Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2012
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	1,653	1,812	167	190	9.2%	10.5%
63	Alabama	Public	296	323	82	96	25.5%	29.8%
63	Alabama	Private	1,357	1,489	84	94	5.7%	6.3%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	248	271	26	28	9.5%	10.3%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	69	78	6	6	7.1%	7.1%
94	Alaska	Total	2,031	298	67	71	22.4%	23.9%
94	Alaska	Public	565	82	44	47	54.5%	57.7%
94	Alaska	Private	1,466	217	22	24	10.3%	11.2%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	45	7	0	1	5.1%	10.3%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	101	14	3	3	21.8%	22.7%
86	Arizona	Total	1,903	2,434	126	159	5.2%	6.5%
86	Arizona	Public	286	362	60	83	16.5%	22.8%
86	Arizona	Private	1,617	2,072	66	77	3.2%	3.7%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	148	187	9	12	5.1%	6.3%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	85	111	3	3	2.7%	2.7%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,655	1,155	37	43	3.2%	3.7%
71	Arkansas	Public	273	184	23	26	12.6%	14.1%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,382	971	13	17	1.4%	1.7%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	208	153	4	4	2.9%	2.9%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	86	61	1	1	1.0%	1.0%
93	California	Total	13,437	14,489	2,485	2,662	17.2%	18.4%
93	California	Public	2,246	2,389	1,402	1,496	58.7%	62.6%
93	California	Private	11,191	12,100	1,083	1,166	8.9%	9.6%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,361	1,456	75	88	5.1%	6.0%
93	California	Priv. Construction	677	747	119	122	15.9%	16.4%
84	Colorado	Total	3,731	2,166	169	190	7.8%	8.8%
84	Colorado	Public	586	333	80	92	23.8%	27.6%
84	Colorado	Private	3,145	1,832	90	98	4.9%	5.4%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	325	188	13	13	6.6%	6.6%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	194	115	10	11	8.8%	9.3%
16	Connecticut	Total	3,844	1,541	216	232	14.0%	15.1%
16	Connecticut	Public	540	216	128	133	59.5%	61.5%
16	Connecticut	Private	3,304	1,325	88	99	6.6%	7.5%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	464	182	17	20	9.6%	11.2%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	148	58	7	7	11.4%	12.1%
51	Delaware	Total	2,587	378	39	45	10.4%	11.8%
51	Delaware	Public	409	58	22	23	37.1%	40.3%
51	Delaware	Private	2,178	320	18	21	5.6%	6.6%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	214	31	2	2	6.5%	7.4%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	126	18	1	1	6.9%	6.9%
53	District of Columbia	Total	2,633	309	27	32	8.6%	10.3%
53	District of Columbia	Public	729	83	14	17	16.8%	20.5%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,904	226	13	15	5.6%	6.5%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	21	2	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	64	8	0	0	2.5%	2.5%
59	Florida	Total	6,205	7,599	439	553	5.8%	7.3%
59	Florida	Public	937	1,127	282	342	25.0%	30.3%
59	Florida	Private	5,268	6,472	157	212	2.4%	3.3%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	326	391	14	18	3.6%	4.5%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	295	370	9	9	2.4%	2.4%
58	Georgia	Total	3,310	3,912	171	210	4.4%	5.4%
58	Georgia	Public	574	666	70	87	10.5%	13.1%
58	Georgia	Private	2,736	3,246	101	123	3.1%	3.8%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	342	400	12	15	2.9%	3.7%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	180	217	9	9	4.2%	4.2%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,517	538	117	125	21.7%	23.2%
95	Hawaii	Public	537	114	55	58	47.9%	51.2%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,980	424	62	66	14.6%	15.7%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	65	14	1	1	9.3%	9.3%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	168	36	12	12	33.5%	33.5%
82	Idaho	Total	1,754	614	29	36	4.8%	5.8%
82	Idaho	Public	321	110	13	17	12.0%	15.3%
82	Idaho	Private	1,433	504	16	19	3.2%	3.7%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	199	69	4	4	5.7%	6.3%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	87	31	3	3	10.1%	11.0%
