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Geographic distribution of representation elections held in cases closed

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Division and State	Total elections	Number of elections in which representation rights won by unions — Total	Number of elections in which representation rights won by unions — AFL-CIO	Number of elections in which representation rights won by unions — Teamsters	Number of elections in which representation rights won by unions — Other national	Number of elections in which representation rights won by unions — Other local	Number of elections in which no representative was chosen	Number of employees eligible to vote	Total valid votes cast	Valid votes cast for unions — Total	Valid votes cast for unions — AFL-CIO	Valid votes cast for unions — Teamsters	Valid votes cast for unions — Other national	Valid votes cast for unions — Other local	Total votes for no union	Eligible employees in units choosing representation
District of Columbia	55	31	24	0	1	6	24	6,470	5,006	2,404	1,776	0	26	602	2,602	1,813
Maryland	163	80	30	14	5	9	33	10,776	9,722	5,531	3,642	910	604	375	4,071	5,028
Virginia	112	49	30	13	12	1	63	3,564	3,216	1,861	1,182	411	0	0	1,455	1,886
West Virginia	48	25	18	6	0	1	23	12,755	11,624	7,623	7,029	0	0	0	10,300	7,083
North Carolina	112	50	41	6	1	0	62	7,635	7,022	3,481	2,945	382	0	0	3,447	3,447
South Carolina	48	25	21	3	0	1	23	8,001	7,323	3,902	2,836	318	0	0	3,421	4,092
Georgia	150	75	37	32	4	2	78	6,464	5,820	3,196	1,861	1,196	274	150	2,624	3,012
Florida	164	77	16	5	1	1	87	7,068	6,346	2,346	4,811	1,679	0	0	6,019	8,072
South Atlantic — Division total	980	478	301	149	14	14	502	92,552	81,488	41,451	31,065	6,748	1,939	1,701	40,037	41,022
Kentucky	142	73	40	26	3	4	69	9,939	8,663	4,701	2,794	1,225	585	232	4,318	4,318
Tennessee	189	97	57	21	9	5	92	11,239	9,931	6,019	3,291	1,693	655	300	5,055	6,497
Alabama	161	76	61	12	1	2	85	15,827	14,403	7,063	5,243	355	1,007	459	7,340	5,876
Mississippi	54	32	26	8	4	1	20	7,347	6,590	3,163	3,153	0	0	0	3,427	3,427
East South Central — Division total	546	280	184	67	17	12	266	54,283	49,404	24,552	18,239	2,900	2,484	929	24,837	21,661
Arkansas	55	29	23	4	1	0	26	9,182	8,027	3,351	2,278	450	0	0	4,676	3,273
Louisiana	141	46	42	18	2	4	75	8,194	7,712	4,374	3,058	522	0	0	3,338	3,338
Oklahoma	94	36	25	4	2	1	55	2,567	2,323	1,232	905	256	0	0	1,090	1,275
Texas	326	155	113	33	5	4	171	20,845	18,610	9,201	6,275	2,323	551	92	9,429	9,038
West South Central — Division total	656	309	216	74	13	6	347	45,272	40,484	20,932	14,133	4,331	1,288	490	20,162	19,569
Mountain — Division total (8 states aggregated)	448	223	142	69	9	3	225	19,037	16,719	8,504	5,997	2,123	193	291	8,115	8,200

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Source page 252 of NLRB FY1973 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1973, p. 252.

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