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Union Density in the U.S.: 2009

          Union Members     Represented by Unions  
State total K percent total K percent
New York 2,019 25.2 2,182 27.2
Hawai'i 123 23.5 128 24.3
Alaska 65 22.4 69 23.6
Washington 574 20.2 612 21.5
New Jersey 721 19.3 742 19.9
Michigan 710 18.8 752 19.9
Rhode Island 80 17.9 83 18.7
Illinois 951 17.5 997 18.3
Connecticut 265 17.3 282 18.4
California 2,453 17.2 2,622 18.3
Oregon 250 17.0 272 18.5
Massachusetts 476 16.6 516 18.0
Nevada* 173 15.7 188 17.2
Wisconsin 385 15.2 400 15.8
Minnesota 362 15.1 377 15.7
Pennsylvania 782 15.0 844 16.2
Ohio 685 14.2 742 15.4
Montana 52 13.9 68 18.1
West Virginia 97 13.9 108 15.4
Maryland 323 12.6 366 14.3
Vermont 35 12.3 40 14.1
U.S. Average   15,328    12.3   16,903    13.6
Delaware 44 11.9 47 12.8
Maine 63 11.7 74 13.7
Iowa* 156 11.1 185 13.3
Alabama* 191 10.9 212 12.0
New Hampshire 67 10.8 76 12.3
Indiana 277 10.6 319 12.2
District of Columbia 29 10.4 35 12.5
Missouri 234 9.4 264 10.6
Nebraska* 76 9.2 94 11.4
Kentucky 142 8.6 173 10.5
Wyoming* 18 7.7 20 8.3
Colorado 153 7.0 181 8.3
Utah* 79 6.9 90 8.0
North Dakota* 21 6.8 30 9.8
New Mexico 51 6.7 77 10.2
Arizona* 162 6.5 194 7.9
Idaho* 36 6.3 46 7.9
Kansas* 77 6.2 104 8.4
Florida* 411 5.8 489 6.9
Louisiana* 99 5.8 110 6.5
Oklahoma* 83 5.7 107 7.3
South Dakota* 20 5.5 24 6.6
Tennessee* 121 5.1 156 6.6
Texas* 508 5.1 615 6.2
Mississippi* 49 4.8 66 6.4
Virginia* 166 4.7 191 5.4
Georgia* 177 4.6 226 5.9
South Carolina* 75 4.5 91 5.4
Arkansas* 47 4.2 55 5.0
North Carolina* 115 3.1 162 4.4

* Right-to-Work States

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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