Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2011
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	1,678	1,782	178	192	10.0%	10.8%
63	Alabama	Public	313	320	79	86	24.8%	26.8%
63	Alabama	Private	1,365	1,462	99	106	6.7%	7.3%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	259	281	38	38	13.6%	13.6%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	73	87	8	8	9.4%	9.4%
94	Alaska	Total	2,167	305	68	73	22.1%	23.8%
94	Alaska	Public	588	81	43	45	53.2%	56.0%
94	Alaska	Private	1,579	225	25	27	11.0%	12.2%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	49	7	1	1	11.5%	11.5%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	122	18	4	4	21.3%	23.5%
86	Arizona	Total	1,891	2,500	149	183	6.0%	7.3%
86	Arizona	Public	307	400	66	85	16.6%	21.2%
86	Arizona	Private	1,584	2,100	83	99	3.9%	4.7%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	155	206	6	7	2.9%	3.6%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	103	140	7	7	5.2%	5.2%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,635	1,117	47	57	4.2%	5.1%
71	Arkansas	Public	288	192	24	27	12.2%	13.9%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,347	924	23	30	2.5%	3.3%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	217	147	9	12	6.2%	8.0%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	79	55	3	3	5.7%	5.7%
93	California	Total	13,100	13,927	2,376	2,528	17.1%	18.2%
93	California	Public	2,244	2,344	1,334	1,408	56.9%	60.0%
93	California	Private	10,856	11,583	1,042	1,121	9.0%	9.7%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,418	1,513	97	101	6.4%	6.7%
93	California	Priv. Construction	623	686	116	125	16.9%	18.2%
84	Colorado	Total	3,696	2,185	179	203	8.2%	9.3%
84	Colorado	Public	583	339	90	101	26.4%	29.8%
84	Colorado	Private	3,113	1,846	90	102	4.9%	5.5%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	325	194	16	16	8.2%	8.2%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	196	122	9	10	7.5%	8.0%
16	Connecticut	Total	4,002	1,540	259	272	16.8%	17.7%
16	Connecticut	Public	601	228	147	151	64.5%	66.3%
16	Connecticut	Private	3,401	1,312	112	121	8.5%	9.2%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	464	176	24	25	13.4%	14.0%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	164	64	13	13	20.3%	20.3%
51	Delaware	Total	2,713	371	39	41	10.4%	11.2%
51	Delaware	Public	430	58	21	23	36.7%	39.5%
51	Delaware	Private	2,283	312	17	18	5.5%	5.9%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	258	35	3	3	7.4%	7.4%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	159	22	2	2	9.7%	10.3%
53	District of Columbia	Total	2,546	281	23	28	8.3%	9.9%
53	District of Columbia	Public	733	80	14	16	17.5%	19.7%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,813	202	9	12	4.7%	6.0%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	30	3	0	0	3.3%	3.3%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	50	6	0	0	6.7%	6.7%
59	Florida	Total	6,026	7,282	461	557	6.3%	7.7%
59	Florida	Public	919	1,094	289	348	26.4%	31.8%
59	Florida	Private	5,107	6,188	171	209	2.8%	3.4%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	310	376	14	17	3.8%	4.4%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	300	370	17	18	4.6%	4.9%
58	Georgia	Total	3,367	3,878	154	186	4.0%	4.8%
58	Georgia	Public	603	687	68	85	9.9%	12.4%
58	Georgia	Private	2,764	3,191	86	101	2.7%	3.2%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	359	413	11	13	2.8%	3.0%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	173	201	9	13	4.6%	6.5%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,610	525	113	118	21.5%	22.5%
95	Hawaii	Public	534	106	54	56	50.7%	53.4%
95	Hawaii	Private	2,076	419	59	62	14.1%	14.8%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	62	13	1	1	8.9%	10.1%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	166	34	11	12	33.0%	34.3%
82	Idaho	Total	1,746	594	31	36	5.1%	6.1%
82	Idaho	Public	304	101	15	17	14.9%	17.1%
82	Idaho	Private	1,442	494	16	19	3.2%	3.9%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	215	73	5	5	6.3%	6.7%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	78	27	2	2	6.8%	8.1%
