NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2008 › Geographic Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2008
Stitched from pp. 121–123.
| 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 | 144 | 84 | 32 | 51 | 1 | 60 | 6,472 | 5,506 | 3,291 | 1,387 | 1,878 | 26 | 2,215 | 3,793 |
| Indiana | 46 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 3,254 | 2,189 | 1,139 | 772 | 367 | 0 | 1,050 | 2,327 |
| Michigan | 70 | 41 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 29 | 3,781 | 3,093 | 1,746 | 720 | 989 | 37 | 1,347 | 2,003 |
| Ohio | 92 | 46 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 46 | 5,616 | 4,724 | 2,449 | 798 | 1,400 | 251 | 2,275 | 2,484 |
| Wisconsin | 43 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 1,230 | 1,043 | 597 | 308 | 247 | 42 | 446 | 655 |
| East North Central | 395 | 221 | 95 | 122 | 4 | 174 | 20,353 | 16,555 | 9,222 | 3,985 | 4,881 | 356 | 7,333 | 11,262 |
| Alabama | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1,242 | 1,028 | 664 | 346 | 318 | 0 | 364 | 935 |
| Kentucky | 18 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1,103 | 980 | 465 | 319 | 146 | 0 | 515 | 494 |
| Mississippi | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 674 | 671 | 407 | 307 | 100 | 0 | 264 | 428 |
| Tennessee | 18 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1,823 | 1,552 | 710 | 557 | 153 | 0 | 842 | 409 |
| East South Central | 62 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 26 | 4,842 | 4,231 | 2,246 | 1,529 | 717 | 0 | 1,985 | 2,266 |
| Puerto Rico | 31 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1,825 | 1,404 | 802 | 58 | 95 | 649 | 602 | 1,363 |
| U.S. Minor Outlying Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgin Islands | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 396 | 250 | 104 | 10 | 0 | 94 | 146 | 238 |
| Island Areas | 37 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 2,221 | 1,654 | 906 | 68 | 95 | 743 | 748 | 1,601 |
| New Jersey | 118 | 71 | 25 | 42 | 4 | 47 | 12,254 | 7,091 | 4,960 | 1,722 | 3,167 | 71 | 2,131 | 10,621 |
| New York | 251 | 151 | 34 | 100 | 17 | 100 | 16,242 | 11,895 | 7,623 | 2,075 | 4,943 | 605 | 4,272 | 10,865 |
| Pennsylvania | 111 | 50 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 61 | 6,474 | 5,945 | 2,891 | 1,053 | 1,828 | 10 | 3,054 | 2,485 |
| Middle Atlantic | 480 | 272 | 79 | 171 | 22 | 208 | 34,970 | 24,931 | 15,474 | 4,850 | 9,938 | 686 | 9,457 | 23,971 |
| Arizona | 19 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2,513 | 1,941 | 1,068 | 736 | 81 | 251 | 873 | 1,266 |
| Colorado | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1,618 | 1,497 | 793 | 536 | 257 | 0 | 704 | 626 |
| Idaho | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 361 | 328 | 178 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 361 |
| Montana | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 369 | 294 | 182 | 102 | 61 | 19 | 112 | 322 |
| Nevada | 17 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3,154 | 2,809 | 1,619 | 699 | 668 | 252 | 1,190 | 2,163 |
| New Mexico | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1,441 | 1,199 | 685 | 506 | 174 | 5 | 514 | 1,141 |
| Utah | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 281 | 271 | 135 | 121 | 14 | 0 | 136 | 133 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mountain | 89 | 55 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 34 | 9,747 | 8,348 | 4,662 | 2,878 | 1,257 | 527 | 3,686 | 6,012 |
| Connecticut | 52 | 35 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 5,618 | 4,593 | 2,788 | 1,542 | 1,153 | 93 | 1,805 | 4,614 |
| Maine | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 452 | 408 | 242 | 46 | 196 | 0 | 166 | 439 |
| Massachusetts | 43 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 1,491 | 1,195 | 715 | 332 | 355 | 28 | 480 | 933 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 542 | 459 | 301 | 56 | 243 | 2 | 158 | 470 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 557 | 476 | 227 | 59 | 168 | 0 | 249 | 310 |
| Vermont | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 380 | 339 | 176 | 0 | 176 | 0 | 163 | 194 |
| New England | 124 | 84 | 25 | 55 | 4 | 40 | 9,040 | 7,470 | 4,449 | 2,035 | 2,291 | 123 | 3,021 | 6,960 |
| Alaska | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 281 | 245 | 182 | 50 | 121 | 11 | 63 | 255 |
| American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California | 195 | 127 | 43 | 77 | 7 | 68 | 17,944 | 15,034 | 8,525 | 2,618 | 5,470 | 437 | 6,509 | 12,396 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hawaii | 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 754 | 592 | 290 | 216 | 74 | 0 | 302 | 491 |
| 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 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 2,195 | 1,719 | 1,133 | 154 | 979 | 0 | 586 | 1,548 |
| Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 72 | 49 | 12 | 34 | 3 | 23 | 4,088 | 3,219 | 1,842 | 270 | 1,397 | 175 | 1,377 | 2,186 |
| Pacific | 327 | 217 | 69 | 137 | 11 | 110 | 25,264 | 20,811 | 11,974 | 3,310 | 8,041 | 623 | 8,837 | 16,878 |
| Delaware | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 501 | 412 | 121 | 32 | 64 | 25 | 291 | 74 |
| District of Columbia | 21 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 893 | 503 | 407 | 21 | 253 | 133 | 96 | 829 |
| Florida | 49 | 33 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 4,233 | 3,053 | 1,701 | 405 | 1,181 | 115 | 1,352 | 3,035 |
| Georgia | 20 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1,123 | 879 | 524 | 212 | 312 | 0 | 355 | 700 |
| Maryland | 40 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3,670 | 2,453 | 1,500 | 762 | 586 | 152 | 953 | 2,264 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3,005 | 2,528 | 1,364 | 1,089 | 243 | 32 | 1,164 | 2,138 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 509 | 426 | 325 | 180 | 145 | 0 | 101 | 482 |
| Virginia | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 625 | 535 | 235 | 209 | 10 | 16 | 300 | 210 |
| West Virginia | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 233 | 208 | 126 | 86 | 40 | 0 | 82 | 141 |
