NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2005 › Geographic Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2005
Stitched from pp. 148–150.
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division and State | Total elections | Total | AFL-CIO unions | 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 | Other national unions | Other local unions | Total votes for no union | Eligible employees in units choosing representation |
| Illinois | 152 | 73 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 79 | 8802 | 7,783 | 4,115 | 3,488 | 598 | 29 | 3,668 | 3521 |
| Indiana | 41 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2697 | 2,413 | 1,228 | 1,134 | 94 | 0 | 1,185 | 1209 |
| Michigan | 124 | 61 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 6437 | 5,443 | 2,881 | 2,653 | 166 | 62 | 2,562 | 3069 |
| Ohio | 128 | 72 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 6556 | 5,674 | 2,942 | 2,864 | 69 | 9 | 2,732 | 2896 |
| Wisconsin | 47 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1783 | 1,364 | 646 | 598 | 43 | 5 | 718 | 985 |
| East North Central | 492 | 248 | 232 | 13 | 3 | 244 | 26275 | 22,677 | 11,812 | 10,737 | 970 | 105 | 10,865 | 11680 |
| Alabama | 24 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1086 | 1,124 | 799 | 479 | 320 | 0 | 325 | 878 |
| Kentucky | 26 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2157 | 1,867 | 772 | 772 | 0 | 0 | 1,095 | 465 |
| Mississippi | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2110 | 1,949 | 478 | 466 | 0 | 12 | 1,471 | 285 |
| Tennessee | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2428 | 2,166 | 1,467 | 1,163 | 127 | 177 | 699 | 1366 |
| East South Central | 82 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 7781 | 7,106 | 3,516 | 2,880 | 447 | 189 | 3,590 | 2994 |
| New Jersey | 139 | 87 | 71 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 10022 | 7,954 | 4,462 | 3,303 | 668 | 491 | 3,492 | 5254 |
| New York | 314 | 200 | 169 | 10 | 21 | 114 | 18241 | 13,781 | 7,634 | 6,760 | 239 | 635 | 6,147 | 9190 |
| Pennsylvania | 165 | 85 | 79 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 9759 | 8,057 | 4,226 | 3,512 | 53 | 661 | 3,831 | 3700 |
| Middle Atlantic | 618 | 372 | 319 | 21 | 32 | 246 | 38022 | 29,792 | 16,322 | 13,575 | 960 | 1,787 | 13,470 | 18144 |
| Arizona | 25 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1646 | 1,493 | 761 | 706 | 55 | 0 | 732 | 396 |
| Colorado | 33 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 1178 | 1,114 | 526 | 411 | 86 | 29 | 588 | 432 |
| Idaho | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 394 | 342 | 114 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 19 |
| Montana | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 212 | 187 | 70 | 61 | 0 | 9 | 117 | 25 |
| Nevada | 23 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2110 | 1,538 | 841 | 780 | 61 | 0 | 697 | 1289 |
| New Mexico | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1050 | 856 | 389 | 325 | 64 | 0 | 467 | 467 |
| Utah | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 69 | 46 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 37 |
| Wyoming | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 308 | 305 | 114 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 14 |
| Mountain | 141 | 66 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 6956 | 5,904 | 2,861 | 2,548 | 266 | 47 | 3,043 | 2679 |
| Connecticut | 42 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2306 | 1,969 | 1,325 | 929 | 12 | 384 | 644 | 1578 |
| Maine | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 381 | 355 | 160 | 137 | 15 | 8 | 195 | 67 |
| assachusetts | 75 | 41 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 4748 | 3,989 | 2,527 | 1,905 | 0 | 622 | 1,462 | 3377 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 450 | 398 | 226 | 161 | 34 | 31 | 172 | 216 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 781 | 702 | 432 | 285 | 38 | 109 | 270 | 601 |
| Vermont | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 151 | 109 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 166 |
| New England | 157 | 91 | 76 | 4 | 11 | 66 | 8832 | 7,564 | 4,779 | 3,526 | 99 | 1,154 | 2,785 | 6005 |
| Puerto Rico | 45 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 2521 | 2,032 | 1,107 | 619 | 0 | 488 | 925 | 1388 |
| Virgin Islands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 352 | 150 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 19 | 329 |
| Outlying Areas | 49 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 2873 | 2,182 | 1,238 | 620 | 0 | 618 | 944 | 1717 |
| Alaska | 20 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 713 | 669 | 329 | 325 | 4 | 0 | 340 | 319 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| California | 263 | 147 | 126 | 8 | 13 | 116 | 23220 | 18,020 | 10,429 | 7,543 | 490 | 2,396 | 7,591 | 14202 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 29 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1314 | 1,053 | 493 | 391 | 38 | 64 | 560 | 744 |
| Marshall Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon | 51 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2095 | 1,601 | 878 | 810 | 20 | 48 | 723 | 1230 |
| Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 169 | 126 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 8951 | 5,958 | 3,686 | 3,680 | 6 | 0 | 2,272 | 5803 |
| Pacific | 533 | 325 | 297 | 13 | 15 | 208 | 36300 | 27,308 | 15,822 | 12,756 | 558 | 2,508 | 11,486 | 22305 |
| Delaware | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 724 | 665 | 426 | 365 | 0 | 61 | 239 | 565 |
| District Of Columbia | 22 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2357 | 1,454 | 977 | 589 | 146 | 242 | 477 | 2303 |
| Florida | 68 | 41 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 12861 | 11,214 | 4,621 | 4,417 | 116 | 88 | 6,593 | 3767 |
| Georgia | 28 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3496 | 3,100 | 1,373 | 1,322 | 0 | 51 | 1,727 | 1103 |
| Maryland | 61 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 3839 | 3,168 | 1,560 | 1,344 | 49 | 167 | 1,608 | 1953 |
