Union membership rates by state, 1999 annual average
					

			
	States	  		 Percent of wage and  		 
			 	 salary employment

	U.S.			 	13.9
		
	New York			25.3		
	Hawaii				23.2		
	Michigan			21.5		
	Washington			20.7		
	New Jersey			20.5		
	Alaska				20.4		
	Nevada				19.5		
	Minnesota			19.3		
	Connecticut			18.2		
	Wisconsin			18.1		
	Illinois			18.0		
	Ohio				17.9		
	Rhode Island			17.7		
	Pennsylvania			17.4		
	California			16.6		
	Massachusetts			16.2		
	Indiana				15.7		
	Maine				15.4		
	Montana				15.3		
	Oregon				15.2		
	West Virginia			15.2		
	Maryland			15.0		
	Missouri			14.4		
	Delaware			13.8		
	Iowa				13.8		
	District of Columbia		13.1		
	Kentucky			11.6		
	Alabama				11.0		
	New Hampshire			10.6		
	New Mexico			 9.9		
	Kansas				 9.7		
	Vermont				 9.7		
	Colorado			 9.4		
	North Dakota			 9.3		
	Idaho				 9.2		
	Wyoming				 9.1		
	Nebraska			 8.8		
	Oklahoma			 8.8		
	Louisiana			 8.1		
	Arkansas			 7.5		
	Tennessee			 7.5		
	Georgia				 7.3		
	Arizona				 6.7		
	Virginia			 6.6		
	Florida				 6.5		
	Utah				 6.4		
	Mississippi			 6.2		
	South Dakota			 6.0		
	Texas				 6.0		
	South Carolina			 3.5		
	North Carolina			 3.2