Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2013
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	1,676	1,892	203	222	10.8%	11.8%
63	Alabama	Public	287	319	85	91	26.6%	28.5%
63	Alabama	Private	1,389	1,572	118	131	7.5%	8.4%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	266	300	41	42	13.8%	14.1%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	82	91	3	4	3.1%	4.1%
94	Alaska	Total	2,012	306	71	75	23.1%	24.5%
94	Alaska	Public	566	84	47	49	55.8%	58.5%
94	Alaska	Private	1,446	222	24	26	10.6%	11.6%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	43	7	1	1	15.5%	15.5%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	111	17	4	4	22.3%	23.4%
86	Arizona	Total	1,832	2,455	122	147	5.0%	6.0%
86	Arizona	Public	287	378	61	80	16.2%	21.1%
86	Arizona	Private	1,545	2,077	61	67	2.9%	3.2%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	133	184	6	6	3.2%	3.2%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	97	128	5	5	4.1%	4.1%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,621	1,072	38	44	3.5%	4.1%
71	Arkansas	Public	275	175	19	23	10.9%	13.3%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,346	897	19	20	2.1%	2.3%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	229	154	8	8	5.1%	5.1%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	70	44	1	1	2.6%	2.6%
93	California	Total	13,663	14,840	2,429	2,579	16.4%	17.4%
93	California	Public	2,237	2,394	1,317	1,383	55.0%	57.7%
93	California	Private	11,426	12,446	1,112	1,196	8.9%	9.6%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,440	1,569	130	145	8.3%	9.2%
93	California	Priv. Construction	691	762	126	134	16.5%	17.5%
84	Colorado	Total	3,885	2,242	170	206	7.6%	9.2%
84	Colorado	Public	607	344	74	97	21.5%	28.1%
84	Colorado	Private	3,278	1,897	95	110	5.0%	5.8%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	331	188	12	15	6.2%	7.9%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	209	124	10	11	8.1%	9.0%
16	Connecticut	Total	3,737	1,534	207	219	13.5%	14.3%
16	Connecticut	Public	509	205	116	121	56.4%	58.9%
16	Connecticut	Private	3,228	1,329	91	98	6.8%	7.4%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	475	189	19	21	9.9%	11.1%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	165	68	11	11	15.6%	16.4%
51	Delaware	Total	2,545	370	38	41	10.3%	11.0%
51	Delaware	Public	439	62	22	23	35.1%	36.2%
51	Delaware	Private	2,106	308	16	18	5.2%	5.9%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	203	29	3	3	9.3%	10.1%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	135	20	2	2	8.0%	10.3%
53	District of Columbia	Total	2,659	308	29	34	9.3%	10.9%
53	District of Columbia	Public	723	83	18	21	21.2%	25.4%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,936	226	11	13	4.9%	5.6%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	30	4	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	55	7	1	1	14.9%	14.9%
59	Florida	Total	6,198	7,662	413	529	5.4%	6.9%
59	Florida	Public	872	1,066	260	317	24.4%	29.7%
59	Florida	Private	5,326	6,595	153	212	2.3%	3.2%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	306	380	8	15	2.2%	3.9%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	286	357	15	19	4.3%	5.2%
58	Georgia	Total	3,466	3,956	208	248	5.3%	6.3%
58	Georgia	Public	642	723	84	108	11.7%	14.9%
58	Georgia	Private	2,824	3,233	124	140	3.8%	4.3%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	373	429	15	17	3.4%	3.9%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	173	201	16	17	8.0%	8.5%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,563	549	121	129	22.1%	23.6%
95	Hawaii	Public	548	118	63	65	53.4%	55.5%
95	Hawaii	Private	2,015	432	59	64	13.6%	14.9%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	60	14	2	2	18.3%	18.3%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	154	33	11	12	32.7%	34.5%
82	Idaho	Total	1,714	617	29	36	4.7%	5.8%
82	Idaho	Public	342	120	17	22	14.6%	18.4%
82	Idaho	Private	1,372	498	12	14	2.3%	2.7%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	188	67	4	4	5.2%	5.6%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	89	33	1	2	3.6%	5.0%
