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Collective bargaining elections — by State

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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
South Atlantic	429	190	64	15	160	63,401	58,574	19,792	11,633	2,931	24,318	35,065
Delaware	7	3	2	0	2	269	209	50	88	39	32	218
Maryland	73	35	9	1	27	8,274	7,300	2,413	619	278	2,820	5,283
District of Columbia	36	12	6	3	11	6,348	5,489	1,734	13	1,486	2,265	3,612
Virginia	68	28	9	4	26	5,670	4,991	2,572	728	712	553	4,123
West Virginia	42	21	6	4	9	4,209	3,604	1,030	1,094	222	1,239	2,920
North Carolina	53	8	14	0	28	5,394	4,933	1,141	916	0	2,873	3,025
South Carolina	21	9	4	0	8	1,558	1,341	350	191	0	800	1,221
Georgia	61	42	12	1	9	8,196	7,290	4,068	810	53	2,357	6,283
Florida	71	32	2	2	35	3,481	3,144	1,223	1,089	192	632	2,233
East South Central	206	70	38	6	92	24,905	22,794	5,053	7,491	549	9,606	13,710
Kentucky	53	22	9	1	21	8,485	8,103	1,873	1,800	297	1,492	6,664
Tennessee	73	30	14	4	24	6,408	6,494	1,403	3,274	102	1,535	3,538
Alabama	53	14	8	1	31	7,810	6,851	1,488	1,902	150	3,267	2,791
Mississippi	27	4	7	0	16	2,162	1,346	289	515	0	1,313	716
West South Central	279	109	42	11	117	29,072	25,554	8,336	6,653	1,779	8,786	19,588
Arkansas	30	10	7	0	13	3,346	2,587	906	1,116	0	1,116	2,026
Louisiana	70	26	13	5	26	7,326	6,906	1,309	1,213	380	2,917	4,720
Oklahoma	49	19	9	1	20	1,939	1,621	658	568	197	1,295	1,463
Texas	130	54	13	5	58	16,461	14,440	5,463	3,936	1,102	4,394	11,360
Mountain	143	68	24	6	45	6,673	5,762	2,199	1,718	538	1,367	3,228
Montana	10	8	0	0	2	240	191	99	0	0	92	195
Idaho	8	3	0	0	5	1,653	905	81	0	0	824	153
Wyoming	4	0	0	0	4	1,170	962	0	0	0	962	0
Colorado	39	18	6	4	11	1,343	464	392	619	0	433	791
New Mexico	13	7	4	0	2	591	511	311	124	0	76	444
Arizona	19	8	6	0	5	1,437	1,225	547	422	0	245	1,131
Utah	13	6	1	1	5	1,837	1,219	365	153	47	654	511
Nevada	13	8	0	1	4	372	232	153	0	95	117	285
Pacific	510	227	66	30	167	44,137	35,965	17,215	6,525	3,560	11,655	30,235
Washington	97	35	11	7	33	6,432	4,202	2,429	1,997	1,205	2,565	3,633
Oregon	39	17	7	5	10	2,422	1,929	1,103	167	134	624	1,395
California	374	175	48	18	124	35,283	29,834	13,683	4,361	2,221	8,466	25,207
Outlying areas	83	31	33	16	24	8,188	6,324	2,694	369	743	2,118	3,946
Alaska	4	4	0	0	0	158	79	47	0	0	0	79
Hawaii	35	5	22	11	11	5,158	3,936	1,061	0	412	2,063	1,841
Puerto Rico	39	21	11	4	10	1,883	1,809	1,193	369	331	305	1,604
Virgin Islands	5	1	0	1	3	989	500	393	0	0	750	422

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Source page 189 of NLRB FY1955 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1955, p. 189.

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