NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1979 › Geographic Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1979
Stitched from pp. 317–318.
| Division and State | Total elections | Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions | 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 votes for no union | Eligible employees in units choosing representation | ||||||||
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| Division and State | Total elections | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Number of elections in which no representative was chosen | Number of employees eligible to vote | Total valid votes cast | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Teamsters | Other national unions | Other local unions | Total votes for no union | Eligible employees in units choosing representation |
| Maine | 53 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 4,176 | 3,870 | 1,558 | 1,249 | 245 | 0 | 64 | 2,312 | 627 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1,133 | 1,032 | 486 | 412 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 546 | 471 |
| Vermont | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1,485 | 1,364 | 567 | 513 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 797 | 175 |
| Massachusetts | 241 | 91 | 50 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 150 | 19,438 | 17,252 | 8,141 | 4,226 | 2,433 | 645 | 837 | 9,111 | 6,344 |
| Rhode Island | 38 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 2,514 | 2,226 | 1,189 | 1,035 | 73 | 25 | 56 | 1,037 | 1,261 |
| Connecticut | 103 | 44 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 7,039 | 6,409 | 2,745 | 1,549 | 242 | 504 | 450 | 3,664 | 1,579 |
| New England | 469 | 196 | 108 | 54 | 9 | 25 | 273 | 35,785 | 32,153 | 14,686 | 8,984 | 3,121 | 1,174 | 1,407 | 17,467 | 10,457 |
| New York | 574 | 324 | 165 | 75 | 23 | 61 | 250 | 31,604 | 25,222 | 13,677 | 8,851 | 1,709 | 915 | 2,202 | 11,545 | 16,955 |
| New Jersey | 296 | 130 | 62 | 33 | 8 | 27 | 166 | 15,082 | 13,071 | 6,556 | 3,450 | 1,098 | 906 | 1,102 | 6,515 | 5,887 |
| Pennsylvania | 536 | 216 | 112 | 79 | 7 | 18 | 320 | 30,682 | 27,656 | 11,405 | 6,687 | 2,322 | 1,266 | 1,130 | 16,251 | 7,151 |
| Middle Atlantic | 1,406 | 670 | 339 | 187 | 38 | 106 | 736 | 77,368 | 65,949 | 31,638 | 18,988 | 5,129 | 3,087 | 4,434 | 34,311 | 29,993 |
| Ohio | 579 | 252 | 145 | 74 | 23 | 10 | 327 | 39,814 | 36,046 | 16,211 | 9,498 | 2,365 | 3,601 | 747 | 19,835 | 10,676 |
| Indiana | 238 | 101 | 63 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 137 | 21,793 | 19,272 | 8,468 | 5,898 | 695 | 1,835 | 40 | 10,804 | 5,372 |
| Illinois | 419 | 185 | 91 | 58 | 17 | 19 | 234 | 29,332 | 25,527 | 12,990 | 6,349 | 2,373 | 2,021 | 2,247 | 12,537 | 13,274 |
| Michigan | 447 | 207 | 91 | 51 | 50 | 15 | 240 | 25,466 | 21,810 | 10,206 | 3,979 | 1,211 | 4,108 | 908 | 11,604 | 7,959 |
| Wisconsin | 167 | 77 | 50 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 90 | 11,674 | 9,999 | 4,131 | 2,950 | 435 | 335 | 411 | 5,868 | 2,917 |
| East North Central | 1,850 | 822 | 440 | 233 | 101 | 48 | 1,028 | 128,079 | 112,654 | 52,006 | 28,674 | 7,079 | 11,900 | 4,353 | 60,648 | 40,198 |
| Iowa | 60 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 1,991 | 1,845 | 805 | 604 | 87 | 81 | 33 | 1,040 | 595 |
| Minnesota | 183 | 83 | 45 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 9,912 | 8,274 | 3,742 | 2,493 | 790 | 447 | 12 | 4,532 | 3,451 |
| Missouri | 204 | 94 | 47 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 110 | 11,265 | 10,172 | 4,941 | 2,948 | 1,219 | 495 | 279 | 5,231 | 4,682 |
| North Dakota | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 339 | 301 | 109 | 17 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 50 |
| South Dakota | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 613 | 589 | 345 | 294 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 420 |
| Nebraska | 40 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1,594 | 1,396 | 844 | 654 | 173 | 0 | 17 | 552 | 1,133 |
| Kansas | 82 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 5,021 | 4,244 | 2,284 | 1,512 | 167 | 560 | 45 | 1,960 | 2,304 |
| West North Central | 592 | 265 | 146 | 94 | 17 | 8 | 327 | 30,735 | 26,821 | 13,070 | 8,522 | 2,579 | 1,583 | 386 | 13,751 | 12,635 |
| Delaware | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 194 | 177 | 104 | 63 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 73 | 144 |
