Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2017
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	3,063	1,868	138	152	7.4%	8.1%
63	Alabama	Public	510	300	67	74	22.3%	24.7%
63	Alabama	Private	2,553	1,568	71	78	4.5%	5.0%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	470	290	16	16	5.6%	5.6%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	178	113	8	10	7.0%	9.1%
94	Alaska	Total	1,923	304	55	59	18.1%	19.4%
94	Alaska	Public	525	82	36	38	43.6%	47.1%
94	Alaska	Private	1,398	222	19	21	8.7%	9.3%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	44	7	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	101	17	4	4	23.4%	23.4%
86	Arizona	Total	2,340	2,805	112	146	4.0%	5.2%
86	Arizona	Public	338	401	68	86	16.9%	21.5%
86	Arizona	Private	2,002	2,404	44	59	1.8%	2.5%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	147	176	2	2	1.3%	1.3%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	134	164	2	3	1.2%	1.9%
71	Arkansas	Total	2,908	1,208	62	74	5.1%	6.2%
71	Arkansas	Public	507	212	23	27	10.6%	12.7%
71	Arkansas	Private	2,401	996	39	47	3.9%	4.8%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	375	153	12	13	7.6%	8.7%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	151	61	2	2	2.5%	2.5%
93	California	Total	13,552	16,064	2,489	2,705	15.5%	16.8%
93	California	Public	2,149	2,489	1,368	1,451	55.0%	58.3%
93	California	Private	11,403	13,574	1,121	1,253	8.3%	9.2%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,335	1,588	99	110	6.2%	6.9%
93	California	Priv. Construction	732	882	158	167	17.9%	18.9%
84	Colorado	Total	2,113	2,501	238	273	9.5%	10.9%
84	Colorado	Public	373	422	92	109	21.7%	25.9%
84	Colorado	Private	1,740	2,079	147	164	7.1%	7.9%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	134	159	18	20	11.4%	12.7%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	131	165	18	18	10.6%	10.6%
16	Connecticut	Total	1,747	1,645	279	296	17.0%	18.0%
16	Connecticut	Public	284	258	171	172	66.2%	66.7%
16	Connecticut	Private	1,463	1,387	108	124	7.8%	8.9%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	205	192	25	25	12.9%	12.9%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	88	82	12	12	14.4%	14.4%
51	Delaware	Total	1,761	421	45	48	10.8%	11.3%
51	Delaware	Public	247	57	23	24	40.6%	41.7%
51	Delaware	Private	1,514	364	22	24	6.1%	6.6%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	149	34	4	4	10.9%	12.7%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	123	29	4	5	14.9%	15.7%
53	District of Columbia	Total	3,167	347	34	40	9.7%	11.5%
53	District of Columbia	Public	819	88	20	22	22.9%	25.4%
53	District of Columbia	Private	2,348	259	14	17	5.3%	6.7%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	39	5	0	0	2.8%	5.1%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	82	9	1	1	11.2%	11.2%
59	Florida	Total	6,872	8,572	479	568	5.6%	6.6%
59	Florida	Public	881	1,087	277	311	25.5%	28.6%
59	Florida	Private	5,991	7,485	203	257	2.7%	3.4%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	381	467	10	14	2.2%	3.0%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	417	527	27	28	5.0%	5.3%
58	Georgia	Total	3,665	4,339	173	217	4.0%	5.0%
58	Georgia	Public	606	701	83	100	11.8%	14.3%
58	Georgia	Private	3,059	3,638	90	117	2.5%	3.2%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	396	463	17	21	3.7%	4.6%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	195	246	14	14	5.9%	5.9%
95	Hawaii	Total	2,495	605	129	138	21.3%	22.9%
95	Hawaii	Public	503	118	55	60	46.6%	50.8%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,992	487	74	78	15.2%	16.1%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	59	15	1	2	7.0%	10.0%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	178	45	16	16	35.6%	36.1%
82	Idaho	Total	2,635	723	35	42	4.8%	5.8%
82	Idaho	Public	399	109	16	19	14.3%	17.6%
82	Idaho	Private	2,236	614	19	22	3.1%	3.7%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	320	88	6	7	6.8%	7.6%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	157	44	2	3	5.5%	7.0%
