Union affiliation by U.S. state

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Union affiliation by U.S. state (2008)^[1]

Rank	State	Percent union members	Union members	Percent represented by unions	Represented by unions	Total employed
1	New York	24.9	2,029,000	26.6	2,170,000	8,165,000
2	Hawaii	24.3	136,000	25.5	143,000	562,000
3	Alaska	23.5	68,000	24.7	71,000	289,000
4	Washington	19.8	578,000	21.5	626,000	2,912,000
5	Michigan	18.8	771,000	19.6	801,000	4,089,000
6	California	18.4	2,740,000	19.5	2,909,000	14,889,000
7	New Jersey	18.3	703,000	19.0	731,000	3,843,000
8	Connecticut	16.9	275,000	17.9	291,000	1,625,000
9	Nevada	16.7	199,000	18.2	217,000	1,192,000
10	Illinois	16.6	939,000	17.5	993,000	5,662,000
11	Oregon	16.6	259,000	17.4	272,000	1,566,000
12	Rhode Island	16.5	78,000	17.4	82,000	471,000
13	Minnesota	16.1	392,000	17.0	412,000	2,430,000
14	Massachusetts	15.7	458,000	16.9	491,000	2,909,000
15	Pennsylvania	15.4	847,000	16.3	899,000	5,504,000
16	Wisconsin	15.0	396,000	16.0	422,000	2,642,000
17	Ohio	14.2	716,000	15.5	783,000	5,046,000
18	West Virginia	13.8	101,000	15.3	112,000	736,000
19	Delaware	13.4	52,000	14.7	57,000	391,000
20	Maryland	12.6	329,000	14.5	380,000	2,610,000
—	United States	12.4	16,098,000	13.7	17,761,000	129,377,000
21	Indiana	12.4	349,000	13.7	386,000	2,811,000
22	Maine	12.3	71,000	14.7	84,000	574,000
23	Montana	12.2	47,000	15.7	61,000	389,000
24	District of Columbia	12.2	35,000	14.3	41,000	288,000
25	Missouri	11.2	285,000	12.8	327,000	2,543,000
26	Iowa	10.6	153,000	13.0	187,000	1,437,000
27	New Hampshire	10.6	67,000	12.4	79,000	635,000
28	Vermont	10.4	29,000	12.8	36,000	284,000
29	Alabama	9.8	181,000	10.7	199,000	1,858,000
30	Arizona	8.8	227,000	9.8	254,000	2,579,000
31	Kentucky	8.6	146,000	9.6	163,000	1,703,000
32	Nebraska	8.3	70,000	10.7	90,000	840,000
33	Colorado	8.0	181,000	9.2	208,000	2,254,000
34	Wyoming	7.7	19,000	8.9	21,000	241,000
35	New Mexico	7.2	58,000	11.6	94,000	807,000
36	Idaho	7.1	42,000	8.0	48,000	602,000
37	Kansas	7.0	89,000	8.7	111,000	1,273,000
38	Oklahoma	6.6	102,000	8.3	127,000	1,529,000
39	Florida	6.4	482,000	7.9	601,000	7,573,000
40	North Dakota	6.1	19,000	8.2	25,000	308,000
41	Arkansas	5.9	68,000	7.3	85,000	1,158,000
42	Utah	5.8	68,000	7.1	84,000	1,178,000
43	Tennessee	5.5	139,000	6.6	166,000	2,534,000
44	Mississippi	5.3	57,000	7.3	79,000	1,089,000
45	South Dakota	5.0	18,000	6.4	24,000	369,000
46	Louisiana	4.6	80,000	5.6	97,000	1,724,000
47	Texas	4.5	449,000	5.6	559,000	9,991,000
48	Virginia	4.1	146,000	5.0	178,000	3,597,000
49	South Carolina	3.9	70,000	5.8	105,000	1,792,000
50	Georgia	3.7	151,000	4.6	189,000	4,084,000
51	North Carolina	3.5	132,000	5.0	189,000	3,799,000