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Table 81. Staff and teachers in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1997 through fall 2003
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                      | Teachers as a percent of staff |             Fall 2001            |             Fall 2002\1\          |                 Fall 2003
                      |________________________________|__________________________________|___________________________________|___________________________________
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |Teachers|            |            | Teachers|            |            | Teachers
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |    as a|            |            |     as a|            |            |     as a
                      |   Fall|   Fall|   Fall |   Fall|            |            | percent|            |            |  percent|            |            |  percent
State or jurisdiction |   1997|   1998|    1999|   2000|   All staff|    Teachers|of staff|   All staff|    Teachers| of staff|   All staff|    Teachers| of staff
______________________|_______|_______|________|_______|____________|____________|________|____________|____________|_________|____________|____________|_________
1                     |      2|      3|       4|      5|           6|           7|       8|           9|          10|       11|          12|          13|       14
______________________|_______|_______|________|_______|____________|____________|________|____________|____________|_________|____________|____________|_________
   United States\2\ ..|   52.1|   52.2|    51.7|   51.5|   5,904,195|   2,999,528|    50.8|   5,954,661|   3,034,123|     51.0|   5,948,475|   3,048,549|     51.2
                      |_______|_______|________|_______|____________|____________|________|____________|____________|_________|____________|____________|_________
Alabama ..............|\3\53.5|\3\54.5|\3\ 54.9|\3\53.7|\3\   88,160|\3\   46,785|\3\ 53.1|\3\   88,893|\3\   47,115|\3\  53.0|     100,592|      58,070|     57.7
Alaska ...............|\3\51.0|\3\50.4|\3\ 48.7|\3\49.3|\3\   16,688|       8,026|\3\ 48.1|\3\   17,101|       8,080|\3\  47.2|\3\   16,550|       7,808|\3\  47.2
Arizona ..............|   50.8|\3\49.8|    49.7|   49.3|      93,976|      46,015|    49.0|      96,639|      47,101|     48.7|      96,341|      47,507|     49.3
Arkansas .............|\3\52.5|\3\68.5|    52.5|   50.6|      66,578|      33,079|    49.7|      63,815|      30,330|     47.5|      64,693|      30,876|     47.7
California ...........|\3\54.4|\3\54.8|\3\ 54.0|\3\54.1|\3\  574,466|\3\  304,203|\3\ 53.0|\3\  581,756|\3\  307,764|\3\  52.9|\3\  572,835|\3\  304,311|\3\  53.1
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
Colorado .............|   52.4|   51.8|    51.2|   50.7|      87,582|      44,182|    50.4|      90,397|      45,401|     50.2|      89,530|      44,904|     50.2
Connecticut ..........|   51.2|   50.1|    50.0|   50.0|      84,884|      41,773|    49.2|      86,361|      42,296|     49.0|      85,367|      42,370|     49.6
Delaware .............|   54.6|   55.0|    54.7|   59.2|      14,171|       7,571|    53.4|      14,449|       7,698|     53.3|      14,587|       7,749|     53.1
District of Columbia .|\3\50.3|   52.7|    50.7|   46.2|      11,391|       4,951|    43.5|      11,548|       5,005|     43.3|      10,608|       5,676|     53.5
Florida ..............|   48.6|   48.4|    48.0|   47.8|     282,696|     134,684|    47.6|     287,091|     138,226|     48.1|     295,775|     144,955|     49.0
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
Georgia ..............|\3\53.3|   49.9|    49.3|   49.2|     190,053|      92,731|    48.8|     197,944|      96,044|     48.5|     200,512|      97,150|     48.5
Hawaii ...............|   62.2|   61.3|    60.7|   59.5|      19,464|      11,007|    56.6|      20,703|      10,973|     53.0|      21,113|      11,129|     52.7
Idaho ................|   57.2|   56.3|    56.4|   56.2|      24,773|      13,854|    55.9|      24,897|      13,896|     55.8|      25,133|      14,049|     55.9
Illinois .............|\3\51.8|\3\52.0|\3\ 51.0|\3\51.1|\3\  255,529|     129,600|\3\ 50.7|\3\  257,352|     131,046|\3\  50.9|\3\  253,924|     127,669|\3\  50.3
Indiana ..............|   47.1|   46.8|    47.0|   46.7|     128,939|      59,659|    46.3|     126,998|      59,968|     47.2|     130,532|      59,924|     45.9
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
Iowa .................|   50.9|   49.8|    50.8|   51.1|      69,504|      34,906|    50.2|      67,426|      34,573|     51.3|      68,137|      34,791|     51.1
Kansas ...............|   52.9|   52.6|    51.7|   50.9|      65,155|      33,084|    50.8|      63,911|      32,643|     51.1|      63,778|      32,589|     51.1
Kentucky .............|\3\45.5|   44.8|    45.0|   44.1|      94,827|      40,376|    42.6|      95,839|      40,662|     42.4|      95,926|      41,201|     43.0
Louisiana ............|   49.3|   49.4|    49.4|   49.3|     101,552|      49,980|    49.2|     102,333|      50,062|     48.9|     102,990|      50,495|     49.0
Maine ................|   51.4|   50.8|    50.3|   49.7|      34,072|      16,741|    49.1|      34,586|      16,837|     48.7|      35,866|      17,621|     49.1
