Union Density in the U.S.: 2008

Union Members Summary by Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

BLS estimates for the 2007 and 2008 - alpha by state

	Union Members		Represented by Unions
State	total K	percent	total K	percent
New York	2,029	24.9	2,170	26.6
Hawai'i	136	24.3	143	25.5
Alaska	68	23.5	71	24.7
Washington	578	19.8	626	21.5
Michigan	771	18.8	801	19.6
California	2,740	18.4	2,909	19.5
New Jersey	703	18.3	731	19.0
Connecticut	275	16.9	291	17.9
Nevada*	199	16.7	217	18.2
Oregon	259	16.6	272	17.4
Illinois	939	16.6	993	17.5
Rhode Island	78	16.5	82	17.4
Minnesota	392	16.1	412	17.0
Massachusetts	458	15.7	491	16.9
Pennsylvania	847	15.4	899	16.3
Wisconsin	396	15.0	422	16.0
Ohio	716	14.2	783	15.5
West Virginia	101	13.8	112	15.3
District of Columbia	29	10.3	38	13.6
Maryland	329	12.6	380	14.5
Indiana	349	12.4	386	13.7
U.S. Average	16,096	12.4	17,759	13.7
Maine	71	12.3	84	14.7
Delaware	35	12.2	41	14.3
Montana	47	12.2	61	15.7
Missouri	285	11.2	327	12.8
New Hampshire	67	10.6	79	12.4
Iowa*	153	10.6	187	13.0
Vermont	29	10.4	36	12.8
Alabama*	181	9.8	199	10.7
Arizona*	227	8.8	254	9.8
Kentucky	146	8.6	163	9.6
Nebraska*	70	8.3	90	10.7
Colorado	181	8.0	208	9.2
Wyoming*	19	7.7	21	8.9
New Mexico	58	7.2	94	11.6
Idaho*	42	7.1	48	8.0
Kansas*	89	7.0	111	8.7
Oklahoma*	102	6.6	127	8.3
Florida*	482	6.4	601	7.9
North Dakota*	19	6.1	25	8.2
Arkansas*	68	5.9	85	7.3
Utah*	68	5.8	84	7.1
Tennessee*	139	5.5	166	6.6
Mississippi*	57	5.3	79	7.3
South Dakota*	18	5.0	24	6.4
Louisiana*	80	4.6	97	5.6
Texas*	449	4.5	559	5.6
Virginia*	146	4.1	178	5.0
South Carolina*	70	3.9	105	5.8
Georgia*	151	3.7	189	4.6
North Carolina*	132	3.5	189	5.0

* Right-to-Work States