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Table 79. Staff employed in public school systems, by type of assignment and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2003

[In full-time equivalents]
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                     |         |     School district staff  |                        School staff                     |       |
                     |         |____________________________|_________________________________________________________|       |
                     |         | Officials|Adminis-|Instruc-|Principals|School and|         |        |        |       |       |   Other
                     |         |       and| trative|    tion|       and|   library|         |Instruc-|Guidance|       |Student| support
                     |         |  adminis-| support|coordin-| assistant|   support|         |  tional|counsel-|Librar-|support|services
State or jurisdiction|    Total|   trators|   staff|   ators|principals|     staff| Teachers|   aides|     ors|   ians|  staff|   staff
_____________________|_________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|_________|________|________|_______|_______|_________
1                    |        2|         3|       4|       5|         6|         7|        8|       9|      10|     11|     12|       13
_____________________|_________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|_________|________|________|_______|_______|_________
   United States\1\ .|5,948,475|    63,561| 178,737|  44,076|   165,531|   291,385|3,048,549| 685,242|  99,395| 54,351|188,938|1,128,710
                     |_________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|_________|________|________|_______|_______|_________
Alabama .............|  100,592|     1,345|   1,276|     698|     3,452|     2,741|   58,070|   6,240|   1,682|  1,388|  1,479|   22,221
Alaska\2\ ...........|   16,550|       413|     669|     160|       675|       861|    7,808|   2,118|     274|    152|    459|    2,961
Arizona .............|   96,341|       424|     520|     183|     2,240|     9,414|   47,507|  13,438|   1,292|    802|  7,610|   12,911
Arkansas ............|   64,693|       682|   1,797|     621|     1,552|     1,478|   30,876|   6,623|   1,218|    934|  3,284|   15,628
California\3\ .......|  572,835|     2,766|  23,273|   6,589|    13,340|    36,116|  304,311|  69,201|   6,640|  1,218| 15,076|   94,305
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Colorado ............|   89,530|       974|   2,505|     963|     2,382|     4,841|   44,904|  10,216|   1,371|    845|  3,399|   17,130
Connecticut .........|   85,367|     1,333|   1,771|     367|     2,193|     3,682|   42,370|  11,567|   1,327|    789|  4,422|   15,546
Delaware ............|   14,587|       288|     327|     188|       370|       498|    7,749|   1,361|     262|    129|    605|    2,810
District of Columbia |   10,608|        96|      76|      68|       408|       369|    5,676|   1,269|      60|     40|  1,950|      596
Florida .............|  295,775|     1,819|  15,035|     696|     6,946|    15,456|  144,955|  29,616|   5,772|  2,710| 11,410|   61,360
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Georgia .............|  200,512|     1,913|   2,483|   1,376|     5,063|     9,468|   97,150|  24,111|   3,338|  2,170|  5,888|   47,552
Hawaii ..............|   21,113|       188|     306|     511|       504|     1,072|   11,129|   2,640|     648|    290|  1,296|    2,529
Idaho ...............|   25,133|       116|     541|     268|       726|     1,096|   14,049|   2,637|     575|    170|    531|    4,424
Illinois\4,5\ .......|  253,924|     4,061|   7,286|     833|     6,422|    12,395|  127,669|  33,302|   3,049|  2,200|  8,631|   48,076
Indiana .............|  130,532|     1,080|     623|   1,662|     2,985|     8,520|   59,924|  18,289|   1,804|  1,004|  2,050|   32,591
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Iowa ................|   68,137|       928|     723|     472|     2,111|     4,552|   34,791|   9,095|   1,180|    589|  2,500|   11,196
Kansas ..............|   63,778|     1,239|     916|     118|     1,709|     2,677|   32,589|   7,085|   1,118|    923|  2,879|   12,525
Kentucky ............|   95,926|     1,011|   5,349|     877|     2,527|     4,204|   41,201|  13,769|   1,471|  1,147|  1,583|   22,787
Louisiana ...........|  102,990|       330|   2,728|   1,387|     2,694|     3,668|   50,495|  11,398|   3,155|  1,233|  3,324|   22,578
Maine ...............|   35,866|       625|     843|     297|       967|     1,541|   17,621|   5,952|     627|    251|  1,423|    5,719
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Maryland ............|  102,525|       836|   1,102|   1,195|     3,149|     4,077|   55,140|   9,878|   2,241|  1,118|  3,060|   20,729
Massachusetts\6\ ....|  134,414|     1,751|   4,435|   1,115|     3,666|     5,519|   72,062|  18,272|   2,118|    946|  7,019|   17,511
Michigan\7\ .........|  206,034|     3,304|   1,241|   3,457|     4,937|    15,135|   97,014|  25,170|   2,708|  1,405|  8,325|   43,338
Minnesota ...........|  103,744|     1,030|   6,744|     467|     2,190|     3,934|   51,611|  14,636|   1,064|    942|  6,274|   14,852
Mississippi .........|   68,377|       986|   1,882|     671|     1,757|     2,458|   32,591|   8,603|   1,009|    969|  2,863|   14,588
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Missouri ............|  125,783|     1,308|   8,626|     952|     3,044|       540|   65,169|  10,906|   2,608|  1,621|  4,493|   26,516
Montana\5\ ..........|   18,641|       145|     514|     182|       504|       875|   10,301|   1,870|     431|    357|     67|    3,395
Nebraska ............|   40,573|       574|     845|     427|       998|     1,626|   20,921|   4,722|     757|    557|  1,122|    8,024