33	Illinois	Total	5,159	5,403	851	882	15.7%	16.3%
33	Illinois	Public	714	734	384	396	52.3%	53.9%
33	Illinois	Private	4,445	4,669	466	486	10.0%	10.4%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	646	671	86	90	12.8%	13.4%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	217	230	84	85	36.5%	36.9%
32	Indiana	Total	2,499	2,683	249	274	9.3%	10.2%
32	Indiana	Public	311	329	72	84	21.9%	25.6%
32	Indiana	Private	2,188	2,354	177	190	7.5%	8.1%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	464	488	65	67	13.3%	13.7%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	126	137	45	45	33.3%	33.3%
42	Iowa	Total	3,501	1,423	143	171	10.1%	12.0%
42	Iowa	Public	569	229	67	84	29.2%	36.8%
42	Iowa	Private	2,932	1,194	76	87	6.4%	7.2%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	590	237	37	40	15.7%	16.9%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	134	55	14	14	25.8%	25.8%
47	Kansas	Total	2,504	1,253	94	106	7.5%	8.4%
47	Kansas	Public	469	231	43	49	18.7%	21.3%
47	Kansas	Private	2,035	1,022	51	56	5.0%	5.5%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	334	166	20	23	11.8%	13.6%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	116	61	9	9	14.0%	14.0%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,328	1,735	194	226	11.2%	13.0%
61	Kentucky	Public	388	286	61	73	21.4%	25.6%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,940	1,449	133	152	9.2%	10.5%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	314	225	39	42	17.1%	18.8%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	92	64	15	16	23.1%	24.1%
72	Louisiana	Total	1,613	1,729	75	95	4.3%	5.5%
72	Louisiana	Public	261	271	35	39	12.7%	14.2%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,352	1,458	40	56	2.8%	3.8%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	126	134	12	13	9.0%	9.9%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	100	108	4	5	4.1%	5.0%
11	Maine	Total	2,857	573	64	75	11.1%	13.1%
11	Maine	Public	443	86	40	47	46.8%	55.2%
11	Maine	Private	2,414	487	24	28	4.9%	5.7%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	301	59	10	11	17.2%	18.3%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	109	23	1	1	3.1%	5.0%
52	Maryland	Total	4,305	2,665	308	349	11.6%	13.1%
52	Maryland	Public	1,041	636	202	225	31.8%	35.4%
52	Maryland	Private	3,264	2,029	106	123	5.2%	6.1%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	213	131	12	13	9.3%	10.1%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	258	161	14	16	8.9%	9.7%
14	Massachusetts	Total	2,590	2,943	400	429	13.6%	14.6%
14	Massachusetts	Public	385	424	229	240	54.0%	56.5%
14	Massachusetts	Private	2,205	2,519	172	189	6.8%	7.5%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	235	257	13	17	5.1%	6.8%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	109	124	26	26	20.8%	20.8%
34	Michigan	Total	3,706	3,891	631	655	16.2%	16.8%
34	Michigan	Public	451	467	256	265	54.8%	56.9%
34	Michigan	Private	3,255	3,424	376	389	11.0%	11.4%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	737	773	137	142	17.7%	18.3%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	123	129	23	23	18.1%	18.1%
41	Minnesota	Total	4,497	2,532	362	381	14.3%	15.0%
41	Minnesota	Public	601	334	177	188	53.1%	56.3%
41	Minnesota	Private	3,896	2,198	184	193	8.4%	8.8%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	653	363	32	33	8.7%	9.1%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	173	100	29	29	28.8%	28.8%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,270	1,040	38	44	3.6%	4.2%
64	Mississippi	Public	272	216	11	13	4.9%	6.2%
64	Mississippi	Private	998	825	27	31	3.3%	3.7%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	203	164	12	12	7.5%	7.5%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	57	52	3	3	5.7%	5.7%
43	Missouri	Total	2,758	2,539	220	265	8.7%	10.4%
43	Missouri	Public	424	385	63	84	16.3%	21.9%
43	Missouri	Private	2,334	2,154	157	181	7.3%	8.4%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	329	296	37	40	12.5%	13.4%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	119	112	38	39	33.8%	34.6%
