NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1991 › Geographic Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1991
Stitched from pp. 207–209.
| 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 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7,841 | 3,774 | 3,195 | 3,068 | 59 | 0 | 68 | 579 | 7,186 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 692 | 642 | 230 | 125 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 412 | 28 |
| Vermont | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 219 | 204 | 120 | 16 | 0 | 91 | 13 | 84 | 138 |
| Massachusetts | 60 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 2,839 | 2,524 | 1,223 | 820 | 254 | 30 | 119 | 1,301 | 1,539 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 136 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 30 |
| Connecticut | 41 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1,689 | 1,505 | 736 | 455 | 221 | 60 | 0 | 769 | 609 |
| New England | 132 | 62 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 13,423 | 8,785 | 5,547 | 4,527 | 639 | 181 | 200 | 3,238 | 9,530 |
| New York | 290 | 140 | 86 | 38 | 5 | 11 | 150 | 15,042 | 12,508 | 6,195 | 4,129 | 1,132 | 161 | 773 | 6,313 | 6,606 |
| New Jersey | 147 | 68 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 79 | 7,174 | 6,035 | 3,037 | 1,602 | 562 | 90 | 783 | 2,998 | 2,760 |
| Pennsylvania | 280 | 116 | 69 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 164 | 15,477 | 13,801 | 5,890 | 4,135 | 1,173 | 179 | 403 | 7,911 | 4,700 |
| Middle Atlantic | 717 | 324 | 191 | 86 | 15 | 32 | 393 | 37,693 | 32,344 | 15,122 | 9,866 | 2,867 | 430 | 1,959 | 17,222 | 14,066 |
| Ohio | 239 | 107 | 72 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 132 | 12,363 | 10,996 | 4,988 | 3,737 | 1,053 | 58 | 140 | 6,008 | 4,606 |
| Indiana | 141 | 59 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 82 | 9,363 | 8,962 | 3,811 | 2,927 | 608 | 206 | 70 | 5,151 | 1,910 |
| Illinois | 230 | 107 | 66 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 123 | 10,666 | 9,507 | 4,538 | 2,755 | 1,028 | 343 | 412 | 4,969 | 4,458 |
| Michigan | 257 | 109 | 58 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 148 | 15,537 | 13,802 | 6,530 | 4,517 | 1,267 | 250 | 496 | 7,272 | 5,294 |
| Wisconsin | 125 | 48 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 9,013 | 7,966 | 3,553 | 2,715 | 822 | 3 | 13 | 4,413 | 2,228 |
| East North Central | 992 | 430 | 264 | 127 | 19 | 20 | 562 | 56,942 | 51,233 | 23,420 | 16,651 | 4,778 | 860 | 1,131 | 27,813 | 18,496 |
| Iowa | 55 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 3,735 | 3,219 | 1,576 | 833 | 715 | 0 | 28 | 1,643 | 1,343 |
| Minnesota | 114 | 55 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 4,623 | 3,896 | 2,116 | 1,489 | 576 | 22 | 29 | 1,780 | 2,803 |
| Missouri | 114 | 45 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 4,144 | 3,651 | 1,645 | 1,105 | 518 | 14 | 8 | 2,006 | 1,401 |
| North Dakota | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 616 | 477 | 193 | 147 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 72 |
| South Dakota | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 560 | 498 | 213 | 132 | 66 | 0 | 15 | 285 | 101 |
| Nebraska | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 511 | 382 | 192 | 139 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 190 | 265 |
| Kansas | 31 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4,014 | 3,637 | 1,735 | 1,658 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1,902 | 2,272 |
| West North Central | 361 | 158 | 100 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 203 | 18,203 | 15,760 | 7,670 | 5,503 | 2,043 | 36 | 88 | 8,090 | 8,257 |
| Delaware | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 615 | 547 | 323 | 78 | 175 | 0 | 70 | 224 | 419 |
| Maryland | 50 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 2,455 | 2,152 | 1,047 | 738 | 231 | 0 | 78 | 1,105 | 913 |
| District of Columbia | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 740 | 597 | 374 | 337 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 223 | 451 |
| Virginia | 54 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 4,575 | 3,722 | 2,171 | 702 | 315 | 155 | 999 | 1,551 | 2,175 |
| West Virginia | 32 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2,054 | 1,921 | 800 | 558 | 103 | 52 | 87 | 1,121 | 385 |
| North Carolina | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2,778 | 2,545 | 928 | 826 | 79 | 0 | 23 | 1,617 | 279 |
