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Table 82. Staff employed in public school systems, by type of assignment and state: Fall 1999 [In full-time equivalents]

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                        |          |     School district       |                                                             |        |
                        |          |            staff          |                        School staff                         |        |
                        |          |___________________________|_____________________________________________________________|Student |  Other
  State or other area   |  Total   |Officials|Adminis-|Instruc-| Principals  |School and|          |        |        |       |support | support
                        |          |   and   |trative |  tion  |     and     | library  | Teachers |Instruc-|Guidance|Librar-| staff  | services
                        |          |adminis- |support |coordin-|  assistant  | support  |          | tional |counsel-| ians  |        |  staff
                        |          | trators | staff  | ators  |principals\1\|  staff   |          | aides  |  ors   |       |        |
________________________|__________|_________|________|________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
           1            |    2     |    3    |   4    |   5    |      6      |    7     |    8     |   9    |   10   |  11   |   12   |    13
________________________|__________|_________|________|________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
   United States\2\ ....|5,632,004 |  55,467 |169,742 | 38,667 |     137,199 |  263,908 |2,910,633 |621,942 | 95,624 |53,659 |166,497 |1,118,666
                        |__________|_________|________|________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
Alabama\3\ .............|   88,492 |   1,189 |  1,265 |    467 |       3,047 |    2,579 |   48,624 |  6,270 |  1,701 | 1,294 |  1,123 |   20,933
Alaska\4\ ..............|   16,088 |     265 |    652 |    134 |         695 |    1,121 |    7,838 |  2,221 |    243 |   148 |    448 |    2,323
Arizona ................|   88,259 |     403 |    783 |    185 |       1,997 |    9,031 |   43,892 | 11,631 |  1,158 |   785 |  6,996 |   11,398
Arkansas ...............|   59,755 |     557 |    747 |    250 |       1,613 |    1,503 |   31,362 |  5,526 |  1,435 | 1,018 |  2,528 |   13,216
California\3\ ..........|  532,754 |   2,447 | 22,197 |  6,088 |      12,536 |   34,322 |  287,433 | 62,753 |  6,074 | 1,379 | 13,281 |   84,244
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Colorado ...............|   79,672 |     898 |  2,307 |    749 |       1,924 |    4,263 |   40,772 |  8,842 |  1,211 |   729 |  2,806 |   15,171
Connecticut ............|   79,847 |   1,197 |  1,834 |    395 |       1,959 |    3,636 |   39,907 | 10,544 |  1,175 |   729 |  3,864 |   14,607
Delaware ...............|   13,369 |      79 |    362 |    147 |         329 |      405 |    7,318 |    921 |    229 |   119 |    703 |    2,757
District of Columbia\5\ |    9,493 |     113 |    261 |     77 |         243 |      449 |    4,812 |  1,129 |    183 |   105 |    319 |    1,802
Florida ................|  271,339 |   1,690 | 14,053 |    825 |       6,120 |   13,524 |  130,336 | 30,871 |  5,321 | 2,636 |  9,797 |   56,166
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Georgia ................|  183,674 |   1,616 |  1,984 |  1,182 |       4,484 |    8,460 |   90,638 | 23,568 |  2,865 | 2,035 |  4,546 |   42,296
Hawaii .................|   17,902 |     132 |    258 |    375 |         497 |      715 |   10,866 |  1,126 |    600 |   289 |    743 |    2,301
Idaho ..................|   24,192 |     118 |    523 |    262 |         714 |    1,011 |   13,641 |  2,497 |    578 |   194 |    457 |    4,197
Illinois\6\ ............|  244,538 |   3,727 |  6,862 |  2,067 |       5,681 |   11,783 |  124,815 | 29,664 |  2,897 | 1,962 |  7,735 |   47,345
