Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2010
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	1,722	1,809	183	203	10.1%	11.2%
63	Alabama	Public	334	345	100	112	28.9%	32.3%
63	Alabama	Private	1,388	1,463	84	91	5.7%	6.2%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	236	245	32	36	13.0%	14.5%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	92	101	5	5	4.8%	4.8%
94	Alaska	Total	2,247	295	68	73	22.9%	24.8%
94	Alaska	Public	614	78	43	46	55.4%	58.8%
94	Alaska	Private	1,633	217	24	27	11.2%	12.5%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	55	7	0	0	2.8%	2.8%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	125	17	4	4	21.4%	22.2%
86	Arizona	Total	1,860	2,507	161	203	6.4%	8.1%
86	Arizona	Public	333	441	87	117	19.7%	26.4%
86	Arizona	Private	1,527	2,066	74	86	3.6%	4.2%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	152	210	4	4	2.0%	2.0%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	116	164	9	10	5.3%	6.3%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,609	1,082	44	59	4.0%	5.4%
71	Arkansas	Public	279	185	20	26	10.6%	13.9%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,330	897	24	33	2.7%	3.7%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	232	157	9	11	6.0%	7.3%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	73	48	3	3	6.2%	6.2%
93	California	Total	13,254	13,892	2,431	2,578	17.5%	18.6%
93	California	Public	2,332	2,406	1,363	1,433	56.6%	59.6%
93	California	Private	10,922	11,486	1,069	1,145	9.3%	10.0%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,390	1,450	122	132	8.4%	9.1%
93	California	Priv. Construction	643	707	111	116	15.7%	16.5%
84	Colorado	Total	3,684	2,130	140	171	6.6%	8.0%
84	Colorado	Public	573	326	71	84	21.8%	25.7%
84	Colorado	Private	3,111	1,805	69	87	3.8%	4.8%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	299	174	9	11	5.1%	6.1%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	200	119	6	8	5.4%	6.4%
16	Connecticut	Total	4,075	1,549	258	270	16.7%	17.4%
16	Connecticut	Public	619	231	148	153	64.4%	66.4%
16	Connecticut	Private	3,456	1,318	110	117	8.3%	8.8%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	488	185	21	21	11.3%	11.5%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	151	57	10	10	17.3%	17.3%
51	Delaware	Total	2,562	352	40	44	11.4%	12.5%
51	Delaware	Public	440	60	23	25	38.9%	42.2%
51	Delaware	Private	2,122	293	17	19	5.8%	6.4%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	253	35	3	3	8.4%	9.2%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	141	19	2	2	10.4%	10.4%
53	District of Columbia	Total	2,525	287	26	30	9.0%	10.5%
53	District of Columbia	Public	725	81	14	16	16.7%	19.9%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,800	206	12	14	5.9%	6.7%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	27	3	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	45	5	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
59	Florida	Total	6,051	7,033	392	488	5.6%	6.9%
59	Florida	Public	943	1,081	252	301	23.3%	27.8%
59	Florida	Private	5,108	5,952	139	187	2.3%	3.1%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	346	407	10	13	2.5%	3.3%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	306	373	10	11	2.6%	2.9%
58	Georgia	Total	3,471	3,792	153	191	4.0%	5.0%
58	Georgia	Public	624	666	74	97	11.1%	14.5%
58	Georgia	Private	2,847	3,126	80	94	2.5%	3.0%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	341	373	13	15	3.4%	3.9%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	182	205	9	9	4.2%	4.2%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,577	511	111	120	21.8%	23.5%
95	Hawaii	Public	514	103	52	54	50.2%	52.1%
95	Hawaii	Private	2,063	408	59	66	14.6%	16.3%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	57	12	2	2	13.3%	18.7%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	147	31	11	11	34.4%	37.1%
82	Idaho	Total	1,682	584	42	50	7.1%	8.6%
82	Idaho	Public	334	112	24	30	21.7%	26.4%
82	Idaho	Private	1,348	472	17	20	3.6%	4.3%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	171	58	4	4	6.2%	6.8%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	81	30	2	2	8.1%	8.1%
