Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2015
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	2,780	1,863	190	204	10.2%	10.9%
63	Alabama	Public	488	312	105	114	33.8%	36.6%
63	Alabama	Private	2,292	1,551	84	90	5.4%	5.8%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	482	319	25	26	7.7%	8.3%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	140	98	7	7	6.8%	7.5%
94	Alaska	Total	2,032	305	60	66	19.6%	21.6%
94	Alaska	Public	562	83	35	39	41.8%	46.8%
94	Alaska	Private	1,470	221	25	27	11.2%	12.1%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	63	10	0	1	3.7%	5.6%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	117	19	5	5	26.6%	27.6%
86	Arizona	Total	2,442	2,661	137	162	5.2%	6.1%
86	Arizona	Public	332	359	61	76	17.0%	21.2%
86	Arizona	Private	2,110	2,302	76	86	3.3%	3.7%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	203	220	9	10	4.0%	4.5%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	127	145	10	10	6.8%	6.8%
71	Arkansas	Total	2,559	1,157	59	74	5.1%	6.4%
71	Arkansas	Public	463	201	31	39	15.6%	19.5%
71	Arkansas	Private	2,096	956	27	35	2.8%	3.7%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	358	160	8	12	4.9%	7.3%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	118	58	1	2	2.3%	3.8%
93	California	Total	13,721	15,663	2,486	2,688	15.9%	17.2%
93	California	Public	2,149	2,425	1,333	1,420	55.0%	58.6%
93	California	Private	11,572	13,238	1,153	1,268	8.7%	9.6%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,377	1,567	81	88	5.2%	5.6%
93	California	Priv. Construction	705	820	148	156	18.1%	19.0%
84	Colorado	Total	2,432	2,314	195	215	8.4%	9.3%
84	Colorado	Public	440	417	71	83	17.0%	19.9%
84	Colorado	Private	1,992	1,897	124	133	6.5%	7.0%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	170	160	12	13	7.2%	8.0%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	168	166	14	16	8.6%	9.7%
16	Connecticut	Total	2,284	1,586	269	277	16.9%	17.4%
16	Connecticut	Public	376	258	169	170	65.6%	66.0%
16	Connecticut	Private	1,908	1,328	99	106	7.5%	8.0%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	274	191	15	15	7.9%	8.0%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	83	58	6	7	10.6%	11.3%
51	Delaware	Total	2,136	411	38	43	9.2%	10.4%
51	Delaware	Public	333	63	22	24	34.9%	37.6%
51	Delaware	Private	1,803	348	16	19	4.5%	5.5%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	174	33	3	3	8.3%	9.9%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	115	22	2	2	8.0%	8.0%
53	District of Columbia	Total	3,101	334	35	40	10.4%	12.1%
53	District of Columbia	Public	849	90	19	22	20.9%	24.5%
53	District of Columbia	Private	2,252	244	16	18	6.5%	7.5%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	28	3	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	69	8	1	1	8.9%	8.9%
59	Florida	Total	6,661	7,998	546	670	6.8%	8.4%
59	Florida	Public	976	1,159	318	363	27.5%	31.4%
59	Florida	Private	5,685	6,839	228	307	3.3%	4.5%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	345	411	23	25	5.5%	6.1%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	399	493	11	17	2.2%	3.4%
58	Georgia	Total	3,501	4,019	162	205	4.0%	5.1%
58	Georgia	Public	556	607	70	91	11.5%	14.9%
58	Georgia	Private	2,945	3,412	92	115	2.7%	3.4%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	408	463	12	15	2.7%	3.3%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	202	242	6	8	2.3%	3.5%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,540	583	119	126	20.3%	21.6%
95	Hawaii	Public	569	128	64	68	50.0%	52.8%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,971	455	55	58	12.0%	12.8%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	59	14	1	1	6.7%	8.0%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	151	36	14	14	37.6%	37.6%
82	Idaho	Total	2,335	679	46	50	6.8%	7.3%
82	Idaho	Public	401	116	21	23	18.4%	19.7%
82	Idaho	Private	1,934	563	25	27	4.4%	4.8%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	254	73	9	9	12.5%	12.9%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	136	40	3	3	8.7%	8.7%
