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

Table 5. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, 2016-17 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
State 2016 2017
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

 1,895 153 8.1 170 9.0 1,869 138 7.4 152 8.1

Alaska

 297 55 18.5 59 19.9 304 55 18.1 59 19.4

Arizona

 2,727 122 4.5 151 5.5 2,805 111 4.0 145 5.2

Arkansas

 1,186 47 3.9 59 5.0 1,209 62 5.1 74 6.1

California

 16,001 2,551 15.9 2,796 17.5 16,064 2,491 15.5 2,708 16.9

Colorado

 2,438 238 9.8 263 10.8 2,494 238 9.6 273 11.0

Connecticut

 1,568 275 17.5 288 18.4 1,645 278 16.9 295 17.9

Delaware

 419 48 11.4 56 13.3 425 45 10.7 48 11.2

District of Columbia

 343 32 9.5 37 10.7 347 34 9.8 40 11.5

Florida

 8,113 456 5.6 574 7.1 8,573 480 5.6 570 6.6

Georgia

 4,249 165 3.9 210 4.9 4,342 173 4.0 217 5.0

Hawaii

 597 119 19.9 125 20.9 605 129 21.3 139 22.9

Idaho

 689 42 6.1 47 6.8 723 35 4.8 42 5.8

Illinois

 5,587 812 14.5 856 15.3 5,516 827 15.0 872 15.8

Indiana

 2,927 304 10.4 335 11.4 2,987 266 8.9 289 9.7

Iowa

 1,454 129 8.9 153 10.5 1,475 104 7.0 127 8.6

Kansas

 1,274 109 8.6 132 10.3 1,296 101 7.8 131 10.1

Kentucky

 1,710 190 11.1 228 13.4 1,810 174 9.6 232 12.8

Louisiana

 1,799 76 4.2 88 4.9 1,780 78 4.4 96 5.4

Maine

 567 65 11.4 77 13.5 576 66 11.4 81 14.0

Maryland

 2,815 310 11.0 347 12.3 2,772 299 10.8 326 11.8

Massachusetts

 3,158 381 12.1 407 12.9 3,231 401 12.4 431 13.3

Michigan

 4,196 606 14.4 651 15.5 4,230 658 15.6 711 16.8

Minnesota

 2,563 365 14.2 388 15.2 2,693 411 15.2 428 15.9

Mississippi

 1,108 73 6.6 90 8.1 1,106 59 5.3 77 7.0

Missouri

 2,711 262 9.7 290 10.7 2,613 226 8.7 265 10.1

Montana

 418 50 11.9 58 13.9 419 50 11.9 57 13.6

Nebraska

 876 64 7.4 74 8.5 858 70 8.2 78 9.1

Nevada

 1,211 146 12.1 182 15.0 1,290 164 12.7 189 14.6

New Hampshire

 669 63 9.4 74 11.0 642 72 11.3 83 13.0

New Jersey

 4,007 644 16.1 666 16.6 3,898 630 16.2 665 17.1

New Mexico

 784 49 6.3 64 8.2 769 52 6.7 63 8.3

New York

 8,227 1,942 23.6 2,075 25.2 8,472 2,017 23.8 2,148 25.3

North Carolina

 4,225 129 3.0 174 4.1 4,305 145 3.4 171 4.0

North Dakota

 363 20 5.5 25 7.0 356 18 5.1 24 6.8

Ohio

 4,970 617 12.4 702 14.1 5,062 635 12.5 688 13.6

Oklahoma

 1,482 80 5.4 97 6.6 1,536 84 5.5 108 7.1

Oregon

 1,691 228 13.5 267 15.8 1,763 262 14.9 277 15.7

Pennsylvania

 5,686 685 12.1 724 12.7 5,543 665 12.0 723 13.0

Rhode Island

 481 74 15.5 81 16.9 486 78 16.1 84 17.2

South Carolina

 1,981 32 1.6 52 2.6 1,986 52 2.6 78 3.9

South Dakota

 379 20 5.2 26 7.0 380 20 5.4 25 6.7

Tennessee

 2,746 158 5.7 174 6.4 2,728 155 5.7 176 6.4

Texas

 11,457 462 4.0 606 5.3 11,626 543 4.7 669 5.8

Utah

 1,318 62 4.7 79 6.0 1,375 54 3.9 74 5.4

Vermont

 290 33 11.5 37 12.9 288 32 11.0 35 12.1

Virginia

 3,748 160 4.3 226 6.0 3,801 176 4.6 222 5.8

Washington

 3,090 539 17.4 577 18.7 3,112 584 18.8 630 20.2

West Virginia

 669 79 11.8 88 13.2 683 75 11.0 82 11.9

Wisconsin

 2,696 219 8.1 244 9.0 2,778 230 8.3 250 9.0

Wyoming

 248 16 6.3 18 7.3 243 15 6.0 16 6.7

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 19, 2018