33	Illinois	Total	4,802	5,521	828	873	15.0%	15.8%
33	Illinois	Public	627	703	358	371	50.9%	52.8%
33	Illinois	Private	4,175	4,818	470	502	9.8%	10.4%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	638	736	74	85	10.0%	11.5%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	185	213	88	88	41.0%	41.4%
32	Indiana	Total	2,879	2,988	266	289	8.9%	9.7%
32	Indiana	Public	336	340	94	99	27.7%	29.2%
32	Indiana	Private	2,543	2,648	172	190	6.5%	7.2%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	562	575	78	84	13.5%	14.7%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	131	134	22	26	16.2%	19.0%
42	Iowa	Total	2,041	1,475	104	127	7.0%	8.6%
42	Iowa	Public	347	251	54	71	21.4%	28.4%
42	Iowa	Private	1,694	1,224	50	56	4.1%	4.6%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	293	212	20	21	9.3%	10.0%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	105	77	12	12	16.0%	16.0%
47	Kansas	Total	2,153	1,296	101	131	7.8%	10.1%
47	Kansas	Public	371	216	38	55	17.8%	25.4%
47	Kansas	Private	1,782	1,081	62	76	5.8%	7.0%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	321	194	24	34	12.3%	17.4%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	121	76	11	11	14.2%	14.9%
61	Kentucky	Total	2,014	1,809	175	233	9.7%	12.9%
61	Kentucky	Public	314	273	52	70	19.0%	25.8%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,700	1,536	123	162	8.0%	10.6%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	264	240	32	41	13.4%	16.9%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	114	104	17	20	16.7%	19.1%
72	Louisiana	Total	3,383	1,780	78	96	4.4%	5.4%
72	Louisiana	Public	576	293	36	43	12.1%	14.6%
72	Louisiana	Private	2,807	1,487	42	53	2.8%	3.6%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	248	133	9	12	6.6%	8.8%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	251	137	7	7	5.0%	5.3%
11	Maine	Total	1,422	577	66	81	11.4%	14.0%
11	Maine	Public	214	84	41	52	48.2%	61.2%
11	Maine	Private	1,208	493	25	29	5.1%	6.0%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	129	51	8	8	15.7%	16.7%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	66	28	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
52	Maryland	Total	2,239	2,769	298	324	10.7%	11.7%
52	Maryland	Public	570	694	195	213	28.1%	30.6%
52	Maryland	Private	1,669	2,075	103	112	4.9%	5.4%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	71	85	12	12	14.6%	14.6%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	134	167	16	17	9.5%	10.0%
14	Massachusetts	Total	3,798	3,233	400	431	12.4%	13.3%
14	Massachusetts	Public	506	432	235	243	54.5%	56.3%
14	Massachusetts	Private	3,292	2,801	165	188	5.9%	6.7%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	351	291	18	25	6.3%	8.6%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	189	161	27	27	16.8%	16.8%
34	Michigan	Total	3,700	4,230	659	712	15.6%	16.8%
34	Michigan	Public	460	514	240	267	46.7%	51.9%
34	Michigan	Private	3,240	3,716	420	445	11.3%	12.0%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	731	832	149	157	17.9%	18.8%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	156	177	46	46	25.9%	25.9%
41	Minnesota	Total	2,393	2,696	411	428	15.2%	15.9%
41	Minnesota	Public	325	360	195	196	54.0%	54.5%
41	Minnesota	Private	2,068	2,335	216	232	9.2%	9.9%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	357	399	49	52	12.3%	12.9%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	130	151	48	48	31.7%	31.7%
64	Mississippi	Total	2,720	1,109	59	77	5.3%	7.0%
64	Mississippi	Public	532	214	28	35	13.0%	16.2%
64	Mississippi	Private	2,188	895	31	43	3.5%	4.8%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	377	152	16	21	10.5%	13.8%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	122	50	1	1	2.3%	2.3%
43	Missouri	Total	2,404	2,618	226	265	8.6%	10.1%
43	Missouri	Public	346	371	57	80	15.3%	21.5%
43	Missouri	Private	2,058	2,248	169	185	7.5%	8.2%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	280	299	44	47	14.9%	15.9%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	164	179	59	59	32.8%	32.8%
