Chart: Residents of high-union-density states are more likely to have health insurance: Average uninsured rate in low-, medium-, and high-union-density states, 2024

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Residents of high-union-density states are more likely to have health insurance: Average uninsured rate in low-, medium-, and high-union-density states, 2024

Union Density	Uninsured Rate
Low	11.5%
Medium	8.5%
High	7.3%

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Notes: Union density is defined as the share of workers in the state who are members of a union based on the variable “unmem” from EPI extracts of CPS-ORG microdata.

Sources:  EPI analysis of 2023–2025 Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group (CPS-ORG) microdata for all workers ages 16 and older; KFF, Health Insurance Coverage of Population Ages 0-64: 2024, 2026

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