NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2008 › Geographic Distribution of Collective-Bargaining Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2008
Stitched from pp. 124–126.
| 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 | 121 | 79 | 31 | 47 | 1 | 42 | 5,314 | 4,559 | 2,781 | 1,068 | 1,687 | 26 | 1,778 | 3,185 |
| Indiana | 33 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2,027 | 1,207 | 691 | 375 | 316 | 0 | 516 | 1,686 |
| Michigan | 53 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 2,937 | 2,405 | 1,376 | 485 | 854 | 37 | 1,029 | 1,546 |
| Ohio | 77 | 39 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 4,884 | 4,108 | 2,142 | 631 | 1,260 | 251 | 1,966 | 1,983 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 749 | 641 | 392 | 180 | 175 | 37 | 249 | 488 |
| East North Central | 312 | 192 | 83 | 105 | 4 | 120 | 15,911 | 12,920 | 7,382 | 2,739 | 4,292 | 351 | 5,538 | 8,888 |
| Alabama | 16 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1,174 | 964 | 637 | 346 | 291 | 0 | 327 | 935 |
| Kentucky | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 654 | 578 | 233 | 138 | 95 | 0 | 345 | 254 |
| Mississippi | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 577 | 586 | 372 | 272 | 100 | 0 | 214 | 428 |
| Tennessee | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 721 | 663 | 309 | 189 | 120 | 0 | 354 | 185 |
| East South Central | 47 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 3,126 | 2,791 | 1,551 | 945 | 606 | 0 | 1,240 | 1,802 |
| Puerto Rico | 30 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1,794 | 1,373 | 781 | 58 | 74 | 649 | 592 | 1,332 |
| 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 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2,190 | 1,623 | 885 | 68 | 74 | 743 | 738 | 1,570 |
| New Jersey | 112 | 68 | 23 | 42 | 3 | 44 | 12,101 | 6,948 | 4,894 | 1,670 | 3,164 | 60 | 2,054 | 10,520 |
| New York | 231 | 144 | 31 | 97 | 16 | 87 | 14,520 | 10,591 | 6,703 | 1,349 | 4,782 | 572 | 3,888 | 9,347 |
| Pennsylvania | 95 | 46 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 49 | 5,945 | 5,477 | 2,665 | 1,010 | 1,645 | 10 | 2,812 | 2,226 |
| Middle Atlantic | 438 | 258 | 73 | 165 | 20 | 180 | 32,566 | 23,016 | 14,262 | 4,029 | 9,591 | 642 | 8,754 | 22,093 |
| Arizona | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1,980 | 1,633 | 798 | 546 | 67 | 185 | 835 | 783 |
| Colorado | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 982 | 900 | 513 | 256 | 257 | 0 | 387 | 626 |
| Idaho | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 361 | 328 | 178 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 361 |
| Montana | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 288 | 235 | 154 | 102 | 33 | 19 | 81 | 273 |
| Nevada | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3,051 | 2,650 | 1,558 | 679 | 627 | 252 | 1,092 | 2,145 |
| New Mexico | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1,286 | 1,065 | 579 | 506 | 68 | 5 | 486 | 986 |
| Utah | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 281 | 271 | 135 | 121 | 14 | 0 | 136 | 133 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mountain | 72 | 49 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 8,231 | 7,083 | 3,915 | 2,388 | 1,066 | 461 | 3,168 | 5,307 |
| Connecticut | 46 | 31 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 5,254 | 4,322 | 2,634 | 1,502 | 1,039 | 93 | 1,688 | 4,270 |
| Maine | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 439 | 397 | 235 | 39 | 196 | 0 | 162 | 439 |
| Massachusetts | 39 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 1,351 | 1,094 | 640 | 312 | 300 | 28 | 454 | 801 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 455 | 397 | 255 | 12 | 243 | 0 | 142 | 388 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 326 | 275 | 108 | 59 | 49 | 0 | 167 | 79 |
| Vermont | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 380 | 339 | 176 | 0 | 176 | 0 | 163 | 194 |
| New England | 109 | 73 | 20 | 49 | 4 | 36 | 8,205 | 6,824 | 4,048 | 1,924 | 2,003 | 121 | 2,776 | 6,171 |
| Alaska | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 268 | 232 | 172 | 50 | 111 | 11 | 60 | 242 |
| American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California | 160 | 103 | 36 | 61 | 6 | 57 | 14,750 | 12,272 | 6,777 | 2,221 | 4,138 | 418 | 5,495 | 9,653 |
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 619 | 488 | 258 | 187 | 71 | 0 | 230 | 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 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1,843 | 1,406 | 1,000 | 123 | 877 | 0 | 406 | 1,467 |
| Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 59 | 44 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 15 | 2,645 | 2,088 | 1,276 | 233 | 868 | 175 | 812 | 1,750 |
| Pacific | 272 | 186 | 61 | 115 | 10 | 86 | 20,127 | 16,488 | 9,485 | 2,816 | 6,065 | 604 | 7,003 | 13,605 |
| Delaware | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 494 | 407 | 117 | 28 | 64 | 25 | 290 | 67 |
| District of Columbia | 19 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 792 | 456 | 368 | 12 | 227 | 129 | 88 | 728 |
| Florida | 41 | 30 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 3,782 | 2,653 | 1,526 | 383 | 1,028 | 115 | 1,127 | 2,829 |
| Georgia | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 992 | 784 | 498 | 212 | 286 | 0 | 286 | 658 |
