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Union Density in the U.S.: 2013

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

BLS estimates for the 2012 and 2013 - alpha by state

New York 1,986 24.4 2,104 25.8
Alaska 71 23.1 75 24.5
Hawaiʻi 121 22.1 129 23.6
Washington 546 18.9 568 19.7
Rhode Island 77 16.9 82 17.8
California 2,430 16.4 2,579 17.4
Michigan* 633 16.3 656 16.9
New Jersey 611 16.0 632 16.6
Illinois 851 15.8 882 16.3
Nevada* 169 14.6 186 16.1
Minnesota 362 14.3 381 15.0
Montana 52 13.0 60 14.8
Oregon 208 13.9 223 14.8
Massachusetts 401 13.7 430 14.6
Connecticut 207 13.5 220 14.3
Ohio 605 12.6 674 14.1
Pennsylvania 701 12.7 754 13.7
West Virginia 87 12.7 93 13.5
Vermont 31 10.9 38 13.2
Maine 64 11.1 75 13.1
Maryland 308 11.6 349 13.1
Wisconsin 317 12.3 337 13.1
Kentucky 194 11.2 226 13.0
U.S. Average   14,528    11.3   16,029    12.4
Iowa* 143 10.1 171 12.0
Alabama* 203 10.7 222 11.7
Delaware 38 10.3 41 11.0
District of Columbia 29 9.3 34 11.0
New Hampshire 60 9.6 67 10.7
Missouri 219 8.6 264 10.4
Indiana* 249 9.3 275 10.3
Oklahoma* 114 7.5 144 9.5
Colorado 171 7.6 207 9.2
Nebraska* 63 7.3 79 9.0
North Dakota* 22 6.4 29 8.5
Kansas* 94 7.5 106 8.4
Tennessee* 155 6.1 188 7.4
New Mexico 46 6.2 55 7.3
Florida* 414 5.4 529 6.9
Virginia* 180 5.0 229 6.4
Wyoming* 15 5.7 17 6.4
Georgia* 209 5.3 248 6.3
Arizona* 122 5.0 147 6.0
Texas* 518 4.8 647 6.0
Idaho* 29 4.7 36 5.8
South Dakota* 17 4.8 21 5.8
Louisiana* 75 4.3 95 5.5
Utah* 49 3.9 67 5.4
North Carolina* 117 3.0 184 4.8
South Carolina* 69 3.7 86 4.7
Mississippi* 38 3.7 44 4.2
Arkansas* 38 3.5 44 4.1

* Right-to-Work States

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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