Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by CMSA, MSA & PMSA, 2000 (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 4,028 2,554,952 332,751 364,501 13.0 14.3
Private 3,499 2,228,628 162,038 179,704 7.3 8.1
Public 529 326,324 170,713 184,797 52.3 56.6
Priv Const 176 112,799 25,201 25,894 22.3 23.0
Priv Manuf 613 369,248 28,078 30,530 7.6 8.3
14 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Total 5,498 4,096,332 750,732 791,631 18.3 19.3
Private 4,807 3,583,557 493,236 523,575 13.8 14.6
Public 691 512,775 257,496 268,056 50.2 52.3
Priv Const 282 213,517 97,706 100,395 45.8 47.0
Priv Manuf 914 679,569 112,542 116,271 16.6 17.1
21 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Total 1,174 887,183 107,023 125,981 12.1 14.2
Private 1,011 765,857 64,939 73,965 8.5 9.7
Public 163 121,326 42,084 52,016 34.7 42.9
Priv Const 52 38,383 4,399 4,399 11.5 11.5
Priv Manuf 228 169,892 30,959 32,440 18.2 19.1
28 Cleveland-Akron, OH Total 1,911 1,419,751 223,755 237,928 15.8 16.8
Private 1,676 1,239,745 125,326 135,207 10.1 10.9
Public 235 180,005 98,429 102,721 54.7 57.1
Priv Const 84 64,203 22,089 22,089 34.4 34.4
Priv Manuf 343 250,853 41,852 44,340 16.7 17.7
31 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Total 2,326 2,668,962 134,526 170,025 5.0 6.4
Private 2,073 2,379,334 81,813 104,086 3.4 4.4
Public 253 289,629 52,714 65,939 18.2 22.8
Priv Const 154 172,808 8,948 12,278 5.2 7.1
Priv Manuf 370 420,032 14,836 18,972 3.5 4.5
34 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Total 1,540 1,231,178 109,815 119,725 8.9 9.7
Private 1,320 1,057,435 61,800 65,933 5.8 6.2
Public 220 173,743 48,016 53,792 27.6 31.0
Priv Const 96 77,877 8,027 8,027 10.3 10.3
Priv Manuf 197 154,270 10,287 11,742 6.7 7.6
35 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Total 3,593 2,629,441 571,518 603,828 21.7 23.0
Private 3,149 2,307,171 385,991 409,671 16.7 17.8
Public 444 322,270 185,527 194,157 57.6 60.2
Priv Const 162 120,651 44,689 45,598 37.0 37.8
Priv Manuf 837 608,456 187,959 195,339 30.9 32.1
42 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Total 1,834 2,002,438 122,689 157,731 6.1 7.9
Private 1,607 1,755,865 70,839 91,555 4.0 5.2
Public 227 246,574 51,850 66,176 21.0 26.8
Priv Const 153 163,199 9,376 9,376 5.7 5.7
Priv Manuf 236 255,593 16,598 21,274 6.5 8.3
49 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA Total 7,156 6,621,102 988,951 1,106,176 14.9 16.7
Private 6,169 5,683,521 504,694 566,261 8.9 10.0
Public 987 937,581 484,257 539,915 51.6 57.6
Priv Const 358 334,521 61,972 66,668 18.5 19.9
Priv Manuf 1,272 1,169,883 79,404 96,415 6.8 8.2
56 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Total 1,871 1,635,883 142,987 172,804 8.7 10.6
Private 1,638 1,430,052 61,245 73,539 4.3 5.1
Public 233 205,831 81,742 99,265 39.7 48.2
Priv Const 115 99,422 8,007 8,872 8.1 8.9
Priv Manuf 168 147,021 3,293 4,986 2.2 3.4
63 Milwaukee-Racine, WI Total 867 909,027 188,267 195,270 20.7 21.5
Private 757 794,414 110,156 114,922 13.9 14.5
Public 110 114,613 78,111 80,348 68.2 70.1
Priv Const 36 37,043 23,026 23,926 62.2 64.6
Priv Manuf 204 213,016 45,152 46,103 21.2 21.6
70 New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Total 11,180 8,756,570 2,042,750 2,132,322 23.3 24.4
Private 9,398 7,378,953 1,076,941 1,138,752 14.6 15.4
Public 1,782 1,377,617 965,809 993,570 70.1 72.1
Priv Const 498 390,977 134,787 136,432 34.5 34.9
Priv Manuf 1,245 974,587 160,000 166,011 16.4 17.0
