Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by State: 2020
State Census Code	State	Sector	Obs	Employment (in 1000s)	Members (in 1000s)	Covered (in 1000s)	% Mem	% Cov
63	Alabama	Total	2,667	1,894	151	163	8.0%	8.6%
63	Alabama	Public	452	313	66	70	20.9%	22.5%
63	Alabama	Private	2,215	1,581	85	93	5.4%	5.9%
63	Alabama	Priv. Manufacturing	404	297	21	24	7.2%	8.0%
63	Alabama	Priv. Construction	127	95	8	8	8.1%	8.7%
94	Alaska	Total	1,578	280	49	55	17.6%	19.5%
94	Alaska	Public	422	72	30	32	41.1%	45.0%
94	Alaska	Private	1,156	208	20	22	9.4%	10.6%
94	Alaska	Priv. Manufacturing	29	5	1	1	12.2%	12.2%
94	Alaska	Priv. Construction	81	16	4	4	23.6%	26.7%
86	Arizona	Total	2,168	2,908	155	207	5.3%	7.1%
86	Arizona	Public	312	415	80	120	19.3%	28.9%
86	Arizona	Private	1,856	2,493	74	87	3.0%	3.5%
86	Arizona	Priv. Manufacturing	166	221	2	4	1.0%	1.7%
86	Arizona	Priv. Construction	162	221	11	11	4.8%	4.8%
71	Arkansas	Total	2,245	1,158	54	69	4.7%	5.9%
71	Arkansas	Public	369	184	19	24	10.4%	12.9%
71	Arkansas	Private	1,876	973	35	45	3.6%	4.6%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Manufacturing	292	157	9	12	5.6%	7.7%
71	Arkansas	Priv. Construction	105	55	4	4	7.5%	7.5%
93	California	Total	10,839	15,063	2,438	2,652	16.2%	17.6%
93	California	Public	1,734	2,355	1,218	1,303	51.7%	55.4%
93	California	Private	9,105	12,708	1,221	1,349	9.6%	10.6%
93	California	Priv. Manufacturing	1,022	1,404	85	95	6.1%	6.7%
93	California	Priv. Construction	693	986	181	196	18.3%	19.9%
84	Colorado	Total	1,766	2,472	183	202	7.4%	8.2%
84	Colorado	Public	301	406	79	92	19.4%	22.6%
84	Colorado	Private	1,465	2,065	104	110	5.0%	5.3%
84	Colorado	Priv. Manufacturing	133	187	7	7	3.5%	3.5%
84	Colorado	Priv. Construction	140	205	10	10	4.9%	4.9%
16	Connecticut	Total	1,411	1,524	261	280	17.1%	18.4%
16	Connecticut	Public	188	197	146	150	74.1%	76.2%
16	Connecticut	Private	1,223	1,327	115	130	8.6%	9.8%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Manufacturing	186	197	27	30	13.9%	15.4%
16	Connecticut	Priv. Construction	68	75	17	17	22.4%	22.4%
51	Delaware	Total	1,448	424	42	45	9.9%	10.5%
51	Delaware	Public	238	68	26	27	38.2%	39.7%
51	Delaware	Private	1,210	356	16	17	4.5%	4.9%
51	Delaware	Priv. Manufacturing	113	32	1	1	3.5%	4.5%
51	Delaware	Priv. Construction	90	25	1	1	4.3%	4.3%
53	District of Columbia	Total	2,467	343	29	33	8.6%	9.5%
53	District of Columbia	Public	722	100	18	21	18.0%	20.7%
53	District of Columbia	Private	1,745	243	11	12	4.7%	5.0%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Manufacturing	21	3	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
53	District of Columbia	Priv. Construction	55	8	0	0	4.4%	4.4%
59	Florida	Total	5,565	8,151	525	646	6.4%	7.9%
59	Florida	Public	777	1,103	274	329	24.8%	29.8%
59	Florida	Private	4,788	7,047	252	317	3.6%	4.5%
59	Florida	Priv. Manufacturing	287	419	17	21	4.1%	5.0%