33	Illinois	Total	5,078	5,410	876	929	16.2%	17.2%
33	Illinois	Public	700	730	379	395	52.0%	54.1%
33	Illinois	Private	4,378	4,681	497	534	10.6%	11.4%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	669	718	104	111	14.5%	15.4%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	196	213	72	72	33.7%	33.7%
32	Indiana	Total	2,534	2,683	301	331	11.2%	12.4%
32	Indiana	Public	312	321	91	101	28.3%	31.4%
32	Indiana	Private	2,222	2,362	210	231	8.9%	9.8%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	493	517	98	103	19.0%	19.9%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	125	138	40	41	29.2%	29.9%
42	Iowa	Total	3,447	1,388	156	188	11.2%	13.5%
42	Iowa	Public	566	224	80	103	35.9%	46.0%
42	Iowa	Private	2,881	1,164	75	85	6.5%	7.3%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	525	210	34	37	16.3%	17.6%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	162	68	12	12	17.6%	17.6%
47	Kansas	Total	2,566	1,267	97	128	7.6%	10.1%
47	Kansas	Public	526	252	50	70	19.7%	27.8%
47	Kansas	Private	2,040	1,015	47	58	4.6%	5.7%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	321	161	21	25	12.7%	15.4%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	123	65	7	9	11.0%	13.2%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,310	1,676	150	173	8.9%	10.3%
61	Kentucky	Public	404	286	57	70	19.9%	24.6%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,906	1,390	93	102	6.7%	7.4%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	330	235	29	31	12.2%	13.1%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	97	71	8	8	11.9%	11.9%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,481	1,714	76	90	4.4%	5.3%
72	Louisiana	Public	259	286	28	40	9.8%	13.9%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,222	1,428	48	51	3.4%	3.5%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	100	117	14	15	11.8%	13.0%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	86	101	7	7	6.7%	6.7%
11	Maine	Total	3,014	554	63	75	11.3%	13.4%
11	Maine	Public	495	90	41	50	45.8%	55.5%
11	Maine	Private	2,519	464	21	24	4.6%	5.3%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	295	55	9	9	16.0%	16.7%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	140	26	2	2	6.1%	6.8%
52	Maryland	Total	4,406	2,550	316	348	12.4%	13.7%
52	Maryland	Public	1,040	602	187	210	31.0%	34.8%
52	Maryland	Private	3,366	1,948	129	138	6.6%	7.1%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	213	122	9	10	7.7%	8.2%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	256	146	17	21	11.4%	14.4%
14	Massachusetts	Total	2,666	2,883	422	446	14.6%	15.5%
14	Massachusetts	Public	372	391	246	251	62.9%	64.2%
14	Massachusetts	Private	2,294	2,491	176	194	7.1%	7.8%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	267	288	14	18	4.9%	6.3%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	115	127	19	20	14.6%	15.4%
34	Michigan	Total	3,677	3,844	671	703	17.5%	18.3%
34	Michigan	Public	517	531	276	292	52.0%	55.0%
34	Michigan	Private	3,160	3,313	395	411	11.9%	12.4%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	634	656	132	134	20.1%	20.4%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	146	154	30	30	19.8%	19.8%
41	Minnesota	Total	4,479	2,461	371	389	15.1%	15.8%
41	Minnesota	Public	643	342	205	211	60.0%	61.8%
41	Minnesota	Private	3,836	2,119	165	178	7.8%	8.4%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	644	355	22	22	6.3%	6.3%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	179	103	32	32	30.5%	31.1%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,410	1,082	54	73	5.0%	6.8%
64	Mississippi	Public	323	239	25	37	10.4%	15.3%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,087	843	29	37	3.4%	4.4%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	200	154	11	13	7.5%	8.2%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	68	55	2	2	3.7%	3.7%
43	Missouri	Total	2,808	2,535	275	316	10.9%	12.5%
43	Missouri	Public	381	346	74	97	21.4%	28.1%
43	Missouri	Private	2,427	2,188	201	218	9.2%	10.0%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	325	290	60	60	20.8%	20.8%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	146	130	39	39	30.3%	30.3%