77 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Total 4,516 2,703,915 471,079 503,384 17.4 18.6
Private 3,930 2,349,012 275,577 294,513 11.7 12.5
Public 586 354,903 195,501 208,870 55.1 58.9
Priv Const 218 125,633 28,506 29,277 22.7 23.3
Priv Manuf 602 345,355 63,045 66,836 18.3 19.4
79 Portland-Salem, OR-WA Total 1,331 1,072,600 172,772 182,209 16.1 17.0
Private 1,148 929,495 89,387 95,605 9.6 10.3
Public 183 143,105 83,385 86,605 58.3 60.5
Priv Const 72 59,990 12,951 12,951 21.6 21.6
Priv Manuf 220 175,276 19,897 20,626 11.4 11.8
82 Sacramento-Yolo, CA Total 601 774,726 173,282 192,062 22.4 24.8
Private 461 595,876 69,199 74,280 11.6 12.5
Public 140 178,850 104,083 117,782 58.2 65.9
Priv Const 44 56,908 14,214 15,444 25.0 27.1
Priv Manuf 38 51,104 8,320 8,320 16.3 16.3
84 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Total 2,569 3,359,340 552,654 591,171 16.5 17.6
Private 2,231 2,918,246 315,920 336,360 10.8 11.5
Public 338 441,094 236,734 254,810 53.7 57.8
Priv Const 119 155,118 53,839 53,839 34.7 34.7
Priv Manuf 413 540,191 25,633 25,633 4.7 4.7
91 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Total 1,333 1,641,454 310,038 342,152 18.9 20.8
Private 1,111 1,372,495 184,036 201,411 13.4 14.7
Public 222 268,959 126,003 140,741 46.8 52.3
Priv Const 83 103,209 27,969 29,019 27.1 28.1
Priv Manuf 179 216,972 53,150 58,073 24.5 26.8
97 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Total 4,271 3,532,981 415,168 494,919 11.8 14.0
Private 3,189 2,691,735 170,915 204,084 6.3 7.6
Public 1,082 841,246 244,253 290,835 29.0 34.6
Priv Const 204 199,044 16,049 18,435 8.1 9.3
Priv Manuf 230 235,415 34,219 37,026 14.5 15.7
MSAs and PMSAs (sorted by FIPS code):
80 Akron, OH PMSA Total 443 314,870 48,567 52,942 15.4 16.8
Private 371 263,557 22,369 25,274 8.5 9.6
Public 72 51,314 26,199 27,668 51.1 53.9
160 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA Total 416 323,331 89,684 92,702 27.7 28.7
Private 290 227,732 25,503 25,503 11.2 11.2
Public 126 95,599 64,181 67,199 67.1 70.3
200 Albuquerque, NM MSA Total 915 304,806 29,569 36,797 9.7 12.1
Private 707 236,897 15,308 16,044 6.5 6.8
Public 208 67,909 14,262 20,754 21.0 30.6
240 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA Total 397 275,061 37,759 39,327 13.7 14.3
Private 365 253,555 24,551 25,461 9.7 10.0
Public 32 21,506 13,208 13,867 61.4 64.5
380 Anchorage, AK MSA Total 896 117,314 25,409 27,231 21.7 23.2
Private 683 90,083 10,740 11,524 11.9 12.8
Public 213 27,232 14,669 15,707 53.9 57.7
440 Ann Arbor, MI PMSA Total 428 307,953 63,450 68,962 20.6 22.4
Private 344 249,186 37,602 41,546 15.1 16.7
Public 84 58,767 25,849 27,415 44.0 46.7
450 Anniston, AL MSA Total 124 98,120 6,010 6,682 6.1 6.8
Private 106 84,261 1,293 1,293 1.5 1.5
Public 18 13,860 4,718 5,389 34.0 38.9
460 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA Total 150 150,289 20,162 25,043 13.4 16.7
Private 142 142,789 14,784 19,665 10.4 13.8
Public 8 7,500 5,379 5,379 71.7 71.7
480 Asheville, NC MSA Total 139 105,618 2,925 2,925 2.8 2.8
Private 118 90,337 755 755 0.8 0.8
Public 21 15,281 2,170 2,170 14.2 14.2
520 Atlanta, GA MSA Total 1,563 2,121,977 124,288 142,979 5.9 6.7
Private 1,381 1,883,259 83,197 93,105 4.4 4.9
Public 182 238,718 41,091 49,874 17.2 20.9
560 Atlantic-Cape May, NJ PMSA Total 208 149,398 39,509 42,338 26.4 28.3
Private 171 123,159 24,866 25,475 20.2 20.7
Public 37 26,239 14,642 16,863 55.8 64.3
