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Table 80. Staff employed in public school systems, by type of assignment and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2002

[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\ .|5,954,661|    62,781| 175,065|  47,996|   164,171|   281,502|3,034,123| 663,552| 100,912| 54,205|187,053|1,183,301
                     |_________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|_________|________|________|_______|_______|_________
Alabama\2\ ..........|   88,893|     1,273|   1,236|     667|     3,424|     2,684|   47,115|   6,169|   1,696|  1,359|  1,246|   22,024
Alaska\3\ ...........|   17,101|       527|     585|     172|       567|       917|    8,080|   2,328|     289|    161|    441|    3,034
Arizona .............|   96,639|       192|     848|     187|     2,205|    10,015|   47,101|  13,650|   1,264|    855|  7,571|   12,751
Arkansas ............|   63,815|       673|   1,908|     613|     1,766|     1,600|   30,330|   6,217|   1,436|  1,012|  3,396|   14,864
California\2\ .......|  581,756|     2,750|  23,759|   6,664|    13,478|    36,661|  307,764|  72,242|   6,684|  1,388| 15,238|   95,128
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Colorado ............|   90,397|       969|   2,582|     926|     2,344|     4,929|   45,401|  11,008|   1,391|    847|  3,263|   16,737
Connecticut .........|   86,361|     1,291|   1,768|     400|     2,216|     3,973|   42,296|  12,076|   1,328|    785|  4,582|   15,646
Delaware ............|   14,449|       273|     329|     181|       367|       471|    7,698|   1,388|     238|    126|    628|    2,750
District of Columbia |   11,548|        49|     173|      20|       284|       491|    5,005|   1,537|     243|    119|  1,901|    1,726
Florida .............|  287,091|     1,733|  15,082|     658|     6,750|    15,083|  138,226|  31,040|   5,641|  2,666| 10,931|   59,281
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Georgia .............|  197,944|     1,879|   2,324|   1,490|     5,006|     9,448|   96,044|  23,792|   3,319|  2,142|  5,636|   46,864
Hawaii ..............|   20,703|       131|     356|     524|       509|       965|   10,973|   2,603|     649|    291|  1,274|    2,428
Idaho ...............|   24,897|       123|     541|     274|       724|     1,093|   13,896|   2,641|     591|    176|    547|    4,291
Illinois\4,5\ .......|  257,352|     4,029|   7,232|   1,298|     6,304|    12,312|  131,046|  32,688|   2,942|  1,940|  8,634|   48,927
Indiana .............|  126,998|       973|     602|   1,623|     2,946|     8,005|   59,968|  17,426|   1,812|  1,029|  1,999|   30,615
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Iowa ................|   67,426|       967|     723|     477|     2,182|     4,686|   34,573|   8,439|   1,197|    612|  2,496|   11,074
Kansas ..............|   63,911|     1,263|     925|     118|     1,728|     2,801|   32,643|   6,805|   1,142|    950|  3,012|   12,524
Kentucky ............|   95,839|     1,216|   5,253|     846|     2,506|     4,217|   40,662|  14,078|   1,460|  1,159|  1,660|   22,782
Louisiana ...........|  102,333|       277|   2,643|   1,348|     2,642|     3,680|   50,062|  11,372|   3,094|  1,245|  3,267|   22,703
Maine ...............|   34,586|       573|     771|     218|       920|     1,477|   16,837|   5,903|     655|    242|  1,374|    5,616
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Maryland ............|  102,642|       869|   1,276|     948|     3,094|     4,002|   55,382|   9,726|   2,228|  1,091|  3,442|   20,584
Massachusetts .......|  143,922|       765|   3,411|   3,603|     3,153|     8,535|   74,214|  19,945|   2,924|  1,007|  7,627|   18,738
Michigan ............|  187,093|     2,979|   1,055|   2,988|     4,403|    13,565|   89,595|  22,664|   2,660|  1,367|  7,557|   38,260
Minnesota\5\ ........|  105,311|     1,063|   6,900|     439|     2,157|     3,955|   52,808|  14,758|   1,063|    968|  6,150|   15,050
Mississippi .........|   66,133|       966|   1,816|     619|     1,702|     2,363|   31,598|   8,314|     966|    942|  2,766|   14,081
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Missouri ............|  128,124|     1,318|   8,537|   1,057|     3,093|        54|   66,717|  11,884|   2,730|  1,668|  4,684|   26,382
Montana\5\ ..........|   18,693|       150|     520|     171|       499|       886|   10,362|   1,730|     432|    357|     65|    3,521
Nebraska ............|   40,743|       566|     837|     408|     1,007|     1,668|   21,043|   4,692|     777|    562|  1,123|    8,060
Nevada ..............|   33,443|       253|     743|     254|     1,032|     1,513|   20,038|   3,220|     716|    327|    807|    4,540
New Hampshire .......|   30,087|       508|     677|     196|       520|       958|   14,977|   6,050|     772|    289|    595|    4,545
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
New Jersey ..........|  199,381|     1,885|   7,196|   1,464|     4,889|    10,487|  107,004|  22,671|   3,611|  1,855| 11,111|   27,208