33	Illinois	Total	5,301	5,434	844	891	15.5%	16.4%
33	Illinois	Public	795	803	403	422	50.2%	52.6%
33	Illinois	Private	4,506	4,631	441	469	9.5%	10.1%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	660	680	82	87	12.0%	12.8%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	186	189	65	66	34.5%	34.9%
32	Indiana	Total	2,525	2,554	279	313	10.9%	12.2%
32	Indiana	Public	377	373	100	120	26.8%	32.1%
32	Indiana	Private	2,148	2,181	179	193	8.2%	8.9%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	476	480	84	88	17.5%	18.3%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	109	114	32	32	28.2%	28.2%
42	Iowa	Total	3,500	1,393	158	192	11.4%	13.8%
42	Iowa	Public	627	248	77	101	31.1%	40.8%
42	Iowa	Private	2,873	1,144	81	90	7.1%	7.9%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	555	220	39	43	18.0%	19.5%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	168	67	10	11	14.5%	17.2%
47	Kansas	Total	2,475	1,222	84	111	6.8%	9.1%
47	Kansas	Public	511	246	39	54	16.0%	22.0%
47	Kansas	Private	1,964	975	44	57	4.5%	5.8%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	321	158	20	26	12.5%	16.3%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	106	54	6	6	10.3%	11.6%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,274	1,642	147	166	8.9%	10.1%
61	Kentucky	Public	379	265	48	57	18.1%	21.4%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,895	1,377	99	110	7.2%	8.0%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	299	217	28	29	12.9%	13.3%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	103	79	12	12	15.7%	15.7%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,495	1,742	76	96	4.3%	5.5%
72	Louisiana	Public	288	323	30	38	9.3%	11.7%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,207	1,420	45	58	3.2%	4.1%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	118	134	22	27	16.6%	20.2%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	91	105	2	3	2.0%	2.8%
11	Maine	Total	3,208	543	63	71	11.6%	13.0%
11	Maine	Public	476	80	39	45	48.9%	55.8%
11	Maine	Private	2,732	464	24	26	5.1%	5.6%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	310	52	9	9	17.1%	17.7%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	130	22	1	1	5.9%	5.9%
52	Maryland	Total	4,317	2,558	296	329	11.6%	12.9%
52	Maryland	Public	1,032	612	178	199	29.1%	32.4%
52	Maryland	Private	3,285	1,946	118	130	6.1%	6.7%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	217	126	13	14	10.2%	11.4%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	251	149	10	11	6.7%	7.5%
14	Massachusetts	Total	2,676	2,866	415	446	14.5%	15.6%
14	Massachusetts	Public	374	390	242	251	62.1%	64.4%
14	Massachusetts	Private	2,302	2,476	173	195	7.0%	7.9%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	272	290	21	27	7.3%	9.4%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	112	120	19	19	15.6%	15.6%
34	Michigan	Total	3,718	3,806	627	659	16.5%	17.3%
34	Michigan	Public	539	542	265	280	48.9%	51.7%
34	Michigan	Private	3,179	3,264	363	378	11.1%	11.6%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	619	625	109	113	17.4%	18.1%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	107	110	24	24	21.7%	21.7%
41	Minnesota	Total	4,498	2,468	385	397	15.6%	16.1%
41	Minnesota	Public	690	365	208	216	57.0%	59.2%
41	Minnesota	Private	3,808	2,103	176	181	8.4%	8.6%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	617	340	29	29	8.4%	8.6%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	161	90	23	23	25.0%	25.0%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,377	1,037	46	58	4.5%	5.6%
64	Mississippi	Public	296	214	16	24	7.4%	11.2%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,081	823	30	34	3.7%	4.2%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	215	163	10	11	6.4%	6.8%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	63	50	4	4	7.3%	7.3%
43	Missouri	Total	2,887	2,469	244	274	9.9%	11.1%
43	Missouri	Public	410	347	63	83	18.2%	23.8%
43	Missouri	Private	2,477	2,122	181	192	8.5%	9.0%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	366	310	51	53	16.5%	17.1%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	128	112	36	38	32.2%	33.6%