59	Florida	Priv. Construction	403	599	21	26	3.4%	4.4%
58	Georgia	Total	2,951	4,174	194	271	4.7%	6.5%
58	Georgia	Public	467	638	90	121	14.1%	18.9%
58	Georgia	Private	2,484	3,536	104	151	3.0%	4.3%
58	Georgia	Priv. Manufacturing	331	461	23	32	5.0%	6.9%
58	Georgia	Priv. Construction	177	255	18	22	7.2%	8.5%
95	Hawaii	Total	1,708	507	120	130	23.6%	25.6%
95	Hawaii	Public	445	130	70	74	53.7%	57.2%
95	Hawaii	Private	1,263	377	50	56	13.3%	14.7%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Manufacturing	34	10	2	2	19.0%	21.4%
95	Hawaii	Priv. Construction	95	29	5	5	16.2%	18.2%
82	Idaho	Total	2,343	731	41	47	5.6%	6.4%
82	Idaho	Public	365	113	19	22	17.2%	19.9%
82	Idaho	Private	1,978	618	22	25	3.5%	4.0%
82	Idaho	Priv. Manufacturing	233	73	8	8	10.6%	11.0%
82	Idaho	Priv. Construction	161	52	3	3	5.7%	5.7%
33	Illinois	Total	3,745	5,176	736	785	14.2%	15.2%
33	Illinois	Public	470	637	350	371	55.0%	58.2%
33	Illinois	Private	3,275	4,539	386	415	8.5%	9.1%
33	Illinois	Priv. Manufacturing	475	643	76	79	11.9%	12.2%
33	Illinois	Priv. Construction	156	211	65	67	30.7%	31.5%
32	Indiana	Total	2,273	2,838	234	271	8.2%	9.6%
32	Indiana	Public	275	332	90	107	26.9%	32.3%
32	Indiana	Private	1,998	2,505	145	164	5.8%	6.5%
32	Indiana	Priv. Manufacturing	443	540	44	45	8.1%	8.4%
32	Indiana	Priv. Construction	128	165	29	32	17.9%	19.5%
42	Iowa	Total	1,759	1,399	92	127	6.6%	9.1%
42	Iowa	Public	296	231	48	74	20.6%	31.9%
42	Iowa	Private	1,463	1,168	44	54	3.8%	4.6%
42	Iowa	Priv. Manufacturing	239	192	20	21	10.6%	11.1%
42	Iowa	Priv. Construction	105	82	5	5	6.3%	6.3%
47	Kansas	Total	1,901	1,282	113	144	8.8%	11.2%
47	Kansas	Public	334	217	45	57	20.9%	26.3%
47	Kansas	Private	1,567	1,064	68	87	6.4%	8.2%
47	Kansas	Priv. Manufacturing	278	187	32	41	17.0%	22.1%
47	Kansas	Priv. Construction	93	64	5	5	7.9%	7.9%
61	Kentucky	Total	1,520	1,691	126	158	7.5%	9.4%
61	Kentucky	Public	262	280	34	42	12.2%	15.1%
61	Kentucky	Private	1,258	1,411	92	116	6.5%	8.2%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Manufacturing	247	277	42	44	15.1%	15.8%
61	Kentucky	Priv. Construction	72	78	7	7	9.3%	9.3%
72	Louisiana	Total	2,810	1,681	99	113	5.9%	6.7%
72	Louisiana	Public	514	305	47	53	15.4%	17.3%
72	Louisiana	Private	2,296	1,376	52	60	3.8%	4.4%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Manufacturing	220	134	18	19	13.4%	14.3%
72	Louisiana	Priv. Construction	173	106	5	6	4.8%	5.9%
11	Maine	Total	1,113	557	81	93	14.6%	16.6%
11	Maine	Public	232	113	53	63	46.6%	55.3%
11	Maine	Private	881	444	28	30	6.4%	6.8%
11	Maine	Priv. Manufacturing	92	47	8	8	16.2%	16.2%
11	Maine	Priv. Construction	59	30	3	3	10.5%	10.5%
52	Maryland	Total	1,805	2,694	353	382	13.1%	14.2%
52	Maryland	Public	459	675	226	242	33.5%	35.8%
52	Maryland	Private	1,346	2,019	126	140	6.3%	6.9%
52	Maryland	Priv. Manufacturing	70	107	4	4	3.5%	3.5%
