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Union Density in the U.S.: 2022

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

Hawaiʻi 125 21.9 134 23.4
New York 1,679 20.7 1,795 22.1
Washington 615 18.0 653 19.1
Rhode Island 81 16.1 89 17.7
California 2,617 16.1 2,856 17.6
Alaska 48 16.0 52 17.3
Oregon 281 15.5 305 16.9
New Jersey 619 14.9 666 16.0
Connecticut 236 14.2 256 15.4
Michigan* 589 14.0 644 15.3
Minnesota 382 14.2 411 15.2
Illinois 735 13.1 789 14.1
Ohio 641 12.8 699 14.0
Massachusetts 413 12.7 447 13.8
Pennsylvania 715 12.7 767 13.6
Vermont 34 12.1 38 13.4
Maryland 327 11.6 372 13.2
Nevada* 146 11.3 164 12.8
Montana 52 11.2 57 12.3
Kansas* 129 9.8 160 12.1
Maine 48 9.2 61 11.5
U.S. Average    14,289    10.1   16,002    11.3
New Hampshire 70 10.1 77 11.2
Missouri* 257 9.6 284 10.6
New Mexico 71 8.8 86 10.6
District of Columbia 30 9.1 34 10.4
Kentucky* 141 7.9 185 10.3
West Virginia* 64 9.2 69 10.0
Delaware 38 8.5 42 9.4
Iowa* 105 7.0 132 8.7
Utah* 60 3.9 133 8.7
Indiana* 223 7.4 260 8.6
Alabama* 149 7.2 173 8.4
Nebraska* 60 6.5 74 8.1
Wisconsin* 187 7.1 212 8.0
North Dakota* 23 6.4 28 7.6
Colorado 178 6.7 201 7.5
Wyoming* 14 5.6 18 7.3
Mississippi* 62 5.6 79 7.2
Oklahoma* 88 5.5 113 7.1
Tennessee* 163 5.5 184 6.3
Arizona* 169 5.5 189 6.2
Idaho* 39 4.7 49 5.9
Arkansas* 59 4.9 68 5.7
Florida* 414 4.5 511 5.6
Georgia* 200 4.4 244 5.4
Louisiana* 76 4.2 94 5.2
Texas* 518 4.1 643 5.1
Virginia* 146 3.7 175 4.5
South Dakota* 13 3.1 17 4.2
North Carolina* 125 2.8 173 3.9
South Carolina* 35 1.7 40 2.0

* Right-to-Work States

  Previous year estimates as posted:  


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