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Union Density in the U.S.: 2020

          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 2019 and 2020 - alpha by state

Hawaiʻi 120 23.7 130 25.7
New York 1,661 22.0 1,784 23.6
Alaska 49 17.7 55 19.5
Rhode Island 81 17.8 87 19.1
Washington 557 17.4 596 18.6
Connecticut 262 17.1 282 18.4
New Jersey 600 16.1 660 17.8
California 2,441 16.2 2,655 17.6
Oregon 275 16.2 293 17.3
Minnesota 398 15.8 437 17.0
Maine 82 14.7 93 16.7
Michigan* 604 15.2 661 16.6
Nevada* 161 13.4 186 15.4
Illinois 739 14.3 788 15.2
Pennsylvania 717 13.5 775 14.6
Ohio 637 13.2 686 14.2
Maryland 351 13.1 380 14.1
Vermont 31 11.8 36 13.8
Montana 50 12.0 54 13.0
Massachusetts 357 12.0 383 12.8
U.S. Average   14,253    10.3   15,940    11.6
West Virginia* 71 10.7 75 11.3
Kansas* 114 8.9 144 11.2
New Hampshire 62 9.8 70 11.1
Nebraska* 85 9.6 94 10.5
Delaware 41 7.4 44 10.3
Wisconsin* 227 8.7 264 10.2
Missouri* 238 9.4 254 10.1
District of Columbia 30 8.6 33 9.5
Indiana* 235 8.3 270 9.5
Kentucky* 127 7.5 160 9.4
Wyoming* 18 7.6 22 9.3
Iowa* 93 6.6 128 9.1
Alabama* 151 8.0 164 8.7
New Mexico 53 7.1 64 8.6
Mississippi* 74 7.1 86 8.3
Colorado 182 7.4 202 8.2
Florida* 524 6.4 644 7.9
Oklahoma* 90 6.0 114 7.6
North Dakota* 21 6.2 25 7.4
Arizona* 155 5.3 207 7.1
Louisiana* 99 5.3 113 6.7
Georgia* 194 4.6 271 6.5
Idaho* 41 5.6 47 6.4
Texas* 563 4.9 693 6.0
Arkansas* 55 4.7 69 5.9
South Dakota* 17 4.3 21 5.5
Utah* 51 3.7 75 5.4
Virginia* 164 4.4 201 5.4
Tennessee* 117 4.4 137 5.1
North Carolina* 129 3.1 161 3.9
South Carolina* 59 2.9 77 3.8

* Right-to-Work States in 2019

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