Union Employees - Kaiser State Health Facts

Total Number of Workers Represented by Unions, 2008

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	Union Employees

United States	17,761,000

Alabama	199,000
Alaska	71,000
Arizona	254,000
Arkansas	85,000
California	2,909,000
Colorado	208,000
Connecticut	291,000
Delaware	57,000
District of Columbia	41,000
Florida	601,000
Georgia	189,000
Hawaii	143,000
Idaho	48,000
Illinois	993,000
Indiana	386,000
Iowa	187,000
Kansas	111,000
Kentucky	163,000
Louisiana	97,000
Maine	84,000
Maryland	380,000
Massachusetts	491,000
Michigan	801,000
Minnesota	412,000
Mississippi	79,000
Missouri	327,000
Montana	61,000
Nebraska	90,000
Nevada	217,000
New Hampshire	79,000
New Jersey	731,000
New Mexico	94,000
New York	2,170,000
North Carolina	189,000
North Dakota	25,000
Ohio	783,000
Oklahoma	127,000
Oregon	272,000
Pennsylvania	899,000
Rhode Island	82,000
South Carolina	105,000
South Dakota	24,000
Tennessee	166,000
Texas	559,000
Utah	84,000
Vermont	36,000
Virginia	178,000
Washington	626,000
West Virginia	112,000
Wisconsin	422,000
Wyoming	21,000

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Notes:

The percentage figures are the Percent of Total Employed represented by unions.
Figures include members of labor unions or employee associations similar to unions, and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.
Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers.
Self-employed workers are excluded, regardless of whether or not their businesses are incorporated.

Sources:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Annual Union Membership data, Table 1: Union Affiliation of Employed Wage and Salary Workers by Selected Characteristics, and Table 5: Union Affiliation of Employed Wage and Salary Workers by State, January 2009. Available at: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.toc.htm.

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