Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2014
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	1,966	1,889	204	228	10.8%	12.1%
63	Alabama	Public	339	311	95	109	30.4%	35.0%
63	Alabama	Private	1,627	1,578	109	119	6.9%	7.5%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	307	292	35	36	12.0%	12.3%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	105	108	2	3	2.0%	3.2%
94	Alaska	Total	2,025	307	70	75	22.8%	24.3%
94	Alaska	Public	587	85	46	49	54.3%	57.7%
94	Alaska	Private	1,438	223	24	26	10.8%	11.6%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	37	6	1	1	18.3%	18.3%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	109	17	6	6	32.8%	33.5%
86	Arizona	Total	2,116	2,594	137	172	5.3%	6.6%
86	Arizona	Public	303	372	69	89	18.5%	23.9%
86	Arizona	Private	1,813	2,222	68	84	3.1%	3.8%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	172	217	10	11	4.4%	5.0%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	116	142	5	6	3.3%	4.0%
71	Arkansas	Total	1,914	1,108	52	60	4.7%	5.4%
71	Arkansas	Public	279	159	25	27	15.4%	16.9%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,635	949	28	34	2.9%	3.5%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	287	164	6	8	3.5%	4.6%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	105	61	2	2	2.5%	2.5%
93	California	Total	13,872	15,135	2,469	2,648	16.3%	17.5%
93	California	Public	2,204	2,360	1,299	1,369	55.0%	58.0%
93	California	Private	11,668	12,775	1,170	1,279	9.2%	10.0%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,422	1,552	105	112	6.8%	7.2%
93	California	Priv. Construction	710	792	129	136	16.3%	17.1%
84	Colorado	Total	3,546	2,329	221	250	9.5%	10.7%
84	Colorado	Public	576	384	76	94	19.9%	24.6%
84	Colorado	Private	2,970	1,945	145	155	7.4%	8.0%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	259	170	20	22	12.0%	12.7%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	228	158	13	13	7.9%	8.3%
16	Connecticut	Total	3,288	1,564	231	245	14.8%	15.7%
16	Connecticut	Public	479	222	135	142	61.1%	64.0%
16	Connecticut	Private	2,809	1,342	96	103	7.1%	7.7%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	394	182	17	17	9.2%	9.4%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	139	64	10	11	15.2%	16.9%
51	Delaware	Total	2,473	385	38	43	9.8%	11.2%
51	Delaware	Public	394	59	22	24	37.5%	41.0%
51	Delaware	Private	2,079	326	16	19	4.8%	5.9%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	214	33	3	3	9.0%	9.7%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	121	19	3	4	15.2%	18.2%
53	District of Columbia	Total	2,811	325	28	35	8.6%	10.7%
53	District of Columbia	Public	757	87	15	19	17.6%	21.9%
53	District of Columbia	Private	2,054	238	13	16	5.4%	6.6%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	26	3	0	0	5.2%	5.2%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	64	8	0	1	5.8%	7.3%
59	Florida	Total	6,408	8,039	455	560	5.7%	7.0%
59	Florida	Public	839	1,032	277	318	26.8%	30.8%
59	Florida	Private	5,569	7,007	178	242	2.5%	3.5%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	311	390	13	16	3.4%	4.0%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	368	469	14	15	3.0%	3.3%
58	Georgia	Total	3,406	3,931	170	193	4.3%	4.9%
58	Georgia	Public	553	623	74	82	11.9%	13.2%
58	Georgia	Private	2,853	3,309	95	111	2.9%	3.3%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	372	428	15	19	3.5%	4.3%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	151	173	12	13	7.0%	7.7%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,561	572	124	131	21.7%	22.9%
95	Hawaii	Public	570	124	63	68	50.7%	54.6%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,991	447	61	63	13.7%	14.1%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	61	15	3	3	21.1%	21.1%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	137	32	12	12	37.8%	38.6%
82	Idaho	Total	1,923	641	34	43	5.3%	6.7%
82	Idaho	Public	340	112	18	25	16.4%	21.8%
82	Idaho	Private	1,583	529	15	18	2.9%	3.5%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	230	78	4	5	5.6%	6.0%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	104	36	2	2	5.3%	5.3%
