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Union Density in the U.S.: 2006

          Union Members     Represented by Unions  
State total K percent total K percent
Union Members Summary by Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Hawai'i 139 24.7 146 25.9
New York 1,981 24.4 2,060 25.4
Alaska 62 22.2 67 23.8
New Jersey 770 20.1 825 21.6
Washington 549 19.8 583 21.0
Michigan 842 19.6 879 20.4
Illinois 931 16.4 979 17.2
Minnesota 395 16.0 416 16.8
California 2,273 15.7 2,444 16.9
Connecticut 247 15.6 263 16.5
Rhode Island 76 15.3 79 16.0
Wisconsin 386 14.9 415 16.1
Nevada* 167 14.8 191 17.0
Massachusetts 414 14.5 438 15.3
Ohio 734 14.2 801 15.5
West Virginia 101 14.2 110 15.5
Oregon 211 13.8 225 14.7
Pennsylvania 745 13.6 802 14.7
Maryland 342 13.1 386 14.8
Montana 48 12.2 52 13.1
Indiana 224 12.0 362 13.0
U.S. Average   15,400    12.0    
Maine 69 11.9 79 13.5
Iowa* 161 11.3 199 14.0
Vermont 34 11.0 39 12.9
Missouri 284 10.9 310 11.9
Delaware 43 10.8 45 11.4
District of Columbia 25 10.3 30 12.2
New Hampshire 63 10.1 70 11.3
Kentucky 172 9.8 196 11.2
Alabama* 170 8.8 194 10.0
Wyoming* 19 8.3 24 10.0
Kansas* 99 8.0 115 9.3
Nebraska* 66 7.9 79 9.5
New Mexico 62 7.8 92 11.5
Colorado 165 7.7 186 8.6
Arizona* 197 7.6 250 9.7
North Dakota* 20 6.8 24 8.0
Oklahoma* 93 6.4 112 7.7
Louisiana* 107 6.4 121 7.2
Idaho* 37 6.0 45 7.2
Tennessee* 153 6.0 174 6.8
South Dakota* 21 5.9 25 7.2
Mississippi* 60 5.6 78 7.3
Utah* 61 5.4 69 6.1
Florida* 397 5.2 497 6.5
Arkansas* 58 5.1 67 6.0
Texas* 476 4.9 576 5.9
Georgia* 176 4.4 230 5.8
Virginia* 139 4.0 179 5.2
South Carolina* 59 3.3 74 4.2
North Carolina* 126 3.3 155 4.1

* Right-to-Work States

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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