Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2006
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	1,903	1,930	170	194	8.8%	10.0%
63	Alabama	Public	331	332	96	109	28.9%	32.9%
63	Alabama	Private	1,572	1,598	74	85	4.6%	5.3%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	331	333	29	31	8.7%	9.3%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	127	138	4	6	3.1%	4.4%
94	Alaska	Total	2,338	280	62	67	22.2%	23.8%
94	Alaska	Public	638	75	37	40	49.2%	53.3%
94	Alaska	Private	1,700	204	25	27	12.3%	13.0%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	51	6	0	0	5.3%	5.3%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	167	20	7	7	32.5%	33.8%
86	Arizona	Total	2,359	2,584	197	250	7.6%	9.7%
86	Arizona	Public	376	412	102	121	24.6%	29.4%
86	Arizona	Private	1,983	2,172	95	128	4.4%	5.9%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	195	214	8	11	3.8%	5.1%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	223	250	11	16	4.6%	6.3%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,741	1,130	58	67	5.1%	6.0%
71	Arkansas	Public	327	208	21	30	10.3%	14.2%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,414	922	37	38	4.0%	4.1%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	312	206	18	18	8.5%	8.5%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	95	64	1	1	0.9%	1.5%
93	California	Total	13,770	14,501	2,273	2,444	15.7%	16.9%
93	California	Public	2,134	2,225	1,171	1,262	52.6%	56.7%
93	California	Private	11,636	12,276	1,103	1,182	9.0%	9.6%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,544	1,628	103	112	6.3%	6.9%
93	California	Priv. Construction	948	1,007	176	182	17.5%	18.0%
84	Colorado	Total	3,873	2,154	165	186	7.7%	8.6%
84	Colorado	Public	579	317	72	83	22.8%	26.0%
84	Colorado	Private	3,294	1,837	93	104	5.0%	5.6%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	359	201	18	18	8.8%	8.8%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	287	161	10	11	6.0%	6.6%
16	Connecticut	Total	4,078	1,591	247	263	15.6%	16.5%
16	Connecticut	Public	600	235	139	144	59.0%	61.1%
16	Connecticut	Private	3,478	1,356	109	119	8.0%	8.8%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	532	204	24	25	11.7%	12.4%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	210	83	14	15	16.7%	18.3%
51	Delaware	Total	2,972	396	43	45	10.8%	11.4%
51	Delaware	Public	447	59	23	24	39.2%	40.8%
51	Delaware	Private	2,525	336	19	21	5.8%	6.2%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	299	40	5	5	12.9%	13.2%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	253	33	4	4	10.9%	11.4%
53	District of Columbia	Total	2,302	246	25	30	10.3%	12.2%
53	District of Columbia	Public	604	64	13	15	20.5%	24.0%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,698	183	12	15	6.7%	8.1%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	29	3	0	0	4.9%	7.7%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	70	8	1	1	14.7%	14.7%
59	Florida	Total	7,303	7,676	397	497	5.2%	6.5%
59	Florida	Public	1,027	1,074	243	302	22.6%	28.1%
59	Florida	Private	6,276	6,602	154	196	2.3%	3.0%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	466	489	12	17	2.4%	3.5%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	656	693	22	24	3.1%	3.5%
58	Georgia	Total	3,802	3,974	176	230	4.4%	5.8%
58	Georgia	Public	631	649	62	88	9.6%	13.6%
58	Georgia	Private	3,171	3,325	114	142	3.4%	4.3%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	482	497	32	41	6.5%	8.2%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	268	287	12	12	4.2%	4.2%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,665	562	139	146	24.7%	25.9%
95	Hawaii	Public	599	125	69	72	55.1%	57.9%
95	Hawaii	Private	2,066	437	70	73	16.1%	16.8%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	73	16	3	4	21.3%	23.7%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	177	38	15	15	38.2%	38.2%
82	Idaho	Total	2,043	620	37	45	6.0%	7.2%
82	Idaho	Public	396	116	17	22	15.0%	19.4%
82	Idaho	Private	1,647	504	20	22	4.0%	4.4%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	220	67	5	6	7.2%	8.4%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	140	44	5	5	11.3%	11.3%