81	Montana	Total	1,414	377	49	55	13.0%	14.5%
81	Montana	Public	325	86	33	36	38.4%	41.9%
81	Montana	Private	1,089	291	16	19	5.4%	6.4%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	74	18	2	3	12.8%	14.4%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	65	17	3	3	15.9%	15.9%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,882	828	65	83	7.9%	10.0%
46	Nebraska	Public	566	158	40	52	25.4%	32.6%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,316	670	25	31	3.8%	4.6%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	388	113	10	12	9.1%	10.8%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	144	43	4	4	8.7%	9.6%
88	Nevada	Total	2,473	1,050	154	175	14.6%	16.6%
88	Nevada	Public	321	133	54	63	40.9%	47.1%
88	Nevada	Private	2,152	917	99	112	10.8%	12.2%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	124	51	2	2	3.3%	4.0%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	97	42	12	13	29.2%	31.3%
12	New Hampshire	Total	3,931	618	68	77	11.1%	12.5%
12	New Hampshire	Public	595	93	45	51	48.8%	54.6%
12	New Hampshire	Private	3,336	525	23	26	4.4%	5.0%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	515	81	3	3	3.3%	3.7%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	152	24	4	4	14.4%	14.4%
22	New Jersey	Total	3,557	3,817	616	642	16.1%	16.8%
22	New Jersey	Public	525	564	332	340	58.9%	60.4%
22	New Jersey	Private	3,032	3,253	284	301	8.7%	9.3%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	321	337	29	32	8.7%	9.4%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	165	182	42	43	23.1%	23.8%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,234	725	49	65	6.8%	9.0%
85	New Mexico	Public	346	196	34	47	17.4%	23.8%
85	New Mexico	Private	888	529	15	18	2.9%	3.5%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	49	28	0	0	0.0%	1.4%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	74	47	2	2	3.5%	3.5%
21	New York	Total	7,056	7,916	1,904	2,068	24.1%	26.1%
21	New York	Public	1,295	1,422	1,027	1,071	72.2%	75.3%
21	New York	Private	5,761	6,494	877	997	13.5%	15.4%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	482	527	77	85	14.5%	16.0%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	299	344	82	89	23.7%	25.9%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,016	3,595	104	148	2.9%	4.1%
56	North Carolina	Public	529	615	56	82	9.1%	13.3%
56	North Carolina	Private	2,487	2,981	49	67	1.6%	2.2%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	386	454	10	13	2.2%	3.0%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	160	209	2	4	1.2%	1.7%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,369	319	20	27	6.3%	8.6%
44	North Dakota	Public	471	62	10	13	16.5%	21.2%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,898	256	10	14	3.8%	5.5%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	150	20	3	3	13.8%	17.0%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	124	17	1	2	8.1%	9.7%
31	Ohio	Total	4,566	4,813	646	706	13.4%	14.7%
31	Ohio	Public	654	681	290	310	42.6%	45.6%
31	Ohio	Private	3,912	4,132	356	395	8.6%	9.6%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	757	785	132	146	16.8%	18.5%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	192	201	51	54	25.1%	27.0%
73	Oklahoma	Total	1,904	1,458	94	112	6.4%	7.7%
73	Oklahoma	Public	394	295	49	62	16.6%	21.1%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,510	1,163	44	50	3.8%	4.3%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	183	138	7	8	4.8%	5.9%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	98	80	3	3	4.4%	4.4%
92	Oregon	Total	2,329	1,575	269	285	17.1%	18.1%
92	Oregon	Public	390	257	153	162	59.4%	62.9%
92	Oregon	Private	1,939	1,318	117	124	8.8%	9.4%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	258	173	23	23	13.4%	13.4%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	98	69	13	13	18.9%	18.9%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	5,082	5,352	779	845	14.5%	15.8%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	647	665	344	377	51.8%	56.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	4,435	4,686	434	468	9.3%	10.0%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	648	668	87	89	13.0%	13.3%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	240	255	65	67	25.4%	26.3%
