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Union Density in the U.S.: 2021

          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 2020 and 2021 - alpha by state

Hawaiʻi 121 22.4 131 24.1
New York 1,729 22.2 1,869 24.1
Washington 629 19.0 661 20.0
Oregon 318 17.8 336 18.8
New Jersey 608 16.2 672 17.9
California 2,468 15.9 2,757 17.8
Rhode Island 75 15.7 83 17.4
Alaska 46 15.8 50 17.2
Minnesota 416 16.0 446 17.1
Connecticut 223 14.6 248 16.3
Michigan* 540 13.3 620 15.3
Illinois 752 13.9 818 15.2
Maine 70 12.4 83 14.7
Vermont 32 12.3 37 14.2
Nevada* 153 12.2 176 14.1
Massachusetts 402 12.6 433 13.6
Pennsylvania 693 12.9 732 13.6
Ohio 596 12.0 647 13.0
Montana 49 11.2 56 12.9
Maryland 295 11.0 332 12.3
U.S. Average    14,014    10.3   15,802    11.6
Kansas* 120 9.2 148 11.4
New Hampshire 65 10.1 73 11.3
West Virginia* 66 9.6 73 10.5
Delaware 42 9.7 44 10.2
Indiana* 256 9.0 290 10.2
Missouri* 235 9.0 266 10.2
District of Columbia 31 8.9 35 9.9
Kentucky* 126 7.2 170 9.8
Wisconsin* 215 7.9 251 9.3
New Mexico 58 7.5 70 9.1
Iowa* 93 6.5 118 8.3
Nebraska* 61 6.8 72 8.0
Colorado 165 6.5 192 7.5
Alabama* 115 5.9 133 6.9
Mississippi* 59 5.5 74 6.9
North Dakota* 19 5.4 24 6.9
Wyoming* 13 5.7 16 6.9
Oklahoma* 87 5.6 105 6.8
Arizona* 167 5.4 208 6.7
Utah* 51 3.5 96 6.5
Virginia* 176 4.8 240 6.5
Florida* 448 5.2 529 6.1
Tennessee* 145 5.2 166 5.9
Georgia* 211 4.8 256 5.8
Louisiana* 81 4.7 98 5.7
Idaho* 36 4.7 42 5.5
South Dakota* 16 4.0 20 5.0
Texas* 454 3.8 571 4.7
Arkansas* 46 3.9 51 4.4
North Carolina* 108 2.6 142 3.4
South Carolina* 34 1.7 42 2.0

* Right-to-Work States

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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