Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2007
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	1,789	1,895	180	201	9.5%	10.6%
63	Alabama	Public	329	339	105	116	30.9%	34.3%
63	Alabama	Private	1,460	1,556	76	85	4.9%	5.5%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	295	310	26	32	8.5%	10.5%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	127	143	8	8	5.3%	5.3%
94	Alaska	Total	2,355	284	68	70	23.8%	24.7%
94	Alaska	Public	659	78	41	42	52.3%	53.9%
94	Alaska	Private	1,696	206	27	28	13.0%	13.6%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	36	5	1	1	14.2%	17.1%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	156	19	6	6	30.4%	30.4%
86	Arizona	Total	2,297	2,619	230	255	8.8%	9.7%
86	Arizona	Public	369	413	86	100	20.9%	24.3%
86	Arizona	Private	1,928	2,207	143	155	6.5%	7.0%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	203	229	16	17	7.1%	7.5%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	228	268	23	24	8.4%	8.8%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,781	1,154	62	75	5.4%	6.5%
71	Arkansas	Public	370	235	31	39	13.0%	16.7%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,411	919	31	36	3.4%	3.9%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	294	185	14	16	7.6%	8.9%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	102	70	1	1	1.7%	1.7%
93	California	Total	13,782	14,856	2,474	2,650	16.7%	17.8%
93	California	Public	2,266	2,395	1,272	1,345	53.1%	56.1%
93	California	Private	11,516	12,461	1,202	1,306	9.6%	10.5%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,480	1,601	141	150	8.8%	9.4%
93	California	Priv. Construction	971	1,083	179	184	16.5%	17.0%
84	Colorado	Total	3,928	2,204	191	202	8.7%	9.2%
84	Colorado	Public	646	355	87	93	24.4%	26.1%
84	Colorado	Private	3,282	1,849	104	110	5.6%	5.9%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	366	207	31	32	15.1%	15.7%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	300	170	14	15	8.4%	8.8%
16	Connecticut	Total	4,027	1,617	253	269	15.6%	16.6%
16	Connecticut	Public	592	239	148	156	62.2%	65.4%
16	Connecticut	Private	3,435	1,379	105	113	7.6%	8.2%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	541	214	22	23	10.2%	10.5%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	173	71	13	13	17.9%	17.9%
51	Delaware	Total	2,904	396	47	50	12.0%	12.8%
51	Delaware	Public	486	65	24	26	36.4%	39.7%
51	Delaware	Private	2,418	330	24	25	7.2%	7.4%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	301	41	5	5	11.6%	11.9%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	215	30	3	4	11.4%	11.9%
53	District of Columbia	Total	2,474	278	29	38	10.3%	13.6%
53	District of Columbia	Public	671	74	14	18	18.4%	23.9%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,803	204	15	20	7.4%	9.8%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	31	4	0	0	0.0%	6.6%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	66	8	1	1	13.4%	14.4%
59	Florida	Total	7,120	7,741	455	562	5.9%	7.3%
59	Florida	Public	1,018	1,096	289	362	26.3%	33.0%
59	Florida	Private	6,102	6,645	166	201	2.5%	3.0%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	420	456	13	15	2.8%	3.2%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	571	632	21	24	3.3%	3.8%
58	Georgia	Total	3,846	4,181	186	226	4.4%	5.4%
58	Georgia	Public	660	707	89	106	12.6%	14.9%
58	Georgia	Private	3,186	3,475	97	120	2.8%	3.5%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	468	503	21	26	4.3%	5.2%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	259	286	19	19	6.8%	6.8%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,664	556	130	135	23.4%	24.2%
95	Hawaii	Public	533	109	62	64	56.9%	58.3%
95	Hawaii	Private	2,131	447	68	71	15.2%	15.9%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	75	16	2	2	13.3%	14.8%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	195	43	15	16	35.0%	36.0%
82	Idaho	Total	1,998	635	33	41	5.3%	6.4%
82	Idaho	Public	371	115	16	21	13.8%	18.0%
82	Idaho	Private	1,627	519	17	20	3.4%	3.9%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	234	75	3	4	4.1%	5.0%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	160	51	3	4	6.5%	8.0%
