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Union Density in the U.S.: 2014

          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 2013 and 2014 - alpha by state

New York 1,980 24.6 2,081 25.8
Alaska 70 22.8 75 24.4
Hawaiʻi 124 21.8 131 22.9
Washington 491 16.8 536 18.4
California 2,472 16.3 2,652 17.5
New Jersey 635 16.5 664 17.2
Oregon 243 15.6 264 15.6
Nevada* 169 14.4 192 16.4
Illinois 831 15.1 880 16.0
Rhode Island 68 15.1 72 15.8
Connecticut 231 14.8 245 15.7
Michigan* 585 14.5 631 15.7
Minnesota 360 14.2 380 15.0
Massachusetts 415 13.7 445 14.7
Ohio 615 12.4 688 13.9
Montana 52 12.7 57 13.8
Pennsylvania 703 12.7 754 13.7
Maryland 310 11.9 347 13.3
Vermont 32 11.1 37 13.1
Kentucky 189 11.0 219 12.8
Iowa* 156 10.7 184 12.6
Maine 62 11.0 71 12.5
Wisconsin 306 11.7 327 12.5
U.S. Average   14,577    11.1   16,153    12.3
Alabama* 204 10.8 228 12.1
Indiana* 299 10.7 335 12.0
West Virginia 73 10.6 80 11.6
New Hampshire 62 9.9 72 11.5
Delaware 38 9.9 43 11.3
Colorado 221 9.5 250 10.7
District of Columbia 28 8.6 35 10.7
Missouri 214 8.4 249 9.7
Kansas* 95 7.4 116 9.0
Nebraska* 64 7.3 79 9.0
Wyoming* 17 6.7 19 7.5
New Mexico 43 5.7 56 7.4
Oklahoma* 89 6.0 106 7.2
Florida* 455 5.7 561 7.0
North Dakota* 18 5.0 24 6.9
Arizona* 138 5.3 173 6.7
Idaho* 34 5.3 43 6.7
Louisiana* 96 5.2 118 6.4
Texas* 543 4.8 700 6.2
Virginia* 179 4.9 228 6.2
South Dakota* 18 4.9 22 6.0
Tennessee* 127 5.0 141 5.6
Arkansas* 52 4.7 60 5.4
Georgia* 170 4.3 193 4.9
Utah* 46 3.7 57 4.6
Mississippi* 38 3.7 46 4.5
South Carolina* 41 2.2 61 3.2
North Carolina* 76 1.9 126 3.2

* Right-to-Work States

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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