33	Illinois	Total	5,516	5,684	931	979	16.4%	17.2%
33	Illinois	Public	767	779	385	409	49.5%	52.5%
33	Illinois	Private	4,749	4,905	546	571	11.1%	11.6%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	724	739	111	114	15.0%	15.4%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	295	310	125	126	40.2%	40.7%
32	Indiana	Total	2,793	2,787	334	362	12.0%	13.0%
32	Indiana	Public	395	381	106	118	27.8%	30.9%
32	Indiana	Private	2,398	2,406	228	245	9.5%	10.2%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	567	568	115	118	20.3%	20.8%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	165	176	40	41	22.7%	23.4%
42	Iowa	Total	3,571	1,424	161	199	11.3%	14.0%
42	Iowa	Public	606	240	74	103	30.9%	42.8%
42	Iowa	Private	2,965	1,184	87	97	7.3%	8.2%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	569	227	46	50	20.2%	21.9%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	176	73	11	11	15.3%	15.3%
47	Kansas	Total	2,628	1,236	99	115	8.0%	9.3%
47	Kansas	Public	503	230	45	52	19.4%	22.5%
47	Kansas	Private	2,125	1,006	54	63	5.4%	6.3%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	376	176	20	25	11.5%	14.5%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	124	60	9	9	15.8%	15.8%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,479	1,752	172	196	9.8%	11.2%
61	Kentucky	Public	437	306	50	62	16.3%	20.4%
61	Kentucky	Private	2,042	1,446	122	134	8.5%	9.3%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	368	262	40	43	15.3%	16.3%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	136	100	11	12	10.6%	11.9%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,541	1,676	107	121	6.4%	7.2%
72	Louisiana	Public	258	267	41	47	15.5%	17.7%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,283	1,410	66	74	4.7%	5.3%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	148	168	31	33	18.5%	20.0%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	123	140	10	11	7.4%	8.1%
11	Maine	Total	3,381	584	69	79	11.9%	13.5%
11	Maine	Public	554	93	43	50	46.3%	53.5%
11	Maine	Private	2,827	490	26	29	5.3%	5.9%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	377	65	11	11	17.0%	17.0%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	172	30	2	2	6.5%	7.1%
52	Maryland	Total	4,478	2,614	342	386	13.1%	14.8%
52	Maryland	Public	1,044	613	193	217	31.5%	35.3%
52	Maryland	Private	3,434	2,001	149	170	7.5%	8.5%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	239	139	20	20	14.1%	14.1%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	352	201	23	28	11.4%	13.9%
14	Massachusetts	Total	2,729	2,859	414	438	14.5%	15.3%
14	Massachusetts	Public	344	352	208	213	59.1%	60.6%
14	Massachusetts	Private	2,385	2,507	206	225	8.2%	9.0%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	264	268	32	35	12.0%	13.2%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	140	147	29	29	20.0%	20.0%
34	Michigan	Total	4,270	4,299	842	879	19.6%	20.4%
34	Michigan	Public	607	597	333	346	55.8%	58.0%
34	Michigan	Private	3,663	3,703	509	532	13.7%	14.4%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	911	915	224	231	24.5%	25.3%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	190	198	44	44	22.1%	22.1%
41	Minnesota	Total	4,643	2,479	395	416	16.0%	16.8%
41	Minnesota	Public	699	365	190	200	52.1%	54.7%
41	Minnesota	Private	3,944	2,114	205	217	9.7%	10.3%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	734	388	45	47	11.5%	12.1%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	230	125	30	31	24.0%	25.0%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,428	1,065	60	78	5.6%	7.3%
64	Mississippi	Public	284	207	25	35	12.2%	16.8%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,144	858	35	43	4.1%	5.0%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	268	203	17	23	8.4%	11.2%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	77	59	2	2	3.2%	3.2%
43	Missouri	Total	3,126	2,610	284	310	10.9%	11.9%
43	Missouri	Public	433	361	73	91	20.3%	25.2%
43	Missouri	Private	2,693	2,249	211	219	9.4%	9.8%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	447	375	62	63	16.6%	16.9%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	174	147	45	47	30.6%	32.2%
