23.9%	23.9%
81	Montana	Total	1,732	391	42	48	10.7%	12.2%
81	Montana	Public	387	85	24	28	28.6%	33.1%
81	Montana	Private	1,345	307	18	20	5.7%	6.5%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	92	20	2	2	9.9%	9.9%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	121	29	3	3	10.5%	10.5%
46	Nebraska	Total	3,021	830	69	79	8.3%	9.5%
46	Nebraska	Public	525	143	38	45	26.9%	31.1%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,496	687	31	34	4.5%	4.9%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	410	112	13	14	11.2%	12.5%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	159	44	3	3	7.1%	7.1%
88	Nevada	Total	2,765	1,051	145	158	13.8%	15.1%
88	Nevada	Public	318	119	33	38	28.2%	32.0%
88	Nevada	Private	2,447	932	112	120	12.0%	12.9%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	116	44	3	4	7.9%	8.8%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	309	121	24	25	20.0%	21.0%
12	New Hampshire	Total	3,908	627	65	72	10.4%	11.5%
12	New Hampshire	Public	558	87	43	48	49.9%	54.9%
12	New Hampshire	Private	3,350	540	22	24	4.0%	4.5%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	609	97	4	5	4.4%	4.7%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	213	35	3	3	7.5%	8.5%
22	New Jersey	Total	3,997	3,868	791	838	20.5%	21.7%
22	New Jersey	Public	659	638	409	435	64.1%	68.2%
22	New Jersey	Private	3,338	3,231	382	403	11.8%	12.5%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	439	430	72	75	16.9%	17.5%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	185	181	47	48	26.1%	26.6%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,678	777	63	83	8.1%	10.7%
85	New Mexico	Public	444	198	43	58	21.6%	29.1%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,234	579	20	26	3.4%	4.4%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	68	33	2	3	6.6%	10.4%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	123	62	6	6	10.0%	10.0%
21	New York	Total	7,653	8,008	2,090	2,201	26.1%	27.5%
21	New York	Public	1,473	1,512	1,042	1,089	68.9%	72.0%
21	New York	Private	6,180	6,496	1,048	1,112	16.1%	17.1%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	622	634	104	109	16.4%	17.3%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	363	386	89	96	23.0%	24.7%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,571	3,631	107	143	2.9%	3.9%
56	North Carolina	Public	611	600	52	68	8.7%	11.4%
56	North Carolina	Private	2,960	3,031	55	74	1.8%	2.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	557	554	19	23	3.5%	4.1%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	287	293	1	3	0.4%	1.2%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,346	289	21	26	7.3%	9.2%
44	North Dakota	Public	514	62	13	17	20.7%	27.0%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,832	227	8	10	3.6%	4.3%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	173	22	2	2	7.7%	8.7%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	94	12	1	1	9.0%	9.0%
31	Ohio	Total	5,366	5,039	804	866	16.0%	17.2%
31	Ohio	Public	785	734	338	369	46.0%	50.3%
31	Ohio	Private	4,581	4,304	466	497	10.8%	11.5%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	978	917	194	197	21.2%	21.4%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	252	234	50	52	21.5%	22.2%
73	Oklahoma	Total	1,978	1,432	77	91	5.4%	6.4%
73	Oklahoma	Public	393	281	44	53	15.5%	18.7%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,585	1,150	33	38	2.9%	3.3%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	216	157	8	8	5.4%	5.4%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	115	84	1	2	1.4%	2.3%
92	Oregon	Total	2,307	1,470	213	231	14.5%	15.7%
92	Oregon	Public	392	241	118	127	48.9%	52.4%
92	Oregon	Private	1,915	1,229	95	105	7.7%	8.5%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	312	204	22	26	10.7%	12.5%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	134	89	9	9	10.5%	10.5%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	5,968	5,456	753	818	13.8%	15.0%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	802	721	350	388	48.5%	53.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	5,166	4,734	402	430	8.5%	9.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	870	790	127	132	16.0%	16.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	308	290	58	62	20.1%	21.3%
15	Rhode Island	Total	3,242	494	79	83	15.9%	16.8%
15	Rhode Island	Public	458	68	43	45	63.6%	66.3%
15	Rhode Island	Private	2,784	426	36	38	8.4%	9.0%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	482	73	7	7	9.3%	10.2%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	145	23	4	4	18.3%	18.3%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,205	1,739	40	58	2.3%	3.3%
57	South Carolina	Public	415	322	24	34	7.4%	10.7%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,790	1,418	16	23	1.1%	1.7%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	398	311	10	11	3.1%	3.7%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	146	122	1	1	0.6%	0.6%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,910	350	21	29	5.9%	8.2%
45	South Dakota	Public	551	64	13	19	19.9%	29.5%
45	South Dakota	Private	2,359	286	8	10	2.7%	3.5%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	339	40	2	3	5.4%	7.3%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	161	20	1	1	6.5%	7.0%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,349	2,368	128	156	5.4%	6.6%
62	Tennessee	Public	372	368	63	78	17.1%	21.2%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,977	2,000	65	78	3.3%	3.9%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	391	389	27	32	7.0%	8.3%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	143	145	7	8	4.6%	5.3%
74	Texas	Total	8,450	9,485	506	590	5.3%	6.2%
74	Texas	Public	1,394	1,540	259	310	16.8%	20.2%
74	Texas	Private	7,056	7,945	247	280	3.1%	3.5%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	872	995	71	77	7.2%	7.7%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	644	738	21	24	2.9%	3.2%
87	Utah	Total	2,539	1,035	51	63	4.9%	6.1%
87	Utah	Public	440	173	27	34	15.7%	19.6%
87	Utah	Private	2,099	861	23	29	2.7%	3.4%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	275	109	2	2	1.8%	2.2%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	183	78	6	7	7.4%	9.1%
13	Vermont	Total	2,698	287	31	37	10.8%	13.0%
13	Vermont	Public	474	49	19	24	38.5%	48.9%
13	Vermont	Private	2,224	237	12	13	5.1%	5.6%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	339	36	2	2	5.3%	5.9%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	165	18	1	1	2.9%	2.9%
54	Virginia	Total	3,944	3,406	165	211	4.8%	6.2%
54	Virginia	Public	802	695	72	99	10.4%	14.3%
54	Virginia	Private	3,142	2,712	92	111	3.4%	4.1%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	349	303	25	28	8.2%	9.2%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	303	261	7	9	2.6%	3.6%
91	Washington	Total	3,189	2,746	523	559	19.1%	20.4%
91	Washington	Public	624	523	269	289	51.4%	55.3%
91	Washington	Private	2,565	2,224	254	270	11.4%	12.1%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	359	314	56	56	17.7%	18.0%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	173	154	31	31	20.0%	20.0%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,933	688	99	107	14.4%	15.5%
55	West Virginia	Public	426	146	41	45	28.3%	30.7%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,507	542	58	62	10.6%	11.4%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	172	61	13	13	21.3%	21.3%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	114	42	10	11	24.1%	26.5%
35	Wisconsin	Total	3,600	2,551	410	438	16.1%	17.2%
35	Wisconsin	Public	469	333	165	179	49.5%	53.7%
35	Wisconsin	Private	3,131	2,218	245	259	11.1%	11.7%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	733	508	96	99	18.9%	19.4%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	152	118	29	31	24.9%	26.0%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,316	228	18	22	7.9%	9.5%
83	Wyoming	Public	562	54	8	10	15.3%	19.1%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,754	174	10	11	5.6%	6.5%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	78	7	1	1	12.8%	12.8%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	171	17	1	1	7.4%	8.0%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.