52	Maryland	Priv. Construction	118	175	21	23	12.2%	12.9%
14	Massachusetts	Total	2,954	2,987	358	384	12.0%	12.9%
14	Massachusetts	Public	349	349	188	195	53.8%	55.7%
14	Massachusetts	Private	2,605	2,638	170	189	6.4%	7.2%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Manufacturing	279	280	8	8	2.8%	2.8%
14	Massachusetts	Priv. Construction	145	148	24	28	16.5%	18.7%
34	Michigan	Total	3,055	3,978	605	661	15.2%	16.6%
34	Michigan	Public	375	493	218	237	44.2%	48.1%
34	Michigan	Private	2,680	3,485	387	424	11.1%	12.2%
34	Michigan	Priv. Manufacturing	600	784	128	135	16.3%	17.2%
34	Michigan	Priv. Construction	129	165	33	33	20.1%	20.1%
41	Minnesota	Total	1,965	2,519	399	428	15.8%	17.0%
41	Minnesota	Public	313	387	238	252	61.5%	65.1%
41	Minnesota	Private	1,652	2,132	160	175	7.5%	8.2%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Manufacturing	309	387	43	45	11.2%	11.7%
41	Minnesota	Priv. Construction	101	131	31	32	23.6%	24.6%
64	Mississippi	Total	2,203	1,033	74	86	7.2%	8.3%
64	Mississippi	Public	399	179	30	34	16.5%	18.8%
64	Mississippi	Private	1,804	854	44	52	5.2%	6.1%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Manufacturing	305	143	14	16	9.6%	10.9%
64	Mississippi	Priv. Construction	119	55	6	6	10.2%	10.2%
43	Missouri	Total	1,971	2,526	237	253	9.4%	10.0%
43	Missouri	Public	283	354	98	105	27.8%	29.6%
43	Missouri	Private	1,688	2,172	139	149	6.4%	6.8%
43	Missouri	Priv. Manufacturing	223	285	28	29	9.6%	10.3%
43	Missouri	Priv. Construction	96	118	31	33	26.6%	27.6%
81	Montana	Total	2,341	419	50	54	12.0%	12.9%
81	Montana	Public	469	82	31	33	38.2%	40.4%
81	Montana	Private	1,872	337	19	21	5.6%	6.2%
81	Montana	Priv. Manufacturing	132	23	2	2	7.6%	8.6%
81	Montana	Priv. Construction	136	25	2	2	9.3%	10.0%
46	Nebraska	Total	2,007	890	85	94	9.6%	10.5%
46	Nebraska	Public	334	145	51	56	35.1%	39.0%
46	Nebraska	Private	1,673	745	34	37	4.6%	5.0%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Manufacturing	225	102	9	10	9.1%	9.6%
46	Nebraska	Priv. Construction	94	43	6	6	13.4%	13.4%
88	Nevada	Total	1,719	1,210	162	186	13.4%	15.4%
88	Nevada	Public	259	180	63	77	34.8%	42.7%
88	Nevada	Private	1,460	1,030	99	109	9.6%	10.6%
88	Nevada	Priv. Manufacturing	87	62	8	8	12.5%	13.4%
88	Nevada	Priv. Construction	149	105	23	23	21.7%	21.7%
12	New Hampshire	Total	2,061	629	61	69	9.8%	11.0%
12	New Hampshire	Public	298	87	38	44	44.1%	50.5%
12	New Hampshire	Private	1,763	542	23	26	4.3%	4.7%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Manufacturing	299	91	2	3	2.6%	3.3%
12	New Hampshire	Priv. Construction	114	35	5	5	15.0%	15.0%
22	New Jersey	Total	2,739	3,727	599	659	16.1%	17.7%
22	New Jersey	Public	429	568	337	356	59.2%	62.7%
22	New Jersey	Private	2,310	3,159	262	303	8.3%	9.6%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Manufacturing	249	332	18	24	5.3%	7.2%
22	New Jersey	Priv. Construction	148	211	45	45	21.5%	21.5%
