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Union Density in the U.S.: 2002

  Union Members Represented by Unions
State total K percent total K percent
(click here for 2001 estimates by comparison)
New York 1,987 25.3 2,088 26.6
Hawai'i 120 24.4 125 25.4
Alaska 64 24.3 70 26.7
Michigan 914 21.1 953 22.0
Illinois 1,066 19.6 1,122 20.6
New Jersey 749 19.4 799 20.6
Washington 471 18.4 512 20.0
Minnesota 439 17.6 457 18.3
California 2,454 17.5 2,639 18.9
Rhode Island 81 17.2 84 17.9
Ohio 858 16.7 918 17.9
Connecticut 257 16.7 273 17.8
Wisconsin 398 15.6 420 16.4
Pennsylvania 847 15.5 907 16.6
Oregon 227 15.5 242 16.6
Nevada* 147 15.2 162 16.7
Massachusetts 428 14.2 469 15.6
Maryland 346 14.1 415 16.9
Montana 51 14.1 56 15.5
District of Columbia 36 13.8 46 17.8
West Virginia 92 13.3 97 14.0
Indiana 376 13.3 411 14.5
Missouri 332 13.2 366 14.5
Maine 75 12.9 88 15.1
Iowa* 155 11.1 190 13.6
Delaware 41 11.1 45 12.1
Kentucky 164 10.0 184 11.2
New Hampshire 60 9.7 69 11.2
Vermont 27 9.5 32 11.0
Tennessee* 222 9.0 258 10.5
Alabama* 157 8.9 185 10.5
Oklahoma* 127 8.9 150 10.6
Kansas* 99 8.2 120 9.9
Louisiana* 134 8.1 170 10.3
North Dakota* 24 8.1 28 9.8
Nebraska* 63 7.9 88 11.1
Wyoming* 17 7.8 22 9.8
Colorado 157 7.8 180 9.0
Idaho* 39 7.1 48 8.9
New Mexico 48 6.6 63 8.7
Mississippi* 69 6.6 84 8.0
Utah* 60 6.2 73 7.5
Georgia* 218 6.0 256 7.0
Arkansas* 63 5.9 73 6.8
Virginia* 189 5.9 249 7.8
Florida* 380 5.7 507 7.6
South Dakota* 19 5.6 24 6.9
Arizona* 120 5.5 144 6.6
Texas* 451 5.1 571 6.5
South Carolina* 81 4.9 101 6.1
North Carolina* 111 3.2 138 4.0

* Right-to-Work States


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