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Geographic distribution of collective-bargaining elections

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Division and State	Number of elections	Number of elections	Number of elections	Number of elections	Number of elections	Employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast for—	Valid votes cast for—	Valid votes cast for—	Valid votes cast for—	Employees in units choosing representation
Division and State	Total	In which representation rights were won by — A.F.L. affiliates	In which representation rights were won by — C.I.O. affiliates	In which representation rights were won by — Unaffiliated unions	In which no representative was chosen	Employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	A.F.L. affiliates	C.I.O. affiliates	Unaffiliated unions	No union	Employees in units choosing representation
Total	4,215	1,721	804	324	1,366	515,995	453,442	138,636	123,320	73,437	118,049	378,962
New England	325	104	104	24	93	40,968	37,098	9,471	12,571	3,973	11,143	29,090
Maine	13	3	1	2	7	1,378	1,232	158	263	176	630	397
New Hampshire	17	6	6	1	4	2,803	2,491	422	802	113	911	1,565
Vermont	8	6	0	0	2	530	307	276
Massachusetts	154	50	53	8	43	18,365	16,562	4,500	5,341	1,910	4,711	9,810
Rhode Island	32	11	13	5	3	1,841	1,681	240	1,196	232	235	1,250
Connecticut	101	28	31	8	34	12,145	11,066	3,875	4,909	1,442	4,656	8,068
Middle Atlantic	823	390	165	97	169	143,764	121,747	33,150	36,452	16,553	34,453	105,995
New York	355	168	81	42	94	53,599	45,353	22,128	18,250	7,283	18,815	36,442
New Jersey	235	94	49	24	43	39,512	32,964	6,371	8,891	4,975	7,952	25,012
Pennsylvania	233	78	56	23	32	50,653	43,430	6,151	9,311	4,295	7,686	44,541
East North Central	1,018	362	233	70	353	121,696	99,239	30,323	34,273	19,432	25,370	92,233
Ohio	291	95	72	17	95	32,975	30,191	6,712	13,015	1,608	5,748	27,322
Indiana	121	53	32	6	30	17,840	15,193	4,872	5,135	2,062	3,123	13,322
Illinois	285	101	51	26	87	47,615	41,250	14,236	13,257	11,108	7,649	31,872
Michigan	230	64	47	16	103	18,943	16,651	4,706	5,165	1,478	5,310	11,221
Wisconsin	91	32	27	3	28	6,727	5,985	2,898	1,759	1,712	1,152	4,802
West North Central	290	91	57	27	121	31,191	27,134	11,138	5,491	2,234	7,256	19,034
Iowa	45	19	8	3	15	3,959	3,594	1,281	1,129	142	1,043	2,556
Minnesota	134	30	28	14	62	14,572	12,889	3,124	1,051	1,140	4,338	7,361
Missouri	169	30	14	8	33	7,159	6,180	1,815	2,239	252	1,652	4,856
North Dakota	4	0	0	0	4			0	0	0		0
South Dakota	16	3	7	5	1	1,461	1,346	192	528	219	386	1,038
Nebraska	21	4	11	3	3	1,759	1,560	661	749	7	138	1,406
Kansas	21	5	4	0	12	4,541	4,453	3,031	591	0	832	1,840

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Source page 188 of NLRB FY1955 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1955, p. 188.

Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.