Union affiliation by U.S. state: Difference between revisions
Appearance
Content deleted Content added
Edited the status of the RTW law in Missouri, where it is subject to a referendum next year, with a citation. |
Edited and updated the unionization rate for each of the states in this table with new data from the BLS, and changed and updated the citation for that data. |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" |
||
|+ '''Union affiliation by U.S. state ( |
|+ '''Union affiliation by U.S. state (2017)'''<ref>{{cite web |author=[[Bureau of Labor Statistics]] |date=January 25, 2018 |title=Union members in 2017 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=[[United States Department of Labor|U.S. Department of Labor]] |
||
|url=https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf}}</ref> |
|url=https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf}}</ref> |
||
|- valign=top style="text-align:center;" |
|- valign=top style="text-align:center;" |
||
! Rank !! [[U.S. state|State]] !! Percent<br />union<br />members !! Union<br />members !! Percent<br />represented<br />by unions !! Represented<br />by unions !! Total<br />employed !! [[Right-to-work law|Right<br />to Work]] |
! Rank !! [[U.S. state|State]] !! Percent<br />union<br />members !! Union<br />members !! Percent<br />represented<br />by unions !! Represented<br />by unions !! Total<br />employed !! [[Right-to-work law|Right<br />to Work]] |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 1 || align="left" | {{Flag|New York}} || 23. |
| align="center" | 1 || align="left" | {{Flag|New York}} || 23.8 || 2,017,000 || 25.3 || 2,148,000 || 8,472,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 2 || align="left" | {{Flag|Hawaii}} || |
| align="center" | 2 || align="left" | {{Flag|Hawaii}} || 21.3 || 129,000 || 22.9 || 139,000 || 605,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 3 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 3 || align="left" | {{Flag|Washington}} || 18.8 || 584,000 || 20.2 || 630,000 || 3,112,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 4 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 4 || align="left" | {{Flag|Alaska}} || 18.1 || 55,000 || 19.4 || 59,000 || 304,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 5 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 5 || align="left" | {{Flag|Connecticut}} || 16.9 || 278,000 || 17.9 || 295,000 || 1,645,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 6 || align="left" | {{Flag|New Jersey}} || 16. |
| align="center" | 6 || align="left" | {{Flag|New Jersey}} || 16.2 || 630,000 || 17.1 || 665,000 || 3,898,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 7 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 7 || align="left" | {{Flag|Rhode Island}} || 16.1 || 78,000 || 17.2 || 84,000 || 486,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 8 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 8 || align="left" | {{Flag|Michigan}} || 15.6 || 658,000 || 16.8 || 711,000 || 4,230,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 9 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 9 || align="left" | {{Flag|California}} || 15.5 || 2,491,000 || 16.9 || 2,708,000 || 16,064,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 10 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 10 || align="left" | {{Flag|Minnesota}} || 15.2 || 411,000 || 15.9 || 428,000 || 2,693,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 11 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 11 || align="left" | {{Flag|Illinois}} || 15.0 || 827,000 || 15.8 || 872,000 || 5,516,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 12 || align="left" | {{Flag|Oregon}} || |
