STATE RANKINGS
 
[When states share the same rank, the next lower
 rank is omitted.  States may share the same value
 but have different ranks due to rounding]
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                    Labor union membership \1, 1996
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       STATE
                         Union           Workers
                        workers        covered by
                                        union
                    --------------- ----------------
                      1,000   Rank   Percent   Rank
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  United States     16,269.4     X       16.2     X
 
Alabama                200.7    22       12.8    27
Alaska                  54.7    42       24.9     3
Arizona                106.8    32        7.5    48
Arkansas                74.4    36        8.4    44
California           2,060.6     1       18.8    15
Colorado               167.1    25       10.8    36
Connecticut            239.5    19       17.2    18
Delaware                40.0    46       14.0    26
District of Columbia    39.5     X       19.4     X
Florida                429.8    12        9.9    41
Georgia                242.1    18        9.1    43
Hawaii                 111.9    30       24.5     4
Idaho                   42.5    45       10.7    38
Illinois             1,043.1     3       21.5     8
Indiana                395.2    14       16.1    23
Iowa                   168.7    24       15.7    24
Kansas                 105.8    33       12.3    31
Kentucky               198.8    23       14.1    25
Louisiana              133.4    29       10.0    40
Maine                   77.4    35       16.4    22
Maryland               353.5    16       17.4    17
Massachusetts          415.0    13       16.8    20
Michigan               983.3     4       25.4     2
Minnesota              437.4    11       21.2     9
Mississippi             62.0    39        8.1    45
Missouri               375.2    15       16.8    20
Montana                 52.0    44       16.9    19
Nebraska                62.9    38       12.4    29
Nevada                 147.3    26       24.3     5
New Hampshire           57.4    41       12.6    28
New Jersey             768.0     7       23.7     6
New Mexico              52.6    43       10.8    36
New York             1,942.0     2       28.2     1
North Carolina         134.0    28        5.0    49
North Dakota            24.4    48       10.5    39
Ohio                   933.2     5       20.8    10
Oklahoma               135.5    27       12.4    29
Oregon                 246.2    17       19.5    13
Pennsylvania           885.8     6       19.5    13
Rhode Island            81.0    34       20.1    11
South Carolina          58.2    40        5.0    49
South Dakota            23.0    49        9.2    42
Tennessee              219.2    20       11.1    34
Texas                  527.7     8        8.0    46
Utah                    71.1    37       11.1    34
Vermont                 24.9    47       11.3    33
Virginia               200.8    21        8.0    46
Washington             464.2    10       21.8     7
West Virginia          109.7    31       17.9    16
Wisconsin              469.7     9       19.8    12
Wyoming                 20.1    50       11.6    32
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X Not applicable.
 
1\  Annual averages of monthly figures.  For wage
    and salary workers in agriculture and nonagriculture.
    Data represent union members by place of residence.
    Copyright by BNA PLUS.  See table A-22 for
    complete source.
 
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan
        Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-22.