Table 5. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state

Table 5. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, 2017-2018 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
State 2017 2018
Total
employed		 Members
of
unions(1)		 Represented
by unions(2)		 Total
employed		 Members
of
unions(1)		 Represented
by unions(2)
Total Percent
of
employed		 Total Percent
of
employed		 Total Percent
of
employed		 Total Percent
of
employed

Alabama

 1,869 138 7.4 152 8.1 1,950 180 9.2 196 10.1

Alaska

 304 55 18.1 59 19.4 299 55 18.5 60 20.0

Arizona

 2,805 111 4.0 145 5.2 2,943 156 5.3 191 6.5

Arkansas

 1,209 62 5.1 74 6.1 1,176 56 4.8 62 5.3

California

 16,064 2,491 15.5 2,708 16.9 16,399 2,405 14.7 2,587 15.8

Colorado

 2,494 238 9.6 273 11.0 2,564 281 11.0 307 12.0

Connecticut

 1,645 278 16.9 295 17.9 1,677 268 16.0 280 16.7

Delaware

 425 45 10.7 48 11.2 434 45 10.3 47 10.8

District of Columbia

 347 34 9.8 40 11.5 354 35 9.9 41 11.6

Florida

 8,573 480 5.6 570 6.6 8,702 484 5.6 588 6.8

Georgia

 4,342 173 4.0 217 5.0 4,466 201 4.5 249 5.6

Hawaii

 605 129 21.3 139 22.9 601 139 23.1 146 24.3

Idaho

 723 35 4.8 42 5.8 733 34 4.7 41 5.6

Illinois

 5,516 827 15.0 872 15.8 5,694 786 13.8 839 14.7

Indiana

 2,987 266 8.9 289 9.7 3,049 269 8.8 283 9.3

Iowa

 1,475 104 7.0 127 8.6 1,461 113 7.7 129 8.8

Kansas

 1,296 101 7.8 131 10.1 1,283 90 7.0 129 10.1

Kentucky

 1,810 174 9.6 232 12.8 1,812 161 8.9 207 11.4

Louisiana

 1,780 78 4.4 96 5.4 1,785 89 5.0 104 5.8

Maine

 576 66 11.4 81 14.0 573 74 12.9 85 14.8

Maryland

 2,772 299 10.8 326 11.8 2,784 307 11.0 336 12.1

Massachusetts

 3,231 401 12.4 431 13.3 3,397 464 13.7 493 14.5

Michigan

 4,230 658 15.6 711 16.8 4,320 625 14.5 663 15.4

Minnesota

 2,693 411 15.2 428 15.9 2,634 395 15.0 421 16.0

Mississippi

 1,106 59 5.3 77 7.0 1,121 58 5.1 80 7.1

Missouri

 2,613 226 8.7 265 10.1 2,675 251 9.4 283 10.6

Montana

 419 50 11.9 57 13.6 427 50 11.8 60 14.0

Nebraska

 858 70 8.2 78 9.1 882 59 6.6 71 8.0

Nevada

 1,290 164 12.7 189 14.6 1,376 191 13.9 216 15.7

New Hampshire

 642 72 11.3 83 13.0 664 68 10.2 77 11.6

New Jersey

 3,898 630 16.2 665 17.1 3,935 587 14.9 639 16.2

New Mexico

 769 52 6.7 63 8.3 812 56 6.8 67 8.2

New York

 8,472 2,017 23.8 2,148 25.3 8,404 1,872 22.3 2,027 24.1

North Carolina

 4,305 145 3.4 171 4.0 4,331 118 2.7 174 4.0

North Dakota

 356 18 5.1 24 6.8 343 18 5.2 23 6.7

Ohio

 5,062 635 12.5 688 13.6 5,054 639 12.6 722 14.3

Oklahoma

 1,536 84 5.5 108 7.1 1,583 90 5.7 117 7.4

Oregon

 1,763 262 14.9 277 15.7 1,738 242 13.9 256 14.7

Pennsylvania

 5,543 665 12.0 723 13.0 5,575 701 12.6 748 13.4

Rhode Island

 486 78 16.1 84 17.2 479 83 17.4 89 18.5

South Carolina

 1,986 52 2.6 78 3.9 2,016 55 2.7 72 3.6

South Dakota

 380 20 5.4 25 6.7 387 22 5.6 28 7.1

Tennessee

 2,728 155 5.7 176 6.4 2,816 155 5.5 179 6.4

Texas

 11,626 543 4.7 669 5.8 11,989 512 4.3 653 5.4

Utah

 1,375 54 3.9 74 5.4 1,343 56 4.1 76 5.7

Vermont

 288 32 11.0 35 12.1 291 31 10.5 34 11.6

Virginia

 3,801 176 4.6 222 5.8 3,875 168 4.3 213 5.5

Washington

 3,112 584 18.8 630 20.2 3,270 649 19.8 671 20.5

West Virginia

 683 75 11.0 82 11.9 684 68 10.0 74 10.8

Wisconsin

 2,778 230 8.3 250 9.0 2,700 219 8.1 233 8.6

Wyoming

 243 15 6.0 16 6.7 235 15 6.5 18 7.7

Footnotes
(1) Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.
(2) Data refer to both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.

NOTE: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time wage and salary workers. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses as well as those with unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019