| Maryland | 38 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3,530 | 2,337 | 1,444 | 762 | 530 | 152 | 893 | 2,184 |
| North Carolina | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1,253 | 1,105 | 410 | 238 | 172 | 0 | 695 | 386 |
| South Carolina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 368 | 305 | 223 | 78 | 145 | 0 | 82 | 341 |
| Virginia | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 606 | 520 | 233 | 209 | 10 | 14 | 287 | 210 |
| West Virginia | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 131 | 96 | 69 | 27 | 0 | 35 | 111 |
| South Atlantic | 164 | 121 | 48 | 58 | 15 | 43 | 11,963 | 8,698 | 4,915 | 1,991 | 2,489 | 435 | 3,783 | 7,514 |
| Iowa | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1,309 | 1,187 | 411 | 122 | 289 | 0 | 776 | 110 |
| Kansas | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1,201 | 1,125 | 652 | 311 | 283 | 58 | 473 | 628 |
| Minnesota | 35 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 1,537 | 1,283 | 707 | 438 | 222 | 47 | 576 | 856 |
| Missouri | 38 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1,864 | 1,565 | 781 | 273 | 474 | 34 | 784 | 837 |
| Nebraska | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 937 | 757 | 498 | 9 | 489 | 0 | 259 | 663 |
| 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 | 125 | 64 | 42 | 20 | 2 | 61 | 7,088 | 6,127 | 3,193 | 1,249 | 1,805 | 139 | 2,934 | 3,249 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 756 | 653 | 393 | 19 | 374 | 0 | 260 | 400 |
| Louisiana | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 234 | 193 | 92 | 17 | 73 | 2 | 101 | 84 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 251 | 207 | 124 | 58 | 66 | 0 | 83 | 136 |
| Texas | 40 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 2,680 | 2,178 | 1,159 | 348 | 692 | 119 | 1,019 | 1,310 |
| West South Central | 61 | 36 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 3,921 | 3,231 | 1,768 | 442 | 1,205 | 121 | 1,463 | 1,930 |
| Total, all States and areas | 1,636 | 1,031 | 389 | 570 | 72 | 605 | 113,328 | 88,801 | 51,404 | 18,591 | 29,196 | 3,617 | 37,397 | 72,129 |
826 of 826 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 124. 15 columns: stub, "Total elections", four 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", four columns under "Valid votes cast for unions", "Total votes for no union", "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". Footnote markers appear on the caption ("Collective-Bargaining Elections^1") and on the stub heading ("Division and State^2"), but no footnote text is printed within this crop, so `footnotes` is empty; the notes presumably appear on a later page of the table. The crop is page 1 of 3 of the table; the body continues below "Maine" (the New England division subtotal and all remaining divisions are on following pages). No row is visibly cut in half at the bottom edge. The division subtotal lines (East North Central, East South Central, Island Areas, Middle Atlantic, Mountain) are printed indented and set off by heavier rules; their labels are transcribed as printed. Possible misprint, transcribed as printed: in the Mississippi row the "Total valid votes cast" (586) exceeds the "Number of employees eligible to vote" (577). All other rows cross-foot correctly (union sub-columns sum to the union total; union total plus "no union" equals total valid votes cast; state values sum to each division subtotal). "AFL–CIO" in the two headings is printed with an en dash, reproduced as such. All cells were legible; no doubtful digits.
p. 125. 15 columns: stub plus 14 data columns. "AFL–CIO unions" is printed with an en dash and wrapped as "AFL– / CIO unions"; joined here. The crop is page 2 of 3 of the table and is cut off at the bottom immediately after the Minnesota row: the remaining states of that division and its subtotal line, and any footnotes printed under the table, are not on this image, so `footnotes` is empty. The "New England" subtotal (109 elections, 8,205 eligible employees, etc.) is larger than the sum of the four New England states shown here because Connecticut and Maine fall on the preceding page; this is a page break, not a misprint. The Pacific and South Atlantic subtotals do reconcile with the states printed above them, and every row's component columns sum to their printed totals (won-by-union components to "Total", union votes components to "Total", union votes plus no-union votes to "Total valid votes cast"). All cells are crisply printed; no doubtful digits.
p. 126. This is the final page (page 3 of 3) of the table; the body continues a table begun on earlier pages. The West North Central division is split across the page break — only Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota appear here, so the "West North Central" subtotal row does not sum the states shown on this crop (the division's remaining states are on the preceding page). The "West South Central" subtotal and every individual row on this page are internally consistent (component columns sum to their totals), as is the "Total, all States and areas" row. "West North Central", "West South Central" and "Total, all States and areas" are printed indented as subtotal/total lines, set off by horizontal rules. All cells are clearly legible; no doubtful digits. The AFL–CIO column headings are printed with an en dash, which is reproduced.
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.