| align="center" | 12 || align="left" | {{Flag|Oregon}} || 14.9 || 262,000 || 15.7 || 277,000 || 1,763,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 13 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 13 || align="left" | {{Flag|Nevada}} || 12.7 || 164,000 || 14.6 || 189,000 || 1,290,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 14 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 14 || align="left" | {{Flag|Ohio}} || 12.5 || 635,000 || 13.6 || 688,000 || 5,062,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 15 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 15 || align="left" | {{Flag|Massachusetts}} || 12.4 || 401,000 || 13.3 || 431,000 || 3,231,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 16 || align="left" | {{Flag|Pennsylvania}} || 12. |
| align="center" | 16 || align="left" | {{Flag|Pennsylvania}} || 12.0 || 665,000 || 13.0 || 723,000 || 5,543,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 17 || align="left" | {{Flag|Montana}} || 11.9 || 50,000 || 13. |
| align="center" | 17 || align="left" | {{Flag|Montana}} || 11.9 || 50,000 || 13.6 || 57,000 || 419,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 18 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 18 || align="left" | {{Flag|Maine}} || 11.4 || 66,000 || 14.0 || 81,000 || 576,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 19 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 19 || align="left" | {{Flag|New Hampshire}} || 11.3 || 72,000 || 13.0 || 83,000 || 642,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 20 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 20 || align="left" | {{Flag|West Virginia}} || 11.0 || 75,000 || 11.9 || 82,000 || 683,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 21 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 21 || align="left" | {{Flag|Vermont}} || 11.0 || 32,000 || 12.1 || 35,000 || 288,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 22 || align="left" | {{Flag|Maryland}} || |
| align="center" | 22 || align="left" | {{Flag|Maryland}} || 10.8 || 299,000 || 11.8 || 326,000 || 2,772,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | |
| align="center" | '''—''' || '''{{Flag|United States}}''' || '''10.7''' || '''14,817,000''' || '''11.9''' || '''16,444,000''' || '''137,890,000'''|| N/A |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | |
| align="center" | 23 || align="left" | {{Flag|Delaware}} || 10.7 || 45,000 || 11.2 || 48,000 || 425,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 24 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 24 || align="left" | {{Flag|District of Columbia}} || 9.8 || 34,000 || 10.7 || 40,000 || 347,000||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 25 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 25 || align="left" | {{Flag|Kentucky}} || 9.6 || 174,000 || 12.8 || 232,000 || 1,810,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 26 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 26 || align="left" | {{Flag|Colorado}} || 9.6 || 238,000 || 11.0 || 273,000 || 2,494,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 27 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 27 || align="left" | {{Flag|Indiana}} || 8.9 || 266,000 || 9.7 || 289,000 || 2,987,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 28 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 28 || align="left" | {{Flag|Missouri}} || 8.7 || 226,000 || 10.1 || 265,000 || 2,613,000 ||Yes<ref>Subject to a referendum on the law in 2018. [https://www.prnewschannel.com/2017/10/20/court-sides-with-unions-in-missouri-right-to-work-battle/]</ref> |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 29 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 29 || align="left" | {{Flag|Wisconsin}} || 8.3 || 230,000 || 9.0 || 250,000 || 2,778,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 30 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 30 || align="left" | {{Flag|Nebraska}} || 8.2 || 70,000 || 9.1 || 78,000 || 858,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 31 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 31 || align="left" | {{Flag|Kansas}} || 7.8 || 101,000 || 10.1 || 131,000 || 1,296,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 32 || align="left" | {{Flag|Alabama}} || |
