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Union Members as a Share of Employment ( 2023 )
Rank
2023 Percent
2022 Percent
2022 Rank
1 Hawaii
24.1 %
21.9 %
1
2 New York
20.6 %
20.7 %
2
3 Washington
16.5 %
18.0 %
3
4 New Jersey
16.1 %
14.9 %
8
5 Connecticut
15.9 %
14.2 %
9
6 California
15.4 %
16.1 %
4
7 Alaska
14.8 %
16.0 %
6
8 Vermont
14.3 %
12.1 %
16
9 Oregon
14.1 %
15.5 %
7
10 Minnesota
13.3 %
14.2 %
9
11 Pennsylvania
12.9 %
12.7 %
14
12 Illinois
12.8 %
13.1 %
12
12 Michigan
12.8 %
14.0 %
11
14 Massachusetts
12.6 %
12.7 %
14
15 Ohio
12.5 %
12.8 %
13
16 Nevada
12.4 %
11.3 %
18
17 Rhode Island
12.3 %
16.1 %
4
18 Montana
11.8 %
11.2 %
19
19 Maryland
10.7 %
11.6 %
17
20 Missouri
9.3 %
9.6 %
22
20 New Hampshire
9.3 %
10.1 %
20
22 Maine
9.2 %
9.2 %
23
23 Kansas
8.9 %
9.8 %
21
24 Delaware
8.8 %
8.5 %
26
24 Kentucky
8.8 %
7.9 %
27
26 West Virginia
8.7 %
9.2 %
23
27 Indiana
8.0 %
7.4 %
28
28 Alabama
7.5 %
7.2 %
29
28 New Mexico
7.5 %
8.8 %
25
30 Wisconsin
7.4 %
7.1 %
30
31 Nebraska
7.3 %
6.5 %
33
32 Iowa
7.2 %
7.0 %
31
33 Mississippi
7.0 %
5.6 %
35
34 Colorado
6.9 %
6.7 %
32
35 Oklahoma
6.8 %
5.5 %
37
36 North Dakota
6.2 %
6.4 %
34
37 Tennessee
6.0 %
5.5 %
37
38 Wyoming
5.6 %
5.6 %
35
39 Arkansas
5.1 %
4.9 %
40
40 Florida
4.7 %
4.5 %
42
41 Georgia
4.6 %
4.4 %
43
42 Idaho
4.5 %
4.7 %
41
42 Texas
4.5 %
4.1 %
45
44 Louisiana
4.3 %
4.2 %
44
44 Virginia
4.3 %
3.7 %
47
46 Arizona
4.2 %
5.5 %
37
47 Utah
4.1 %
3.9 %
46
48 South Dakota
3.6 %
3.1 %
48
49 North Carolina
2.7 %
2.8 %
49
50 South Carolina
2.3 %
1.7 %
50
Dist . of Columbia
9.1 %
9.1 %
United States
10.3 %
10.1 %
TABLE 22 Source : U . S . Bureau of Labor Statistics
Union membership fell to 16.5 % of employment in 2023 from 18.0 % in 2022 .