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Union Density in the U.S.: 2012

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

New York 1,841 23.2 1,975 24.9
Alaska 67 22.4 71 23.9
Hawai'i 116 21.6 124 23.2
Washington 513 18.5 541 19.5
Rhode Island 81 17.8 84 18.4
California 2,489 17.2 2,666 18.4
Michigan 629 16.6 648 17.1
New Jersey 611 16.1 636 16.8
Oregon 240 15.7 250 16.4
Nevada* 162 14.7 181 16.4
Illinois 801 14,6 852 15.5
Massachusetts 417 14.4 470 16.2
Minnesota 351 14.2 368 14.9
Connecticut 216 14.0 232 15.1
Montana 54 13.9 65 16.5
Pennsylvania 734 13.5 787 14.4
Ohio 604 12.6 665 13.9
West Virginia 84 12.1 91 13.1
Maine 64 11.5 78 13.9
U.S. Average   14,362    11.3   15,923    12.5
Wisconsin 293 11.2 312 12.0
Vermont 31 10.7 38 13.1
Maryland 280 10.6 325 12.3
New Hampshire 65 10.5 74 12.0
Delaware 39 10.4 44 11.8
Iowa* 145 10.4 172 12.4
Kentucky 174 10.0 198 11.4
Alabama* 166 9.2 190 10.5
Indiana 246 9.1 269 10.0
Missouri 224 8.9 253 10.1
District of Columbia 27 8.6 32 10.3
Colorado 169 7.8 190 8.8
Oklahoma* 115 7.5 140 9.1
Kansas* 85 6.8 105 8.4
Wyoming* 17 6.7 20 8.1
New Mexico 50 6.5 68 8.7
Louisiana* 107 6.2 130 7.5
North Dakota* 20 6.1 27 8.2
Nebraska* 52 6.0 70 8.1
Florida* 440 5.8 555 7.3
Texas* 599 5.7 721 6.8
South Dakota* 20 5.6 24 6.7
Utah* 61 5.2 77 6.6
Arizona* 125 5.1 159 6.5
Idaho* 29 4.8 36 5.8
Tennessee* 124 4.8 152 5.9
Georgia* 171 4.4 210 5.4
Virginia* 159 4.4 197 5.5
Mississippi* 48 4.3 64 5.7
South Carolina* 58 3.3 82 4.6
Arkansas* 37 3.2 43 3.7
North Carolina* 112 2.9 162 4.3

* Right-to-Work States

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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