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Union Density in the U.S.: 2017

          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 2016 and 2017 - alpha by state

New York 2,017 23.8 2,148 25.3
Hawaiʻi 129 21.3 139 22.9
Washington 584 18.8 630 20.2
Alaska 55 18.1 59 19.4
Connecticut 278 16.9 295 17.9
New Jersey 630 16.2 665 17.1
Rhode Island 78 16.1 84 17.2
Michigan* 658 15.6 711 16.8
California 2,491 15.5 2,708 16.9
Minnesota 411 15.2 428 15.9
Illinois 827 15.0 872 15.8
Oregon 262 14.9 277 15.7
Nevada* 164 12.7 189 14.6
Ohio 635 12.5 688 13.6
Massachusetts 401 12.4 431 13.3
Pennsylvania 665 12.0 723 13.0
Montana 50 11.9 57 13.6
Maine 66 11.4 81 14.0
New Hampshire 72 11.3 83 13.0
Vermont 32 11.0 35 12.1
West Virginia* 75 11.0 82 11.9
Maryland 299 10.8 326 11.8
Delaware 45 10.7 48 11.2
U.S. Average   14,817    10.7   16,443    11.9
District of Columbia 34 9.8 40 11.5
Colorado 238 9.6 273 11.0
Kentucky* 174 9.6 232 12.8
Indiana* 266 8.7 265 10.1
Missouri* 226 8.7 265 10.1
Wisconsin* 230 8.3 250 9.0
Nebraska* 70 8.2 78 9.1
Kansas* 101 7.4 152 8.1
Alabama* 138 7.4 152 8.1
Iowa* 104 7.0 127 8.6
New Mexico 52 6.7 63 8.3
Wyoming* 15 6.0 16 6.7
Tennessee* 155 5.7 176 6.4
Florida* 480 5.6 570 6.6
Oklahoma* 84 5.5 108 7.1
South Dakota* 20 5.4 25 6.7
Mississippi* 59 5.3 77 7.0
Arkansas* 62 5.1 74 6.1
North Dakota* 18 5.1 24 6.8
Idaho* 35 4.8 42 5.8
Texas* 543 4.7 669 5.8
Virginia* 176 4.6 222 5.8
Louisiana* 78 4.4 96 5.4
Arizona* 111 4.0 145 5.2
Georgia* 173 4.0 217 5.0
Utah* 54 3.9 74 5.4
North Carolina* 145 3.4 171 4.0
South Carolina* 52 2.6 78 3.9

* Right-to-Work States in 2017

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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