33	Illinois	Total	5,279	5,491	800	851	14.6%	15.5%
33	Illinois	Public	698	715	356	382	49.8%	53.4%
33	Illinois	Private	4,581	4,776	444	469	9.3%	9.8%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	672	699	95	99	13.5%	14.2%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	207	220	84	88	38.2%	39.9%
32	Indiana	Total	2,533	2,701	245	268	9.1%	9.9%
32	Indiana	Public	310	322	73	86	22.8%	26.8%
32	Indiana	Private	2,223	2,379	172	182	7.2%	7.7%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	481	518	73	80	14.0%	15.4%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	118	129	39	39	30.0%	30.0%
42	Iowa	Total	3,455	1,391	144	171	10.4%	12.3%
42	Iowa	Public	587	234	81	103	34.5%	44.0%
42	Iowa	Private	2,868	1,157	64	68	5.5%	5.9%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	604	244	37	39	15.2%	15.9%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	121	49	7	7	13.7%	13.7%
47	Kansas	Total	2,477	1,247	85	105	6.9%	8.4%
47	Kansas	Public	514	254	45	55	17.8%	21.8%
47	Kansas	Private	1,963	993	40	49	4.0%	5.0%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	329	168	17	21	10.1%	12.6%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	108	57	5	5	9.2%	9.2%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,387	1,745	174	198	10.0%	11.3%
61	Kentucky	Public	419	305	72	82	23.7%	27.1%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,968	1,441	102	116	7.1%	8.0%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	340	240	35	38	14.8%	15.9%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	94	67	7	7	11.1%	11.1%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,465	1,734	108	130	6.2%	7.5%
72	Louisiana	Public	243	277	54	63	19.6%	22.6%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,222	1,457	53	67	3.7%	4.6%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	128	154	17	20	11.0%	13.2%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	97	119	6	6	5.4%	5.4%
11	Maine	Total	2,898	559	64	78	11.5%	13.9%
11	Maine	Public	456	86	39	49	45.1%	57.1%
11	Maine	Private	2,442	473	25	29	5.4%	6.0%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	297	57	10	10	17.4%	17.7%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	133	25	0	0	1.4%	1.4%
52	Maryland	Total	4,292	2,637	279	324	10.6%	12.3%
52	Maryland	Public	1,042	636	169	199	26.6%	31.3%
52	Maryland	Private	3,250	2,001	110	126	5.5%	6.3%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	211	129	13	13	9.9%	9.9%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	247	150	16	19	10.8%	12.8%
14	Massachusetts	Total	2,653	2,903	416	470	14.3%	16.2%
14	Massachusetts	Public	363	387	231	247	59.8%	63.9%
14	Massachusetts	Private	2,290	2,516	185	223	7.4%	8.9%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	218	231	17	19	7.2%	8.1%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	106	115	19	20	16.5%	17.6%
34	Michigan	Total	3,702	3,785	629	648	16.6%	17.1%
34	Michigan	Public	464	467	254	259	54.3%	55.4%
34	Michigan	Private	3,238	3,318	375	389	11.3%	11.7%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	681	696	124	127	17.9%	18.3%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	124	127	24	24	18.8%	18.8%
41	Minnesota	Total	4,527	2,466	351	367	14.2%	14.9%
41	Minnesota	Public	634	340	186	193	54.9%	56.9%
41	Minnesota	Private	3,893	2,126	164	174	7.7%	8.2%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	657	360	25	25	6.9%	7.1%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	188	107	28	29	26.3%	26.8%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,391	1,116	48	64	4.3%	5.7%
64	Mississippi	Public	311	245	22	34	9.0%	13.8%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,080	871	26	30	3.0%	3.4%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	216	169	9	11	5.6%	6.2%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	70	60	1	1	1.6%	1.6%
43	Missouri	Total	2,728	2,504	224	253	8.9%	10.1%
43	Missouri	Public	400	363	70	84	19.2%	23.2%
43	Missouri	Private	2,328	2,141	154	169	7.2%	7.9%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	315	288	33	35	11.4%	12.3%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	131	120	35	37	29.0%	31.2%