600 Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA Total 179 210,257 2,655 5,182 1.3 2.5
Private 140 165,247 684 2,157 0.4 1.3
Public 39 45,009 1,971 3,025 4.4 6.7
640 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA Total 480 522,468 15,840 16,944 3.0 3.2
Private 386 422,440 5,639 5,639 1.3 1.3
Public 94 100,028 10,202 11,305 10.2 11.3
680 Bakersfield, CA MSA Total 209 273,253 39,186 47,747 14.3 17.5
Private 168 220,175 21,530 24,155 9.8 11.0
Public 41 53,078 17,656 23,593 33.3 44.4
720 Baltimore, MD PMSA Total 904 1,152,827 177,382 198,692 15.4 17.2
Private 713 904,062 86,797 94,346 9.6 10.4
Public 191 248,765 90,584 104,346 36.4 41.9
760 Balton Rouge, LA MSA Total 210 184,917 14,712 18,226 8.0 9.9
Private 159 140,339 8,097 8,907 5.8 6.3
Public 51 44,578 6,615 9,319 14.8 20.9
840 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA Total 157 169,969 20,007 24,459 11.8 14.4
Private 129 141,597 14,014 16,573 9.9 11.7
Public 28 28,372 5,993 7,886 21.1 27.8
860 Bellingham, WA MSA Total 122 153,632 35,453 37,937 23.1 24.7
Private 96 120,793 13,751 13,751 11.4 11.4
Public 26 32,839 21,702 24,186 66.1 73.7
870 Benton Harbor, MI MSA Total 39 29,764 4,218 4,218 14.2 14.2
Private 37 28,376 4,218 4,218 14.9 14.9
Public 2 1,388 0 0 0.0 0.0
875 Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA Total 796 578,038 117,847 122,378 20.4 21.2
Private 691 501,918 71,388 75,131 14.2 15.0
Public 105 76,119 46,458 47,247 61.0 62.1
960 Binghamton, NY MSA Total 142 112,692 23,038 23,900 20.4 21.2
Private 113 90,590 3,916 4,778 4.3 5.3
Public 29 22,102 19,122 19,122 86.5 86.5
1000 Birmingham, AL MSA Total 559 477,854 34,131 38,629 7.1 8.1
Private 498 424,701 24,132 27,433 5.7 6.5
Public 61 53,153 9,999 11,197 18.8 21.1
1080 Boise City, ID MSA Total 832 205,152 13,827 16,213 6.7 7.9
Private 731 180,740 8,659 9,592 4.8 5.3
Public 101 24,412 5,169 6,621 21.2 27.1
1120 Boston, MA-NH PMSA Total 2,117 1,543,749 211,236 231,265 13.7 15.0
Private 1,852 1,355,895 99,540 114,095 7.3 8.4
Public 265 187,854 111,696 117,170 59.5 62.4
1125 Boulder-Longmont, CO PMSA Total 178 144,873 10,405 11,470 7.2 7.9
Private 150 123,141 3,681 4,746 3.0 3.9
Public 28 21,732 6,724 6,724 30.9 30.9
1145 Brazoria, TX PMSA Total 98 104,458 7,251 9,370 6.9 9.0
Private 89 94,289 4,936 4,936 5.2 5.2
Public 9 10,170 2,315 4,434 22.8 43.6
1160 Bridgeport, CT PMSA Total 235 198,689 31,585 32,478 15.9 16.3
Private 210 179,667 18,503 19,396 10.3 10.8
Public 25 19,023 13,082 13,082 68.8 68.8
1200 Brockton, MA PMSA Total 187 133,127 19,146 19,717 14.4 14.8
Private 166 119,233 11,524 12,095 9.7 10.1
Public 21 13,895 7,622 7,622 54.9 54.9
1240 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX MSA Total 103 109,598 4,939 8,083 4.5 7.4
Private 68 73,544 0 2,099 0.0 2.9
Public 35 36,054 4,939 5,983 13.7 16.6
1280 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA Total 631 497,834 154,772 160,569 31.1 32.3
Private 510 402,362 84,988 89,329 21.1 22.2
Public 121 95,471 69,784 71,240 73.1 74.6
1305 Burlington, VT MSA Total 485 84,519 8,691 10,809 10.3 12.8
Private 408 71,644 2,848 3,940 4.0 5.5
Public 77 12,875 5,843 6,869 45.4 53.4
1320 Canton-Massillon, OH MSA Total 247 173,869 28,832 30,340 16.6 17.5
Private 225 158,633 21,888 22,701 13.8 14.3
Public 22 15,236 6,944 7,639 45.6 50.1
1360 Cedar Rapids, IA MSA Total 149 91,469 10,717 11,320 11.7 12.4
Private 132 81,423 7,818 7,818 9.6 9.6
Public 17 10,046 2,899 3,501 28.9 34.9
