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Union Density in the U.S.: 2019

          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 2018 and 2019 - alpha by state

Hawaiʻi 135 23.5 147 25.5
New York 1,732 21.0 1,877 22.7
Washington 638 18.8 684 20.2
Rhode Island 83 17.4 90 19.0
Alaska 48 17.1 53 18.7
New Jersey 642 15.7 712 17.4
California 2,504 15.2 2,726 16.5
Nevada* 201 14.6 222 16.1
Connecticut 244 14.5 269 16.0
Oregon 255 14.4 277 15.7
Michigan* 589 13.6 648 15.0
Illinois 771 13.6 832 14.7
Minnesota 364 13.7 381 14.3
Maine 69 11.8 81 13.7
Massachusetts 406 12.0 449 13.2
Ohio 610 11.9 673 13.1
Pennsylvania 676 12.0 740 13.1
Maryland 330 11.3 371 12.8
Missouri* 297 11.1 333 12.5
Montana 46 10.5 52 12.0
Vermont 33 11.2 35 12.0
New Hampshire 69 10.3 79 11.6
U.S. Average   14,573    10.3   16,383    11.6
West Virginia* 72 10.2 78 11.1
District of Columbia 34 9.9 37 10.2
Kansas* 112 8.7 130 10.1
Delaware 38 8.7 43 9.9
Alabama* 173 8.5 199 9.8
Colorado 237 9.0 259 9.0
Indiana* 249 8.3 297 9.8
Nebraska* 75 8.4 86 9.6
Kentucky* 144 8.0 169 9.5
Wisconsin* 218 8.1 245 9.1
New Mexico 58 7.1 72 8.8
Wyoming* 18 7.3 21 8.7
Mississippi* 70 6.3 93 8.4
Iowa* 97 6.3 122 7.9
Oklahoma* 96 6.2 123 7.9
Florida* 551 6.2 667 7.6
North Dakota* 21 6.0 27 7.5
Arizona* 174 5.7 214 7.1
South Dakota* 22 5.6 26 6.7
Louisiana* 94 5.3 108 6.1
Idaho* 37 4.9 46 6.0
Arkansas* 62 5.2 71 5.9
Utah* 62 4.4 83 5.9
Tennessee* 135 4.6 162 5.5
Texas* 497 4.0 642 5.2
Virginia* 156 4.0 201 5.2
Georgia* 180 4.1 223 5.0
North Carolina* 102 2.3 150 3.4
South Carolina* 47 2.2 59 2.7

* Right-to-Work States in 2019

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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