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About the Midwest: Workforce

Union Membership, 2008

National average: 7.5%

Alliant Energy service territory

State

% in private manufacturing

Minnesota

9.6%

Wisconsin

8.3%

Iowa*

6.2%



* denotes right-to-work state

State-by-state rankings

State

% in private manufacturing

New York

15.8%

Hawaii

15.2%

Michigan

13.9%

Washington

13.1%

Alaska

13.0%

Nevada*

12.8%

West Virginia

10.8%

New Jersey

10.1%

Indiana

9.8%

Illinois

9.7%

Pennsylvania

9.7%

California

9.6%

Minnesota

9.6%

Ohio

9.0%

Missouri

8.7%

Wisconsin

8.3%

Oregon

7.7%

Connecticut

7.6%

Massachusetts

7.6%

Kentucky

7.5%

Rhode Island

7.5%

Delaware

7.2%

Maryland

7.2%

Arizona*

6.5%

Iowa*

6.2%

Montana

6.0%

Colorado

5.6%

Wyoming*

5.6%

Mississippi*

5.4%

Maine

5.1%

Alabama*

4.9%

Kansas*

4.8%

Vermont

4.5%

Louisiana*

4.0%

North Dakota*

4.0%

Nebraska*

3.9%

New Hampshire

3.8%

New Mexico

3.8%

Oklahoma*

3.5%

Arkansas*

3.4%

Idaho*

3.4%

South Dakota*

3.4%

Utah*

3.3%

Tennessee*

3.1%

South Carolina*

2.7%

Texas*

2.7%

Florida*

2.5%

Virginia*

2.5%

North Carolina*

2.0%



* denotes right-to-work state

Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, U .S. Census Bureau

More workforce data

For detailed data on the labor market conditions in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, including employment and unemployment levels, wages and labor availability, visit the state's labor market information Web site:

Iowa Labor Market Information

Minnesota Labor Market Information

Wisconsin Labor Market Information