33	Illinois	Total	5,571	5,802	842	884	14.5%	15.2%
33	Illinois	Public	798	811	358	375	44.2%	46.2%
33	Illinois	Private	4,773	4,991	484	509	9.7%	10.2%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	754	787	106	107	13.5%	13.7%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	282	299	112	114	37.6%	38.2%
32	Indiana	Total	2,724	2,779	333	359	12.0%	12.9%
32	Indiana	Public	394	391	100	116	25.5%	29.7%
32	Indiana	Private	2,330	2,387	233	243	9.8%	10.2%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	558	569	105	108	18.6%	18.9%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	143	149	45	45	30.1%	30.1%
42	Iowa	Total	3,670	1,417	149	185	10.5%	13.1%
42	Iowa	Public	593	227	75	99	32.9%	43.7%
42	Iowa	Private	3,077	1,190	74	86	6.2%	7.2%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	614	239	41	47	17.4%	19.6%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	175	70	8	8	10.8%	11.4%
47	Kansas	Total	2,708	1,274	89	110	7.0%	8.7%
47	Kansas	Public	489	224	39	49	17.3%	22.0%
47	Kansas	Private	2,219	1,050	50	61	4.8%	5.8%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	348	164	20	26	12.0%	16.1%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	128	62	8	9	13.5%	14.3%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,446	1,734	157	192	9.1%	11.1%
61	Kentucky	Public	437	303	50	75	16.6%	24.7%
61	Kentucky	Private	2,009	1,430	107	117	7.5%	8.2%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	348	247	24	26	9.6%	10.4%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	126	92	10	10	10.4%	10.4%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,464	1,670	94	108	5.6%	6.5%
72	Louisiana	Public	260	285	38	49	13.4%	17.2%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,204	1,385	56	59	4.0%	4.3%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	128	148	23	23	15.7%	15.7%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	105	123	16	17	12.6%	14.2%
11	Maine	Total	3,299	574	67	79	11.7%	13.8%
11	Maine	Public	576	98	43	52	44.0%	53.0%
11	Maine	Private	2,723	476	24	28	5.1%	5.8%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	386	67	11	11	16.4%	16.7%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	169	31	1	1	4.2%	4.2%
52	Maryland	Total	4,374	2,598	335	376	12.9%	14.5%
52	Maryland	Public	1,107	654	196	219	29.9%	33.5%
52	Maryland	Private	3,267	1,944	139	157	7.2%	8.1%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	221	127	17	18	13.8%	14.2%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	316	187	23	24	12.1%	12.6%
14	Massachusetts	Total	2,693	2,882	379	402	13.2%	14.0%
14	Massachusetts	Public	325	340	186	197	54.7%	57.9%
14	Massachusetts	Private	2,368	2,542	193	205	7.6%	8.1%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	254	270	20	20	7.6%	7.6%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	125	138	22	24	16.1%	17.5%
34	Michigan	Total	4,041	4,193	819	865	19.5%	20.6%
34	Michigan	Public	566	578	316	335	54.6%	57.9%
34	Michigan	Private	3,475	3,615	503	530	13.9%	14.7%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	827	855	203	210	23.8%	24.6%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	179	194	39	40	20.0%	20.7%
41	Minnesota	Total	4,586	2,460	400	419	16.3%	17.0%
41	Minnesota	Public	693	364	200	211	54.9%	57.8%
41	Minnesota	Private	3,893	2,096	200	209	9.6%	10.0%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	662	352	36	37	10.2%	10.4%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	237	130	41	41	31.3%	31.7%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,433	1,068	72	95	6.7%	8.9%
64	Mississippi	Public	302	221	26	41	11.9%	18.5%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,131	847	45	54	5.4%	6.4%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	263	195	22	27	11.1%	13.9%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	87	68	2	2	3.3%	3.3%
43	Missouri	Total	2,930	2,585	275	308	10.7%	11.9%
43	Missouri	Public	415	359	82	103	22.8%	28.6%
43	Missouri	Private	2,515	2,227	194	205	8.7%	9.2%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	443	390	50	52	12.8%	13.4%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	165	149	46	46	30.7%	31.3%