New Mexico ..........|   43,826|       834|   1,678|     660|     1,015|     2,080|   21,172|   5,158|     775|    290|  2,004|    8,160
New York ............|  428,045|     2,954|  26,653|   2,167|     8,410|     7,137|  210,926|  42,479|   7,241|  3,190| 10,735|  106,153
North Carolina ......|  169,328|     1,580|      29|     889|     4,708|        11|   87,677|  27,476|   3,422|  2,299|  4,942|   36,295
North Dakota ........|   15,090|       429|     162|     126|       400|       517|    8,078|   1,798|     279|    199|    470|    2,632
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Ohio ................|  242,372|     6,549|  12,919|     501|     6,543|    15,499|  125,372|  17,397|   3,587|  1,615|  1,831|   50,559
Oklahoma ............|   74,422|       714|   1,923|     217|     2,007|     4,118|   40,638|   6,323|   1,570|  1,031|  2,309|   13,572
Oregon ..............|   55,042|       701|   1,784|     434|     1,597|     3,732|   27,126|   8,313|   1,172|    510|  1,541|    8,132
Pennsylvania ........|  231,251|     1,639|   6,302|   1,464|     4,581|    11,475|  118,256|  24,497|   4,292|  2,227| 11,761|   44,757
Rhode Island ........|   18,303|       193|     412|      67|       452|       799|   11,196|   2,345|     351|     61|    427|    2,000
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
South Carolina\6\ ...|   63,039|       297|   2,410|     740|     3,132|     3,402|   46,528|   1,947|   1,716|  1,129|  1,409|      329
South Dakota ........|   19,031|       443|     333|     376|       415|       542|    9,257|   3,312|     320|    162|  1,155|    2,716
Tennessee ...........|  114,358|     1,197|   2,732|   1,178|     4,895|     5,130|   58,652|  14,199|   1,878|  1,522|  3,725|   19,250
Texas ...............|  594,002|     7,950|   3,570|   1,335|    29,391|    30,841|  288,655|  58,933|   9,924|  4,875|  5,187|  153,341
Utah ................|   41,588|       165|     912|     653|     1,010|     2,275|   22,415|   5,619|     684|    282|    509|    7,064
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Vermont .............|   18,384|       145|     343|     325|       430|       862|    8,542|   4,210|     418|    234|    762|    2,113
Virginia ............|  162,994|     1,855|   3,344|   1,465|     4,108|     7,499|   99,919|   2,632|   2,362|  1,851|  3,904|   34,055
Washington ..........|  112,740|     1,037|   1,769|   2,394|     2,717|     5,632|   52,953|  10,116|   1,972|  1,325|  2,752|   30,073
West Virginia .......|   38,132|       415|   1,803|     336|     1,063|       387|   20,119|   3,087|     660|    391|  1,564|    8,307
Wisconsin ...........|  113,262|       923|   3,027|   1,663|     2,538|     5,279|   60,385|  12,851|   1,948|  1,340|  4,647|   18,661
Wyoming\2\ ..........|   13,841|       278|     352|     155|       342|       791|    6,799|   1,804|     391|    135|    396|    2,398
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Bureau of Indian     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
   Affairs ..........|     --- |      --- |    --- |    --- |      --- |      --- |     --- |    --- |    --- |   --- |   --- |     ---
Department of Defense|         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
   dependents schools|         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
  Overseas schools ..|    7,045|        39|      22|     102|       268|       694|    4,794|     228|     258|    153|    208|      279
  Domestic schools ..|    4,200|        36|      32|      47|       113|       302|    2,425|     399|     105|     70|    159|      512
                     |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
Other jurisdictions  |         |          |        |        |          |          |         |        |        |       |       |
  American Samoa ....|    1,735|        39|      53|      44|        82|       141|      943|     147|      46|      6|     81|      153
  Guam ..............|     --- |      --- |    --- |    --- |      --- |      --- |     --- |    --- |    --- |   --- |   --- |     ---
  Northern Marianas .|    1,093|         7|      72|       9|        33|        59|      545|     212|      16|      0|     45|       95
  Puerto Rico .......|   74,553|     1,571|     172|     360|     1,537|     4,560|   42,369|     233|     995|  1,050|  3,838|   17,868
  Virgin Islands ....|    3,036|        79|     131|      19|        86|        80|    1,502|     313|      84|     39|    107|      596
_____________________|_________|__________|________|________|__________|__________|_________|________|________|_______|_______|_________
---Not available.
\1\Includes imputations for undercounts in designated states.
\2\Includes imputations for prekindergarten teachers.
\3\Includes imputations for instruction coordinators.
\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 administrative support staff and school support staff.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
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," 2002-03. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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