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Geographic Distribution of Collective-Bargaining Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2008

printed as Table 15B · source pages 124–126 · nlrb2008_p0124_t0

Stitched from pp. 124–126.

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 unionsOther national unionsOther local unionsNumber of elections in which no representative was chosenNumber of employees eligible to voteTotal valid votes castTotalAFL–CIO unionsOther national unionsOther local unionsTotal votes for no unionEligible employees in units choosing representation
Illinois1217931471425,3144,5592,7811,0681,687261,7783,185
Indiana332212100112,0271,20769137531605161,686
Michigan533415172192,9372,4051,376485854371,0291,546
Ohio773914241384,8844,1082,1426311,2602511,9661,983
Wisconsin281811701074964139218017537249488
East North Central31219283105412015,91112,9207,3822,7394,2923515,5388,888
Alabama161385031,1749646373462910327935
Kentucky1163305654578233138950345254
Mississippi8541035775863722721000214428
Tennessee12725057216633091891200354185
East South Central473117140163,1262,7911,55194560601,2401,802
Puerto Rico3018459121,7941,37378158746495921,332
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands00000000000000
Virgin Islands63003339625010410094146238
Island Areas36214512152,1901,62388568747437381,570
New Jersey11268234234412,1016,9484,8941,6703,164602,05410,520
New York2311443197168714,52010,5916,7031,3494,7825723,8889,347
Pennsylvania954619261495,9455,4772,6651,0101,645102,8122,226
Middle Atlantic438258731652018032,56623,01614,2624,0299,5916428,75422,093
Arizona141383211,9801,63379854667185835783
Colorado14514099829005132562570387626
Idaho22200036132817817800150361
Montana863212288235154102331981273
Nevada14944153,0512,6501,5586796272521,0922,145
New Mexico151174041,2861,065579506685486986
Utah432101281271135121140136133
Wyoming10000121000010
Mountain724927184238,2317,0833,9152,3881,0664613,1685,307
Connecticut46317231155,2544,3222,6341,5021,039931,6884,270
Maine431201439397235391960162439
Massachusetts392711133121,3511,09464031230028454801
New Hampshire760601455397255122430142388
Rhode Island9413053262751085949016779
Vermont42020238033917601760163194
New England1097320494368,2056,8244,0481,9242,0031212,7766,171
Alaska12106312268232172501111160242
American Samoa00000000000000
California160103366165714,75012,2726,7772,2214,1384185,4959,653
Federated States of Micronesia00000000000000
Guam11100022220002
Hawaii15105505619488258187710230491
Marshall Islands00000000000000
Northern Mariana Islands00000000000000
Oregon2518216071,8431,4061,00012387704061,467
Palau00000000000000
Washington594411303152,6452,0881,2762338681758121,750
Pacific27218661115108620,12716,4889,4852,8166,0656047,00313,605
Delaware117610449440711728642529067
District of Columbia1916110537924563681222712988728
Florida41308202113,7822,6531,5263831,0281151,1272,829
Georgia181055089927844982122860286658
Maryland38321213763,5302,3371,4447625301528932,184
North Carolina13945041,2531,1054102381720695386
South Carolina54130136830522378145082341
Virginia11650156065202332091014287210
West Virginia876101146131966927035111
South Atlantic1641214858154311,9638,6984,9151,9912,4894353,7837,514
Iowa217340141,3091,1874111222890776110
Kansas15972061,2011,12565231128358473628
Minnesota35191441161,5371,28370743822247576856
Missouri38181161201,8641,56578127347434784837
Nebraska95230493775749894890259663
North Dakota6541012262001348648066141
South Dakota1110001410101000014
West North Central1256442202617,0886,1273,1931,2491,8051392,9343,249
Arkansas631203756653393193740260400
Louisiana951404234193921773210184
Oklahoma6312032512071245866083136
Texas402511131152,6802,1781,1593486921191,0191,310
West South Central613614211253,9213,2311,7684421,2051211,4631,930
Total, all States and areas1,6361,03138957072605113,32888,80151,40418,59129,1963,61737,39772,129

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  1. 1 Does not include decertification (RD) elections.
  2. 2 The States are grouped according to the method used by the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.

826 of 826 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

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.

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Source page 124 of NLRB FY2008 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2008, p. 124.
Source page 125 of NLRB FY2008 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2008, p. 125.
Source page 126 of NLRB FY2008 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY2008, p. 126.

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.