81	Montana	Total	1,442	393	54	65	13.9%	16.5%
81	Montana	Public	341	88	37	40	41.7%	45.5%
81	Montana	Private	1,101	304	18	24	5.8%	8.0%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	58	16	2	3	13.7%	16.2%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	68	19	4	5	22.6%	24.1%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,894	863	51	70	6.0%	8.1%
46	Nebraska	Public	516	150	27	38	18.2%	25.0%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,378	713	24	32	3.4%	4.5%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	395	118	7	10	5.7%	8.5%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	133	41	3	3	8.0%	8.0%
88	Nevada	Total	2,448	1,100	162	181	14.8%	16.5%
88	Nevada	Public	308	137	55	63	40.3%	46.4%
88	Nevada	Private	2,140	964	107	118	11.1%	12.2%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	119	53	6	6	10.5%	10.5%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	122	55	12	12	21.2%	21.2%
12	New Hampshire	Total	3,877	621	65	74	10.5%	12.0%
12	New Hampshire	Public	568	89	43	49	48.2%	55.1%
12	New Hampshire	Private	3,309	532	22	25	4.2%	4.7%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	496	79	3	3	3.4%	3.6%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	180	29	3	3	10.7%	11.9%
22	New Jersey	Total	3,517	3,797	611	636	16.1%	16.8%
22	New Jersey	Public	525	564	337	345	59.7%	61.2%
22	New Jersey	Private	2,992	3,233	274	291	8.5%	9.0%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	329	348	28	31	8.2%	8.8%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	165	181	44	44	24.5%	24.5%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,238	779	50	68	6.5%	8.7%
85	New Mexico	Public	366	229	35	48	15.3%	20.8%
85	New Mexico	Private	872	550	15	20	2.8%	3.7%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	58	35	1	2	1.7%	6.6%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	60	40	3	3	6.4%	6.4%
21	New York	Total	6,968	7,932	1,836	1,970	23.2%	24.8%
21	New York	Public	1,223	1,355	963	996	71.1%	73.6%
21	New York	Private	5,745	6,578	873	974	13.3%	14.8%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	526	581	64	72	11.0%	12.4%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	307	352	74	77	21.1%	21.9%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,166	3,805	111	161	2.9%	4.2%
56	North Carolina	Public	533	623	55	82	8.8%	13.1%
56	North Carolina	Private	2,633	3,181	57	80	1.8%	2.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	390	460	18	21	3.9%	4.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	175	219	3	3	1.2%	1.2%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,400	329	20	27	6.1%	8.2%
44	North Dakota	Public	488	67	11	14	16.4%	21.6%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,912	262	9	12	3.4%	4.8%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	169	23	2	2	7.5%	10.5%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	147	21	2	2	8.6%	8.6%
31	Ohio	Total	4,452	4,799	604	665	12.6%	13.9%
31	Ohio	Public	600	638	253	281	39.7%	44.1%
31	Ohio	Private	3,852	4,161	351	383	8.4%	9.2%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	736	775	119	127	15.4%	16.4%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	184	199	52	52	26.2%	26.2%
73	Oklahoma	Total	1,858	1,530	115	139	7.5%	9.1%
73	Oklahoma	Public	408	338	64	78	18.8%	23.2%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,450	1,192	51	61	4.3%	5.1%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	184	156	7	7	4.2%	4.2%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	79	69	2	3	3.3%	5.0%
92	Oregon	Total	2,214	1,527	241	251	15.8%	16.4%
92	Oregon	Public	387	266	133	138	49.9%	51.9%
92	Oregon	Private	1,827	1,261	108	113	8.6%	8.9%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	277	188	20	20	10.5%	10.8%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	107	74	10	10	13.5%	13.5%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	5,159	5,449	732	785	13.4%	14.4%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	628	653	357	377	54.6%	57.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	4,531	4,796	375	408	7.8%	8.5%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	675	690	73	79	10.5%	11.4%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	235	242	49	50	20.4%	20.8%