81	Montana	Total	1,664	399	54	62	13.5%	15.6%
81	Montana	Public	366	86	35	39	40.6%	44.7%
81	Montana	Private	1,298	312	19	24	6.0%	7.6%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	86	21	2	3	10.0%	13.6%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	120	29	4	5	14.2%	18.0%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,860	836	65	81	7.8%	9.7%
46	Nebraska	Public	539	155	38	50	24.7%	32.1%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,321	681	27	31	3.9%	4.6%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	382	110	8	9	7.0%	8.5%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	114	33	3	3	9.1%	9.1%
88	Nevada	Total	2,979	1,177	182	208	15.4%	17.7%
88	Nevada	Public	393	149	50	62	33.6%	41.9%
88	Nevada	Private	2,586	1,028	132	146	12.8%	14.2%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	92	37	3	4	8.8%	11.7%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	314	127	29	31	22.7%	24.1%
12	New Hampshire	Total	4,034	631	61	70	9.7%	11.2%
12	New Hampshire	Public	577	89	41	47	45.8%	53.5%
12	New Hampshire	Private	3,457	542	20	23	3.8%	4.3%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	603	93	3	3	3.3%	3.6%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	198	32	3	3	9.5%	9.5%
22	New Jersey	Total	3,710	3,897	748	802	19.2%	20.6%
22	New Jersey	Public	641	666	421	446	63.2%	67.0%
22	New Jersey	Private	3,069	3,231	327	356	10.1%	11.0%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	374	387	29	32	7.4%	8.3%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	195	199	47	47	23.8%	23.8%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,605	800	62	91	7.7%	11.4%
85	New Mexico	Public	435	206	39	63	19.1%	30.8%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,170	594	22	28	3.8%	4.7%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	70	36	0	1	1.3%	2.5%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	103	53	2	2	3.9%	3.9%
21	New York	Total	7,247	8,150	2,055	2,146	25.2%	26.3%
21	New York	Public	1,302	1,420	994	1,017	70.0%	71.6%
21	New York	Private	5,945	6,730	1,061	1,130	15.8%	16.8%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	561	612	100	104	16.4%	17.1%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	397	466	127	128	27.4%	27.6%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,420	3,771	114	147	3.0%	3.9%
56	North Carolina	Public	569	621	50	71	8.1%	11.5%
56	North Carolina	Private	2,851	3,150	64	76	2.0%	2.4%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	471	513	17	19	3.3%	3.8%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	254	284	4	6	1.5%	2.0%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,414	303	19	23	6.4%	7.6%
44	North Dakota	Public	517	64	10	12	15.4%	18.7%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,897	239	10	11	4.0%	4.7%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	187	24	2	2	6.5%	6.5%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	138	18	2	2	9.2%	10.6%
31	Ohio	Total	5,075	5,187	730	797	14.1%	15.4%
31	Ohio	Public	790	802	337	374	42.0%	46.7%
31	Ohio	Private	4,285	4,385	394	423	9.0%	9.6%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	921	931	127	131	13.6%	14.1%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	259	267	70	72	26.3%	27.1%
73	Oklahoma	Total	2,071	1,456	103	124	7.1%	8.5%
73	Oklahoma	Public	423	294	63	76	21.4%	25.8%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,648	1,163	41	49	3.5%	4.2%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	198	140	12	13	8.4%	9.5%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	115	83	4	4	4.9%	4.9%
92	Oregon	Total	2,310	1,582	227	243	14.3%	15.4%
92	Oregon	Public	355	236	123	132	52.2%	55.6%
92	Oregon	Private	1,955	1,346	103	112	7.7%	8.3%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	309	213	25	25	11.6%	11.8%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	160	115	16	17	14.0%	14.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	5,441	5,496	830	910	15.1%	16.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	709	706	366	401	51.9%	56.8%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	4,732	4,790	464	509	9.7%	10.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	727	722	124	127	17.2%	17.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	281	287	50	51	17.2%	17.6%