| North Carolina | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4687 | 4,341 | 1,911 | 1,899 | 12 | 0 | 2,430 | 1746 |
| South Carolina | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1022 | 832 | 612 | 198 | 221 | 193 | 220 | 755 |
| Virginia | 30 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1657 | 1,515 | 788 | 755 | 33 | 0 | 727 | 672 |
| West Virginia | 28 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2326 | 2,133 | 826 | 825 | 1 | 0 | 1,307 | 306 |
| South Atlantic | 279 | 155 | 120 | 15 | 20 | 124 | 32969 | 28,422 | 13,094 | 11,714 | 578 | 802 | 15,328 | 13170 |
| Iowa | 36 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4794 | 4,494 | 1,815 | 1,797 | 18 | 0 | 2,679 | 373 |
| Kansas | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2799 | 2,325 | 1,208 | 1,181 | 10 | 17 | 1,117 | 2110 |
| Minnesota | 69 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 2647 | 2,260 | 1,134 | 1,087 | 0 | 47 | 1,126 | 1181 |
| Missouri | 50 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1929 | 1,685 | 878 | 734 | 88 | 56 | 807 | 918 |
| Nebraska | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 484 | 447 | 249 | 247 | 0 | 2 | 198 | 265 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 139 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 139 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 311 | 288 | 110 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 0 |
| West North Central | 194 | 104 | 95 | 5 | 4 | 90 | 13140 | 11,638 | 5,465 | 5,227 | 116 | 122 | 6,173 | 4986 |
| Arkansas | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1691 | 1,488 | 636 | 571 | 65 | 0 | 852 | 193 |
| Louisiana | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1773 | 1,589 | 817 | 781 | 36 | 0 | 772 | 771 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 835 | 761 | 378 | 366 | 2 | 10 | 383 | 379 |
| Texas | 75 | 47 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 3042 | 2,580 | 1,264 | 1,191 | 34 | 39 | 1,316 | 1207 |
| West South Central | 130 | 75 | 63 | 8 | 4 | 55 | 7341 | 6,418 | 3,095 | 2,909 | 137 | 49 | 3,323 | 2550 |
| Total, all States and areas | 2,675 | 1,514 | 1,320 | 89 | 105 | 1,161 | 180489 | 149,011 | 78,004 | 66,492 | 4,131 | 7,381 | 71,007 | 86230 |
814 of 814 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 148. The crop ends mid-table: the last printed body row is Maine, and the New England division (and any further divisions plus a grand total) continues on the following page. The footnote line is printed on this page below Maine, so the page break falls inside the New England block. Column 15 heading is printed broken across lines as "Eligible employ-ees in units choos-ing rep-resentati on"; joined here as "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Two printed figures look internally odd but are transcribed as printed: Alabama shows 1,124 total valid votes cast against 1086 employees eligible to vote, and Utah shows 69 total valid votes cast against 58 eligible. In both cases the union/no-union split still sums to the printed total (799+325=1,124; 46+23=69). All other division subtotals (East North Central, East South Central, Middle Atlantic, Mountain) were checked and add correctly down every column. Digit-grouping commas are used inconsistently in the source: the "Number of employees eligible to vote" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" columns are printed without commas (e.g. 8802, 26275, 11680) while the vote columns use them; reproduced exactly as printed.
p. 149. The page continues Table 15A from the preceding page; the crop is a middle page, so the division "New England" begins above this image (Connecticut and Maine are not shown here, which is why the New England subtotal, 157, exceeds the sum of the four New England states printed on this page). The South Atlantic division that starts at "Delaware" is cut off after "Maryland" at the bottom of the page. First body row: the label is printed as "assachusetts" — the initial capital "M" of "Massachusetts" is missing in the image (it falls outside the left edge of the printed stub / was lost in scanning). Transcribed as it appears. Last column heading is printed hyphenated over several lines as "Eligible employ- ees in units choos- ing rep- resentati on"; joined to "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Digit-grouping commas are inconsistent in the original: the "Number of employees eligible to vote" column and the final "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" column print four- and five-digit values without commas (e.g. 4748, 23220, 14202, 22305), while the vote-count columns use commas. Transcribed as printed. All row and column arithmetic that can be checked within this page (state components vs. the Outlying Areas and Pacific subtotals, and won-by-union/no-representative splits) balances, which supports the digit readings.
p. 150. This is a continuation page: the South Atlantic division's earlier States (Delaware through Georgia/Florida, etc.) appear on the preceding page, so the "South Atlantic" subtotal row here covers more States than the four printed above it. Column headings are printed on this page and are transcribed. The stub heading carries footnote marker 1 ("Division and State^1"). The last heading, printed as "Eligible employ-ees in units choos-ing rep-resentati on", is joined to "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Digit-grouping commas are inconsistent in the original: the "Number of employees eligible to vote" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" columns are printed without thousands commas (e.g. 4687, 32969, 180489, 13170, 86230) while the neighbouring vote columns use them; transcribed as printed. All internal checks pass: elections won equals its three components, valid union votes equal their three components, total valid votes equal union votes plus no-union votes, and the West North Central and West South Central subtotals equal the sums of their listed States 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.