Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by CMSA, MSA & PMSA, 1997 (details in table note)
Code Metropolitan Area Sector Obs Employment Members Covered %Mem %Cov
CMSAs (sorted by FIPS code):
7 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT Total 4,005 2,513,305 350,454 385,093 13.9 15.3
Private 3,523 2,217,152 189,870 213,553 8.6 9.6
Public 482 296,152 160,584 171,540 54.2 57.9
Priv Const 161 100,317 23,081 24,266 23.0 24.2
Priv Manuf 754 453,461 41,970 43,405 9.3 9.6
14 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Total 5,093 3,768,167 710,318 765,028 18.9 20.3
Private 4,471 3,313,168 499,496 540,176 15.1 16.3
Public 622 454,999 210,822 224,852 46.3 49.4
Priv Const 263 203,622 94,094 97,024 46.2 47.6
Priv Manuf 954 711,399 144,435 154,391 20.3 21.7
21 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Total 1,160 863,739 121,825 140,712 14.1 16.3
Private 1,001 748,284 78,883 85,828 10.5 11.5
Public 159 115,455 42,942 54,884 37.2 47.5
Priv Const 52 41,805 7,054 8,637 16.9 20.7
Priv Manuf 241 179,682 39,557 40,227 22.0 22.4
28 Cleveland-Akron, OH Total 1,914 1,390,005 263,229 279,008 18.9 20.1
Private 1,661 1,201,219 156,435 165,872 13.0 13.8
Public 253 188,787 106,794 113,136 56.6 59.9
Priv Const 68 50,983 18,000 18,703 35.3 36.7
Priv Manuf 432 309,270 61,838 65,276 20.0 21.1
31 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Total 2,153 2,385,652 152,128 182,182 6.4 7.6
Private 1,911 2,118,723 77,381 96,047 3.7 4.5
Public 242 266,928 74,746 86,135 28.0 32.3
Priv Const 123 139,965 2,029 2,029 1.4 1.4
Priv Manuf 380 417,217 28,324 33,286 6.8 8.0
34 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Total 1,536 1,145,184 118,020 138,136 10.3 12.1
Private 1,310 974,097 72,839 86,270 7.5 8.9
Public 226 171,087 45,180 51,866 26.4 30.3
Priv Const 96 69,976 9,289 10,349 13.3 14.8
Priv Manuf 193 141,417 11,964 12,746 8.5 9.0
35 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Total 3,416 2,382,154 607,289 643,329 25.5 27.0
Private 3,002 2,096,599 427,056 452,145 20.4 21.6
Public 414 285,556 180,233 191,184 63.1 67.0
Priv Const 140 100,017 39,587 40,900 39.6 40.9
Priv Manuf 812 567,148 221,033 229,179 39.0 40.4
42 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Total 1,811 2,032,487 158,510 196,711 7.8 9.7
Private 1,565 1,759,190 101,358 125,873 5.8 7.2
Public 246 273,297 57,152 70,838 20.9 25.9
Priv Const 145 168,597 12,012 18,917 7.1 11.2
Priv Manuf 250 281,567 36,048 36,048 12.8 12.8
49 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA Total 6,799 6,151,289 912,672 1,037,078 14.8 16.9
Private 5,862 5,306,729 490,773 556,556 9.2 10.5
Public 937 844,560 421,899 480,522 50.0 56.9
Priv Const 272 269,544 48,870 48,870 18.1 18.1
Priv Manuf 1,371 1,246,725 101,120 121,700 8.1 9.8
56 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Total 1,738 1,551,521 107,306 134,293 6.9 8.7
Private 1,515 1,357,587 43,940 57,370 3.2 4.2
Public 223 193,934 63,366 76,923 32.7 39.7
Priv Const 91 84,488 6,811 6,811 8.1 8.1
Priv Manuf 154 141,589 2,636 3,315 1.9 2.3
63 Milwaukee-Racine, WI Total 892 900,627 177,204 192,269 19.7 21.3
Private 797 806,764 109,127 120,262 13.5 14.9
Public 95 93,863 68,077 72,008 72.5 76.7
Priv Const 30 30,997 12,074 12,074 39.0 39.0
Priv Manuf 227 228,356 43,673 50,576 19.1 22.1