15	Rhode Island	Total	3,131	497	75	78	15.0%	15.8%
15	Rhode Island	Public	423	66	42	44	63.7%	66.2%
15	Rhode Island	Private	2,708	431	32	35	7.5%	8.0%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	421	67	4	4	5.4%	5.9%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	149	24	5	5	20.0%	20.6%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,270	1,873	78	111	4.1%	5.9%
57	South Carolina	Public	403	330	36	54	10.9%	16.5%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,867	1,543	42	57	2.7%	3.7%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	355	288	13	16	4.5%	5.4%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	174	144	5	5	3.2%	3.6%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,759	354	23	27	6.5%	7.7%
45	South Dakota	Public	479	59	13	16	21.7%	27.6%
45	South Dakota	Private	2,280	294	10	11	3.4%	3.7%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	363	46	4	4	9.4%	9.8%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	147	20	1	1	4.4%	4.4%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,371	2,596	138	166	5.3%	6.4%
62	Tennessee	Public	372	405	71	84	17.4%	20.9%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,999	2,191	67	82	3.1%	3.7%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	374	401	20	24	5.0%	6.0%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	176	191	8	8	4.4%	4.4%
74	Texas	Total	8,683	9,899	463	566	4.7%	5.7%
74	Texas	Public	1,441	1,576	240	291	15.2%	18.5%
74	Texas	Private	7,242	8,323	223	275	2.7%	3.3%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	898	1,040	54	59	5.2%	5.7%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	704	851	24	28	2.8%	3.3%
87	Utah	Total	2,310	1,153	67	78	5.8%	6.8%
87	Utah	Public	442	209	37	42	17.6%	20.1%
87	Utah	Private	1,868	944	31	36	3.3%	3.9%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	246	124	4	5	3.4%	3.9%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	203	109	6	6	5.6%	5.6%
13	Vermont	Total	2,662	288	30	35	10.4%	12.2%
13	Vermont	Public	419	44	19	22	42.6%	49.9%
13	Vermont	Private	2,243	244	11	13	4.5%	5.3%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	347	37	1	2	4.0%	5.4%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	156	17	1	1	5.5%	5.5%
54	Virginia	Total	4,003	3,502	129	167	3.7%	4.8%
54	Virginia	Public	834	712	60	83	8.5%	11.6%
54	Virginia	Private	3,169	2,790	68	84	2.5%	3.0%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	324	281	19	22	6.6%	8.0%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	306	274	9	9	3.4%	3.4%
91	Washington	Total	3,191	2,874	579	616	20.2%	21.4%
91	Washington	Public	568	502	269	285	53.6%	56.8%
91	Washington	Private	2,623	2,372	310	331	13.1%	14.0%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	403	364	97	102	26.7%	28.0%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	214	197	50	51	25.6%	26.1%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,941	724	97	107	13.3%	14.7%
55	West Virginia	Public	423	155	35	41	22.5%	26.7%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,518	569	62	65	10.8%	11.5%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	155	58	14	14	23.8%	23.8%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	118	45	11	11	25.3%	25.3%
35	Wisconsin	Total	3,584	2,631	376	405	14.3%	15.4%
35	Wisconsin	Public	510	370	188	203	50.9%	54.9%
35	Wisconsin	Private	3,074	2,261	187	202	8.3%	8.9%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	727	534	78	79	14.6%	14.8%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	149	113	32	33	28.2%	28.8%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,384	239	19	22	7.9%	9.4%
83	Wyoming	Public	554	55	9	11	15.5%	19.8%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,830	184	10	12	5.6%	6.2%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	108	11	1	1	6.6%	7.5%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	167	17	1	1	5.3%	6.1%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.