HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                            HOUSEHOLD DATA
  ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                          ANNUAL AVERAGES
  
  40. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by selected characteristics

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                          2008                                      2009                  
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                     Members       Represented                 Members       Represented  
                                                                        of        by unions (2)                   of        by unions (2) 
                     Characteristic                                 unions (1)                                unions (1)                  
                                                         Total                                     Total                                  
                                                        employed                                  employed                                
                                                                         Percent         Percent                   Percent         Percent
                                                                  Total     of    Total     of              Total     of    Total     of  
                                                                           em-             em-                       em-             em-  
                                                                          ployed          ployed                    ployed          ployed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                          
                      AGE AND SEX                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                          
    Total, 16 years and over..........................  129,377   16,098   12.4   17,761   13.7   124,490   15,327   12.3   16,904   13.6 
      16 to 24 years..................................   18,705      930    5.0    1,062    5.7    17,173      813    4.7      941    5.5 
      25 years and over...............................  110,672   15,168   13.7   16,699   15.1   107,317   14,514   13.5   15,962   14.9 
       25 to 34 years.................................   29,276    3,120   10.7    3,443   11.8    28,067    2,942   10.5    3,262   11.6 
       35 to 44 years.................................   29,708    3,993   13.4    4,365   14.7    28,066    3,669   13.1    4,035   14.4 
       45 to 54 years.................................   29,787    4,767   16.0    5,228   17.6    29,054    4,551   15.7    4,994   17.2 
       55 to 64 years.................................   17,430    2,887   16.6    3,209   18.4    17,599    2,926   16.6    3,186   18.1 
       65 years and over..............................    4,471      401    9.0      454   10.2     4,530      425    9.4      485   10.7 
                                                                                                                                          
      Men, 16 years and over..........................   66,846    8,938   13.4    9,724   14.5    63,539    8,441   13.3    9,176   14.4 
      16 to 24 years..................................    9,537      555    5.8      617    6.5     8,555      493    5.8      560    6.5 
      25 years and over...............................   57,309    8,383   14.6    9,107   15.9    54,984    7,947   14.5    8,616   15.7 
       25 to 34 years.................................   15,780    1,750   11.1    1,909   12.1    14,952    1,633   10.9    1,786   11.9 
       35 to 44 years.................................   15,653    2,307   14.7    2,491   15.9    14,679    2,077   14.1    2,250   15.3 
       45 to 54 years.................................   14,988    2,608   17.4    2,812   18.8    14,421    2,492   17.3    2,693   18.7 
       55 to 64 years.................................    8,657    1,525   17.6    1,682   19.4     8,647    1,536   17.8    1,654   19.1 
       65 years and over..............................    2,230      193    8.7      213    9.6     2,285      211    9.2      233   10.2 
                                                                                                                                          
      Women, 16 years and over........................   62,532    7,160   11.4    8,036   12.9    60,951    6,887   11.3    7,727   12.7 
      16 to 24 years..................................    9,168      374    4.1      445    4.8     8,619      320    3.7      381    4.4 
      25 years and over...............................   53,364    6,785   12.7    7,592   14.2    52,333    6,567   12.5    7,346   14.0 
       25 to 34 years.................................   13,496    1,370   10.1    1,534   11.4    13,116    1,309   10.0    1,476   11.3 
       35 to 44 years.................................   14,055    1,685   12.0    1,874   13.3    13,387    1,593   11.9    1,785   13.3 
       45 to 54 years.................................   14,799    2,159   14.6    2,416   16.3    14,633    2,060   14.1    2,302   15.7 
       55 to 64 years.................................    8,773    1,363   15.5    1,527   17.4     8,952    1,390   15.5    1,532   17.1 
       65 years and over..............................    2,241      208    9.3      241   10.7     2,245      215    9.6      252   11.2 
                                                                                                                                          
      RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                          
      White, 16 years and over........................  105,052   12,863   12.2   14,222   13.5   101,581   12,330   12.1   13,595   13.4 
       Men............................................   55,197    7,309   13.2    7,961   14.4    52,691    6,918   13.1    7,512   14.3 
       Women..........................................   49,855    5,555   11.1    6,261   12.6    48,889    5,412   11.1    6,083   12.4 
                                                                                                                                          
      Black or African American, 16 years and over....   15,030    2,178   14.5    2,370   15.8    14,127    1,966   13.9    2,172   15.4 
       Men............................................    6,809    1,081   15.9    1,159   17.0     6,257      964   15.4    1,046   16.7 
       Women..........................................    8,221    1,097   13.3    1,211   14.7     7,870    1,002   12.7    1,126   14.3 
                                                                                                                                          
      Asian, 16 years and over........................    6,157      653   10.6      714   11.6     5,847      664   11.4      730   12.5 
       Men............................................    3,216      310    9.6      339   10.6     3,075      332   10.8      370   12.0 
       Women..........................................    2,941      344   11.7      374   12.7     2,772      333   12.0      361   13.0 
                                                                                                                                          
      Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over    18,572    1,960   10.6    2,168   11.7    18,034    1,841   10.2    2,036   11.3 
       Men............................................   10,998    1,204   11.0    1,317   12.0    10,518    1,108   10.5    1,199   11.4 
       Women..........................................    7,574      756   10.0      852   11.2     7,515      733    9.7      836   11.1 
                                                                                                                                          
             FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS (3)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                          
      Full-time workers...............................  106,648   14,561   13.7   16,029   15.0    99,820   13,602   13.6   14,960   15.0 
      Part-time workers...............................   22,497    1,505    6.7    1,697    7.5    24,431    1,698    7.0    1,913    7.8 

    1 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.
    2 Data refer to both union members and workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee
  association contract.
    3 The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on hours usually worked. These data will not sum to totals because
  full- or part-time status on the principal job is not identifiable for a small number of multiple jobholders.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not
  presented for all races.  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Data refer to the sole or
  principal job of full- and part-time wage and salary workers.  All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated
  businesses as well as those with unincorporated businesses.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of
  January data.