81	Montana	Total	1,649	397	48	52	12.2%	13.1%
81	Montana	Public	390	91	32	33	34.8%	36.8%
81	Montana	Private	1,259	306	17	19	5.5%	6.2%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	81	19	2	2	9.0%	9.0%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	113	29	3	3	8.7%	10.7%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,850	831	66	79	7.9%	9.5%
46	Nebraska	Public	484	139	35	44	25.5%	31.7%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,366	692	31	35	4.4%	5.0%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	403	115	10	12	9.1%	10.2%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	153	46	4	4	9.1%	9.1%
88	Nevada	Total	2,921	1,124	167	191	14.8%	17.0%
88	Nevada	Public	348	129	42	52	32.9%	40.4%
88	Nevada	Private	2,573	996	124	139	12.5%	14.0%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	104	39	1	2	3.1%	6.2%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	335	135	26	28	19.5%	20.9%
12	New Hampshire	Total	4,065	620	63	70	10.1%	11.3%
12	New Hampshire	Public	591	88	39	45	44.9%	51.8%
12	New Hampshire	Private	3,474	532	23	25	4.4%	4.6%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	630	96	4	5	4.3%	5.0%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	206	32	3	3	9.6%	9.6%
22	New Jersey	Total	3,796	3,827	770	825	20.1%	21.6%
22	New Jersey	Public	645	643	414	439	64.4%	68.2%
22	New Jersey	Private	3,151	3,184	356	387	11.2%	12.1%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	398	402	50	52	12.4%	12.9%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	180	183	53	54	28.9%	29.4%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,647	796	62	92	7.8%	11.5%
85	New Mexico	Public	408	192	33	52	17.0%	27.3%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,239	605	30	39	4.9%	6.5%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	71	34	1	2	4.2%	6.7%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	122	63	7	8	11.7%	13.2%
21	New York	Total	7,499	8,115	1,981	2,060	24.4%	25.4%
21	New York	Public	1,380	1,458	1,004	1,033	68.8%	70.8%
21	New York	Private	6,119	6,657	978	1,027	14.7%	15.4%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	637	672	98	103	14.5%	15.3%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	384	420	102	105	24.2%	25.0%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,530	3,810	126	155	3.3%	4.1%
56	North Carolina	Public	592	629	68	84	10.8%	13.3%
56	North Carolina	Private	2,938	3,181	58	72	1.8%	2.2%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	539	574	18	23	3.1%	4.0%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	281	310	3	3	0.9%	0.9%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,406	300	20	24	6.8%	8.0%
44	North Dakota	Public	551	68	12	15	17.3%	21.7%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,855	232	9	9	3.7%	4.0%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	182	23	2	2	8.6%	8.6%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	114	14	1	1	5.4%	6.3%
31	Ohio	Total	5,209	5,170	734	801	14.2%	15.5%
31	Ohio	Public	755	742	323	361	43.5%	48.6%
31	Ohio	Private	4,454	4,428	411	440	9.3%	9.9%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	968	951	161	169	16.9%	17.7%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	261	262	53	53	20.1%	20.1%
73	Oklahoma	Total	2,030	1,453	93	112	6.4%	7.7%
73	Oklahoma	Public	400	275	52	64	18.7%	23.1%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,630	1,177	41	49	3.5%	4.2%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	219	158	14	16	9.1%	10.1%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	105	79	3	4	4.1%	4.7%
92	Oregon	Total	2,286	1,527	211	225	13.8%	14.7%
92	Oregon	Public	363	233	113	124	48.5%	53.4%
92	Oregon	Private	1,923	1,294	98	100	7.5%	7.7%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	306	206	24	25	11.7%	12.0%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	139	98	12	12	12.0%	12.0%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	5,507	5,457	745	802	13.6%	14.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	736	713	364	390	51.0%	54.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	4,771	4,744	381	412	8.0%	8.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	781	764	105	106	13.7%	13.9%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	279	285	47	47	16.5%	16.5%
