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Union Density in the U.S.: 2011

          Union Members     Represented by Unions  
State total K percent total K percent
Union Members Summary by Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

New York 1,906 24.1 2,068 26.1
Alaska 68 22.1 73 23.7
Hawai'i 113 21.5 118 22.5
Washington 517 19.0 557 20.4
Michigan 671 17.5 703 18.3
Rhode Island 79 17.4 81 17.9
California 2,379 17.1 2,532 18.2
Oregon 270 17.1 286 18.1
Connecticut 259 16.8 272 17.7
Illinois 876 16.2 929 17.2
New Jersey 615 16.1 641 16.8
Minnesota 371 15.1 390 15.8
Massachusetts 422 14.6 445 15.4
Nevada* 154 14.6 175 16.6
Pennsylvania 779 14.6 846 15.8
West Virginia 93 13.8 102 15.2
Ohio 647 13.4 706 14.7
Wisconsin 339 13.3 358 14.1
Montana 49 13.0 55 14.6
Maryland 316 12.4 348 13.7
Vermont 35 12.0 39 13.5
U.S. Average   14,765    11.9   16,289    13.1
Indiana 302 11.3 333 12.4
Maine 63 11.3 74 13.4
Iowa* 155 11.2 187 13.5
New Hampshire 68 11.1 77 12.5
Missouri 275 10.9 316 12.5
Delaware 39 10.5 42 11.2
Alabama* 178 10.0 193 10.8
Kentucky 150 8.9 173 10.3
District of Columbia 23 8.3 28 9.9
Colorado 179 8.2 203 9.3
Nebraska* 65 7.9 83 10.0
Kansas* 97 7.6 128 10.1
Wyoming* 18 7.2 21 8.4
New Mexico 49 6.8 65 9.0
Oklahoma* 94 6.4 113 7.7
Florida* 460 6.3 557 7.6
North Dakota* 20 6.3 27 8.6
Arizona* 149 6.0 183 7.3
Utah* 67 5.8 82 7.1
Texas* 534 5.2 643 6.3
Idaho* 31 5.1 36 6.1
South Dakota* 18 5.1 23 6.5
Mississippi* 54 5.0 73 6.8
Tennessee* 115 4.6 139 5.6
Virginia* 163 4.6 198 5.6
Louisiana* 77 4.5 91 5.3
Arkansas* 47 4.2 57 5.1
Georgia* 153 3.9 185 4.8
South Carolina* 59 3.4 86 5.0
North Carolina* 105 2.9 149 4.1

* Right-to-Work States

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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