33	Illinois	Total	5,259	5,497	830	879	15.1%	16.0%
33	Illinois	Public	697	722	395	418	54.7%	57.8%
33	Illinois	Private	4,562	4,775	435	461	9.1%	9.7%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	674	700	75	81	10.7%	11.6%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	217	226	83	84	36.9%	37.3%
32	Indiana	Total	2,603	2,802	299	335	10.7%	12.0%
32	Indiana	Public	309	325	83	98	25.5%	30.1%
32	Indiana	Private	2,294	2,477	216	237	8.7%	9.6%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	514	550	94	95	17.1%	17.3%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	136	148	47	52	31.4%	35.4%
42	Iowa	Total	3,169	1,458	156	184	10.7%	12.6%
42	Iowa	Public	516	236	71	92	30.2%	38.9%
42	Iowa	Private	2,653	1,222	85	92	6.9%	7.6%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	544	246	41	45	16.5%	18.3%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	150	70	14	14	19.5%	20.5%
47	Kansas	Total	2,537	1,288	95	116	7.4%	9.0%
47	Kansas	Public	491	247	43	56	17.4%	22.4%
47	Kansas	Private	2,046	1,041	52	60	5.0%	5.8%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	320	161	19	22	11.5%	13.7%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	123	66	11	11	16.1%	16.1%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,257	1,716	189	219	11.0%	12.7%
61	Kentucky	Public	387	290	64	73	22.2%	25.1%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,870	1,426	124	146	8.7%	10.2%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	326	244	37	41	15.1%	16.8%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	93	67	12	13	17.3%	19.1%
72	Louisiana	Total	2,022	1,835	96	118	5.2%	6.4%
72	Louisiana	Public	333	286	36	45	12.7%	15.7%
72	Louisiana	Private	1,689	1,549	60	73	3.8%	4.7%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	151	141	20	20	14.2%	14.5%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	177	163	10	10	6.0%	6.4%
11	Maine	Total	2,460	567	62	71	11.0%	12.5%
11	Maine	Public	390	87	41	47	47.3%	54.1%
11	Maine	Private	2,070	480	21	24	4.4%	5.0%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	239	55	7	8	12.5%	13.9%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	100	24	1	1	5.2%	5.2%
52	Maryland	Total	3,738	2,616	311	347	11.9%	13.3%
52	Maryland	Public	905	629	208	228	33.0%	36.2%
52	Maryland	Private	2,833	1,987	103	119	5.2%	6.0%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	178	121	10	11	8.7%	9.3%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	214	147	15	17	9.9%	11.9%
14	Massachusetts	Total	2,774	3,039	415	444	13.7%	14.6%
14	Massachusetts	Public	424	456	267	281	58.5%	61.5%
14	Massachusetts	Private	2,350	2,582	148	164	5.7%	6.3%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	249	261	14	14	5.2%	5.2%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	117	136	22	22	16.4%	16.4%
34	Michigan	Total	3,744	4,026	585	629	14.5%	15.6%
34	Michigan	Public	436	457	231	244	50.5%	53.3%
34	Michigan	Private	3,308	3,568	354	386	9.9%	10.8%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	753	801	126	131	15.8%	16.4%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	136	143	31	31	21.5%	21.5%
41	Minnesota	Total	4,041	2,541	360	380	14.2%	14.9%
41	Minnesota	Public	550	341	183	191	53.7%	56.1%
41	Minnesota	Private	3,491	2,200	177	188	8.0%	8.6%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	605	376	27	29	7.1%	7.7%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	202	126	40	41	32.0%	32.4%
64	Mississippi	Total	1,654	1,026	38	46	3.7%	4.5%
64	Mississippi	Public	321	197	5	8	2.7%	4.3%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,333	830	33	38	3.9%	4.5%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	243	160	18	20	11.6%	12.4%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	83	53	5	5	8.7%	8.7%
43	Missouri	Total	2,636	2,557	213	248	8.3%	9.7%
43	Missouri	Public	405	383	73	89	19.0%	23.2%
43	Missouri	Private	2,231	2,174	140	160	6.5%	7.3%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	312	296	31	36	10.4%	12.2%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	126	125	36	38	28.7%	30.3%