81	Montana	Total	1,377	364	46	52	12.7%	14.4%
81	Montana	Public	273	72	30	33	41.4%	46.5%
81	Montana	Private	1,104	292	16	19	5.6%	6.5%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	79	20	2	2	10.9%	10.9%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	74	20	2	2	11.7%	11.7%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,822	813	75	96	9.3%	11.8%
46	Nebraska	Public	547	154	44	56	28.3%	36.3%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,275	659	32	40	4.8%	6.0%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	379	110	13	17	11.6%	15.4%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	115	34	4	4	13.1%	13.1%
88	Nevada	Total	2,433	1,012	151	170	15.0%	16.8%
88	Nevada	Public	355	146	58	66	39.9%	45.7%
88	Nevada	Private	2,078	866	93	103	10.8%	11.9%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	100	41	3	3	6.8%	6.8%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	125	55	17	17	30.4%	31.9%
12	New Hampshire	Total	3,992	622	63	73	10.2%	11.7%
12	New Hampshire	Public	604	93	40	47	43.0%	50.3%
12	New Hampshire	Private	3,388	530	23	26	4.4%	4.9%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	549	86	3	3	3.9%	4.1%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	138	21	2	2	8.8%	8.8%
22	New Jersey	Total	3,664	3,734	637	660	17.1%	17.7%
22	New Jersey	Public	592	604	357	366	59.0%	60.6%
22	New Jersey	Private	3,072	3,129	280	294	9.0%	9.4%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	317	321	25	27	7.8%	8.3%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	167	171	34	37	20.1%	21.3%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,300	750	55	72	7.3%	9.7%
85	New Mexico	Public	394	219	41	54	18.8%	24.5%
85	New Mexico	Private	906	530	14	19	2.6%	3.5%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	65	40	2	2	4.8%	4.8%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	62	36	2	3	6.3%	8.2%
21	New York	Total	7,205	8,078	1,959	2,099	24.2%	26.0%
21	New York	Public	1,357	1,503	1,060	1,096	70.5%	72.9%
21	New York	Private	5,848	6,575	899	1,002	13.7%	15.2%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	480	530	81	87	15.3%	16.3%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	300	349	96	100	27.5%	28.6%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,207	3,686	117	180	3.2%	4.9%
56	North Carolina	Public	589	664	63	104	9.5%	15.7%
56	North Carolina	Private	2,618	3,022	54	75	1.8%	2.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	424	474	18	22	3.9%	4.6%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	180	216	5	5	2.4%	2.4%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,425	313	23	28	7.4%	9.1%
44	North Dakota	Public	527	67	12	15	17.4%	23.1%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,898	246	11	13	4.6%	5.3%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	182	23	2	2	9.3%	9.3%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	137	18	2	2	10.4%	11.1%
31	Ohio	Total	4,665	4,787	655	702	13.7%	14.7%
31	Ohio	Public	719	725	313	335	43.1%	46.2%
31	Ohio	Private	3,946	4,062	342	367	8.4%	9.0%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	726	734	130	134	17.7%	18.2%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	199	202	43	43	21.1%	21.5%
73	Oklahoma	Total	1,966	1,418	77	99	5.5%	6.9%
73	Oklahoma	Public	398	281	37	46	13.2%	16.2%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,568	1,137	40	53	3.5%	4.7%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	175	125	9	12	7.0%	9.4%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	96	71	1	1	1.9%	1.9%
92	Oregon	Total	2,272	1,515	245	268	16.2%	17.7%
92	Oregon	Public	388	252	130	143	51.7%	56.9%
92	Oregon	Private	1,884	1,263	115	125	9.1%	9.9%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	269	179	21	21	11.8%	11.8%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	107	73	10	11	13.4%	14.5%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	5,101	5,224	770	831	14.7%	15.9%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	688	697	347	372	49.9%	53.4%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	4,413	4,527	423	459	9.3%	10.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	643	652	76	80	11.7%	12.2%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	218	224	59	62	26.5%	27.8%