33	Illinois	Total	5,034	5,566	847	892	15.2%	16.0%
33	Illinois	Public	657	720	383	403	53.2%	56.0%
33	Illinois	Private	4,377	4,846	464	489	9.6%	10.1%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	618	678	72	76	10.6%	11.1%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	212	228	82	83	36.0%	36.5%
32	Indiana	Total	2,724	2,827	282	318	10.0%	11.2%
32	Indiana	Public	346	348	95	114	27.4%	32.7%
32	Indiana	Private	2,378	2,479	187	204	7.5%	8.2%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	482	494	77	83	15.7%	16.7%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	126	134	28	29	20.7%	21.5%
42	Iowa	Total	2,259	1,435	137	174	9.6%	12.1%
42	Iowa	Public	400	255	70	95	27.6%	37.4%
42	Iowa	Private	1,859	1,180	67	78	5.7%	6.6%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	329	206	28	32	13.8%	15.8%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	106	72	12	14	17.1%	18.7%
47	Kansas	Total	2,150	1,257	110	136	8.7%	10.8%
47	Kansas	Public	372	208	47	62	22.9%	29.7%
47	Kansas	Private	1,778	1,050	62	74	5.9%	7.0%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	271	160	18	23	11.2%	14.5%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	103	60	11	12	18.5%	20.3%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,007	1,704	187	207	11.0%	12.1%
61	Kentucky	Public	355	295	70	79	23.7%	26.9%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,652	1,409	117	127	8.3%	9.0%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	292	242	33	33	13.6%	13.8%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	88	76	15	15	19.9%	19.9%
72	Louisiana	Total	3,334	1,844	107	126	5.8%	6.8%
72	Louisiana	Public	583	307	52	63	16.9%	20.4%
72	Louisiana	Private	2,751	1,538	56	64	3.6%	4.1%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	280	151	16	17	10.5%	11.2%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	221	132	9	9	6.6%	6.6%
11	Maine	Total	1,597	549	63	74	11.6%	13.6%
11	Maine	Public	252	83	42	50	50.8%	60.0%
11	Maine	Private	1,345	466	21	25	4.6%	5.3%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	143	51	6	6	11.7%	11.7%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	56	19	1	1	5.7%	5.7%
52	Maryland	Total	2,726	2,752	288	337	10.5%	12.2%
52	Maryland	Public	662	661	191	223	28.8%	33.7%
52	Maryland	Private	2,064	2,091	97	114	4.6%	5.5%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	115	115	12	12	10.7%	10.7%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	154	157	21	22	13.4%	13.9%
14	Massachusetts	Total	3,268	3,104	402	442	13.0%	14.2%
14	Massachusetts	Public	413	390	231	248	59.2%	63.6%
14	Massachusetts	Private	2,855	2,715	172	194	6.3%	7.1%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	312	290	14	15	4.8%	5.1%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	153	148	25	26	16.9%	17.5%
34	Michigan	Total	3,561	4,086	622	673	15.2%	16.5%
34	Michigan	Public	411	455	220	238	48.4%	52.4%
34	Michigan	Private	3,150	3,631	402	435	11.1%	12.0%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	705	816	147	153	18.0%	18.8%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	146	165	39	40	23.3%	23.9%
41	Minnesota	Total	2,822	2,562	362	384	14.1%	15.0%
41	Minnesota	Public	440	395	187	192	47.4%	48.7%
41	Minnesota	Private	2,382	2,167	174	192	8.0%	8.8%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	455	427	36	40	8.4%	9.3%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	121	116	34	37	29.1%	31.6%
64	Mississippi	Total	2,591	1,104	60	74	5.4%	6.7%
64	Mississippi	Public	547	228	21	26	9.4%	11.5%
64	Mississippi	Private	2,044	876	38	48	4.4%	5.5%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	381	159	18	21	11.1%	13.2%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	122	49	3	3	6.8%	6.8%
43	Missouri	Total	2,449	2,617	231	257	8.8%	9.8%
43	Missouri	Public	353	377	83	98	22.1%	26.0%
43	Missouri	Private	2,096	2,240	147	159	6.6%	7.1%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	253	271	42	42	15.6%	15.6%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	133	137	35	36	25.4%	26.0%