15	Rhode Island	Total	3,172	498	76	79	15.3%	16.0%
15	Rhode Island	Public	424	65	43	44	65.5%	67.8%
15	Rhode Island	Private	2,748	432	33	35	7.8%	8.1%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	436	68	5	5	7.1%	7.1%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	175	28	5	5	16.5%	16.5%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,232	1,775	59	74	3.3%	4.2%
57	South Carolina	Public	416	326	27	41	8.2%	12.6%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,816	1,449	32	33	2.2%	2.3%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	384	303	9	9	2.8%	3.0%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	159	134	4	4	2.7%	2.7%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,830	351	21	25	5.9%	7.2%
45	South Dakota	Public	511	60	13	17	21.1%	27.6%
45	South Dakota	Private	2,319	291	8	9	2.8%	2.9%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	370	44	4	4	8.8%	9.3%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	187	23	0	0	1.7%	1.7%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,392	2,550	153	174	6.0%	6.8%
62	Tennessee	Public	368	393	86	98	21.7%	24.9%
62	Tennessee	Private	2,024	2,156	67	76	3.1%	3.5%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	379	396	33	35	8.2%	8.9%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	180	190	3	3	1.5%	1.5%
74	Texas	Total	8,785	9,751	476	576	4.9%	5.9%
74	Texas	Public	1,465	1,584	246	311	15.5%	19.6%
74	Texas	Private	7,320	8,167	231	265	2.8%	3.2%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	915	1,032	61	67	5.9%	6.5%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	683	778	15	16	1.9%	2.0%
87	Utah	Total	2,474	1,121	61	69	5.4%	6.1%
87	Utah	Public	452	197	35	40	18.0%	20.4%
87	Utah	Private	2,022	923	25	28	2.7%	3.1%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	275	124	6	7	4.5%	5.9%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	202	93	4	4	4.2%	4.2%
13	Vermont	Total	2,761	305	34	39	11.0%	12.9%
13	Vermont	Public	481	52	21	25	40.7%	48.6%
13	Vermont	Private	2,280	253	13	14	5.0%	5.6%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	329	36	1	2	3.4%	4.4%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	169	20	1	1	3.7%	3.7%
54	Virginia	Total	4,010	3,446	139	179	4.0%	5.2%
54	Virginia	Public	757	638	54	75	8.4%	11.8%
54	Virginia	Private	3,253	2,808	86	104	3.1%	3.7%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	319	273	21	27	7.8%	9.8%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	336	288	5	13	1.8%	4.5%
91	Washington	Total	3,084	2,772	549	583	19.8%	21.0%
91	Washington	Public	524	461	260	278	56.3%	60.2%
91	Washington	Private	2,560	2,311	289	305	12.5%	13.2%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	383	341	69	71	20.3%	20.8%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	178	165	42	42	25.5%	25.5%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,883	710	101	110	14.2%	15.5%
55	West Virginia	Public	381	140	42	46	30.0%	32.5%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,502	570	59	64	10.3%	11.3%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	179	68	15	16	21.3%	23.7%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	119	46	7	8	15.8%	16.5%
35	Wisconsin	Total	3,547	2,587	386	415	14.9%	16.1%
35	Wisconsin	Public	482	341	183	197	53.6%	57.8%
35	Wisconsin	Private	3,065	2,245	203	218	9.0%	9.7%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	680	498	82	86	16.5%	17.3%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	144	112	32	33	28.9%	29.5%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,364	235	19	24	8.3%	10.0%
83	Wyoming	Public	535	53	8	11	15.6%	20.4%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,829	182	11	13	6.1%	6.9%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	90	9	1	1	7.9%	9.1%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	183	18	2	2	10.6%	11.2%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.