| align="center" | 32 || align="left" | {{Flag|Alabama}} || 7.4 || 138,000 || 8.1 || 152,000 || 1,869,000||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 33 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 33 || align="left" | {{Flag|Iowa}} || 7.0 || 104,000 || 8.6 || 127,000 || 1,475,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 34 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 34 || align="left" | {{Flag|New Mexico}} || 6.7 || 52,000 || 8.3 || 63,000 || 769,000 ||No |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 35 || align="left" | {{Flag|Wyoming}} || 6. |
| align="center" | 35 || align="left" | {{Flag|Wyoming}} || 6.0 || 15,000 || 6.7 || 16,000 || 243,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 36 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 36 || align="left" | {{Flag|Tennessee}} || 5.7 || 155,000 || 6.4 || 176,000 || 2,728,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 37 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 37 || align="left" | {{Flag|Florida}} || 5.6 || 456,000 || 7.1 || 574,000 || 8,113,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 38 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 38 || align="left" | {{Flag|Oklahoma}} || 5.5 || 84,000 || 7.1 || 108,000 || 1,482,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 39 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 39 || align="left" | {{Flag|Mississippi}} || 5.3 || 59,000 || 7.0 || 77,000 || 1,106,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 40 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 40 || align="left" | {{Flag|South Dakota}} || 5.4 || 20,000 || 6.7 || 25,000 || 380,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 41 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 41 || align="left" | {{Flag|Arkansas}} || 5.1 || 62,000 || 6.1 || 74,000 || 1,209,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 42 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 42 || align="left" | {{Flag|North Dakota}} || 5.1 || 18,000 || 6.8 || 24,000 || 356,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 43 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 43 || align="left" | {{Flag|Idaho}} || 4.8 || 35,000 || 5.8 || 42,000 || 723,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 44 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 44 || align="left" | {{Flag|Texas}} || 4.7 || 543,000 || 5.8 || 669,000 || 11,626,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 45 || align="left" | {{Flag|Virginia}} || 4. |
| align="center" | 45 || align="left" | {{Flag|Virginia}} || 4.6 || 176,000 || 5.8 || 222,000 || 3,801,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 46 || align="left" | {{Flag|Louisiana}} || 4. |
| align="center" | 46 || align="left" | {{Flag|Louisiana}} || 4.4 || 78,000 || 5.4 || 96,000 || 1,780,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 47 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 47 || align="left" | {{Flag|Georgia_(U.S._state)|name=Georgia}} || 4.0 || 173,000 || 5.0 || 217,000 || 4,342,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 48 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 48 || align="left" | {{Flag|Arizona}} || 4.0 || 111,000 || 5.2 || 145,000 || 2,805,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 49 || align="left" | {{Flag| |
| align="center" | 49 || align="left" | {{Flag|Utah}} || 3.9 || 54,000 || 5.4 || 74,000 || 1,375,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 50 || align="left" | {{Flag|North Carolina}} || 3. |
| align="center" | 50 || align="left" | {{Flag|North Carolina}} || 3.4 || 145,000 || 4.9 || 171,000 || 4,305,000 ||Yes |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| align="center" | 51 || align="left" | {{Flag|South Carolina}} || |
| align="center" | 51 || align="left" | {{Flag|South Carolina}} || 2.6 || 52,000 || 3.9 || 78,000 || 1,986,000 ||Yes |