81	Montana	Total	2,895	427	52	59	12.1%	13.8%
81	Montana	Public	586	85	30	35	35.8%	40.7%
81	Montana	Private	2,309	342	21	25	6.3%	7.2%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	167	24	3	3	11.7%	12.2%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	174	26	1	2	5.7%	6.1%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,376	882	68	80	7.7%	9.0%
46	Nebraska	Public	371	132	34	41	25.9%	30.8%
46	Nebraska	Private	2,005	749	34	39	4.5%	5.2%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	300	113	9	10	8.1%	9.1%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	143	54	5	5	10.1%	10.1%
88	Nevada	Total	2,115	1,231	176	202	14.3%	16.4%
88	Nevada	Public	313	180	58	76	32.4%	42.0%
88	Nevada	Private	1,802	1,051	118	126	11.2%	12.0%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	90	54	6	8	11.3%	15.0%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	139	82	16	17	19.3%	20.1%
12	New Hampshire	Total	2,751	641	62	73	9.7%	11.4%
12	New Hampshire	Public	399	89	41	48	46.7%	54.2%
12	New Hampshire	Private	2,352	553	21	25	3.8%	4.5%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	380	89	2	4	2.3%	4.1%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	138	32	2	2	7.7%	7.7%
22	New Jersey	Total	3,560	3,877	595	643	15.3%	16.6%
22	New Jersey	Public	557	605	339	359	56.0%	59.3%
22	New Jersey	Private	3,003	3,273	256	284	7.8%	8.7%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	299	324	18	19	5.6%	5.8%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	170	182	33	33	18.2%	18.2%
85	New Mexico	Total	2,477	781	49	61	6.2%	7.8%
85	New Mexico	Public	583	188	26	34	13.8%	18.4%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,894	593	23	27	3.8%	4.5%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	119	37	1	1	2.3%	2.3%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	124	40	3	3	7.9%	7.9%
21	New York	Total	6,716	8,249	2,037	2,140	24.7%	25.9%
21	New York	Public	1,144	1,370	941	971	68.6%	70.8%
21	New York	Private	5,572	6,878	1,096	1,169	15.9%	17.0%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	458	537	57	61	10.7%	11.3%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	310	394	117	122	29.6%	31.0%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,606	4,094	123	167	3.0%	4.1%
56	North Carolina	Public	519	577	58	81	10.1%	14.0%
56	North Carolina	Private	3,087	3,517	65	86	1.8%	2.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	490	554	8	11	1.5%	2.0%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	209	246	2	2	0.9%	0.9%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,725	351	19	24	5.4%	6.8%
44	North Dakota	Public	466	60	9	11	14.8%	17.8%
44	North Dakota	Private	2,259	292	10	13	3.5%	4.5%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	209	27	3	3	9.3%	10.2%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	162	22	2	2	7.9%	9.0%
31	Ohio	Total	4,396	4,920	606	670	12.3%	13.6%
31	Ohio	Public	587	653	251	276	38.4%	42.3%
31	Ohio	Private	3,809	4,267	355	394	8.3%	9.2%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	765	842	124	128	14.7%	15.2%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	160	178	39	43	21.9%	23.9%
73	Oklahoma	Total	2,355	1,570	88	116	5.6%	7.4%
73	Oklahoma	Public	418	272	42	57	15.4%	21.0%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,937	1,298	46	59	3.6%	4.6%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	261	181	20	23	11.2%	12.8%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	121	83	5	5	5.5%	6.1%
92	Oregon	Total	2,318	1,586	235	256	14.8%	16.1%
92	Oregon	Public	361	241	123	133	50.8%	55.1%
92	Oregon	Private	1,957	1,345	112	123	8.3%	9.1%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	299	204	20	22	10.0%	10.7%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	97	67	8	10	12.1%	15.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	4,824	5,604	748	805	13.3%	14.4%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	568	646	322	353	49.9%	54.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	4,256	4,958	425	452	8.6%	9.1%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	660	751	120	121	16.0%	16.2%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	210	245	51	52	20.7%	21.1%
