Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by CMSA, MSA & PMSA, 1990 (details in table note)
Code Metropolitan Area Sector Obs Employment Members Covered %Mem %Cov
CMSAs (sorted by CPS size code):
7 Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH Total 5,475 1,925,838 304,542 329,210 15.8 17.1
Private 4,773 1,680,864 155,471 170,313 9.2 10.1
Public 702 244,974 149,071 158,898 60.9 64.9
Priv Const 205 72,058 15,578 15,874 21.6 22.0
Priv Manuf 1,154 400,676 51,640 53,226 12.9 13.3
30 Buffalo-Niagra Falls, NY Total 907 508,074 143,664 150,941 28.3 29.7
Private 751 421,173 88,151 92,696 20.9 22.0
Public 156 86,901 55,513 58,246 63.9 67.0
Priv Const 42 24,624 6,341 6,885 25.8 28.0
Priv Manuf 186 104,738 47,338 47,871 45.2 45.7
3 Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI Total 5,436 3,676,727 780,666 847,663 21.2 23.1
Private 4,730 3,206,327 552,820 594,274 17.2 18.5
Public 706 470,399 227,846 253,389 48.4 53.9
Priv Const 229 159,746 75,883 78,453 47.5 49.1
Priv Manuf 1,109 771,527 198,522 209,729 25.7 27.2
22 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Total 1,294 750,870 133,112 151,319 17.7 20.2
Private 1,099 635,978 88,138 92,070 13.9 14.5
Public 195 114,893 44,974 59,249 39.1 51.6
Priv Const 59 34,642 7,968 9,199 23.0 26.6
Priv Manuf 266 153,399 40,954 42,635 26.7 27.8
11 Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH Total 2,087 1,165,389 231,621 251,278 19.9 21.6
Private 1,786 996,764 156,057 166,370 15.7 16.7
Public 301 168,625 75,564 84,908 44.8 50.4
Priv Const 86 48,991 17,748 17,748 36.2 36.2
Priv Manuf 483 269,971 71,985 75,655 26.7 28.0
10 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Total 2,203 1,902,125 134,613 158,750 7.1 8.3
Private 1,926 1,664,907 83,861 99,028 5.0 5.9
Public 277 237,218 50,752 59,722 21.4 25.2
Priv Const 107 92,961 2,136 2,136 2.3 2.3
Priv Manuf 429 368,932 31,776 41,315 8.6 11.2
21 Denver-Boulder, CO Total 1,276 897,614 97,864 111,489 10.9 12.4
Private 1,041 730,814 57,176 64,126 7.8 8.8
Public 235 166,800 40,688 47,363 24.4 28.4
Priv Const 47 34,105 2,935 2,935 8.6 8.6
Priv Manuf 179 125,618 12,064 12,064 9.6 9.6
6 Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI Total 3,955 1,979,620 532,016 568,476 26.9 28.7
Private 3,379 1,697,120 366,842 392,313 21.6 23.1
Public 576 282,499 165,174 176,163 58.5 62.4
Priv Const 131 65,827 21,179 22,662 32.2 34.4
Priv Manuf 1,014 517,245 197,245 204,633 38.1 39.6
36 Hartford-New Britain-Middletown, CT Total 615 518,807 88,028 95,308 17.0 18.4
Private 553 465,131 54,256 60,698 11.7 13.0
Public 62 53,677 33,773 34,610 62.9 64.5
Priv Const 24 20,848 3,514 4,433 16.9 21.3
Priv Manuf 152 127,239 26,733 27,399 21.0 21.5
8 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Total 1,858 1,655,487 97,823 126,252 5.9 7.6
Private 1,632 1,453,150 67,463 86,221 4.6 5.9
Public 226 202,337 30,361 40,030 15.0 19.8
Priv Const 158 142,887 8,517 11,015 6.0 7.7
Priv Manuf 277 248,209 23,407 24,017 9.4 9.7
2 Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA Total 8,491 6,085,722 1,068,809 1,257,601 17.6 20.7
Private 7,316 5,235,469 670,077 762,032 12.8 14.6