15	Rhode Island	Total	2,804	455	81	84	17.8%	18.4%
15	Rhode Island	Public	449	69	42	43	60.8%	62.5%
15	Rhode Island	Private	2,355	386	39	40	10.1%	10.5%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	323	52	5	6	10.4%	11.0%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	100	16	3	4	21.6%	22.6%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,035	1,773	58	82	3.3%	4.6%
57	South Carolina	Public	382	321	39	48	12.3%	15.1%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,653	1,452	19	33	1.3%	2.3%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	297	258	5	9	1.9%	3.4%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	100	91	1	2	0.9%	2.0%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,672	352	20	24	5.6%	6.7%
45	South Dakota	Public	487	65	11	14	16.5%	21.7%
45	South Dakota	Private	2,185	287	9	10	3.1%	3.3%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	355	46	2	2	4.4%	4.9%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	133	17	1	1	6.9%	6.9%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,149	2,590	124	152	4.8%	5.9%
62	Tennessee	Public	354	422	62	75	14.7%	17.7%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,795	2,169	62	77	2.9%	3.6%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	305	366	22	22	6.0%	6.0%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	108	136	8	10	6.3%	7.4%
74	Texas	Total	8,911	10,586	598	719	5.7%	6.8%
74	Texas	Public	1,324	1,544	294	341	19.0%	22.1%
74	Texas	Private	7,587	9,041	304	378	3.4%	4.2%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	861	1,033	78	98	7.6%	9.5%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	547	666	25	29	3.8%	4.3%
87	Utah	Total	2,134	1,181	61	78	5.2%	6.6%
87	Utah	Public	370	203	32	38	15.8%	18.6%
87	Utah	Private	1,764	978	29	40	2.9%	4.1%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	255	140	6	8	4.5%	5.8%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	118	66	4	5	5.8%	7.4%
13	Vermont	Total	2,593	288	31	38	10.7%	13.1%
13	Vermont	Public	450	49	21	26	43.3%	53.4%
13	Vermont	Private	2,143	239	10	12	4.1%	4.8%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	304	34	1	1	3.0%	3.0%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	110	13	0	0	2.0%	3.5%
54	Virginia	Total	3,804	3,595	160	197	4.4%	5.5%
54	Virginia	Public	789	725	73	97	10.1%	13.4%
54	Virginia	Private	3,015	2,869	86	100	3.0%	3.5%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	285	274	25	28	9.1%	10.1%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	216	209	11	11	5.4%	5.4%
91	Washington	Total	2,855	2,777	513	541	18.5%	19.5%
91	Washington	Public	545	511	262	274	51.1%	53.5%
91	Washington	Private	2,310	2,266	251	267	11.1%	11.8%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	379	367	85	90	23.3%	24.4%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	114	115	23	24	19.8%	20.7%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,625	697	84	91	12.0%	13.1%
55	West Virginia	Public	366	153	38	41	24.9%	26.5%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,259	544	46	50	8.4%	9.3%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	125	54	10	11	19.0%	19.8%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	77	33	7	7	22.3%	22.3%
35	Wisconsin	Total	3,525	2,608	293	312	11.2%	12.0%
35	Wisconsin	Public	506	372	139	150	37.4%	40.3%
35	Wisconsin	Private	3,019	2,236	154	162	6.9%	7.2%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	645	476	64	66	13.4%	13.8%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	108	80	17	18	21.1%	22.0%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,297	252	17	20	6.7%	8.1%
83	Wyoming	Public	570	62	8	10	13.1%	15.7%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,727	190	9	11	4.7%	5.6%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	102	11	1	1	5.5%	5.5%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	115	13	1	1	4.7%	4.7%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.