15	Rhode Island	Total	1,932	483	68	72	14.2%	14.9%
15	Rhode Island	Public	287	67	41	42	61.8%	63.2%
15	Rhode Island	Private	1,645	416	27	29	6.5%	7.1%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	222	54	3	4	6.0%	7.0%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	66	18	2	2	12.9%	12.9%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,386	1,961	40	57	2.1%	2.9%
57	South Carolina	Public	390	312	22	31	7.2%	9.9%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,996	1,649	18	26	1.1%	1.6%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	341	281	4	6	1.4%	2.0%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	133	112	1	3	1.3%	3.0%
45	South Dakota	Total	1,989	382	23	26	5.9%	6.9%
45	South Dakota	Public	330	63	14	17	22.8%	26.9%
45	South Dakota	Private	1,659	320	8	10	2.6%	3.0%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	245	49	2	2	5.0%	5.0%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	102	22	1	2	6.4%	7.4%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,808	2,690	146	175	5.4%	6.5%
62	Tennessee	Public	417	393	75	90	19.0%	22.8%
62	Tennessee	Private	2,391	2,297	71	85	3.1%	3.7%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	343	316	22	23	6.9%	7.3%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	148	142	11	13	8.0%	9.1%
74	Texas	Total	8,925	11,174	503	627	4.5%	5.6%
74	Texas	Public	1,279	1,577	262	321	16.6%	20.3%
74	Texas	Private	7,646	9,597	241	306	2.5%	3.2%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	822	1,032	46	51	4.4%	4.9%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	649	841	23	24	2.7%	2.8%
87	Utah	Total	2,487	1,277	50	67	3.9%	5.2%
87	Utah	Public	409	205	26	35	12.5%	17.1%
87	Utah	Private	2,078	1,072	25	32	2.3%	2.9%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	308	158	2	2	1.1%	1.4%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	167	86	3	3	3.5%	3.5%
13	Vermont	Total	2,316	284	36	42	12.5%	14.7%
13	Vermont	Public	385	46	23	27	50.7%	57.8%
13	Vermont	Private	1,931	238	12	15	5.1%	6.3%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	267	33	2	2	5.3%	6.7%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	120	15	1	1	6.6%	6.6%
54	Virginia	Total	3,413	3,735	202	257	5.4%	6.9%
54	Virginia	Public	753	808	111	146	13.7%	18.1%
54	Virginia	Private	2,660	2,928	91	111	3.1%	3.8%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	227	252	20	23	7.9%	9.3%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	187	206	7	7	3.5%	3.5%
91	Washington	Total	2,855	2,981	500	536	16.8%	18.0%
91	Washington	Public	483	490	226	241	46.1%	49.3%
91	Washington	Private	2,372	2,491	274	294	11.0%	11.8%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	333	350	81	82	23.3%	23.5%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	159	168	36	38	21.6%	22.7%
55	West Virginia	Total	2,853	664	83	91	12.4%	13.7%
55	West Virginia	Public	574	129	34	40	26.3%	30.8%
55	West Virginia	Private	2,279	535	49	51	9.1%	9.6%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	338	77	16	16	20.1%	20.5%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	127	32	6	6	18.6%	19.2%
35	Wisconsin	Total	2,750	2,682	222	252	8.3%	9.4%
35	Wisconsin	Public	410	390	102	125	26.1%	32.1%
35	Wisconsin	Private	2,340	2,292	120	127	5.2%	5.6%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	525	508	62	62	12.2%	12.3%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	102	100	19	19	18.9%	18.9%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,408	261	19	22	7.1%	8.2%
83	Wyoming	Public	582	61	8	10	13.7%	16.5%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,826	200	10	11	5.1%	5.7%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	90	10	1	1	5.8%	6.7%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	161	18	1	1	6.3%	6.8%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.