Public 1,175 850,253 398,732 495,569 46.9 58.3
Priv Const 468 355,937 87,281 93,604 24.5 26.3
Priv Manuf 1,815 1,299,695 192,226 220,992 14.8 17.0
12 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Total 2,027 1,272,848 131,557 162,370 10.3 12.8
Private 1,732 1,089,919 49,878 60,397 4.6 5.5
Public 295 182,928 81,679 101,973 44.7 55.7
Priv Const 101 65,306 8,312 9,047 12.7 13.9
Priv Manuf 253 163,012 5,717 8,038 3.5 4.9
24 Milwaukee-Racine, WI Total 1,078 829,257 208,390 218,341 25.1 26.3
Private 933 718,176 138,679 146,441 19.3 20.4
Public 145 111,081 69,711 71,900 62.8 64.7
Priv Const 43 33,388 16,195 16,817 48.5 50.4
Priv Manuf 256 200,037 67,932 69,228 34.0 34.6
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Total 14,207 7,475,826 1,984,876 2,168,844 26.6 29.0
Private 11,789 6,203,626 1,115,828 1,243,599 18.0 20.0
Public 2,418 1,272,201 869,048 925,245 68.3 72.7
Priv Const 622 334,196 124,621 132,258 37.3 39.6
Priv Manuf 2,343 1,205,193 271,109 293,418 22.5 24.3
4 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD Total 5,546 2,569,032 555,899 633,396 21.6 24.7
Private 4,714 2,178,537 336,916 391,103 15.5 18.0
Public 832 390,495 218,983 242,293 56.1 62.0
Priv Const 289 134,267 49,298 51,285 36.7 38.2
Priv Manuf 1,050 467,286 114,613 128,578 24.5 27.5
13 Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA Total 1,460 902,895 204,768 219,187 22.7 24.3
Private 1,298 802,514 144,433 154,549 18.0 19.3
Public 162 100,381 60,336 64,638 60.1 64.4
Priv Const 94 58,386 16,355 18,385 28.0 31.5
Priv Manuf 251 154,674 59,004 60,841 38.1 39.3
26 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA Total 1,007 662,303 131,346 147,290 19.8 22.2
Private 873 575,614 85,060 93,318 14.8 16.2
Public 134 86,688 46,286 53,972 53.4 62.3
Priv Const 47 32,191 10,864 11,385 33.7 35.4
Priv Manuf 218 148,478 37,247 39,868 25.1 26.9
34 Providence-Pawtucket-Fall River, RI-MA Total 1,987 523,039 97,085 103,651 18.6 19.8
Private 1,703 448,654 47,882 52,973 10.7 11.8
Public 284 74,385 49,203 50,678 66.1 68.1
Priv Const 97 26,373 4,800 6,074 18.2 23.0
Priv Manuf 483 124,800 18,216 19,103 14.6 15.3
14 St. Louis, MO-IL Total 981 1,028,040 191,335 213,293 18.6 20.7
Private 837 894,517 163,361 176,211 18.3 19.7
Public 144 133,522 27,974 37,082 21.0 27.8
Priv Const 41 43,155 25,440 25,440 59.0 59.0
Priv Manuf 216 226,736 67,482 71,218 29.8 31.4
5 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Total 2,806 2,663,214 519,244 570,826 19.5 21.4
Private 2,407 2,286,262 334,791 364,493 14.6 15.9
Public 399 376,952 184,454 206,332 48.9 54.7
Priv Const 160 155,502 46,537 48,610 29.9 31.3
Priv Manuf 567 534,068 70,910 79,987 13.3 15.0
18 Seattle-Tacoma, WA Total 1,301 1,173,193 254,127 296,238 21.7 25.3
Private 1,129 1,019,384 174,122 199,377 17.1 19.6
Public 172 153,809 80,005 96,861 52.0 63.0
Priv Const 62 58,094 14,171 14,171 24.4 24.4
Priv Manuf 245 220,411 68,042 78,108 30.9 35.4
9 Washington, DC-MD-VA Total 3,466 1,987,117 241,628 297,945 12.2 15.0
Private 2,339 1,364,258 117,702 131,650 8.6 9.6
Public 1,127 622,859 123,926 166,295 19.9 26.7
Priv Const 170 132,814 16,500 17,773 12.4 13.4