| South Carolina | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 830 | 754 | 324 | 296 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 430 | 349 |
| Georgia | 56 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4,284 | 3,779 | 2,261 | 1,508 | 480 | 13 | 260 | 1,518 | 2,437 |
| Florida | 64 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 3,578 | 3,468 | 1,246 | 839 | 337 | 28 | 42 | 2,222 | 1,005 |
| South Atlantic | 318 | 135 | 97 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 183 | 21,909 | 19,485 | 9,474 | 5,882 | 1,776 | 248 | 1,568 | 10,011 | 8,413 |
| Kentucky | 64 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6,328 | 5,954 | 2,813 | 1,486 | 382 | 945 | 0 | 3,141 | 1,817 |
| Tennessee | 58 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6,791 | 6,474 | 2,806 | 2,428 | 321 | 57 | 0 | 3,668 | 1,984 |
| Alabama | 50 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 2,950 | 2,738 | 1,405 | 1,214 | 39 | 25 | 127 | 1,333 | 1,574 |
| Mississippi | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3,061 | 2,614 | 1,266 | 1,176 | 70 | 0 | 20 | 1,348 | 1,293 |
| East South Central | 199 | 78 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 121 | 19,130 | 17,780 | 8,290 | 6,304 | 812 | 1,027 | 147 | 9,490 | 6,668 |
| Arkansas | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 945 | 882 | 446 | 402 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 436 | 426 |
| Louisiana | 29 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2,206 | 1,910 | 906 | 688 | 94 | 0 | 124 | 1,004 | 1,146 |
| Oklahoma | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2,032 | 1,795 | 716 | 539 | 156 | 16 | 5 | 1,079 | 747 |
| Texas | 92 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 7,695 | 7,036 | 3,595 | 2,250 | 877 | 0 | 468 | 3,441 | 3,139 |
| West South Central | 167 | 71 | 52 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 96 | 12,878 | 11,623 | 5,663 | 3,879 | 1,171 | 16 | 597 | 5,960 | 5,458 |
| Montana | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 366 | 332 | 157 | 115 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 175 | 132 |
| Idaho | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 437 | 393 | 150 | 145 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 119 |
| Wyoming | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 321 | 290 | 96 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 26 |
| Colorado | 50 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1,904 | 1,712 | 776 | 584 | 189 | 0 | 3 | 936 | 730 |
| New Mexico | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 438 | 392 | 172 | 161 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 161 |
| Arizona | 30 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1,630 | 1,437 | 672 | 426 | 231 | 15 | 0 | 765 | 639 |
| Utah | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 699 | 625 | 211 | 142 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 414 | 84 |
| Nevada | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 985 | 880 | 396 | 272 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 484 | 501 |
| Mountain | 168 | 73 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 95 | 6,780 | 6,061 | 2,630 | 1,941 | 624 | 47 | 18 | 3,431 | 2,392 |
| Washington | 119 | 67 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 8,170 | 6,676 | 3,472 | 2,813 | 304 | 0 | 355 | 3,204 | 3,346 |
| Oregon | 71 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 2,468 | 2,151 | 944 | 673 | 148 | 44 | 79 | 1,207 | 1,238 |
| California | 415 | 181 | 112 | 55 | 4 | 10 | 234 | 22,042 | 18,883 | 8,812 | 6,127 | 1,856 | 271 | 558 | 10,071 | 9,603 |
| Alaska | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 773 | 635 | 250 | 165 | 44 | 24 | 17 | 385 | 146 |
| Hawaii | 25 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1,563 | 1,192 | 724 | 639 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 468 | 880 |
| Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific | 650 | 304 | 203 | 79 | 5 | 17 | 346 | 35,016 | 29,537 | 14,202 | 10,417 | 2,437 | 339 | 1,009 | 15,335 | 15,213 |
| Puerto Rico | 44 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 3,772 | 3,189 | 1,547 | 557 | 209 | 0 | 781 | 1,642 | 1,542 |
| Virgin Islands | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 79 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 51 | 16 |
