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

Table 5. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by state, 2011-2012 annual averages
[Numbers in thousands]
State 2011 2012
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

 1,781 178 10.0 193 10.8 1,807 166 9.2 190 10.5

Alaska

 306 68 22.1 73 23.7 298 67 22.4 71 23.9

Arizona

 2,493 149 6.0 183 7.3 2,434 125 5.1 159 6.5

Arkansas

 1,116 47 4.2 57 5.1 1,157 37 3.2 43 3.7

California

 13,931 2,379 17.1 2,532 18.2 14,483 2,489 17.2 2,666 18.4

Colorado

 2,186 179 8.2 203 9.3 2,165 169 7.8 190 8.8

Connecticut

 1,542 259 16.8 272 17.7 1,541 216 14.0 232 15.1

Delaware

 370 39 10.5 42 11.2 377 39 10.4 44 11.8

District of Columbia

 281 23 8.3 28 9.9 309 27 8.6 32 10.3

Florida

 7,283 460 6.3 557 7.6 7,602 440 5.8 555 7.3

Georgia

 3,876 153 3.9 185 4.8 3,914 171 4.4 210 5.4

Hawaii

 525 113 21.5 118 22.5 537 116 21.6 124 23.2

Idaho

 594 31 5.1 36 6.1 613 29 4.8 36 5.8

Illinois

 5,408 876 16.2 929 17.2 5,486 801 14.6 852 15.5

Indiana

 2,681 302 11.3 333 12.4 2,702 246 9.1 269 10.0

Iowa

 1,386 155 11.2 187 13.5 1,390 145 10.4 172 12.4

Kansas

 1,268 97 7.6 128 10.1 1,248 85 6.8 105 8.4

Kentucky

 1,678 150 8.9 173 10.3 1,742 174 10.0 198 11.4

Louisiana

 1,717 77 4.5 91 5.3 1,733 107 6.2 130 7.5

Maine

 554 63 11.3 74 13.4 559 64 11.5 78 13.9

Maryland

 2,549 316 12.4 348 13.7 2,636 280 10.6 325 12.3

Massachusetts

 2,882 422 14.6 445 15.4 2,896 417 14.4 470 16.2

Michigan

 3,838 671 17.5 703 18.3 3,785 629 16.6 648 17.1

Minnesota

 2,461 371 15.1 390 15.8 2,465 351 14.2 368 14.9

Mississippi

 1,081 54 5.0 73 6.8 1,113 48 4.3 64 5.7

Missouri

 2,531 275 10.9 316 12.5 2,507 224 8.9 253 10.1

Montana

 377 49 13.0 55 14.6 392 54 13.9 65 16.5

Nebraska

 828 65 7.9 83 10.0 864 52 6.0 70 8.1

Nevada

 1,050 154 14.6 175 16.6 1,101 162 14.7 181 16.4

New Hampshire

 617 68 11.1 77 12.5 621 65 10.5 74 12.0

New Jersey

 3,816 615 16.1 641 16.8 3,796 611 16.1 636 16.8

New Mexico

 726 49 6.8 65 9.0 780 50 6.5 68 8.7

New York

 7,920 1,906 24.1 2,068 26.1 7,936 1,841 23.2 1,975 24.9

North Carolina

 3,589 105 2.9 149 4.1 3,805 112 2.9 162 4.3

North Dakota

 318 20 6.3 27 8.6 329 20 6.1 27 8.2

Ohio

 4,813 647 13.4 706 14.7 4,800 604 12.6 665 13.9

Oklahoma

 1,458 94 6.4 113 7.7 1,531 115 7.5 140 9.1

Oregon

 1,574 270 17.1 286 18.1 1,526 240 15.7 250 16.4

Pennsylvania

 5,348 779 14.6 846 15.8 5,452 734 13.5 787 14.4

Rhode Island

 453 79 17.4 81 17.9 455 81 17.8 84 18.4

South Carolina

 1,726 59 3.4 86 5.0 1,773 58 3.3 82 4.6

South Dakota

 359 18 5.1 23 6.5 351 20 5.6 24 6.7

Tennessee

 2,504 115 4.6 139 5.6 2,586 124 4.8 152 5.9

Texas

 10,214 534 5.2 643 6.3 10,590 599 5.7 721 6.8

Utah

 1,150 67 5.8 82 7.1 1,179 61 5.2 77 6.6

Vermont

 290 35 12.0 39 13.5 288 31 10.7 38 13.1

Virginia

 3,550 163 4.6 198 5.6 3,592 159 4.4 197 5.5

Washington

 2,727 517 19.0 557 20.4 2,776 513 18.5 541 19.5

West Virginia

 672 93 13.8 102 15.2 697 84 12.1 91 13.1

Wisconsin

 2,538 339 13.3 358 14.1 2,605 293 11.2 312 12.0

Wyoming

 250 18 7.2 21 8.4 252 17 6.7 20 8.1

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 23, 2013
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