Priv Manuf 170 117,212 5,520 6,439 4.7 5.5
MSAs and PMSAs (sorted by FIPS code):
80 Akron, OH, PMSA Total 482 266,174 46,758 50,248 17.6 18.9
Private 411 227,562 33,966 35,635 14.9 15.7
Public 71 38,612 12,792 14,613 33.1 37.8
160 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY  MSA Total 702 403,276 123,933 134,293 30.7 33.3
Private 502 289,423 43,245 49,591 14.9 17.1
Public 200 113,853 80,688 84,703 70.9 74.4
200 Albuquerque, NM MSA Total 784 219,155 21,016 26,145 9.6 11.9
Private 616 173,363 14,680 15,391 8.5 8.9
Public 168 45,792 6,337 10,753 13.8 23.5
240 Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ  MSA Total 432 267,631 50,903 55,197 19.0 20.6
Private 388 241,020 36,669 39,217 15.2 16.3
Public 44 26,612 14,234 15,980 53.5 60.0
280 Altoona, PA  MSA Total 127 78,433 18,870 18,870 24.1 24.1
Private 107 66,346 12,310 12,310 18.6 18.6
Public 20 12,087 6,560 6,560 54.3 54.3
360 Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA  PMSA Total 1,166 1,147,596 142,355 182,117 12.4 15.9
Private 1,030 1,013,581 94,155 105,983 9.3 10.5
Public 136 134,014 48,200 76,133 36.0 56.8
380 Anchorage, AK  MSA Total 1,424 107,312 21,904 23,428 20.4 21.8
Private 1,058 79,252 8,386 8,871 10.6 11.2
Public 366 28,060 13,518 14,557 48.2 51.9
400 Anderson, IN  MSA Total 109 102,399 32,833 34,082 32.1 33.3
Private 97 89,991 29,118 29,118 32.4 32.4
Public 12 12,408 3,715 4,965 29.9 40.0
405 Anderson, SC  MSA Total 172 92,723 6,159 7,215 6.6 7.8
Private 150 81,343 3,584 4,640 4.4 5.7
Public 22 11,381 2,575 2,575 22.6 22.6
440 Ann Arbor, MI  PMSA Total 197 97,199 20,750 21,222 21.3 21.8
Private 139 69,070 10,536 11,007 15.3 15.9
Public 58 28,129 10,215 10,215 36.3 36.3
460 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenaht, WI  MSA Total 192 145,578 33,300 36,207 22.9 24.9
Private 170 128,428 23,600 25,708 18.4 20.0
Public 22 17,150 9,700 10,499 56.6 61.2
480 Asheville, NC  MSA Total 211 73,217 3,635 4,697 5.0 6.4
Private 174 60,280 1,727 1,727 2.9 2.9
Public 37 12,938 1,908 2,970 14.7 23.0
520 Atlanta, GA  MSA Total 1,047 1,420,415 114,987 139,441 8.1 9.8
Private 883 1,203,244 77,341 92,935 6.4 7.7
Public 164 217,171 37,647 46,507 17.3 21.4
600 Augusta, GA-SC  MSA Total 200 171,312 15,719 18,942 9.2 11.1
Private 153 123,508 13,396 13,396 10.8 10.8
Public 47 47,804 2,323 5,546 4.9 11.6
620 Aurora-Elgin, IL  PMSA Total 254 162,314 24,779 27,182 15.3 16.7
Private 215 137,963 17,156 18,987 12.4 13.8
Public 39 24,351 7,624 8,195 31.3 33.7
640 Austin, TX  MSA Total 497 467,726 24,504 30,372 5.2 6.5
Private 359 335,581 9,127 10,837 2.7 3.2
Public 138 132,145 15,377 19,535 11.6 14.8
680 Bakersfield, CA  MSA Total 242 228,260 44,425 45,433 19.5 19.9
Private 197 186,768 21,216 21,216 11.4 11.4
Public 45 41,492 23,209 24,218 55.9 58.4
720 Baltimore, MD  MSA Total 979 1,084,921 148,277 169,824 13.7 15.7
Private 752 834,652 77,126 85,333 9.2 10.2
Public 227 250,269 71,151 84,490 28.4 33.8
760 Baton Rouge, LA  MSA Total 223 209,288 13,077 13,077 6.2 6.2
Private 161 153,172 8,411 8,411 5.5 5.5
Public 62 56,116 4,666 4,666 8.3 8.3
780 Battle Creek, MI  MSA Total 125 59,644 17,790 19,270 29.8 32.3