||
|} |
|} |
||
Revision as of 03:48, 26 January 2018
Rank | State | Percent union members |
Union members |
Percent represented by unions |
Represented by unions |
Total employed |
Right to Work |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
23.8 | 2,017,000 | 25.3 | 2,148,000 | 8,472,000 | No |
2 | ![]() |
21.3 | 129,000 | 22.9 | 139,000 | 605,000 | No |
3 | ![]() |
18.8 | 584,000 | 20.2 | 630,000 | 3,112,000 | No |
4 | ![]() |
18.1 | 55,000 | 19.4 | 59,000 | 304,000 | No |
5 | ![]() |
16.9 | 278,000 | 17.9 | 295,000 | 1,645,000 | No |
6 | ![]() |
16.2 | 630,000 | 17.1 | 665,000 | 3,898,000 | No |
7 | ![]() |
16.1 | 78,000 | 17.2 | 84,000 | 486,000 | No |
8 | ![]() |
15.6 | 658,000 | 16.8 | 711,000 | 4,230,000 | Yes |
9 | ![]() |
15.5 | 2,491,000 | 16.9 | 2,708,000 | 16,064,000 | No |
10 | ![]() |
15.2 | 411,000 | 15.9 | 428,000 | 2,693,000 | No |
11 | ![]() |
15.0 | 827,000 | 15.8 | 872,000 | 5,516,000 | No |
12 | ![]() |
14.9 | 262,000 | 15.7 | 277,000 | 1,763,000 | No |
13 | ![]() |
12.7 | 164,000 | 14.6 | 189,000 | 1,290,000 | Yes |
14 | ![]() |
12.5 | 635,000 | 13.6 | 688,000 | 5,062,000 | No |
15 | ![]() |
12.4 | 401,000 | 13.3 | 431,000 | 3,231,000 | No |
16 | ![]() |
12.0 | 665,000 | 13.0 | 723,000 | 5,543,000 | No |
17 | ![]() |
11.9 | 50,000 | 13.6 | 57,000 | 419,000 | No |
18 | ![]() |
11.4 | 66,000 | 14.0 | 81,000 | 576,000 | No |
19 | ![]() |
11.3 | 72,000 | 13.0 | 83,000 | 642,000 | No |
20 | ![]() |
11.0 | 75,000 | 11.9 | 82,000 | 683,000 | Yes |
21 | ![]() |
11.0 | 32,000 | 12.1 | 35,000 | 288,000 | No |
22 | ![]() |
10.8 | 299,000 | 11.8 | 326,000 | 2,772,000 | No |
— | ![]() |
10.7 | 14,817,000 | 11.9 | 16,444,000 | 137,890,000 | N/A |
23 | ![]() |
10.7 | 45,000 | 11.2 | 48,000 | 425,000 | No |
24 | ![]() |
9.8 | 34,000 | 10.7 | 40,000 | 347,000 | No |
25 | ![]() |
9.6 | 174,000 | 12.8 | 232,000 | 1,810,000 | Yes |
26 | ![]() |
9.6 | 238,000 | 11.0 | 273,000 | 2,494,000 | No |
27 | ![]() |
8.9 | 266,000 | 9.7 | 289,000 | 2,987,000 | Yes |
28 | ![]() |
8.7 | 226,000 | 10.1 | 265,000 | 2,613,000 | Yes[2] |
29 | ![]() |
8.3 | 230,000 | 9.0 | 250,000 | 2,778,000 | Yes |
30 | ![]() |
8.2 | 70,000 | 9.1 | 78,000 | 858,000 | Yes |
31 | ![]() |
7.8 | 101,000 | 10.1 | 131,000 | 1,296,000 | Yes |
32 | ![]() |
7.4 | 138,000 | 8.1 | 152,000 | 1,869,000 | Yes |
33 | ![]() |
7.0 | 104,000 | 8.6 | 127,000 | 1,475,000 | Yes |
34 | ![]() |
6.7 | 52,000 | 8.3 | 63,000 | 769,000 | No |
35 | ![]() |
6.0 | 15,000 | 6.7 | 16,000 | 243,000 | Yes |
36 | ![]() |
5.7 | 155,000 | 6.4 | 176,000 | 2,728,000 | Yes |
37 | ![]() |
5.6 | 456,000 | 7.1 | 574,000 | 8,113,000 | Yes |
38 | ![]() |
5.5 | 84,000 | 7.1 | 108,000 | 1,482,000 | Yes |
39 | ![]() |
5.3 | 59,000 | 7.0 | 77,000 | 1,106,000 | Yes |
40 | ![]() |
5.4 | 20,000 | 6.7 | 25,000 | 380,000 | Yes |
41 | ![]() |
5.1 | 62,000 | 6.1 | 74,000 | 1,209,000 | Yes |
42 | ![]() |
5.1 | 18,000 | 6.8 | 24,000 | 356,000 | Yes |
43 | ![]() |
4.8 | 35,000 | 5.8 | 42,000 | 723,000 | Yes |
44 | ![]() |
4.7 | 543,000 | 5.8 | 669,000 | 11,626,000 | Yes |
45 | ![]() |
4.6 | 176,000 | 5.8 | 222,000 | 3,801,000 | Yes |
46 | ![]() |
4.4 | 78,000 | 5.4 | 96,000 | 1,780,000 | Yes |
47 | ![]() |
4.0 | 173,000 | 5.0 | 217,000 | 4,342,000 | Yes |
48 | ![]() |
4.0 | 111,000 | 5.2 | 145,000 | 2,805,000 | Yes |
49 | ![]() |
3.9 | 54,000 | 5.4 | 74,000 | 1,375,000 | Yes |
50 | ![]() |
3.4 | 145,000 | 4.9 | 171,000 | 4,305,000 | Yes |
51 | ![]() |
2.6 | 52,000 | 3.9 | 78,000 | 1,986,000 | Yes |
See also
References
- ^ Bureau of Labor Statistics (January 25, 2018). "Union members in 2017" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Labor.
- ^ Subject to a referendum on the law in 2018. [1]
External links
- Hirsch, Barry T.; Macpherson, David (2016). "Union Membership and Coverage Database". Unionstats.com.
- Hirsch, Barry T.; Macpherson, David A.; Vroman, Wayne G. (2016). "Union Density Estimates by State, 1964–2015". Atlanta: Georgia State University.