Indiana.................|  125,236 |     919 |    642 |  1,496 |       2,888 |    8,165 |   58,864 | 17,317 |  1,819 | 1,077 |  1,875 |   30,174
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Iowa ...................|   65,957 |   1,110 |    741 |    383 |       1,981 |    4,642 |   33,480 |  7,944 |  1,214 |   709 |  2,179 |   11,574
Kansas .................|   63,771 |   1,241 |  1,173 |    117 |       1,733 |    2,550 |   32,969 |  6,657 |  1,159 |   976 |  1,246 |   13,950
Kentucky ...............|   93,332 |   1,087 |  2,738 |    400 |       1,861 |    2,002 |   41,954 | 14,423 |  1,312 | 1,097 |  2,187 |   24,271
Louisiana ..............|  101,233 |     311 |    869 |  1,164 |       2,585 |    3,187 |   50,031 | 10,874 |  3,293 | 1,196 |  1,104 |   26,619
Maine ..................|   32,502 |     504 |    734 |    198 |         885 |    1,386 |   16,349 |  5,028 |    629 |   247 |  1,268 |    5,274
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Maryland ...............|   93,620 |     977 |  1,206 |  1,674 |       3,031 |    3,866 |   50,995 |  8,594 |  2,022 | 1,087 |  2,486 |   17,682
Massachusetts\7\ .......|  136,254 |   1,044 |  6,496 |  1,561 |       2,923 |    4,515 |   77,596 | 16,800 |  2,249 |   837 |  2,807 |   19,426
Michigan ...............|  210,701 |   2,257 |  3,610 |    847 |       5,736 |    8,765 |   96,094 | 23,625 |  3,082 | 1,586 | 12,966 |   52,133
Minnesota ..............|  104,546 |   1,973 |  6,658 |    409 |       1,789 |   11,205 |   56,010 | 14,112 |  1,067 | 1,044 | 10,279 |        0
Mississippi ............|   63,946 |     968 |  1,639 |    591 |       1,639 |    2,254 |   30,722 |  8,712 |    955 |   983 |  2,246 |   13,237
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Missouri................|  117,076 |   1,170 |  7,636 |    783 |       2,920 |    4,396 |   63,890 | 10,131 |  2,588 | 1,566 |  3,709 |   18,287
Montana\6\ .............|   20,032 |     153 |    533 |    157 |         501 |      915 |   10,353 |  2,305 |    426 |   359 |    651 |    3,679
Nebraska ...............|   39,142 |     565 |    810 |    276 |         960 |    1,570 |   20,766 |  4,140 |    755 |   551 |  1,080 |    7,669
Nevada .................|   30,247 |     224 |    732 |    110 |         884 |    1,360 |   17,380 |  2,095 |    654 |   292 |  1,304 |    5,212
New Hampshire ..........|   27,129 |     410 |    512 |    165 |         516 |    1,011 |   14,037 |  4,858 |    699 |   294 |    520 |    4,107
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
New Jersey .............|  178,053 |   1,778 |  6,928 |  1,364 |       4,459 |    9,673 |   95,883 | 17,761 |  3,408 | 1,809 |  9,602 |   25,388
New Mexico .............|   43,184 |     765 |  1,716 |    604 |         951 |    2,822 |   19,797 |  4,748 |    704 |   282 |  2,239 |    8,556
New York ...............|  408,977 |   2,783 | 26,163 |  1,735 |       7,363 |    6,852 |  202,078 | 38,068 |  5,843 | 3,091 |  8,645 |  106,356
North Carolina .........|  158,696 |   1,490 |     74 |    814 |       4,471 |       21 |   81,914 | 26,730 |  3,265 | 2,246 |  4,080 |   33,591
North Dakota ...........|   15,132 |     464 |    170 |     94 |         407 |      528 |    8,150 |  1,743 |    271 |   192 |    474 |    2,639
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Ohio ...................|  217,634 |   5,559 | 10,405 |    420 |       5,104 |   14,295 |  116,200 | 13,603 |  3,425 | 1,653 |  1,448 |   45,522
Oklahoma ...............|   73,831 |     723 |  1,894 |    150 |       2,011 |    3,266 |   41,498 |  6,166 |  1,518 |   980 |  1,212 |   14,413
Oregon .................|   55,610 |     786 |  1,586 |    327 |       1,621 |    3,713 |   27,803 |  7,785 |  1,229 |   569 |  1,363 |    8,828
Pennsylvania ...........|  216,725 |   1,478 |  7,974 |  1,368 |       4,262 |   10,457 |  114,525 | 20,196 |  3,977 | 2,215 |  9,217 |   41,056
Rhode Island ...........|   17,927 |     187 |    468 |     73 |         386 |      909 |   11,041 |  2,177 |    315 |    65 |    393 |    1,913