70 New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Total 11,049 8,526,754 2,064,495 2,187,173 24.2 25.7
Private 9,237 7,144,121 1,115,998 1,199,847 15.6 16.8
Public 1,812 1,382,633 948,497 987,327 68.6 71.4
Priv Const 426 336,374 111,688 118,670 33.2 35.3
Priv Manuf 1,573 1,208,570 230,178 242,274 19.0 20.0
77 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Total 4,247 2,549,303 454,869 492,263 17.8 19.3
Private 3,668 2,188,635 255,079 277,222 11.7 12.7
Public 579 360,668 199,790 215,042 55.4 59.6
Priv Const 178 107,552 27,325 28,207 25.4 26.2
Priv Manuf 635 376,611 74,690 75,141 19.8 20.0
79 Portland-Salem, OR-WA Total 1,227 974,029 182,515 199,969 18.7 20.5
Private 1,051 840,151 106,794 116,394 12.7 13.9
Public 176 133,878 75,721 83,575 56.6 62.4
Priv Const 83 68,325 20,721 20,721 30.3 30.3
Priv Manuf 220 179,606 31,990 35,151 17.8 19.6
82 Sacramento-Yolo, CA Total 518 642,164 125,676 147,411 19.6 23.0
Private 380 472,082 51,302 53,814 10.9 11.4
Public 138 170,082 74,373 93,597 43.7 55.0
Priv Const 23 27,640 2,329 2,329 8.4 8.4
Priv Manuf 45 55,480 8,204 8,204 14.8 14.8
84 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Total 2,398 2,970,439 531,900 573,871 17.9 19.3
Private 2,053 2,547,652 322,496 340,039 12.7 13.3
Public 345 422,787 209,403 233,833 49.5 55.3
Priv Const 106 132,196 37,063 38,102 28.0 28.8
Priv Manuf 446 553,633 47,840 50,063 8.6 9.0
91 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Total 1,266 1,532,017 318,909 360,807 20.8 23.6
Private 1,043 1,264,144 183,620 210,386 14.5 16.6
Public 223 267,873 135,289 150,422 50.5 56.2
Priv Const 73 88,498 24,961 26,058 28.2 29.4
Priv Manuf 210 254,003 63,590 70,326 25.0 27.7
97 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Total 3,939 3,280,592 434,202 508,168 13.2 15.5
Private 2,865 2,478,829 201,126 233,283 8.1 9.4
Public 1,074 801,763 233,076 274,884 29.1 34.3
Priv Const 168 180,047 17,903 19,834 9.9 11.0
Priv Manuf 214 223,254 37,734 41,195 16.9 18.5
MSAs and PMSAs (sorted by FIPS code):
80 Akron, OH PMSA Total 441 310,064 62,188 66,743 20.1 21.5
Private 376 264,168 36,021 39,001 13.6 14.8
Public 65 45,896 26,168 27,741 57.0 60.4
160 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA Total 402 308,759 76,427 77,904 24.8 25.2
Private 304 234,165 24,854 25,558 10.6 10.9
Public 98 74,593 51,573 52,346 69.1 70.2
200 Albuquerque, NM MSA Total 846 276,631 22,825 32,404 8.3 11.7
Private 657 215,000 11,925 13,724 5.5 6.4
Public 189 61,631 10,900 18,680 17.7 30.3
240 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA Total 391 276,888 54,120 54,746 19.5 19.8
Private 350 248,089 37,104 37,104 15.0 15.0
Public 41 28,799 17,016 17,642 59.1 61.3
380 Anchorage, AK MSA Total 864 120,440 24,602 25,979 20.4 21.6
Private 640 89,284 9,945 10,142 11.1 11.4
Public 224 31,156 14,658 15,837 47.0 50.8
440 Ann Arbor, MI PMSA Total 403 279,496 63,583 67,937 22.7 24.3
Private 349 242,624 42,345 45,277 17.5 18.7
Public 54 36,872 21,238 22,660 57.6 61.5
450 Anniston, AL MSA Total 75 66,559 7,632 9,271 11.5 13.9
Private 62 55,994 6,107 6,958 10.9 12.4
Public 13 10,564 1,526 2,313 14.4 21.9
460 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA Total 146 147,168 32,395 35,711 22.0 24.3
Private 133 133,993 24,610 27,060 18.4 20.2
Public 13 13,175 7,785 8,651 59.1 65.7
480 Asheville, NC MSA Total 128 91,003 3,157 3,157 3.5 3.5
Private 110 78,746 2,459 2,459 3.1 3.1