85	New Mexico	Total	1,993	742	53	64	7.2%	8.6%
85	New Mexico	Public	543	199	33	41	16.7%	20.7%
85	New Mexico	Private	1,450	543	20	23	3.6%	4.1%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Manufacturing	98	36	1	1	2.6%	2.6%
85	New Mexico	Priv. Construction	106	40	2	2	4.1%	5.1%
21	New York	Total	5,174	7,554	1,663	1,785	22.0%	23.6%
21	New York	Public	889	1,279	874	907	68.3%	70.9%
21	New York	Private	4,285	6,275	789	878	12.6%	14.0%
21	New York	Priv. Manufacturing	301	435	48	49	10.9%	11.2%
21	New York	Priv. Construction	263	396	97	103	24.4%	26.1%
56	North Carolina	Total	2,873	4,133	130	162	3.1%	3.9%
56	North Carolina	Public	419	584	65	74	11.1%	12.7%
56	North Carolina	Private	2,454	3,549	65	88	1.8%	2.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	370	545	9	14	1.7%	2.5%
56	North Carolina	Priv. Construction	165	233	11	11	4.6%	4.6%
44	North Dakota	Total	2,412	339	21	25	6.2%	7.4%
44	North Dakota	Public	446	61	11	13	18.1%	20.8%
44	North Dakota	Private	1,966	278	10	12	3.6%	4.4%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	222	31	2	3	6.8%	8.2%
44	North Dakota	Priv. Construction	138	20	1	1	3.9%	4.7%
31	Ohio	Total	3,363	4,813	635	684	13.2%	14.2%
31	Ohio	Public	547	763	347	367	45.5%	48.2%
31	Ohio	Private	2,816	4,050	288	317	7.1%	7.8%
31	Ohio	Priv. Manufacturing	545	762	87	95	11.5%	12.4%
31	Ohio	Priv. Construction	171	239	36	36	15.3%	15.3%
73	Oklahoma	Total	1,953	1,500	90	114	6.0%	7.6%
73	Oklahoma	Public	384	288	44	60	15.3%	20.9%
73	Oklahoma	Private	1,569	1,212	46	54	3.8%	4.4%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Manufacturing	200	149	8	9	5.3%	5.7%
73	Oklahoma	Priv. Construction	105	86	3	3	2.9%	2.9%
92	Oregon	Total	2,174	1,692	274	292	16.2%	17.2%
92	Oregon	Public	370	283	148	160	52.3%	56.6%
92	Oregon	Private	1,804	1,409	126	131	8.9%	9.3%
92	Oregon	Priv. Manufacturing	287	226	14	14	6.4%	6.4%
92	Oregon	Priv. Construction	122	95	22	23	23.1%	23.9%
23	Pennsylvania	Total	3,597	5,316	719	776	13.5%	14.6%
23	Pennsylvania	Public	427	622	335	356	53.8%	57.3%
23	Pennsylvania	Private	3,170	4,694	384	419	8.2%	8.9%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Manufacturing	438	632	82	82	13.0%	13.0%
23	Pennsylvania	Priv. Construction	176	259	56	59	21.7%	22.9%
15	Rhode Island	Total	1,269	456	81	87	17.8%	19.1%
15	Rhode Island	Public	176	63	42	44	67.2%	70.0%
15	Rhode Island	Private	1,093	393	39	43	9.9%	10.9%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Manufacturing	129	46	3	4	7.7%	9.2%
15	Rhode Island	Priv. Construction	57	22	5	5	21.1%	21.1%
57	South Carolina	Total	2,091	2,039	59	77	2.9%	3.8%
57	South Carolina	Public	353	334	27	36	8.2%	10.9%
57	South Carolina	Private	1,738	1,705	32	40	1.9%	2.4%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Manufacturing	288	278	7	7	2.4%	2.4%
57	South Carolina	Priv. Construction	126	123	6	6	4.5%	4.5%
