NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2009 › Geographic Distribution of Collective-Bargaining Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 2009
Stitched from pp. 136–138.
| 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 | 87 | 65 | 24 | 38 | 3 | 22 | 5,973 | 5,122 | 3,279 | 735 | 2,349 | 195 | 1,843 | 4,330 |
| Indiana | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 690 | 575 | 327 | 134 | 134 | 59 | 248 | 357 |
| Michigan | 47 | 32 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 2,164 | 1,838 | 1,158 | 160 | 921 | 77 | 680 | 1,067 |
| Ohio | 45 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 2,022 | 1,774 | 951 | 395 | 532 | 24 | 823 | 969 |
| Wisconsin | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 710 | 479 | 210 | 118 | 92 | 0 | 269 | 329 |
| East North Central | 214 | 139 | 58 | 74 | 7 | 75 | 11,559 | 9,788 | 5,925 | 1,542 | 4,028 | 355 | 3,863 | 7,052 |
| Alabama | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 544 | 494 | 222 | 146 | 76 | 0 | 272 | 136 |
| Kentucky | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 925 | 850 | 347 | 139 | 208 | 0 | 503 | 239 |
| Mississippi | 11 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 634 | 449 | 374 | 107 | 218 | 49 | 75 | 611 |
| Tennessee | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 342 | 284 | 186 | 52 | 70 | 64 | 98 | 224 |
| East South Central | 39 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 2,445 | 2,077 | 1,129 | 444 | 572 | 113 | 948 | 1,210 |
| Puerto Rico | 24 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1,437 | 1,149 | 867 | 165 | 51 | 651 | 282 | 1,109 |
| U.S. Minor Outlying Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgin Islands | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 54 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 27 |
| Island Areas | 27 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1,491 | 1,203 | 897 | 195 | 51 | 651 | 306 | 1,136 |
| New Jersey | 83 | 52 | 16 | 33 | 3 | 31 | 3,056 | 2,615 | 1,541 | 504 | 971 | 66 | 1,074 | 1,992 |
| New York | 194 | 127 | 35 | 82 | 10 | 67 | 10,849 | 7,664 | 4,887 | 1,496 | 3,066 | 325 | 2,777 | 8,079 |
| Pennsylvania | 72 | 45 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 27 | 3,594 | 3,127 | 1,576 | 577 | 882 | 117 | 1,551 | 1,865 |
| Middle Atlantic | 349 | 224 | 70 | 138 | 16 | 125 | 17,499 | 13,406 | 8,004 | 2,577 | 4,919 | 508 | 5,402 | 11,936 |
| Arizona | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 424 | 279 | 223 | 61 | 162 | 0 | 56 | 132 |
| Colorado | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 354 | 350 | 256 | 147 | 109 | 0 | 94 | 354 |
| Idaho | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 249 | 247 | 178 | 50 | 128 | 0 | 69 | 242 |
| Montana | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 261 | 219 | 96 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 123 | 101 |
| Nevada | 19 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2,254 | 1,360 | 1,033 | 354 | 240 | 439 | 327 | 1,970 |
| New Mexico | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 145 | 90 | 44 | 46 | 0 | 55 | 147 |
| Utah | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1,227 | 1,109 | 753 | 92 | 661 | 0 | 356 | 1,212 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mountain | 64 | 50 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 4,930 | 3,714 | 2,634 | 753 | 1,442 | 439 | 1,080 | 4,163 |
| Connecticut | 38 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 1,488 | 1,209 | 816 | 243 | 448 | 125 | 393 | 977 |
| Maine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| Massachusetts | 61 | 42 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 19 | 5,012 | 3,915 | 2,355 | 330 | 1,735 | 290 | 1,560 | 3,164 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 163 | 120 | 6 | 114 | 0 | 43 | 187 |
| Rhode Island | 13 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1,183 | 1,055 | 648 | 4 | 346 | 298 | 407 | 1,043 |
| Vermont | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 343 | 291 | 190 | 160 | 30 | 0 | 101 | 324 |
| New England | 122 | 91 | 20 | 64 | 7 | 31 | 8,245 | 6,657 | 4,139 | 744 | 2,682 | 713 | 2,518 | 5,699 |
| Alaska | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 398 | 351 | 264 | 43 | 213 | 8 | 87 | 333 |
| American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California | 139 | 100 | 36 | 58 | 6 | 39 | 7,483 | 5,770 | 3,852 | 956 | 2,564 | 332 | 1,918 | 5,068 |
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 503 | 443 | 300 | 214 | 73 | 13 | 143 | 451 |
| 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 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1,364 | 1,121 | 715 | 110 | 511 | 94 | 406 | 897 |
| Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 62 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 2,374 | 1,798 | 1,153 | 445 | 708 | 0 | 645 | 1,774 |
| Pacific | 255 | 177 | 68 | 101 | 8 | 78 | 12,122 | 9,483 | 6,284 | 1,768 | 4,069 | 447 | 3,199 | 8,523 |
| Delaware | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 308 | 266 | 188 | 29 | 159 | 0 | 78 | 214 |
| District Of Columbia | 24 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1,654 | 984 | 810 | 89 | 334 | 387 | 174 | 1,501 |
| Florida | 35 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1,841 | 1,342 | 842 | 285 | 531 | 26 | 500 | 1,409 |
| Georgia | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 493 | 422 | 285 | 197 | 32 | 56 | 137 | 392 |
