The rate of union membership in the United States has been on the decline since 2000 across all races and ethnicities. The Black and African American working population has maintained the highest rates of union membership. Between 2022 and 2023, Asian workers saw the largest increase in the rate of union membership decreased from 8.3 percent to 7.8 percent.
The total number of union members in the United States can be found here.
Share of workers who are union members in the United States from 2000 to 2023, by race and ethnicity
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 23, 2024). Share of workers who are union members in the United States from 2000 to 2023, by race and ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1374728/union-membership-rate-race/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of workers who are union members in the United States from 2000 to 2023, by race and ethnicity ." Chart. January 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1374728/union-membership-rate-race/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Share of workers who are union members in the United States from 2000 to 2023, by race and ethnicity . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1374728/union-membership-rate-race/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of Workers Who Are Union Members in The United States from 2000 to 2023, by Race and Ethnicity ." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1374728/union-membership-rate-race/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Share of workers who are union members in the United States from 2000 to 2023, by race and ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1374728/union-membership-rate-race/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of workers who are union members in the United States from 2000 to 2023, by race and ethnicity [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1374728/union-membership-rate-race/