81	Montana	Total	1,501	403	52	60	13.0%	14.8%
81	Montana	Public	345	88	32	34	36.6%	38.6%
81	Montana	Private	1,156	315	20	26	6.4%	8.2%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	72	20	2	2	8.8%	8.8%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	78	22	3	4	14.5%	19.9%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,828	870	63	78	7.2%	9.0%
46	Nebraska	Public	455	136	32	41	23.8%	30.3%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,373	734	31	37	4.2%	5.1%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	399	124	10	12	8.4%	9.9%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	152	47	4	5	9.2%	10.1%
88	Nevada	Total	2,414	1,153	168	185	14.6%	16.1%
88	Nevada	Public	330	152	58	67	38.0%	43.7%
88	Nevada	Private	2,084	1,000	110	119	11.0%	11.9%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	102	48	2	2	5.1%	5.1%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	127	61	14	14	23.6%	23.6%
12	New Hampshire	Total	3,803	624	60	67	9.5%	10.7%
12	New Hampshire	Public	509	82	41	46	50.3%	56.0%
12	New Hampshire	Private	3,294	542	18	21	3.4%	3.8%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	533	86	1	1	1.5%	1.7%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	176	29	3	3	11.1%	11.1%
22	New Jersey	Total	3,403	3,816	610	632	16.0%	16.6%
22	New Jersey	Public	483	532	323	333	60.7%	62.5%
22	New Jersey	Private	2,920	3,283	287	299	8.7%	9.1%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	332	367	34	34	9.4%	9.4%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	162	185	45	46	24.3%	25.1%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,215	751	46	55	6.2%	7.4%
85	New Mexico	Public	374	226	34	40	15.1%	17.9%
85	New Mexico	Private	841	525	12	15	2.3%	2.9%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	52	32	1	1	4.3%	4.3%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	57	38	1	1	2.7%	2.7%
21	New York	Total	6,914	8,144	1,983	2,100	24.3%	25.8%
21	New York	Public	1,211	1,380	965	1,002	69.9%	72.6%
21	New York	Private	5,703	6,764	1,018	1,098	15.1%	16.2%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	498	572	92	100	16.2%	17.4%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	301	363	91	94	25.2%	25.9%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,198	3,881	116	184	3.0%	4.7%
56	North Carolina	Public	563	678	66	95	9.7%	14.0%
56	North Carolina	Private	2,635	3,203	50	89	1.6%	2.8%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	424	508	12	27	2.3%	5.2%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	179	217	0	2	0.0%	1.1%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,463	342	22	29	6.4%	8.5%
44	North Dakota	Public	481	67	12	16	18.0%	24.0%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,982	274	10	13	3.6%	4.7%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	186	26	2	3	8.7%	11.8%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	130	18	2	2	9.3%	10.8%
31	Ohio	Total	4,497	4,784	606	674	12.7%	14.1%
31	Ohio	Public	603	634	289	316	45.6%	49.9%
31	Ohio	Private	3,894	4,150	317	358	7.6%	8.6%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	783	810	118	128	14.5%	15.8%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	207	221	43	46	19.5%	20.9%
73	Oklahoma	Total	1,832	1,520	114	144	7.5%	9.5%
73	Oklahoma	Public	396	320	66	83	20.6%	25.9%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,436	1,201	48	61	4.0%	5.1%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	162	135	9	9	6.9%	6.9%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	90	81	6	7	7.3%	8.6%
92	Oregon	Total	2,189	1,504	209	223	13.9%	14.9%
92	Oregon	Public	348	235	120	126	50.9%	53.7%
92	Oregon	Private	1,841	1,268	89	97	7.0%	7.7%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	318	215	16	17	7.5%	7.7%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	112	79	7	9	9.5%	11.4%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	5,185	5,498	700	753	12.7%	13.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	612	641	323	348	50.5%	54.4%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	4,573	4,857	377	404	7.8%	8.3%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	719	755	74	79	9.8%	10.5%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	239	252	60	61	23.9%	24.3%