81	Montana	Total	1,929	414	53	57	12.7%	13.8%
81	Montana	Public	395	82	34	35	41.1%	43.1%
81	Montana	Private	1,534	332	19	22	5.7%	6.5%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	92	19	1	1	3.0%	3.0%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	112	25	2	2	7.2%	9.2%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,661	878	64	79	7.3%	9.0%
46	Nebraska	Public	440	143	36	44	25.2%	31.0%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,221	734	28	34	3.8%	4.7%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	342	112	7	9	6.2%	7.7%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	130	45	2	2	5.2%	5.2%
88	Nevada	Total	2,335	1,174	169	193	14.4%	16.4%
88	Nevada	Public	328	160	49	60	30.4%	37.8%
88	Nevada	Private	2,007	1,015	121	132	11.9%	13.0%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	104	51	4	4	7.7%	7.7%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	137	73	9	9	12.0%	12.0%
12	New Hampshire	Total	3,500	627	62	72	9.9%	11.5%
12	New Hampshire	Public	515	89	43	48	48.0%	53.8%
12	New Hampshire	Private	2,985	537	19	24	3.6%	4.4%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	470	82	2	2	2.1%	2.4%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	168	30	2	3	7.9%	9.3%
22	New Jersey	Total	3,529	3,860	637	665	16.5%	17.2%
22	New Jersey	Public	514	554	344	357	62.1%	64.4%
22	New Jersey	Private	3,015	3,306	293	309	8.9%	9.3%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	288	309	21	23	6.8%	7.4%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	184	204	46	46	22.4%	22.4%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,553	764	44	57	5.7%	7.4%
85	New Mexico	Public	448	225	25	36	11.3%	16.0%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,105	539	18	21	3.4%	3.8%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	69	34	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	80	39	2	2	6.2%	6.2%
21	New York	Total	6,895	8,061	1,980	2,081	24.6%	25.8%
21	New York	Public	1,188	1,353	978	1,001	72.3%	74.0%
21	New York	Private	5,707	6,708	1,002	1,079	14.9%	16.1%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	498	572	94	99	16.4%	17.3%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	336	396	124	128	31.3%	32.2%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,298	3,935	76	126	1.9%	3.2%
56	North Carolina	Public	545	649	36	71	5.6%	11.0%
56	North Carolina	Private	2,753	3,286	40	54	1.2%	1.7%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	455	539	14	17	2.5%	3.2%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	200	239	0	4	0.0%	1.5%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,581	353	18	24	5.0%	6.9%
44	North Dakota	Public	463	62	8	12	13.2%	19.9%
44	North Dakota	Private	2,118	291	10	12	3.3%	4.2%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	174	24	2	2	9.3%	10.4%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	151	21	2	2	10.4%	11.0%
31	Ohio	Total	4,585	4,958	615	688	12.4%	13.9%
31	Ohio	Public	574	609	292	319	47.9%	52.3%
31	Ohio	Private	4,011	4,349	323	369	7.4%	8.5%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	770	816	112	118	13.8%	14.5%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	192	204	43	44	21.3%	21.7%
73	Oklahoma	Total	1,940	1,466	88	106	6.0%	7.2%
73	Oklahoma	Public	374	275	56	68	20.5%	24.7%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,566	1,190	32	38	2.7%	3.2%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	198	152	9	9	5.8%	5.8%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	89	70	5	6	6.8%	8.3%
92	Oregon	Total	2,280	1,555	243	264	15.6%	17.0%
92	Oregon	Public	377	253	137	145	54.1%	57.4%
92	Oregon	Private	1,903	1,302	106	119	8.2%	9.1%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	303	207	14	18	6.9%	8.5%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	102	69	13	13	19.4%	19.4%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	5,082	5,525	702	753	12.7%	13.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	569	613	323	343	52.7%	55.9%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	4,513	4,912	379	410	7.7%	8.4%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	688	742	94	98	12.7%	13.3%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	228	243	47	50	19.2%	20.6%
