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New Jersey Ranks Sixth in the Nation in Union Members as a Share of Private Employment, 2004
Source: Barry T. Hirsch and David A. Macpheson

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             
1 Hawaii 16.2%
26 Maine 5.9%
2 Michigan 15.9%   27 Alabama 5.7%
3 New York 15.1%   28 Montana 5.5%
4 Washington 13.2%   29 Wyoming 5.3%
5 Illinois 12.1%   30 Colorado 5.2%
6 NEW JERSEY 11.6%   31 Nebraska 5.0%
7 Minnesota 11.1%   32 Tennessee 4.9%
8 Alaska 10.9%   33 New Hampshire 4.8%
9 Missouri 10.9%   34 Louisiana 4.8%
10 Ohio 10.5%   35 Georgia 4.3%
11 West Virginia 10.5%   36 Vermont 4.2%
12 Wisconsin 10.4%   37 North Dakota 4.1%
13 Nevada 10.0%   38 Mississippi 4.0%
14 Pennsylvania 9.7%   39 Arizona 3.9%
15 California 9.4%   40 Idaho 3.7%
16 Indiana 9.0%   41 Oklahoma 3.5%
17 Rhode Island 8.8%   42 New Mexico 3.4%
18 Oregon 8.1%   43 Virginia 3.4%
19 Massachusetts 7.7%   44 Arkansas 3.2%
20 Delaware 7.7%   45 Utah 2.9%
21 Kentucky 7.5%   46 South Dakota 2.9%
22 Connecticut 7.3%   47 Florida 2.8%
23 Iowa 7.2%   48 Texas 2.7%
24
Kansas 6.1%   49 South Carolina 2.6%
25 Maryland 6.0%   50 North Carolina 1.6%
             
          50 State Average
7.1%
          N.J. % Above Average 63.4%

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