15	Rhode Island	Total	2,853	454	79	81	17.4%	17.8%
15	Rhode Island	Public	448	70	44	44	62.6%	63.7%
15	Rhode Island	Private	2,405	384	35	37	9.2%	9.5%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	320	51	4	4	7.0%	7.0%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	107	17	4	4	20.6%	20.6%
57	South Carolina	Total	1,946	1,725	59	86	3.4%	5.0%
57	South Carolina	Public	340	291	34	45	11.8%	15.4%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,606	1,433	25	41	1.8%	2.9%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	290	257	4	9	1.6%	3.4%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	80	75	2	3	2.9%	3.8%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,802	359	18	23	5.1%	6.4%
45	South Dakota	Public	507	64	10	14	16.3%	21.9%
45	South Dakota	Private	2,295	295	8	9	2.7%	3.1%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	335	42	2	3	5.3%	6.9%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	156	20	1	1	6.4%	6.4%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,112	2,504	115	139	4.6%	5.6%
62	Tennessee	Public	358	419	64	84	15.3%	20.0%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,754	2,086	51	56	2.5%	2.7%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	272	313	14	16	4.4%	5.1%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	97	113	4	4	3.5%	3.5%
74	Texas	Total	8,836	10,214	533	642	5.2%	6.3%
74	Texas	Public	1,420	1,599	273	337	17.1%	21.1%
74	Texas	Private	7,416	8,615	260	305	3.0%	3.5%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	886	1,032	73	76	7.1%	7.4%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	596	717	18	22	2.5%	3.1%
87	Utah	Total	2,002	1,148	66	82	5.8%	7.1%
87	Utah	Public	343	189	33	42	17.6%	22.2%
87	Utah	Private	1,659	959	33	40	3.5%	4.1%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	226	131	4	7	3.3%	5.0%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	129	78	5	7	6.2%	8.7%
13	Vermont	Total	2,597	291	35	39	12.0%	13.5%
13	Vermont	Public	459	50	24	26	48.7%	52.2%
13	Vermont	Private	2,138	241	11	13	4.4%	5.5%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	318	35	1	1	3.4%	3.7%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	123	14	0	0	3.2%	3.2%
54	Virginia	Total	3,850	3,549	163	198	4.6%	5.6%
54	Virginia	Public	819	736	104	126	14.1%	17.1%
54	Virginia	Private	3,031	2,813	59	72	2.1%	2.5%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	265	245	13	15	5.5%	6.2%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	192	185	5	6	2.6%	3.2%
91	Washington	Total	2,827	2,729	517	557	18.9%	20.4%
91	Washington	Public	551	519	272	293	52.4%	56.5%
91	Washington	Private	2,276	2,210	245	264	11.1%	11.9%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	321	310	66	69	21.4%	22.2%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	125	122	34	36	27.8%	29.6%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,582	672	93	102	13.8%	15.2%
55	West Virginia	Public	393	161	43	49	26.9%	30.2%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,189	511	49	54	9.7%	10.5%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	106	45	11	11	24.7%	24.7%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	83	35	6	6	16.9%	18.4%
35	Wisconsin	Total	3,558	2,538	339	358	13.3%	14.1%
35	Wisconsin	Public	525	372	187	199	50.3%	53.4%
35	Wisconsin	Private	3,033	2,166	152	159	7.0%	7.3%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	589	416	63	66	15.2%	15.8%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	129	92	23	25	25.4%	26.8%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,428	250	18	21	7.2%	8.4%
83	Wyoming	Public	643	65	9	11	13.5%	16.2%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,785	185	9	10	5.0%	5.6%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	101	11	0	0	2.0%	3.9%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	144	15	1	1	5.8%	5.8%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.