2023 Competitiveness Redbook 2023 | Page 30

Source : Barry T . Hirsch and David A . Macpherson TABLE 23
Union Membership – Public vs . Private ( 2021 )
Rank
Public Percent
Private Percent
Rank
1 Connecticut
68.3 %
7.3 %
13
2 New York
66.7 %
13.1 %
2
3 Rhode Island
62.4 %
8.7 %
9
4 New Jersey
59.3 %
9.0 %
7
5 Oregon
57.7 %
9.4 %
4
6 Minnesota
54.7 %
9.0 %
8
7 California
54.5 %
9.3 %
5
8 Pennsylvania
53.3 %
7.3 %
14
9 Washington
52.7 %
10.9 %
3
10 Massachusetts
51.3 %
7.2 %
15
11 Illinois
48.7 %
8.6 %
10
12 New Hampshire
47.0 %
4.3 %
28
13 Hawaii
46.5 %
14.5 %
1
14 Maine
45.3 %
5.9 %
25
15 Ohio
45.3 %
6.5 %
18
16 Michigan
45.1 %
9.1 %
6
17 Nevada
40.1 %
8.3 %
11
18 Vermont
39.9 %
6.0 %
24
19 Alaska
37.9 %
7.5 %
12
20 Montana
32.3 %
6.3 %
20
21 Delaware
29.6 %
6.0 %
23
22 Maryland
28.4 %
5.5 %
27
23 Indiana
27.5 %
6.2 %
21
24 Missouri
23.4 %
6.6 %
17
25 West Virginia
23.2 %
6.1 %
22
26 Nebraska
22.9 %
4.1 %
34
27 Florida
22.5 %
2.8 %
43
28 Wisconsin
21.5 %
5.7 %
26
29 Arizona
20.7 %
3.0 %
37
30 Iowa
20.1 %
4.1 %
31
31 Kansas
20.0 %
6.9 %
16
32 Oklahoma
19.9 %
2.7 %
44
33 Colorado
18.2 %
4.1 %
32
34 Tennessee
18.1 %
3.0 %
39
35 New Mexico
17.3 %
4.2 %
29
36 North Dakota
16.9 %
3.0 %
40
37 Alabama
15.7 %
4.0 %
35
38 Georgia
15.4 %
2.8 %
42
39 Idaho
14.7 %
3.0 %
38
40 Texas
13.4 %
2.2 %
47
41 Utah
13.3 %
1.7 %
48
42 Louisiana
13.2 %
2.9 %
41
43 Virginia
12.5 %
2.4 %
46
44 Kentucky
12.2 %
6.3 %
19
45 Mississippi
12.1 %
4.1 %
33
46 South Dakota
12.1 %
2.5 %
45
47 Wyoming
10.3 %
4.1 %
30
48 North Carolina
9.1 %
1.5 %
49
49 Arkansas
7.0 %
3.3 %
36
50 South Carolina
4.6 %
1.1 %
50
Dist . of Columbia
19.4 %
5.0 %
United States
33.9 %
6.1 %
Public sector union membership is much greater than private sector union membership in every state .