81	Montana	Total	3,009	419	50	57	11.8%	13.6%
81	Montana	Public	666	90	30	35	34.0%	38.7%
81	Montana	Private	2,343	330	19	22	5.8%	6.8%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	155	22	3	3	12.8%	14.5%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	181	26	3	4	12.9%	15.0%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,168	859	70	78	8.1%	9.1%
46	Nebraska	Public	340	132	38	44	28.7%	32.9%
46	Nebraska	Private	1,828	727	32	34	4.4%	4.7%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	269	106	13	13	12.2%	12.2%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	114	47	3	4	7.0%	8.0%
88	Nevada	Total	2,099	1,291	164	189	12.7%	14.6%
88	Nevada	Public	269	163	55	69	33.7%	42.7%
88	Nevada	Private	1,830	1,128	110	119	9.7%	10.6%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	99	60	4	4	6.8%	6.8%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	153	98	17	17	17.4%	17.4%
12	New Hampshire	Total	2,428	642	72	83	11.2%	13.0%
12	New Hampshire	Public	376	98	47	56	48.1%	56.9%
12	New Hampshire	Private	2,052	544	25	28	4.6%	5.1%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	344	89	3	3	3.4%	3.8%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	120	33	4	4	12.3%	12.3%
22	New Jersey	Total	3,371	3,898	629	664	16.1%	17.0%
22	New Jersey	Public	503	574	342	359	59.5%	62.5%
22	New Jersey	Private	2,868	3,324	287	306	8.6%	9.2%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	262	300	18	19	5.8%	6.2%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	156	176	52	52	29.8%	29.8%
85	New Mexico	Total	2,582	769	52	63	6.7%	8.2%
85	New Mexico	Public	635	185	31	37	16.6%	20.1%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,947	584	21	26	3.6%	4.5%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	123	36	2	2	4.2%	4.2%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	169	52	3	4	5.9%	6.9%
21	New York	Total	6,745	8,479	2,016	2,147	23.8%	25.3%
21	New York	Public	1,166	1,424	960	1,005	67.4%	70.6%
21	New York	Private	5,579	7,055	1,057	1,142	15.0%	16.2%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	461	563	69	72	12.2%	12.8%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	346	456	111	120	24.4%	26.3%
56	North Carolina	Total	3,664	4,302	144	171	3.4%	4.0%
56	North Carolina	Public	529	613	58	72	9.4%	11.8%
56	North Carolina	Private	3,135	3,690	87	99	2.3%	2.7%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	491	576	13	15	2.2%	2.6%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	236	286	2	3	0.8%	1.2%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,656	356	18	24	5.1%	6.8%
44	North Dakota	Public	430	55	9	11	16.2%	19.5%
44	North Dakota	Private	2,226	301	9	13	3.0%	4.4%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	198	27	2	2	6.4%	9.0%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	164	22	1	2	6.0%	7.2%
31	Ohio	Total	4,368	5,068	634	688	12.5%	13.6%
31	Ohio	Public	592	674	289	305	42.9%	45.3%
31	Ohio	Private	3,776	4,394	345	383	7.9%	8.7%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	687	785	97	103	12.4%	13.1%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	207	244	55	57	22.3%	23.3%
73	Oklahoma	Total	2,271	1,534	84	108	5.5%	7.1%
73	Oklahoma	Public	427	277	40	55	14.5%	19.8%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,844	1,257	44	54	3.5%	4.3%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	198	135	9	9	6.5%	6.9%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	125	89	6	6	6.9%	6.9%
92	Oregon	Total	2,414	1,762	262	277	14.9%	15.7%
92	Oregon	Public	363	259	138	144	53.1%	55.7%
92	Oregon	Private	2,051	1,502	125	133	8.3%	8.8%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	307	224	19	21	8.3%	9.4%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	106	78	15	16	19.0%	20.0%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	4,617	5,539	665	722	12.0%	13.0%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	510	597	297	330	49.8%	55.3%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	4,107	4,942	367	392	7.4%	7.9%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	567	661	81	84	12.3%	12.7%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	255	309	67	69	21.7%	22.4%