Public 18 12,257 698 698 5.7 5.7
520 Atlanta, GA MSA Total 1,526 1,803,494 110,652 133,316 6.1 7.4
Private 1,293 1,534,565 69,495 80,649 4.5 5.3
Public 233 268,929 41,157 52,667 15.3 19.6
560 Atlantic-Cape May, NJ PMSA Total 158 112,084 27,867 32,519 24.9 29.0
Private 121 86,016 11,998 15,099 13.9 17.6
Public 37 26,068 15,869 17,420 60.9 66.8
600 Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA Total 163 165,119 8,573 8,573 5.2 5.2
Private 129 131,331 5,761 5,761 4.4 4.4
Public 34 33,788 2,812 2,812 8.3 8.3
640 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA Total 455 496,172 14,576 16,455 2.9 3.3
Private 346 379,117 3,132 3,132 0.8 0.8
Public 109 117,055 11,445 13,324 9.8 11.4
680 Bakersfield, CA MSA Total 178 225,061 44,801 44,801 19.9 19.9
Private 131 166,991 13,763 13,763 8.2 8.2
Public 47 58,069 31,037 31,037 53.4 53.4
720 Baltimore, MD PMSA Total 901 1,138,975 189,613 208,124 16.6 18.3
Private 685 861,892 82,203 89,244 9.5 10.4
Public 216 277,083 107,410 118,880 38.8 42.9
760 Balton Rouge, LA MSA Total 294 247,403 13,402 21,148 5.4 8.5
Private 226 190,416 6,758 9,434 3.5 5.0
Public 68 56,987 6,644 11,714 11.7 20.6
840 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA Total 155 166,393 17,335 22,722 10.4 13.7
Private 125 133,802 13,210 16,322 9.9 12.2
Public 30 32,590 4,125 6,399 12.7 19.6
860 Bellingham, WA MSA Total 126 150,208 31,543 34,040 21.0 22.7
Private 111 132,333 20,412 21,593 15.4 16.3
Public 15 17,875 11,131 12,446 62.3 69.6
870 Benton Harbor, MI MSA Total 57 41,646 8,875 8,875 21.3 21.3
Private 53 39,042 8,186 8,186 21.0 21.0
Public 4 2,603 690 690 26.5 26.5
875 Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA Total 855 614,091 125,344 135,808 20.4 22.1
Private 752 540,394 77,161 84,225 14.3 15.6
Public 103 73,697 48,183 51,583 65.4 70.0
960 Binghamton, NY MSA Total 152 118,300 31,420 32,232 26.6 27.2
Private 120 93,534 11,384 11,384 12.2 12.2
Public 32 24,766 20,037 20,848 80.9 84.2
1000 Birmingham, AL MSA Total 499 439,994 41,586 47,507 9.5 10.8
Private 422 372,036 25,625 29,143 6.9 7.8
Public 77 67,957 15,961 18,364 23.5 27.0
1080 Boise City, ID MSA Total 794 185,652 13,971 16,088 7.5 8.7
Private 669 157,007 6,090 7,069 3.9 4.5
Public 125 28,645 7,881 9,020 27.5 31.5
1120 Boston, MA-NH PMSA Total 2,134 1,524,777 220,784 244,746 14.5 16.1
Private 1,889 1,352,912 128,743 147,156 9.5 10.9
Public 245 171,865 92,041 97,590 53.6 56.8
1125 Boulder-Longmont, CO PMSA Total 159 117,749 9,807 13,726 8.3 11.7
Private 138 102,395 5,484 9,403 5.4 9.2
Public 21 15,354 4,323 4,323 28.2 28.2
1145 Brazoria, TX PMSA Total 63 72,179 6,123 7,176 8.5 9.9
Private 57 65,586 4,926 5,979 7.5 9.1
Public 6 6,593 1,197 1,197 18.2 18.2
1160 Bridgeport, CT PMSA Total 239 204,772 36,482 36,482 17.8 17.8
Private 216 185,816 25,043 25,043 13.5 13.5
Public 23 18,956 11,440 11,440 60.3 60.3
1200 Brockton, MA PMSA Total 170 116,877 17,923 19,922 15.3 17.0
Private 149 103,002 7,993 9,384 7.8 9.1
Public 21 13,876 9,930 10,538 71.6 75.9
1240 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX MSA Total 99 112,306 3,264 4,438 2.9 4.0
Private 83 94,708 1,106 2,280 1.2 2.4
Public 16 17,598 2,158 2,158 12.3 12.3
1280 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA Total 667 518,541 143,626 148,355 27.7 28.6
Private 538 419,398 70,332 73,465 16.8 17.5
