Union Density in the U.S.: 2001

(click here for 2002 estimates by comparison)

	Union Members		Represented by Unions
State	total K	percent	total K	percent
New York	2,024	26.7	2,098	27.7
Hawai'i	123	23.9	133	25.9
Alaska	59	22.0	66	24.7
Michigan	968	21.8	1,006	22.6
New Jersey	712	19.6	759	20.9
Washington	462	18.6	496	20.0
Illinois	999	18.3	1,060	19.4
Rhode Island	78	17.9	80	18.5
Ohio	899	17.7	967	19.1
Minnesota	411	17.6	427	18.3
Pennsylvania	888	17.0	956	18.3
Nevada	150	17.0	161	18.3
District of Columbia	41	16.8	50	20.8
California	2,395	16.4	2,617	18.0
Wisconsin	411	16.2	436	17.2
Oregon	228	15.8	245	16.9
Connecticut	237	15.8	250	16.7
Massachusetts	420	14.8	451	15.9
West Virginia	106	14.6	116	15.9
Indiana	385	14.3	413	15.3
Missouri	362	14.2	390	15.3
Maryland	346	14.1	414	16.9
Montana	48	13.2	55	15.0
Maine	72	12.9	81	14.5
Iowa	173	12.8	205	15.2
Delaware	45	12.2	50	13.4
Kentucky	192	11.4	209	12.4
Vermont	30	10.8	34	12.2
New Hampshire	60	10.1	67	11.4
Alabama	174	9.5	195	10.6
Kansas	110	9.3	136	11.6
Wyoming	20	9.0	24	11.1
Colorado	168	8.7	196	10.1
Oklahoma	117	8.5	130	9.4
New Mexico	56	8.0	67	9.5
Nebraska	60	7.8	84	10.9
Louisiana	135	7.7	176	10.1
Tennessee	182	7.6	207	8.7
Idaho	42	7.6	48	8.7
North Dakota	21	7.5	24	8.6
Georgia	259	7.2	298	8.2
Utah	64	6.8	73	7.8
Florida	422	6.5	550	8.5
Arkansas	64	6.3	79	7.7
South Dakota	19	5.9	24	7.5
Arizona	121	5.9	134	6.5
Mississippi	62	5.6	99	9.0
Texas	497	5.6	593	6.7
Virginia	163	5.0	209	6.4
South Carolina	75	4.5	91	5.6
North Carolina	125	3.7	146	4.3

[Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics]

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