2024 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 30

Source : Barry T . Hirsch and David A . Macpherson TABLE 23
Union Membership – Public vs . Private ( 2022 )
Rank
Public Percent
Private Percent
Rank
1 New York
65.9 %
12.2 %
2
2 Rhode Island
61.0 %
9.5 %
5
3 Connecticut
58.2 %
6.9 %
17
4 New Jersey
57.4 %
8.4 %
9
5 Massachusetts
56.4 %
6.6 %
19
6 Oregon
56.4 %
8.1 %
10
7 California
53.5 %
9.3 %
6
8 Hawaii
52.3 %
13.3 %
1
9 Pennsylvania
50.5 %
7.4 %
15
10 Illinois
49.2 %
7.6 %
12
11 Washington
49.1 %
10.7 %
3
12 Minnesota
47.5 %
8.9 %
8
13 New Hampshire
46.5 %
3.7 %
34
14 Michigan
45.0 %
10.6 %
4
15 Ohio
44.6 %
7.5 %
13
16 Vermont
42.4 %
5.9 %
21
17 Maine
42.2 %
3.2 %
37
18 Nevada
36.2 %
8.0 %
11
19 Montana
35.1 %
5.4 %
24
20 Delaware
34.4 %
3.9 %
33
21 Alaska
33.9 %
9.0 %
7
22 Maryland
28.8 %
5.8 %
22
23 New Mexico
22.6 %
4.6 %
27
24 Missouri
22.0 %
7.5 %
14
25 Tennessee
21.9 %
2.8 %
41
26 Alabama
21.8 %
4.5 %
28
27 Florida
21.7 %
2.2 %
46
28 Indiana
21.0 %
5.6 %
23
29 Iowa
20.9 %
4.8 %
26
30 Kansas
20.5 %
7.2 %
16
31 North Dakota
20.1 %
3.6 %
36
32 West Virginia
19.8 %
6.7 %
18
33 Nebraska
19.1 %
4.5 %
29
34 Wisconsin
18.8 %
5.2 %
25
35 Colorado
18.1 %
4.3 %
30
36 Utah
17.8 %
1.5 %
48
37 Arizona
17.4 %
3.7 %
35
38 Kentucky
16.6 %
6.3 %
20
39 Oklahoma
16.4 %
2.6 %
42
40 Texas
16.3 %
2.2 %
45
41 South Dakota
16.2 %
1.4 %
49
42 Idaho
13.9 %
3.0 %
39
43 Georgia
13.4 %
2.9 %
40
44 Louisiana
12.9 %
2.4 %
43
45 Wyoming
12.7 %
3.1 %
38
46 Mississippi
12.6 %
4.0 %
32
47 Virginia
9.0 %
2.2 %
44
48 North Carolina
8.2 %
1.8 %
47
49 Arkansas
8.1 %
4.2 %
31
50 South Carolina
3.8 %
1.3 %
50
Dist . of Columbia
19.3 %
5.3 %
United States
33.2 %
6.0 %
Public sector union membership is much greater than private sector union membership in every state .