| Maryland | 158 | 66 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 92 | 18,277 | 15,897 | 7,891 | 6,069 | 809 | 47 | 966 | 8,006 | 7,368 |
| District of Columbia | 30 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4,942 | 3,974 | 3,343 | 2,268 | 49 | 0 | 1,026 | 631 | 3,979 |
| Virginia | 101 | 56 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 29,253 | 25,903 | 21,312 | 13,063 | 369 | 93 | 7,787 | 4,591 | 24,310 |
| West Virginia | 51 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 3,186 | 2,894 | 1,406 | 997 | 236 | 67 | 106 | 1,488 | 1,265 |
| North Carolina | 110 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 13,619 | 12,289 | 5,443 | 4,116 | 1,147 | 73 | 107 | 6,846 | 2,820 |
| South Carolina | 43 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4,611 | 4,254 | 1,752 | 1,608 | 105 | 39 | 0 | 2,502 | 792 |
| Georgia | 189 | 63 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 126 | 25,425 | 22,985 | 9,449 | 6,258 | 2,497 | 681 | 13 | 13,536 | 3,676 |
| Florida | 161 | 68 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 93 | 10,434 | 9,076 | 4,352 | 2,699 | 1,282 | 266 | 105 | 4,724 | 3,611 |
| South Atlantic | 850 | 363 | 231 | 98 | 19 | 15 | 487 | 109,941 | 97,449 | 55,052 | 37,141 | 6,511 | 1,278 | 10,122 | 42,397 | 47,983 |
| Kentucky | 117 | 45 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 9,493 | 8,613 | 3,773 | 1,986 | 452 | 928 | 407 | 4,840 | 2,856 |
| Tennessee | 176 | 72 | 43 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 20,734 | 18,893 | 9,016 | 5,720 | 2,307 | 640 | 349 | 9,877 | 7,198 |
| Alabama | 93 | 52 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 10,190 | 9,216 | 4,230 | 3,887 | 177 | 166 | 0 | 4,986 | 3,918 |
| Mississippi | 57 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 7,269 | 6,683 | 2,814 | 2,341 | 153 | 201 | 119 | 3,869 | 2,005 |
| East South Central | 443 | 194 | 117 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 249 | 47,686 | 43,405 | 19,833 | 13,934 | 3,089 | 1,935 | 875 | 23,572 | 15,977 |
| Arkansas | 49 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4,164 | 3,789 | 1,316 | 791 | 246 | 279 | 0 | 2,473 | 692 |
| Louisiana | 88 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 6,586 | 6,009 | 2,429 | 1,775 | 261 | 189 | 204 | 3,580 | 1,695 |
| Oklahoma | 78 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 10,540 | 9,559 | 4,633 | 2,799 | 163 | 1,596 | 75 | 4,926 | 3,635 |
| Texas | 212 | 97 | 61 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 115 | 19,401 | 16,897 | 7,827 | 5,765 | 1,488 | 476 | 98 | 9,070 | 7,174 |
| West South Central | 427 | 186 | 118 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 241 | 40,691 | 36,254 | 16,205 | 11,130 | 2,158 | 2,540 | 377 | 20,049 | 13,196 |
| Montana | 46 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 779 | 702 | 331 | 268 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 371 | 328 |
| Idaho | 34 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1,083 | 942 | 390 | 161 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 552 | 445 |
| Wyoming | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 446 | 398 | 194 | 165 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 204 | 371 |
| Colorado | 106 | 59 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 8,559 | 7,473 | 2,969 | 2,362 | 143 | 257 | 207 | 4,504 | 2,210 |
| New Mexico | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1,809 | 1,579 | 878 | 779 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 701 | 972 |
| Arizona | 92 | 35 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 5,403 | 4,721 | 2,123 | 1,317 | 643 | 113 | 50 | 2,598 | 1,205 |
| Utah | 34 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1,375 | 1,172 | 617 | 422 | 187 | 8 | 0 | 555 | 1,069 |
| Nevada | 41 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1,190 | 1,024 | 559 | 174 | 235 | 95 | 55 | 465 | 658 |
| Mountain | 397 | 199 | 135 | 49 | 7 | 8 | 198 | 20,644 | 18,011 | 8,061 | 5,648 | 1,616 | 485 | 312 | 9,950 | 7,258 |
| Washington | 275 | 129 | 81 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 146 | 8,461 | 7,264 | 2,988 | 1,950 | 830 | 49 | 159 | 4,276 | 2,497 |
| Oregon | 126 | 43 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 83 | 5,724 | 4,803 | 1,962 | 1,375 | 447 | 89 | 51 | 2,841 | 1,441 |