| Outlying Areas | 48 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 3,868 | 3,268 | 1,575 | 572 | 209 | 0 | 794 | 1,693 | 1,558 |
| Total, all States and areas | 3,752 | 1,663 | 1,064 | 434 | 59 | 106 | 2,089 | 225,842 | 195,876 | 93,593 | 65,542 | 17,356 | 3,184 | 7,511 | 102,283 | 90,051 |
909 of 909 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 207. The crop ends after the "West North Central" subtotal row; the table continues on the following page (remaining census divisions and the national total are not on this image), and no footnote text is printed under the table here, so the superscript 1 on the stub heading "Division and State" has no accompanying note on this crop. 17 columns: stub, "Total elections", the five columns under "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", the five columns under "Valid votes cast for unions", "Total votes for no union", and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". The division subtotal rows (New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central) are printed indented and set off by rules; their labels are given as printed. Scattered stray ink appears in the scan (e.g. a dot before Maine's 3,195 in the "Valid votes cast for unions — Total" column, before New York's 11 in "Other local unions", before New Jersey's 1 and Minnesota's 1 in "Other national unions", before Iowa's 1,643 and Minnesota's 59); these are speckle, not footnote markers or digits. All row and column arithmetic checks internally consistent (each state's total elections = union wins + no representative; component union columns sum to their totals; state values sum to each division subtotal), so no misprints are suspected.
p. 208. Continuation page of Table 15A (17 columns). The stub heading carries footnote marker 1 ("Division and State^1"), but no footnote text is printed within this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. Two printing artifacts in the Mountain subtotal row, both transcribed as the clean number: the "Number of employees eligible to vote" cell is printed as ",6,780" with a stray comma before the 6 (read as 6,780), and the "Valid votes cast for unions / Other local unions" cell has a stray dot to the left of 18 (read as 18). Both readings are confirmed by the column sums below. Verification: every one of the 17 columns in all four subtotal rows (South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, Mountain) equals the sum of its component state rows exactly, with no discrepancies, which cross-checks the digits and the column assignment of every cell in the body. Scan quality note: the page is a degraded bitonal scan in which "ri" frequently renders as "n" (e.g. the column head reads "nghts"/"umons"); the headings are transcribed with the intended words "rights" and "unions". Several row labels show faint stray marks in the leader-dot field (e.g. beside Kentucky, Tennessee, Arizona, Utah); these are not footnote markers and were dropped with the leader dots. The table continues beyond this crop (the Pacific division and the U.S. total are not on this page).
p. 209. This is the final continuation page of Table 15A, so the body begins mid-table with the states of the Pacific division; the earlier divisions are on preceding pages. Column headings are reprinted in full on this page, so they are transcribed here. Row structure: "Pacific" and "Outlying Areas" are indented division subtotal rows (set off by rules), and "Total, all States and areas" is the grand total for the whole table. Verification: every column of the Pacific subtotal equals the sum of its six states, and every column of the Outlying Areas subtotal equals Puerto Rico plus Virgin Islands, so the digits in those blocks are cross-checked and consistent. The grand total covers divisions not shown on this crop and could not be checked. Stray ink/specks on the scan, none treated as content: a faint dot left of the "0" in Washington / "Other national unions" (valid votes cast for unions); a dot left of "558" in California / "Other local unions" (valid votes cast for unions); a dot left of "17" in the Pacific row / "Other local unions" (elections won by unions); a mark in the stub margin near the heading and near the "Virgin Islands" row. The scan renders some "i" dots faintly (e.g. "California", "Virgin", "unions"), but the words are unambiguous. The footnote marker 1 is attached to the stub heading "Division and State".
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.