45	South Dakota	Total	1,687	385	17	21	4.3%	5.5%
45	South Dakota	Public	253	58	8	10	13.4%	17.7%
45	South Dakota	Private	1,434	327	9	11	2.7%	3.4%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Manufacturing	241	55	3	3	5.5%	6.1%
45	South Dakota	Priv. Construction	103	25	1	1	2.7%	2.7%
62	Tennessee	Total	2,477	2,678	116	137	4.3%	5.1%
62	Tennessee	Public	354	383	52	59	13.5%	15.4%
62	Tennessee	Private	2,123	2,295	65	78	2.8%	3.4%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Manufacturing	301	314	13	14	4.0%	4.5%
62	Tennessee	Priv. Construction	157	171	13	14	7.5%	8.0%
74	Texas	Total	7,359	11,614	566	696	4.9%	6.0%
74	Texas	Public	1,133	1,734	298	361	17.2%	20.8%
74	Texas	Private	6,226	9,881	268	335	2.7%	3.4%
74	Texas	Priv. Manufacturing	606	941	26	32	2.8%	3.4%
74	Texas	Priv. Construction	546	903	30	33	3.4%	3.7%
87	Utah	Total	2,447	1,404	51	75	3.6%	5.4%
87	Utah	Public	429	241	30	39	12.6%	16.3%
87	Utah	Private	2,018	1,163	21	36	1.8%	3.1%
87	Utah	Priv. Manufacturing	234	131	2	3	1.4%	2.3%
87	Utah	Priv. Construction	180	106	4	6	4.0%	5.9%
13	Vermont	Total	1,847	265	31	36	11.8%	13.8%
13	Vermont	Public	332	47	19	22	41.5%	46.2%
13	Vermont	Private	1,515	218	12	15	5.5%	6.8%
13	Vermont	Priv. Manufacturing	188	26	0	1	1.3%	3.3%
13	Vermont	Priv. Construction	103	15	1	1	5.8%	6.8%
54	Virginia	Total	2,644	3,703	164	200	4.4%	5.4%
54	Virginia	Public	611	835	105	125	12.6%	15.0%
54	Virginia	Private	2,033	2,868	59	75	2.0%	2.6%
54	Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	178	259	14	16	5.3%	6.3%
54	Virginia	Priv. Construction	121	173	4	4	2.5%	2.5%
91	Washington	Total	2,700	3,205	557	596	17.4%	18.6%
91	Washington	Public	479	565	286	309	50.6%	54.7%
91	Washington	Private	2,221	2,640	271	287	10.3%	10.9%
91	Washington	Priv. Manufacturing	300	342	76	77	22.2%	22.5%
91	Washington	Priv. Construction	160	195	45	45	23.1%	23.1%
55	West Virginia	Total	2,438	667	71	75	10.6%	11.3%
55	West Virginia	Public	474	127	31	33	24.7%	26.2%
55	West Virginia	Private	1,964	541	40	42	7.3%	7.8%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Manufacturing	264	72	11	12	15.7%	16.0%
55	West Virginia	Priv. Construction	125	34	3	3	10.1%	10.1%
35	Wisconsin	Total	2,012	2,597	227	265	8.7%	10.2%
35	Wisconsin	Public	291	379	84	103	22.1%	27.2%
35	Wisconsin	Private	1,721	2,218	143	162	6.5%	7.3%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Manufacturing	410	512	66	74	12.8%	14.4%
35	Wisconsin	Priv. Construction	90	117	24	25	20.3%	21.5%
83	Wyoming	Total	2,064	239	18	22	7.6%	9.3%
83	Wyoming	Public	569	65	9	11	14.1%	17.3%
83	Wyoming	Private	1,495	174	9	11	5.1%	6.3%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Manufacturing	73	9	0	0	4.6%	4.6%
83	Wyoming	Priv. Construction	104	13	1	1	4.4%	5.2%
Copyright 2024 by Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and William E. Even.  The use of this data requires citation.