Private 104 49,743 13,164 13,635 26.5 27.4
Public 21 9,900 4,626 5,635 46.7 56.9
840 Beaumont-Port Arthur, FL  MSA Total 201 164,270 19,149 24,580 11.7 15.0
Private 168 138,987 18,390 21,936 13.2 15.8
Public 33 25,284 759 2,643 3.0 10.5
845 Beaver County, PA  PMSA Total 90 54,673 13,234 13,880 24.2 25.4
Private 81 49,134 10,221 10,867 20.8 22.1
Public 9 5,540 3,013 3,013 54.4 54.4
860 Bellingham, WA  MSA Total 148 130,060 31,001 33,898 23.8 26.1
Private 121 104,993 19,035 21,932 18.1 20.9
Public 27 25,067 11,966 11,966 47.7 47.7
870 Benton Harbor, MI  MSA Total 101 47,572 11,616 11,616 24.4 24.4
Private 85 39,785 7,781 7,781 19.6 19.6
Public 16 7,787 3,835 3,835 49.2 49.2
875 Bergen-Passaic, NJ  PMSA Total 1,402 607,270 124,897 132,818 20.6 21.9
Private 1,222 531,254 83,432 88,162 15.7 16.6
Public 180 76,016 41,465 44,656 54.5 58.7
920 Biloxi-Gulfport, MS  MSA Total 166 66,033 4,082 5,212 6.2 7.9
Private 127 50,509 3,033 3,443 6.0 6.8
Public 39 15,524 1,049 1,769 6.8 11.4
960 Binghamton, NY  MSA Total 199 111,911 22,869 23,353 20.4 20.9
Private 164 92,758 8,949 8,949 9.6 9.6
Public 35 19,153 13,920 14,404 72.7 75.2
1000 Birmingham, AL  MSA Total 476 360,089 42,235 46,508 11.7 12.9
Private 395 298,202 30,922 32,860 10.4 11.0
Public 81 61,887 11,313 13,648 18.3 22.1
1040 Bloomington-Normal, IL  MSA Total 145 89,077 17,568 18,176 19.7 20.4
Private 134 82,558 15,882 15,882 19.2 19.2
Public 11 6,519 1,686 2,294 25.9 35.2
1080 Boise City, ID  MSA Total 554 98,577 5,672 7,160 5.8 7.3
Private 451 80,362 2,726 2,905 3.4 3.6
Public 103 18,216 2,946 4,255 16.2 23.4
1120 Boston, MA  PMSR Total 3,629 1,293,241 204,913 221,029 15.8 17.1
Private 3,164 1,129,200 104,537 114,524 9.3 10.1
Public 465 164,041 100,376 106,505 61.2 64.9
1125 Boulder-Longmont, CO  PMSA Total 176 124,069 7,648 9,841 6.2 7.9
Private 137 96,620 3,410 4,904 3.5 5.1
Public 39 27,449 4,238 4,937 15.4 18.0
1140 Bradenton, FL  MSA Total 137 90,317 5,392 7,788 6.0 8.6
Private 115 74,903 3,478 4,588 4.6 6.1
Public 22 15,414 1,914 3,200 12.4 20.8
1145 Brazoria, TX  PMSA Total 77 69,585 5,397 6,999 7.8 10.1
Private 69 63,033 4,576 5,399 7.3 8.6
Public 8 6,552 821 1,600 12.5 24.4
1160 Bridgeport-Milford, CT  PMSA Total 288 256,197 40,840 44,643 15.9 17.4
Private 253 223,021 23,649 24,251 10.6 10.9
Public 35 33,175 17,191 20,392 51.8 61.5
1200 Brockton, MA  PMSA Total 221 83,916 17,843 19,603 21.3 23.4
Private 185 71,323 10,560 11,663 14.8 16.4
Public 36 12,592 7,283 7,940 57.8 63.1
1240 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX  MSA Total 138 84,419 4,275 4,742 5.1 5.6
Private 102 62,895 0 0 0.0 0.0
Public 36 21,524 4,275 4,742 19.9 22.0
1280 Buffalo, NY  PMSA Total 733 411,469 111,519 118,228 27.1 28.7
Private 613 344,496 66,780 71,325 19.4 20.7
Public 120 66,973 44,739 46,903 66.8 70.0
1305 Burlington, VT  MSA Total 427 67,457 8,172 9,548 12.1 14.2
Private 360 56,898 3,468 4,170 6.1 7.3
Public 67 10,559 4,704 5,377 44.5 50.9
1320 Canton, OH  MSA Total 257 140,515 39,082 41,378 27.8 29.4
Private 219 120,216 30,411 31,012 25.3 25.8
Public 38 20,298 8,671 10,367 42.7 51.1
1360 Cedar Rapids, IA  MSA Total 156 77,788 12,588 19,919