Number of workers represented by race U.S. 2023

The number of workers represented by a labor union in the United States has remained relatively steady among minority racial and ethnic groups in the United States, but has significantly decreased among white workers. The number of Hispanic and Latino workers represented by a union overtook the number of Black people represented in 2017.

The total number of union members in the United States can be found here.

Number of workers who are represented by a labor union in the United States from 2000 to 2023, by race and ethnicity (in thousands)

Characteristic	White	Black/African American	Asian	Hispanic/Latino
2023	12,130	2,509	904	2,742
2022	12,111	2,374	882	2,652
2021	12,142	2,232	818	2,551
2020	12,221	2,321	855	2,586
2019	12,583	2,310	932	2,590
2018	12,471	2,487	855	2,482
2017	12,589	2,459	843	2,476
2016	12,436	2,475	839	2,308
2015	12,627	2,427	860	2,365
2014	12,503	2,303	866	2,220
2013	12,507	2,294	758	2,141
2012	12,517	2,220	758	2,197
2011	13,061	2,140	690	2,015
2010	13,111	2,115	713	2,021
2009	13,595	2,172	730	2,036
2008	14,222	2,370	714	2,168
2007	13,715	2,403	720	2,026
2006	13,424	2,391	657	1,935
2005	13,755	2,391	666	1,981
2004	13,657	2,355	670	1,888
2003	13,850	2,540	659	1,913
2002	14,178	2,624	719	1,810
2001	14,522	2,646	707	1,889
2000	14,569	2,734	705	1,852

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

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.

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