| Maryland | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2,455 | 1,426 | 932 | 392 | 331 | 209 | 494 | 2,363 |
| North Carolina | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5,439 | 4,726 | 2,378 | 79 | 2,299 | 0 | 2,348 | 4,714 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 88 | 66 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 65 |
| Virginia | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 456 | 323 | 196 | 127 | 54 | 15 | 127 | 297 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 595 | 545 | 260 | 249 | 11 | 0 | 285 | 46 |
| South Atlantic | 139 | 101 | 48 | 27 | 26 | 38 | 13,331 | 10,122 | 5,957 | 1,495 | 3,763 | 699 | 4,165 | 11,001 |
| Iowa | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 353 | 337 | 126 | 18 | 108 | 0 | 211 | 76 |
| Kansas | 12 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1,570 | 1,349 | 629 | 23 | 606 | 0 | 720 | 657 |
| Minnesota | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1,260 | 1,083 | 618 | 74 | 543 | 1 | 465 | 658 |
| Missouri | 28 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1,020 | 771 | 478 | 211 | 267 | 0 | 293 | 848 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 99 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 117 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 46 |
| West North Central | 82 | 52 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 30 | 4,377 | 3,691 | 1,958 | 415 | 1,542 | 1 | 1,733 | 2,408 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 197 | 173 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 123 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 18 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 969 | 631 | 420 | 122 | 298 | 0 | 211 | 807 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 690 | 483 | 297 | 123 | 174 | 0 | 186 | 499 |
| Texas | 37 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 2,304 | 1,976 | 1,163 | 503 | 654 | 6 | 813 | 1,228 |
| West South Central | 69 | 49 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 20 | 4,160 | 3,263 | 1,930 | 776 | 1,148 | 6 | 1,333 | 2,534 |
| Total, all States and areas | 1,360 | 931 | 352 | 501 | 78 | 429 | 80,159 | 63,404 | 38,857 | 10,709 | 24,216 | 3,932 | 24,547 | 55,662 |
815 of 815 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
p. 136. Crop is page 1 of 3 of Table 15B; the table continues beyond the bottom of this image. The last printed row here is Massachusetts, which belongs to a New England division whose subtotal line falls on the next page. No footnote texts are printed on this page — the markers 1 (in the caption) and 2 (on the stub heading "Division and State") refer to notes printed elsewhere in the table's run; the stub-heading marker is retained as "Division and State^2". Fifteen columns: stub, "Total elections", a four-column "Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions" block (Total / AFL-CIO unions / Other national unions / Other local unions), three single tall columns, a four-column "Valid votes cast for unions" block with the same four sub-headings, then "Total votes for no union" and "Eligible employees in units choosing representation". "AFL-CIO" is typeset with a dash glyph longer than a hyphen (an en dash) and broken across lines as "AFL-" / "CIO"; transcribed here with a plain hyphen as one word. All printed division subtotals (East North Central, East South Central, Island Areas, Middle Atlantic, Mountain) were checked against the sum of their member states in every column and agree; no apparent misprints. Image is a clean vector-quality render and all digits were legible.
p. 137. Crop is page 2 of 3 of Table 15B; it is cut off at the bottom after the Nebraska row (the West North Central division subtotal and later divisions continue on the next page). No footnote texts are printed on this crop, although the caption carries markers 1 and 2 and the stub heading is "Division and State" with a raised 2. The division subtotal lines (New England, Pacific, South Atlantic) are printed indented and set off by double rules; New England's and Pacific's component states begin on the preceding page, so their subtotals exceed the sum of the state rows shown here. All internal arithmetic that can be checked within this crop (union subtotals, union + no-union = total valid votes, won + no-representative = total elections, and the South Atlantic column sums) balances as transcribed. One value worth flagging as unusual but clearly printed: West Virginia, "Eligible employees in units choosing representation" = 46 (against 595 eligible to vote); it is confirmed by the South Atlantic column total of 11,001. The dash in "AFL–CIO" is printed as an en dash.
p. 138. 15 columns (stub plus 14 data columns). The page is the last of a three-page table, so the body opens mid-division: North Dakota and South Dakota are the closing States of the West North Central division, whose earlier States appear on the preceding page; the "West North Central" and "West South Central" lines are division subtotals, indented in the stub. Column headings are printed on this page and are transcribed as shown. "AFL–CIO" is set with an en dash in the heading. All cells are legible and no cross-checkable printed total appeared inconsistent (e.g., Texas 503 + 654 + 6 = 1,163; grand total 10,709 + 24,216 + 3,932 = 38,857). The Arkansas row legitimately shows 0 in the last column (no elections won) despite 50 valid union votes.
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.