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Geographic Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1979

printed as Table 15A · source pages 317–318 · nlrb1979_p0317_t0

Stitched from pp. 317–318.

Division and StateTotal electionsNumber of elections in which representation rights were won by unionsNumber of elections in which no representative was chosenNumber of employees eligible to voteTotal valid votes castValid votes cast for unionsTotal votes for no unionEligible employees in units choosing representation
Division and StateTotal electionsTotalAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsNumber of elections in which no representative was chosenNumber of employees eligible to voteTotal valid votes castTotalAFL-CIO unionsTeamstersOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no unionEligible employees in units choosing representation
Maine532313802304,1763,8701,5581,2492450642,312627
New Hampshire21117400101,1331,0324864127400546471
Vermont1332100101,4851,3645675135400797175
Massachusetts2419150284915019,43817,2528,1414,2262,4336458379,1116,344
Rhode Island382415414142,5142,2261,1891,0357325561,0371,261
Connecticut10344219410597,0396,4092,7451,5492425044503,6641,579
New England4691961085492527335,78532,15314,6868,9843,1211,1741,40717,46710,457
New York57432416575236125031,60425,22213,6778,8511,7099152,20211,54516,955
New Jersey296130623382716615,08213,0716,5563,4501,0989061,1026,5155,887
Pennsylvania5362161127971832030,68227,65611,4056,6872,3221,2661,13016,2517,151
Middle Atlantic1,4066703391873810673677,36865,94931,63818,9885,1293,0874,43434,31129,993
Ohio57925214574231032739,81436,04616,2119,4982,3653,60174719,83510,676
Indiana23810163298113721,79319,2728,4685,8986951,8354010,8045,372
Illinois4191859158171923429,33225,52712,9906,3492,3732,0212,24712,53713,274
Michigan4472079151501524025,46621,81010,2063,9791,2114,10890811,6047,959
Wisconsin167775021339011,6749,9994,1312,9504353354115,8682,917
East North Central1,850822440233101481,028128,079112,65452,00628,6747,07911,9004,35360,64840,198
Iowa602311903371,9911,8458056048781331,040595
Minnesota183834533501009,9128,2743,7422,493790447124,5323,451
Missouri2049447368311011,26510,1724,9412,9481,2194952795,2314,682
North Dakota1353200833930110917920019250
South Dakota104310066135893452945100244420
Nebraska402215700181,5941,3968446541730175521,133
Kansas823422642485,0214,2442,2841,512167560451,9602,304
West North Central5922651469417832730,73526,82113,0708,5222,5791,58338613,75112,635
Delaware76311111941771046317121273144
Maryland158663326259218,27715,8977,8916,069809479668,0067,368
District of Columbia301713301134,9423,9743,3432,2684901,0266313,979
Virginia101564211124529,25325,90321,31213,063369937,7874,59124,310
West Virginia512816552233,1862,8941,406997236671061,4881,265
North Carolina110422514216813,61912,2895,4434,1161,147731076,8462,820
South Carolina431713310264,6114,2541,7521,6081053902,502792
Georgia1896343163112625,42522,9859,4496,2582,4976811313,5363,676
Florida161684319429310,4349,0764,3522,6991,2822661054,7243,611
South Atlantic850363231981915487109,94197,44955,05237,1416,5111,27810,12242,39747,983
Kentucky11745221643729,4938,6133,7731,9864529284074,8402,856
Tennessee1767243271110420,73418,8939,0165,7202,3076403499,8777,198
Alabama93523811304110,1909,2164,2303,88717716604,9863,918
Mississippi572514632327,2696,6832,8142,3411532011193,8692,005
East South Central4431941176011624947,68643,40519,83313,9343,0891,93587523,57215,977
Arkansas492212820274,1643,7891,31679124627902,473692
Louisiana883625632526,5866,0092,4291,7752611892043,5801,695
Oklahoma7831209114710,5409,5594,6332,7991631,596754,9263,635
Texas2129761312311519,40116,8977,8275,7651,488476989,0707,174
West South Central427186118548624140,69136,25416,20511,1302,1582,54037720,04913,196
Montana462115600257797023312686300371328
Idaho34158700191,08394239016122900552445
Wyoming1054010544639819416517120204371
Colorado1065943646478,5597,4732,9692,3621432572074,5042,210
New Mexico341816200161,8091,5798787799900701972
Arizona9235231110575,4034,7212,1231,317643113502,5981,205
Utah342213900121,3751,172617422187805551,069
Nevada412413812171,1901,0245591742359555465658
Mountain397199135497819820,64418,0118,0615,6481,6164853129,9507,258
Washington2751298141341468,4617,2642,9881,950830491594,2762,497
Oregon12643231613835,7244,8031,9621,37544789512,8411,441
California1,024457248157232956759,02649,31624,19113,4115,7203,7371,32325,12523,406
Alaska2513822112895655273101602686382357
Hawaii512312551281,9761,61184917813651322762910
Guam0000000000000000
Pacific1,501665372221343883676,08263,64930,36317,0157,1934,4141,64133,38628,611
Puerto Rico86492041243710,0319,0375,1091,34411483,6433,9285,019
Virgin Islands221411201890065850145037014157700
Outlying Areas108633161254510,9319,6955,6101,79415183,6574,0855,719
Total, all States and areas8,0433,6232,0371,0562452854,420577,942506,040246,424151,83038,62628,40427,564259,616212,027

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  1. 1 The States are grouped according to the method used by the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

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.

Reader’s notes

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.

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Source page 317 of NLRB FY1979 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1979, p. 317.
Source page 318 of NLRB FY1979 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1979, p. 318.

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.