15	Rhode Island	Total	1,594	485	78	83	16.1%	17.2%
15	Rhode Island	Public	235	69	44	46	63.9%	66.2%
15	Rhode Island	Private	1,359	416	34	38	8.2%	9.1%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	203	61	3	3	4.6%	5.4%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	60	18	4	4	21.0%	22.4%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,401	1,989	52	79	2.6%	3.9%
57	South Carolina	Public	438	352	25	41	7.1%	11.6%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,963	1,638	27	38	1.7%	2.3%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	333	280	5	8	1.9%	3.0%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	158	138	3	4	2.5%	2.9%
45	South Dakota	Total	1,952	380	20	25	5.3%	6.6%
45	South Dakota	Public	338	65	12	16	18.9%	23.9%
45	South Dakota	Private	1,614	315	8	10	2.5%	3.1%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	251	48	2	2	4.4%	4.8%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	112	24	1	1	4.7%	4.7%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,971	2,725	154	175	5.7%	6.4%
62	Tennessee	Public	425	374	72	81	19.4%	21.6%
62	Tennessee	Private	2,546	2,352	82	94	3.5%	4.0%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	411	373	29	30	7.7%	8.1%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	178	163	11	12	6.8%	7.3%
74	Texas	Total	9,157	11,627	542	668	4.7%	5.7%
74	Texas	Public	1,429	1,762	281	344	15.9%	19.5%
74	Texas	Private	7,728	9,864	261	324	2.6%	3.3%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	765	967	40	42	4.1%	4.4%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	691	908	29	33	3.2%	3.6%
87	Utah	Total	2,633	1,374	54	74	3.9%	5.4%
87	Utah	Public	436	220	29	37	13.1%	16.7%
87	Utah	Private	2,197	1,154	25	38	2.2%	3.3%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	316	168	3	4	2.0%	2.6%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	163	86	5	5	5.3%	5.3%
13	Vermont	Total	2,222	288	32	35	11.0%	12.1%
13	Vermont	Public	359	45	21	23	46.4%	51.7%
13	Vermont	Private	1,863	243	11	12	4.5%	4.7%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	286	38	1	1	3.5%	3.5%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	95	13	1	1	6.6%	6.6%
54	Virginia	Total	3,221	3,806	177	223	4.6%	5.9%
54	Virginia	Public	690	800	101	133	12.7%	16.6%
54	Virginia	Private	2,531	3,007	75	90	2.5%	3.0%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	235	281	11	16	4.0%	5.8%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	169	203	11	14	5.5%	6.7%
91	Washington	Total	2,949	3,110	583	629	18.7%	20.2%
91	Washington	Public	492	509	267	292	52.6%	57.3%
91	Washington	Private	2,457	2,601	315	337	12.1%	13.0%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	315	333	77	80	23.2%	24.1%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	167	176	36	42	20.4%	23.9%
55	West Virginia	Total	3,200	683	75	82	11.0%	11.9%
55	West Virginia	Public	623	129	33	36	25.4%	28.3%
55	West Virginia	Private	2,577	554	42	45	7.7%	8.1%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	402	86	11	12	12.9%	13.5%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	147	32	7	7	21.8%	21.8%
35	Wisconsin	Total	2,479	2,780	231	250	8.3%	9.0%
35	Wisconsin	Public	330	357	67	78	18.9%	21.9%
35	Wisconsin	Private	2,149	2,423	163	172	6.7%	7.1%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	525	590	70	74	11.8%	12.6%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	98	111	32	32	28.8%	28.8%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,421	243	15	16	6.0%	6.7%
83	Wyoming	Public	611	61	7	8	10.7%	12.6%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,810	182	8	9	4.4%	4.7%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	96	10	0	0	4.8%	4.8%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	135	14	1	1	5.6%	5.6%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.