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Union Density in the U.S.: 2008

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

BLS estimates for the 2007 and 2008 - alpha by state

New York 2,029 24.9 2,170 26.6
Hawai'i 136 24.3 143 25.5
Alaska 68 23.5 71 24.7
Washington 578 19.8 626 21.5
Michigan 771 18.8 801 19.6
California 2,740 18.4 2,909 19.5
New Jersey 703 18.3 731 19.0
Connecticut 275 16.9 291 17.9
Nevada* 199 16.7 217 18.2
Oregon 259 16.6 272 17.4
Illinois 939 16.6 993 17.5
Rhode Island 78 16.5 82 17.4
Minnesota 392 16.1 412 17.0
Massachusetts 458 15.7 491 16.9
Pennsylvania 847 15.4 899 16.3
Wisconsin 396 15.0 422 16.0
Ohio 716 14.2 783 15.5
West Virginia 101 13.8 112 15.3
District of Columbia 29 10.3 38 13.6
Maryland 329 12.6 380 14.5
Indiana 349 12.4 386 13.7
U.S. Average   16,096    12.4   17,759    13.7
Maine 71 12.3 84 14.7
Delaware 35 12.2 41 14.3
Montana 47 12.2 61 15.7
Missouri 285 11.2 327 12.8
New Hampshire 67 10.6 79 12.4
Iowa* 153 10.6 187 13.0
Vermont 29 10.4 36 12.8
Alabama* 181 9.8 199 10.7
Arizona* 227 8.8 254 9.8
Kentucky 146 8.6 163 9.6
Nebraska* 70 8.3 90 10.7
Colorado 181 8.0 208 9.2
Wyoming* 19 7.7 21 8.9
New Mexico 58 7.2 94 11.6
Idaho* 42 7.1 48 8.0
Kansas* 89 7.0 111 8.7
Oklahoma* 102 6.6 127 8.3
Florida* 482 6.4 601 7.9
North Dakota* 19 6.1 25 8.2
Arkansas* 68 5.9 85 7.3
Utah* 68 5.8 84 7.1
Tennessee* 139 5.5 166 6.6
Mississippi* 57 5.3 79 7.3
South Dakota* 18 5.0 24 6.4
Louisiana* 80 4.6 97 5.6
Texas* 449 4.5 559 5.6
Virginia* 146 4.1 178 5.0
South Carolina* 70 3.9 105 5.8
Georgia* 151 3.7 189 4.6
North Carolina* 132 3.5 189 5.0

* Right-to-Work States

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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