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Union Density in the U.S.: 2015

          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 2014 and 2015 - alpha by state

New York 2,038 24.7 2,141 26.0
Hawaiʻi 119 20.4 126 21.7
Alaska 60 19.6 66 21.7
Washington 500 16.8 536 18.0
Connecticut 269 17.0 277 17.4
California 2,486 15.9 2,689 17.2
New Jersey 596 15.4 644 16.6
Michigan* 621 15.2 672 16.5
Nevada* 177 14.3 203 16.5
Oregon 235 14.8 256 16.5
Illinois 847 15.2 892 16.0
Minnesota 363 14.2 385 15.0
Rhode Island 68 14.2 72 14.9
Vermont 36 12.6 42 14.7
Pennsylvania 747 13.3 804 14.4
Massachusetts 402 12.9 441 14.2
Montana 427 12.2 59 13.9
West Virginia 83 12.4 91 13.7
Ohio 606 12.3 670 13.6
Maine 64 11.6 75 13.6
U.S. Average   14,793    11.1   16,445    12.3
Maryland 287 10.4 337 12.2
Iowa* 138 9.6 174 12.2
Kentucky 187 11.0 219 12.1
District of Columbia 35 10.4 40 12.1
New Hampshire 62 9.7 73 11.4
Indiana* 283 10.0 319 11.3
Alabama* 190 10.2 204 11.0
Kansas* 110 8.7 136 10.8
Delaware 38 9.2 43 10.4
Missouri 230 8.8 257 9.8
Wisconsin 223 8.3 253 9.4
Colorado 194 8.4 215 9.3
Nebraska* 68 7.7 80 9.0
Florida* 546 6.8 671 8.4
Wyoming* 19 7.1 22 8.2
New Mexico 49 6.2 61 7.9
Oklahoma* 88 5.6 106 7.4
Idaho* 46 6.8 50 7.3
South Dakota* 22 5.9 26 6.9
Virginia* 202 5.4 258 6.9
Louisiana* 107 5.8 126 6.8
North Dakota* 19 5.4 24 6.8
Mississippi* 60 5.4 75 6.8
Tennessee* 146 5.4 175 6.5
Arkansas* 58 5.1 74 6.4
Arizona* 138 5.2 163 6.1
Texas* 503 4.5 626 5.6
Utah* 50 3.9 67 5.2
Georgia* 162 4.0 206 5.1
North Carolina* 123 3.0 167 4.1
South Carolina* 41 2.1 57 2.9

* Right-to-Work States

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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