Table 1
Breakdown of States by Region and Right-to-Work Status, 2002
| Northeast | South | Midwest | West | Total | |
| Non-right-to-work | 11 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| Right-to-work | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| Total | 11 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 50 |
| Northeast | South | Midwest | West |
| Connecticut | Alabama | Illinois | Alaska |
| Delaware | Arkansas | Indiana | Arizona |
| Maine | Florida | Iowa | California |
| Maryland | Georgia | Kansas | Colorado |
| Massachusetts | Kentucky | Michigan | Hawaii |
| New Hampshire | Louisiana | Minnesota | Idaho |
| New Jersey | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana |
| New York | North Carolina | Nebraska | Nevada |
| Pennsylvania | Oklahoma | North Dakota | New Mexico |
| Rhode Island | South Carolina | Ohio | Oregon |
| Vermont | Tennessee | South Dakota | Utah |
| Texas | Wisconsin | Washington | |
| Virginia | Wyoming | ||
| West Virginia |
NOTES: Right-to-work states denoted in bold. Indiana repealed its RTW law in 1965. Louisiana, Idaho, and Oklahoma passed RTW legislation in 1976, 1985, and 2001, respectively.