1440 Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA Total 263 267,978 12,566 14,496 4.7 5.4
Private 203 209,415 6,460 7,412 3.1 3.5
Public 60 58,563 6,106 7,083 10.4 12.1
1480 Charleston, WV MSA Total 309 114,862 10,882 11,932 9.5 10.4
Private 241 89,475 6,774 7,454 7.6 8.3
Public 68 25,387 4,108 4,478 16.2 17.6
1520 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA Total 812 661,220 33,958 41,865 5.1 6.3
Private 718 586,323 23,730 30,225 4.0 5.2
Public 94 74,897 10,228 11,640 13.7 15.5
1560 Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA Total 183 215,474 12,798 21,607 5.9 10.0
Private 158 184,238 9,350 11,374 5.1 6.2
Public 25 31,236 3,448 10,233 11.0 32.8
1600 Chicago, IL PMSA Total 5,278 3,837,195 689,341 726,206 18.0 18.9
Private 4,611 3,351,404 448,170 474,475 13.4 14.2
Public 667 485,790 241,171 251,731 49.6 51.8
1620 Chico-Paradise, CA MSA Total 150 189,579 15,402 16,648 8.1 8.8
Private 120 152,842 5,676 5,676 3.7 3.7
Public 30 36,737 9,726 10,972 26.5 29.9
1640 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA Total 1,006 762,122 83,765 98,962 11.0 13.0
Private 880 667,695 53,413 60,209 8.0 9.0
Public 126 94,427 30,352 38,753 32.1 41.0
1660 Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA Total 80 94,015 9,414 9,414 10.0 10.0
Private 59 70,062 3,581 3,581 5.1 5.1
Public 21 23,953 5,833 5,833 24.4 24.4
1680 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA Total 1,468 1,104,880 175,188 184,987 15.9 16.7
Private 1,305 976,189 102,957 109,933 10.5 11.3
Public 163 128,692 72,231 75,053 56.1 58.3
1720 Colorado Springs, CO MSA Total 300 241,554 10,013 12,487 4.1 5.2
Private 247 201,036 3,113 3,113 1.5 1.5
Public 53 40,518 6,900 9,374 17.0 23.1
1760 Columbia, SC MSA Total 257 255,842 13,743 19,979 5.4 7.8
Private 193 190,989 7,702 10,280 4.0 5.4
Public 64 64,853 6,041 9,699 9.3 15.0
1800 Columbus, GA-AL MSA Total 236 312,366 7,514 12,251 2.4 3.9
Private 202 268,493 3,905 3,905 1.5 1.5
Public 34 43,873 3,609 8,346 8.2 19.0
1840 Columbus, OH MSA Total 1,037 779,333 106,009 112,009 13.6 14.4
Private 879 663,498 47,573 50,734 7.2 7.6
Public 158 115,835 58,436 61,275 50.4 52.9
1880 Corpus Christi, TX MSA Total 130 137,200 5,895 9,413 4.3 6.9
Private 108 115,098 3,034 5,863 2.6 5.1
Public 22 22,101 2,861 3,550 12.9 16.1
1920 Dallas, TX PMSA Total 1,616 1,877,469 71,131 102,415 3.8 5.5
Private 1,453 1,686,375 43,863 63,944 2.6 3.8
Public 163 191,094 27,268 38,471 14.3 20.1
1930 Danbury, CT PMSA Total 112 96,251 16,808 18,444 17.5 19.2
Private 97 83,252 5,554 6,399 6.7 7.7
Public 15 12,999 11,253 12,045 86.6 92.7
1960 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA Total 242 158,283 18,083 20,646 11.4 13.0
Private 203 133,064 10,501 11,644 7.9 8.8
Public 39 25,219 7,581 9,002 30.1 35.7
2000 Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA Total 630 446,993 67,919 76,384 15.2 17.1
Private 543 388,997 45,120 48,374 11.6 12.4
Public 87 57,996 22,799 28,009 39.3 48.3
2020 Daytona Beach, FL MSA Total 144 119,214 6,498 9,856 5.5 8.3
Private 123 101,992 1,553 1,553 1.5 1.5
Public 21 17,222 4,946 8,303 28.7 48.2
2030 Decatur, AL MSA Total 148 123,741 14,735 15,557 11.9 12.6
Private 125 105,404 7,117 7,938 6.8 7.5
Public 23 18,337 7,618 7,618 41.5 41.5
2040 Decatur, IL MSA Total 168 227,145 67,149 67,149 29.6 29.6
Private 134 181,972 48,269 48,269 26.5 26.5
Public 34 45,173 18,880 18,880 41.8 41.8
2080 Denver, CO PMSA Total 1,232 986,809 95,131 102,473 9.6 10.4
Private 1,062 851,404 56,048