| California | 1,024 | 457 | 248 | 157 | 23 | 29 | 567 | 59,026 | 49,316 | 24,191 | 13,411 | 5,720 | 3,737 | 1,323 | 25,125 | 23,406 |
| Alaska | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 895 | 655 | 273 | 101 | 60 | 26 | 86 | 382 | 357 |
| Hawaii | 51 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 1,976 | 1,611 | 849 | 178 | 136 | 513 | 22 | 762 | 910 |
| Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific | 1,501 | 665 | 372 | 221 | 34 | 38 | 836 | 76,082 | 63,649 | 30,363 | 17,015 | 7,193 | 4,414 | 1,641 | 33,386 | 28,611 |
| Puerto Rico | 86 | 49 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 37 | 10,031 | 9,037 | 5,109 | 1,344 | 114 | 8 | 3,643 | 3,928 | 5,019 |
| Virgin Islands | 22 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 900 | 658 | 501 | 450 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 157 | 700 |
| Outlying Areas | 108 | 63 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 45 | 10,931 | 9,695 | 5,610 | 1,794 | 151 | 8 | 3,657 | 4,085 | 5,719 |
| Total, all States and areas | 8,043 | 3,623 | 2,037 | 1,056 | 245 | 285 | 4,420 | 577,942 | 506,040 | 246,424 | 151,830 | 38,626 | 28,404 | 27,564 | 259,616 | 212,027 |
962 of 972 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out. 5 cells break a sum: 'Pacific', column 11: prints 30,363, columns 12 to 15 add to 30,263; 'Pacific', column 10: prints 63,649, the subtotals in columns 11 to 16 add to 63,749; 'Pacific', column 11: prints 30,363, rows 'Washington' to 'Guam' add to 30,263; 'South Atlantic', column 17: prints 47,983, rows 'Delaware' to 'Florida' add to 47,965; 'Total, all States and areas', column 11: prints 246,424, the subtotals in rows 'New England' to 'Outlying Areas' add to 246,524.
p. 317. The crop ends partway down the table: the South Atlantic division block begins with Delaware, Maryland and District of Columbia, and the remaining states, the division total and any grand total continue on the following page/crop. The stub heading carries a raised footnote marker 1 ("Division and State^1"), but the footnote text itself is not printed within this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. Arithmetic verification: every division subtotal row (New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central) sums exactly from its member states in all 16 numeric columns, and in every data row the "won by unions — Total" equals the sum of its four union-type columns, total elections equals wins plus no-representative elections, and total valid votes cast equals union votes plus no-union votes. No discrepancies or suspected misprints were found. The scan shows typical 1-bit artifacts (dotted i/ı characters in headings, a stray tick mark under "Other national unions" and beside the Wisconsin row), but no digit was ambiguous. Leader dots after each state name were dropped per instructions.
p. 318. Continuation page: no column headings are printed on this crop, so header_rows is empty. The table has 17 columns (stub + 16 numeric), counted from the column rules and confirmed on the final total row. The crop also begins in the middle of the South Atlantic group (Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia and any other states of that group appear on the preceding page), so the South Atlantic subtotal row cannot be checked against the states shown here. Arithmetic check of the regional subtotals against the states transcribed: East South Central, West South Central and Mountain reconcile in all 16 columns, and Outlying Areas reconciles in all 16 columns. Pacific reconciles in 15 of 16 columns; in column 10 the states as transcribed (Washington 2,988 + Oregon 1,962 + California 24,191 + Alaska 273 + Hawaii 849 + Guam 0) sum to 30,263 while the printed Pacific subtotal reads 30,363 — a 100 difference. I re-examined that block and the digits read as transcribed; the discrepancy is either a printed error or a single mis-scanned hundreds digit in one of the Pacific state cells or the subtotal of that column. Values are given as printed, uncorrected. Minor legibility points: the scan is a 1-bit halftone, so periods are often lost — the abbreviations in footnote 1 ("U.S. Department of Commerce") show no visible periods and the footnote shows no terminal period; the periods are supplied as the conventional reading. The row-label leader dots have been dropped, as instructed. Guam is printed with 0 in every column.
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.