| South Atlantic | 189 | 136 | 54 | 66 | 16 | 53 | 14,792 | 10,997 | 6,303 | 2,996 | 2,834 | 473 | 4,694 | 9,873 |
| Iowa | 26 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1,386 | 1,256 | 422 | 122 | 300 | 0 | 834 | 110 |
| Kansas | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1,371 | 1,288 | 730 | 378 | 294 | 58 | 558 | 753 |
| Minnesota | 48 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 2,333 | 1,956 | 1,075 | 517 | 511 | 47 | 881 | 1,442 |
| Missouri | 48 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 3,425 | 2,840 | 1,669 | 536 | 1,099 | 34 | 1,171 | 2,043 |
| Nebraska | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1,068 | 881 | 573 | 9 | 564 | 0 | 308 | 794 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 226 | 200 | 134 | 86 | 48 | 0 | 66 | 141 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| West North Central | 156 | 76 | 46 | 28 | 2 | 80 | 9,823 | 8,431 | 4,613 | 1,658 | 2,816 | 139 | 3,818 | 5,297 |
| Arkansas | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 915 | 832 | 507 | 33 | 474 | 0 | 325 | 525 |
| Louisiana | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 352 | 302 | 144 | 60 | 73 | 11 | 158 | 164 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 283 | 239 | 139 | 73 | 66 | 0 | 100 | 162 |
| Texas | 47 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 2,952 | 2,408 | 1,240 | 394 | 727 | 119 | 1,168 | 1,348 |
| West South Central | 77 | 43 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 34 | 4,502 | 3,781 | 2,030 | 560 | 1,340 | 130 | 1,751 | 2,199 |
| Total, all States and areas | 1,936 | 1,162 | 437 | 649 | 76 | 774 | 135,554 | 107,209 | 61,879 | 23,869 | 34,210 | 3,800 | 45,330 | 86,319 |
832 of 832 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 121. 15 columns. Two heading levels: four columns sit under the spanner "Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions" and four under "Valid votes cast for unions"; the remaining headings are tall single cells repeated in both levels. The stub heading carries a raised 1 ("Division and State^1"), but no footnote text appears on this crop — the caption says "Page 1 of 3", so the footnote is presumably printed on a later page. The crop is cut off after the Connecticut row: Connecticut is the first state of the next (New England) division group, whose remaining states and subtotal continue beyond this image. Connecticut's own figures are fully legible. "AFL-CIO" is printed with an en dash and broken across lines ("AFL–/CIO"); transcribed as "AFL-CIO unions" with a plain hyphen. Wrapped headings joined and end-of-line hyphens repaired ("represent-/ative" to "representative", "represent-/ation" to "representation"). Subtotal rows (East North Central, East South Central, Island Areas, Middle Atlantic, Mountain) are printed indented and set off by rules; indentation is not preserved in the labels. All five subtotals were checked against their component states in all 14 numeric columns and every one agrees with the printed total, so no misprints are suspected. No illegible or doubtful cells.
p. 122. 15 columns. The table is a one-panel continuation page ("Page 2 of 3"); the crop is cut off at both ends of the body. At the top, the New England block opens mid-section: only Maine through Vermont are printed, so the "New England" division total (124 elections) exceeds the sum of the states shown here (72) because Connecticut appears on the preceding page. At the bottom, the crop ends after Iowa and Kansas, which begin a division section (West North Central) whose remaining states and division-total line fall on the next page; those two rows therefore have no section total on this image. The stub heading carries a raised footnote marker, transcribed as "Division and State^1", but no footnote text is printed under the table on this crop, so `footnotes` is empty. Arithmetic cross-checks pass everywhere they can be made within the crop: for every state row, AFL–CIO + other national + other local equals the union-votes total, and union votes + votes for no union equals total valid votes cast. The Pacific and South Atlantic division lines reconcile exactly with the sum of their printed member states in all 14 numeric columns, which confirms the column assignments and the small/zero-heavy rows (American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau all print 0 in every column; Guam prints 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2). Delaware's last column (74 eligible employees in units choosing representation, against 501 eligible to vote) looks low but is confirmed by the South Atlantic column total of 9,873. No illegible or doubtful cells; no apparent misprints. "AFL–CIO" is set with an en dash in the headings and is transcribed that way. Division-total labels (New England, Pacific, South Atlantic) are printed indented relative to the state names; the indentation is not reproduced in the cell text.
p. 123. This is page 3 of 3 of the table, so the body continues from the previous page: the West North Central division line (156 elections) covers more States than the five printed here (Minnesota through South Dakota sum to only 113 elections), the earlier States of that division having appeared on the preceding page. The West South Central division line is internally consistent with its four printed States. The caption line, which reads "Table 15A.—Geographic Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2008—Page 3 of 3", was omitted as instructed. The table has 15 printed columns and two heading levels; the headings "Division and State", "Total elections", "Number of elections in which no representative was chosen", "Number of employees eligible to vote", "Total valid votes cast", "Total votes for no union" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" are tall single headings spanning both levels and are repeated accordingly. End-of-line hyphens were repaired (represent-ative, em-ployees, represent-ation); "AFL–CIO" is printed with an en dash. All cells are legible; no doubtful digits.
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.