15	Rhode Island	Total	2,727	458	77	82	16.9%	17.8%
15	Rhode Island	Public	396	64	42	43	66.2%	68.0%
15	Rhode Island	Private	2,331	395	35	38	8.9%	9.7%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	332	55	5	6	9.9%	10.2%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	112	19	3	3	18.6%	18.6%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,034	1,855	68	86	3.7%	4.6%
57	South Carolina	Public	354	311	31	36	9.9%	11.5%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,680	1,544	38	50	2.5%	3.3%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	323	291	11	16	3.9%	5.6%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	81	77	1	2	1.3%	2.7%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,612	363	17	21	4.7%	5.8%
45	South Dakota	Public	460	60	9	12	14.9%	19.7%
45	South Dakota	Private	2,152	302	8	9	2.7%	3.0%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	323	44	3	3	7.5%	7.8%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	128	19	0	0	1.9%	2.6%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,096	2,542	156	189	6.1%	7.4%
62	Tennessee	Public	316	382	83	98	21.6%	25.8%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,780	2,160	73	90	3.4%	4.2%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	296	348	22	26	6.4%	7.5%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	92	111	5	8	4.3%	7.1%
74	Texas	Total	8,990	10,880	518	647	4.8%	6.0%
74	Texas	Public	1,369	1,615	275	329	17.0%	20.3%
74	Texas	Private	7,621	9,265	243	319	2.6%	3.4%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	826	1,002	57	64	5.7%	6.4%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	607	751	21	24	2.8%	3.1%
87	Utah	Total	2,259	1,252	49	67	3.9%	5.4%
87	Utah	Public	395	214	25	36	11.7%	16.9%
87	Utah	Private	1,864	1,038	24	31	2.3%	3.0%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	230	129	4	4	3.3%	3.3%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	126	71	3	4	4.0%	5.8%
13	Vermont	Total	2,501	285	31	38	10.9%	13.2%
13	Vermont	Public	475	52	21	26	40.7%	49.1%
13	Vermont	Private	2,026	233	10	12	4.2%	5.1%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	261	30	1	1	4.2%	4.6%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	111	13	0	0	2.5%	2.5%
54	Virginia	Total	3,847	3,600	179	229	5.0%	6.4%
54	Virginia	Public	871	796	93	122	11.7%	15.3%
54	Virginia	Private	2,976	2,804	86	107	3.1%	3.8%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	270	249	27	30	10.8%	12.0%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	254	239	10	14	4.2%	5.8%
91	Washington	Total	2,961	2,881	545	567	18.9%	19.7%
91	Washington	Public	487	459	261	268	57.0%	58.4%
91	Washington	Private	2,474	2,422	284	299	11.7%	12.4%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	331	323	78	79	24.2%	24.4%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	164	165	41	45	24.9%	27.4%
55	West Virginia	Total	1,550	686	87	93	12.7%	13.6%
55	West Virginia	Public	326	140	34	37	24.2%	26.0%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,224	545	53	57	9.8%	10.4%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	123	56	11	11	20.0%	20.0%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	81	37	7	7	20.1%	20.1%
35	Wisconsin	Total	3,495	2,573	317	337	12.3%	13.1%
35	Wisconsin	Public	530	386	138	145	35.8%	37.6%
35	Wisconsin	Private	2,965	2,187	178	192	8.2%	8.8%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	657	475	73	75	15.3%	15.7%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	146	106	28	29	26.7%	27.3%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,206	259	15	17	5.7%	6.4%
83	Wyoming	Public	538	62	6	7	9.7%	11.1%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,668	197	9	10	4.4%	4.9%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	94	11	1	1	5.5%	5.5%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	127	15	1	1	7.3%	7.3%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.