Union Density in the U.S.: 2003

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	Union Members		Represented by Unions
State	total K	percent	total K	percent
New York	1,936	24.6	2,017	25.6
Hawai'i	122	23.8	127	24.8
Alaska	59	22.3	65	24.6
Michigan	919	21.9	968	23.1
Washington	502	19.7	531	20.9
New Jersey	737	19.5	801	21.2
Illinois	967	17.9	1,003	18.6
Minnesota	414	17.0	441	18.1
Rhode Island	84	17.0	86	17.5
California	2,414	16.8	2,647	18.4
Ohio	850	16.7	923	18.1
Wisconsin	414	15.9	438	16.8
Oregon	230	15.7	240	16.4
Connecticut	229	15.4	244	16.4
Pennsylvania	794	15.1	847	16.1
District of Columbia	39	14.6	46	17.2
Nevada*	136	14.4	149	15.8
Maryland	354	14.3	410	16.5
Massachusetts	416	14.2	454	15.5
Montana	50	14.0	54	14.9
Missouri	336	13.2	363	14.2
West Virginia	88	13.1	95	14.2
U.S. Average	15,800	12.9
Maine	73	12.8	81	14.3
Indiana	327	11.8	352	12.7
Iowa*	157	11.5	196	14.4
Delaware	42	11.4	46	12.5
Kentucky	175	10.4	216	12.8
Vermont	27	9.7	33	11.7
New Hampshire	56	9.3	69	11.3
Alabama*	147	8.1	172	9.5
Wyoming*	18	8.0	22	9.8
Kansas*	96	7.9	124	10.3
Nebraska*	64	7.9	87	10.6
Colorado	156	7.8	180	9.0
New Mexico	57	7.6	70	9.5
Tennessee*	179	7.5	218	9.2
North Dakota*	21	7.3	26	9.0
Idaho*	39	7.0	47	8.6
Oklahoma*	96	6.8	111	7.9
Georgia*	249	6.7	298	8.0
Louisiana*	109	6.5	132	7.9
Virginia*	210	6.5	251	7.7
Florida*	407	6.1	557	8.4
Texas*	508	5.6	621	6.8
South Dakota*	19	5.4	23	6.4
Utah*	53	5.2	69	6.8
Arizona*	113	5.2	140	6.4
Mississippi*	55	5.0	73	6.6
Arkansas*	50	4.8	61	5.9
South Carolina*	71	4.2	90	5.3
North Carolina*	111	3.1	135	3.8

* Right-to-Work States

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