15	Rhode Island	Total	2,967	456	75	79	16.4%	17.4%
15	Rhode Island	Public	441	66	42	44	63.7%	66.6%
15	Rhode Island	Private	2,526	389	33	35	8.4%	9.1%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	343	53	4	4	7.5%	8.3%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	103	16	3	3	19.7%	19.7%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,028	1,713	80	107	4.6%	6.2%
57	South Carolina	Public	378	316	41	52	13.1%	16.3%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,650	1,397	38	55	2.7%	4.0%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	293	246	12	19	5.0%	7.9%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	79	69	2	2	2.3%	3.5%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,854	357	20	24	5.6%	6.6%
45	South Dakota	Public	523	63	11	13	17.9%	20.9%
45	South Dakota	Private	2,331	294	9	10	3.0%	3.5%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	341	42	3	3	7.6%	7.9%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	141	17	1	1	4.4%	4.9%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,174	2,477	115	142	4.7%	5.8%
62	Tennessee	Public	346	393	69	80	17.6%	20.2%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,828	2,084	46	63	2.2%	3.0%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	269	298	19	24	6.5%	8.2%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	95	107	7	7	6.1%	6.1%
74	Texas	Total	8,791	10,025	545	677	5.4%	6.7%
74	Texas	Public	1,468	1,640	276	345	16.9%	21.0%
74	Texas	Private	7,323	8,385	269	332	3.2%	4.0%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	855	984	75	83	7.6%	8.4%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	580	697	14	19	2.0%	2.7%
87	Utah	Total	1,999	1,144	75	96	6.5%	8.4%
87	Utah	Public	395	222	39	53	17.5%	24.0%
87	Utah	Private	1,604	922	36	42	3.9%	4.6%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	211	120	7	8	6.0%	6.8%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	126	75	7	8	9.3%	10.1%
13	Vermont	Total	2,756	289	34	40	11.8%	13.6%
13	Vermont	Public	457	47	21	25	45.9%	53.7%
13	Vermont	Private	2,299	243	13	14	5.3%	5.9%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	315	33	1	2	3.7%	4.9%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	130	14	0	1	3.3%	4.1%
54	Virginia	Total	3,807	3,473	161	196	4.6%	5.7%
54	Virginia	Public	836	749	81	108	10.8%	14.4%
54	Virginia	Private	2,971	2,724	80	89	2.9%	3.3%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	269	246	22	23	8.9%	9.3%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	189	183	7	7	3.9%	3.9%
91	Washington	Total	2,896	2,837	552	605	19.4%	21.3%
91	Washington	Public	552	536	304	328	56.8%	61.2%
91	Washington	Private	2,344	2,302	247	277	10.7%	12.0%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	304	300	66	71	22.0%	23.5%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	146	147	23	23	15.8%	15.8%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,640	677	100	111	14.8%	16.5%
55	West Virginia	Public	402	160	42	46	26.1%	28.8%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,238	516	58	65	11.2%	12.6%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	121	52	13	15	25.9%	28.2%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	88	35	10	11	29.3%	30.5%
35	Wisconsin	Total	3,523	2,508	355	380	14.2%	15.1%
35	Wisconsin	Public	532	377	175	187	46.6%	49.6%
35	Wisconsin	Private	2,991	2,131	180	193	8.4%	9.0%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	606	425	63	66	14.9%	15.4%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	138	98	24	24	24.1%	24.9%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,394	246	18	21	7.4%	8.4%
83	Wyoming	Public	629	63	9	10	14.6%	16.4%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,765	183	9	10	4.9%	5.7%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	81	8	1	1	6.3%	7.3%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	149	16	1	1	6.6%	7.6%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.