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
South Carolina\6\ ......|   85,481 |     233 |  2,257 |    466 |       2,363 |    3,875 |   45,468 |  9,755 |  1,610 | 1,130 |  2,755 |   15,569
South Dakota ...........|   17,437 |     358 |    298 |    214 |         423 |      738 |    9,384 |  2,088 |    310 |   175 |    830 |    2,619
Tennessee ..............|  111,798 |   1,066 |  2,545 |  1,015 |       3,927 |    5,529 |   60,702 | 11,738 |  1,720 | 1,462 |  3,174 |   18,920
Texas ..................|  523,948 |   2,857 |  3,067 |  1,175 |      13,006 |   25,971 |  267,935 | 53,749 |  9,149 | 4,607 |  4,439 |  137,993
Utah ...................|   40,235 |     109 |    740 |    618 |         949 |    2,242 |   21,832 |  5,258 |    658 |   308 |    522 |    6,999
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Vermont ................|   17,408 |     146 |    325 |    280 |         407 |      767 |    8,474 |  3,770 |    370 |   220 |    672 |    1,977
Virginia\3\ ............|  157,206 |   2,798 |  4,828 |  1,618 |       3,788 |    6,394 |   85,037 | 14,885 |  3,308 | 2,065 |  3,342 |   29,143
Washington .............|   96,033 |   1,117 |  2,360 |    779 |       2,662 |    4,899 |   50,368 | 10,031 |  1,908 | 1,318 |  2,967 |   17,624
West Virginia...........|   38,709 |     337 |  1,881 |    355 |       1,079 |      369 |   21,082 |  3,008 |    655 |   400 |    972 |    8,571
Wisconsin ..............|  109,951 |     901 |  2,857 |  1,528 |       2,548 |    5,230 |   60,778 | 11,811 |  2,023 | 1,416 |  4,495 |   16,364
Wyoming ................|   13,931 |     188 |    389 |    136 |         341 |      767 |    6,940 |  1,694 |    365 |   133 |    403 |    2,575
                        |__________|_________|________|________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
Bureau of Indian        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
   Affairs .............|      --- |     --- |    --- |    --- |         --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |    --- |   --- |    --- |      ---
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Department of Defense   |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
   dependents schools\8\|   11,588 |      78 |     77 |    208 |         398 |      982 |    7,415 |    910 |    351 |   230 |    510 |      429
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     Outlying areas     |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
American Samoa .........|    1,613 |      35 |     48 |     30 |          56 |       86 |      801 |    121 |     30 |     6 |     63 |      337
Guam ...................|    3,685 |      20 |    187 |    110 |          51 |      557 |    1,809 |    693 |     40 |    19 |     50 |      149
Northern Marianas ......|      956 |       9 |     74 |      9 |          30 |       39 |      488 |    157 |     16 |     0 |     38 |       96
Puerto Rico ............|   71,891 |   1,500 |    219 |    395 |       1,424 |    4,444 |   41,349 |    218 |    907 |   981 |  2,635 |   17,819
Virgin Islands .........|    2,964 |      75 |    151 |     19 |          87 |       79 |    1,528 |    323 |     81 |    37 |    296 |      288
________________________|__________|_________|________|________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________

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\1\Includes other administers such as department chairpersons.
\2\Includes imputations for undercounts in designated states.
\3\Includes imputations for prekindergarten teachers.
\4\Includes imputations for instructional coordinators.
\5\Includes imputations for all categories of staff.
\6\Includes imputations for instructional aides and all support staff.
\7\Includes imputations for student support staff and other support staff.
\8\Includes both overseas and domestic schools.

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished estimates. (This table was prepared February 2002.)


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