15	Rhode Island	Total	2,499	453	68	72	15.1%	15.8%
15	Rhode Island	Public	370	63	42	43	66.9%	68.0%
15	Rhode Island	Private	2,129	390	26	28	6.7%	7.3%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	299	53	2	2	3.2%	3.9%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	97	18	4	4	22.6%	22.6%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,048	1,884	40	61	2.1%	3.2%
57	South Carolina	Public	292	266	9	17	3.4%	6.3%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,756	1,618	31	44	1.9%	2.7%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	324	302	11	13	3.5%	4.3%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	96	90	2	6	2.8%	6.9%
45	South Dakota	Total	2,590	364	18	22	4.9%	6.1%
45	South Dakota	Public	455	63	10	13	16.0%	21.5%
45	South Dakota	Private	2,135	301	8	9	2.5%	2.9%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	310	41	3	3	7.0%	7.0%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	130	20	1	1	4.2%	5.1%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,322	2,515	127	141	5.1%	5.6%
62	Tennessee	Public	360	380	70	81	18.4%	21.2%
62	Tennessee	Private	1,962	2,135	57	60	2.7%	2.8%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	292	319	17	18	5.4%	5.7%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	122	133	12	13	8.7%	9.7%
74	Texas	Total	9,194	11,212	543	700	4.8%	6.2%
74	Texas	Public	1,369	1,628	276	335	16.9%	20.6%
74	Texas	Private	7,825	9,584	268	364	2.8%	3.8%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	889	1,105	62	75	5.6%	6.8%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	649	825	23	24	2.8%	2.9%
87	Utah	Total	2,260	1,236	46	56	3.7%	4.6%
87	Utah	Public	393	215	25	31	11.5%	14.4%
87	Utah	Private	1,867	1,021	21	25	2.1%	2.5%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	244	135	3	3	1.9%	2.2%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	163	96	2	3	2.1%	2.6%
13	Vermont	Total	2,410	286	32	38	11.1%	13.1%
13	Vermont	Public	414	48	22	25	45.6%	53.2%
13	Vermont	Private	1,996	239	10	12	4.2%	5.1%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	297	36	1	2	3.8%	4.9%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	135	16	1	1	5.1%	5.7%
54	Virginia	Total	3,751	3,665	179	228	4.9%	6.2%
54	Virginia	Public	858	818	102	130	12.5%	15.9%
54	Virginia	Private	2,893	2,846	76	98	2.7%	3.4%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	248	240	17	22	7.1%	9.1%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	223	219	8	11	3.8%	4.9%
91	Washington	Total	2,951	2,913	490	535	16.8%	18.4%
91	Washington	Public	476	456	221	244	48.5%	53.6%
91	Washington	Private	2,475	2,457	269	291	10.9%	11.8%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	346	350	67	71	19.2%	20.3%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	154	156	43	45	27.6%	29.0%
55	West Virginia	Total	2,029	688	73	80	10.6%	11.6%
55	West Virginia	Public	441	147	30	37	20.8%	25.2%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,588	541	42	43	7.8%	7.9%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	168	50	11	11	22.1%	22.1%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	106	36	10	10	28.8%	28.8%
35	Wisconsin	Total	3,357	2,626	306	327	11.6%	12.5%
35	Wisconsin	Public	518	398	123	135	30.9%	33.8%
35	Wisconsin	Private	2,839	2,228	182	192	8.2%	8.6%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	679	520	88	88	16.9%	16.9%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	150	116	30	31	25.4%	26.4%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,292	255	17	19	6.7%	7.5%
83	Wyoming	Public	528	58	7	8	11.5%	13.6%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,764	197	10	11	5.3%	5.6%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	83	9	1	1	8.1%	8.8%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	131	15	1	1	6.2%	6.2%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.