Nevada ..............|   34,059|       263|     970|     524|     1,079|     1,575|   20,234|   2,438|     719|    324|    842|    5,091
New Hampshire .......|   30,830|       538|     643|     185|       537|       915|   15,112|   6,380|     772|    296|    621|    4,831
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
New Jersey ..........|  204,038|     1,832|   7,434|   1,466|     4,917|    10,659|  109,077|  24,010|   3,673|  1,871| 11,472|   27,627
New Mexico ..........|   44,841|       858|   1,733|     724|       995|     2,141|   21,569|   5,243|     769|    298|  2,012|    8,499
New York ............|  394,178|     2,844|  26,934|   2,083|     7,823|     7,159|  216,116|  53,423|   6,440|  3,318| 10,222|   57,816
North Carolina ......|  172,193|     1,609|   3,359|     852|     4,777|     6,393|   89,988|  27,852|   3,444|  2,335|  5,197|   26,387
North Dakota ........|   15,066|       436|     160|     134|       395|       513|    8,037|   1,811|     278|    198|    469|    2,635
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Ohio ................|  242,520|     6,214|  11,970|     500|     6,499|    16,985|  121,735|  18,274|   3,694|  1,669|  3,722|   51,258
Oklahoma ............|   71,313|       710|   1,664|     248|     1,932|     4,207|   39,253|   6,049|   1,495|    996|  2,293|   12,466
Oregon ..............|   54,272|       613|   1,704|     406|     1,539|     3,698|   26,732|   8,466|   1,114|    461|  1,621|    7,918
Pennsylvania ........|  233,269|     1,667|   6,270|   1,424|     4,630|    11,608|  119,889|  24,897|   4,344|  2,217| 11,071|   45,252
Rhode Island\4,7,8\ .|   19,892|       164|     461|     190|       557|       905|   11,918|   2,526|     380|    215|    543|    2,033
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
South Carolina\9\ ...|   62,910|       299|   2,425|     678|     3,224|     3,426|   45,830|   2,311|   1,699|  1,135|  1,520|      363
South Dakota ........|   19,039|       445|     331|     380|       402|       543|    9,245|   3,337|     328|    146|  1,146|    2,736
Tennessee ...........|  116,118|     1,239|   2,756|   1,130|     5,080|     5,313|   59,584|  14,430|   1,918|  1,545|  4,154|   18,969
Texas ...............|  596,330|     7,833|   3,446|   1,238|    29,621|    32,882|  289,481|  58,741|   9,937|  4,864|  5,312|  152,975
Utah ................|   41,545|       156|     974|     711|     1,012|     2,282|   22,147|   5,911|     683|    279|    289|    7,101
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Vermont .............|   18,701|       147|     385|     318|       441|       895|    8,749|   4,208|     426|    226|    756|    2,150
Virginia ............|  166,578|     1,556|   3,964|   1,525|     3,924|     8,675|   90,573|  15,287|   2,564|  1,986|  3,054|   33,470
Washington ..........|  109,294|       915|   1,791|     546|     2,747|     5,643|   52,824|  10,051|   1,955|  1,309|  2,828|   28,685
West Virginia .......|   37,957|       421|   1,735|     335|     1,044|       420|   20,020|   3,113|     660|    386|  1,645|    8,178
Wisconsin ...........|  104,531|       932|   2,827|   1,527|     2,512|     4,863|   58,216|  10,632|   1,910|  1,247|  4,655|   15,210
Wyoming .............|   14,121|       305|     365|     152|       333|       872|    6,567|   1,868|     394|    131|    472|    2,662
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Bureau of Indian     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
   Affairs ..........|     --- |      --- |    --- |     ---|      --- |      --- |     --- |     ---|     ---|    ---|    ---|     ---
Department of Defense|         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
   dependents schools|         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
  Overseas schools ..|    7,282|        34|      23|      50|       271|       706|    4,728|     280|     267|    155|    411|      357
  Domestic schools ..|    4,157|        28|      21|      42|       108|       306|    2,301|     428|     102|     69|    193|      559
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Other jurisdictions  |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
  American Samoa ....|    1,771|        39|      52|      45|        73|       152|      988|     116|      49|      6|     84|      167
  Guam ..............|    3,466|        18|     150|     104|        58|       304|    1,760|     704|      54|     23|     52|      239
  Northern Marianas .|    1,155|         7|      63|      12|        32|        77|      550|     250|      18|      1|     36|      109
  Puerto Rico .......|   74,697|     1,611|     185|     312|     1,512|     4,593|   42,444|     237|   1,009|  1,080|  3,899|   17,815
  Virgin Islands ....|    2,896|        67|     131|      19|        84|        72|    1,512|     326|      81|     38|     85|      481
_____________________|_________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|_________|________|________|_______|_______|_________
---Not available.
\1\Includes imputations for undercounts in designated states.
\2\Includes imputations for instruction coordinators.
\3\Includes imputations for prekindergarten teachers.
\4\Includes imputations for instructional aides.
\5\Includes imputations for administrative support staff, school and library support staff, and other support services staff.
\6\Includes imputations for library support staff.
\7\Includes imputations for prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers.
\8\Includes imputations for school administrators, guidance counselors, and librarians.
\9\Includes imputations for administrative support staff and school support staff.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003-04. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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