Public 129 99,144 73,295 74,891 73.9 75.5
1305 Burlington, VT MSA Total 495 80,432 6,584 7,416 8.2 9.2
Private 433 70,519 2,954 3,241 4.2 4.6
Public 62 9,913 3,629 4,175 36.6 42.1
1320 Canton-Massillon, OH MSA Total 235 168,238 35,088 36,418 20.9 21.6
Private 210 150,456 24,650 25,334 16.4 16.8
Public 25 17,782 10,438 11,084 58.7 62.3
1360 Cedar Rapids, IA MSA Total 144 86,634 11,928 14,635 13.8 16.9
Private 130 78,702 8,668 10,727 11.0 13.6
Public 14 7,932 3,261 3,908 41.1 49.3
1440 Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA Total 274 261,427 5,564 14,179 2.1 5.4
Private 209 198,593 3,954 7,848 2.0 4.0
Public 65 62,833 1,610 6,331 2.6 10.1
1480 Charleston, WV MSA Total 337 121,412 17,959 17,959 14.8 14.8
Private 267 96,637 13,102 13,102 13.6 13.6
Public 70 24,775 4,857 4,857 19.6 19.6
1520 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA Total 885 660,463 43,475 55,440 6.6 8.4
Private 791 592,241 32,544 38,425 5.5 6.5
Public 94 68,222 10,931 17,015 16.0 24.9
1560 Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA Total 190 219,661 24,762 25,758 11.3 11.7
Private 162 185,648 16,505 16,505 8.9 8.9
Public 28 34,013 8,257 9,253 24.3 27.2
1600 Chicago, IL PMSA Total 4,889 3,519,457 640,857 690,815 18.2 19.6
Private 4,284 3,084,303 438,229 474,158 14.2 15.4
Public 605 435,154 202,627 216,657 46.6 49.8
1620 Chico-Paradise, CA MSA Total 91 111,337 20,576 23,123 18.5 20.8
Private 70 86,228 4,976 4,976 5.8 5.8
Public 21 25,109 15,600 18,147 62.1 72.3
1640 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA Total 1,006 748,533 100,095 116,072 13.4 15.5
Private 872 650,979 67,525 74,469 10.4 11.4
Public 134 97,555 32,570 41,603 33.4 42.6
1660 Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA Total 80 92,065 7,273 9,200 7.9 10.0
Private 59 67,423 5,191 6,151 7.7 9.1
Public 21 24,642 2,082 3,050 8.4 12.4
1680 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA Total 1,473 1,079,942 201,040 212,265 18.6 19.7
Private 1,285 937,051 120,414 126,871 12.9 13.5
Public 188 142,891 80,626 85,395 56.4 59.8
1720 Colorado Springs, CO MSA Total 265 199,948 15,182 16,922 7.6 8.5
Private 231 174,515 8,701 9,595 5.0 5.5
Public 34 25,432 6,481 7,327 25.5 28.8
1760 Columbia, SC MSA Total 246 229,475 8,893 13,816 3.9 6.0
Private 175 164,110 4,650 5,449 2.8 3.3
Public 71 65,365 4,242 8,367 6.5 12.8
1800 Columbus, GA-AL MSA Total 273 325,868 27,549 27,549 8.5 8.5
Private 212 257,074 9,494 9,494 3.7 3.7
Public 61 68,794 18,055 18,055 26.2 26.2
1840 Columbus, OH MSA Total 847 629,721 83,553 94,658 13.3 15.0
Private 696 520,513 47,007 53,325 9.0 10.2
Public 151 109,208 36,546 41,333 33.5 37.8
1880 Corpus Christi, TX MSA Total 117 131,084 6,799 6,799 5.2 5.2
Private 89 99,291 2,587 2,587 2.6 2.6
Public 28 31,792 4,212 4,212 13.2 13.2
1920 Dallas, TX PMSA Total 1,443 1,606,062 69,170 92,200 4.3 5.7
Private 1,302 1,449,371 36,425 51,633 2.5 3.6
Public 141 156,691 32,745 40,567 20.9 25.9
1930 Danbury, CT PMSA Total 116 101,933 16,566 16,566 16.3 16.3
Private 101 88,687 5,965 5,965 6.7 6.7
Public 15 13,246 10,601 10,601 80.0 80.0
1960 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA Total 264 176,569 35,271 40,446 20.0 22.9
Private 208 140,323 20,835 22,208 14.8 15.8
Public 56 36,246 14,436 18,239 39.8 50.3
2000 Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA Total 579 410,233 76,681 83,395