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
Maryland .............|   55.3|   53.4|    54.5|   54.3|      99,282|      53,774|    54.2|     102,642|      55,382|     54.0|     102,525|      55,140|     53.8
Massachusetts ........|   55.3|   55.0|    56.9|   55.1|     125,629|      68,942|    54.9|     143,922|      74,214|     51.6|\3\  134,414|      72,062|\3\  53.6
Michigan .............|   44.8|   44.5|    45.6|   46.1|     214,894|      98,849|    46.0|     187,093|      89,595|     47.9|\3\  206,034|      97,014|\3\  47.1
Minnesota ............|   53.4|   53.6|    53.6|\3\51.6|     104,741|      53,081|    50.7|\3\  105,311|      52,808|\3\  50.1|     103,744|      51,611|     49.7
Mississippi ..........|   47.7|   47.9|    48.0|   47.9|      65,155|      31,214|    47.9|      66,133|      31,598|     47.8|      68,377|      32,591|     47.7
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
Missouri .............|   54.8|   53.7|    54.6|   53.2|     124,755|      65,240|    52.3|     128,124|      66,717|     52.1|     125,783|      65,169|     51.8
Montana ..............|\3\53.7|\3\53.8|\3\ 51.7|\3\53.5|\3\   19,488|      10,408|\3\ 53.4|\3\   18,693|      10,362|\3\  55.4|\3\   18,641|      10,301|\3\  55.3
Nebraska .............|   53.1|   53.2|    53.1|   52.6|      40,541|      21,083|    52.0|      40,743|      21,043|     51.6|      40,573|      20,921|     51.6
Nevada ...............|   57.7|   56.3|    57.5|   58.6|      33,967|      19,276|    56.7|      33,443|      20,038|     59.9|      34,059|      20,234|     59.4
New Hampshire ........|   52.2|   52.0|    51.7|   51.1|      29,141|      14,677|    50.4|      30,087|      14,977|     49.8|      30,830|      15,112|     49.0
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
New Jersey ...........|   53.8|   53.9|    53.9|   53.4|     193,337|     103,611|    53.6|     199,381|     107,004|     53.7|     204,038|     109,077|     53.5
New Mexico ...........|   48.4|   48.6|    45.8|   46.8|      44,941|      21,823|    48.6|      43,826|      21,172|     48.3|      44,841|      21,569|     48.1
New York .............|   51.0|   52.4|    49.4|   49.7|     423,199|     209,128|    49.4|     428,045|     210,926|     49.3|     394,178|     216,116|     54.8
North Carolina .......|\3\52.1|   52.0|    51.6|   51.5|     166,164|      85,684|    51.6|     169,328|      87,677|     51.8|     172,193|      89,988|     52.3
North Dakota .........|   54.3|   54.0|    53.9|   53.9|      14,895|       8,035|    53.9|      15,090|       8,078|     53.5|      15,066|       8,037|     53.3
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
Ohio .................|   54.5|   54.4|    53.4|   53.1|     230,007|     122,115|    53.1|     242,372|     125,372|     51.7|     242,520|     121,735|     50.2
Oklahoma .............|   58.0|   57.8|    56.2|   55.0|      76,405|      41,632|    54.5|      74,422|      40,638|     54.6|      71,313|      39,253|     55.0
Oregon ...............|   50.7|   50.5|    50.0|   50.0|      57,333|      28,262|    49.3|      55,042|      27,126|     49.3|      54,272|      26,732|     49.3
Pennsylvania .........|   52.5|   52.9|    52.8|   52.2|     229,238|     118,470|    51.7|     231,251|     118,256|     51.1|     233,269|     119,889|     51.4
Rhode Island .........|   61.6|   62.4|    61.6|   60.0|      18,584|      11,104|    59.8|      18,303|      11,196|     61.2|\3\   19,892|      11,918|\3\  59.9
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
South Carolina .......|\3\53.4|\3\53.6|\3\ 53.2|\3\65.7|\3\   71,338|      46,616|\3\ 65.3|\3\   63,039|      46,528|\3\  73.8|\3\   62,910|      45,830|\3\  72.9
South Dakota .........|   55.1|   56.1|    53.8|   52.0|      18,512|       9,370|    50.6|      19,031|       9,257|     48.6|      19,039|       9,245|     48.6
Tennessee ............|   52.9|   53.8|    54.3|   52.1|     111,927|      58,358|    52.1|     114,358|      58,652|     51.3|     116,118|      59,584|     51.3
Texas ................|   51.6|   51.3|    51.1|   50.6|     582,556|     282,847|    48.6|     594,002|     288,655|     48.6|     596,330|     289,481|     48.5
Utah .................|   53.3|   54.9|    54.3|   54.1|      41,111|      22,211|    54.0|      41,588|      22,415|     53.9|      41,545|      22,147|     53.3
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
Vermont ..............|   48.3|   48.9|    48.7|   47.3|      18,050|       8,554|    47.4|      18,384|       8,542|     46.5|      18,701|       8,749|     46.8
Virginia .............|\3\54.3|\3\55.6|\3\ 54.1|\3\54.1|     165,249|      89,314|    54.0|     162,994|      99,919|     61.3|     166,578|      90,573|     54.4
Washington ...........|   53.1|   53.0|    52.4|   52.3|     112,020|      52,533|    46.9|     112,740|      52,953|     47.0|     109,294|      52,824|     48.3
West Virginia ........|   54.4|   54.3|    54.5|   54.3|      37,675|      20,138|    53.5|      38,132|      20,119|     52.8|      37,957|      20,020|     52.7
Wisconsin ............|\3\54.4|   56.0|    55.3|   56.3|     115,917|      63,310|    54.6|     113,262|      60,385|     53.3|     104,531|      58,216|     55.7
Wyoming ..............|   49.2|   48.7|    49.8|   48.6|      13,684|       6,662|    48.7|\3\   13,841|\3\    6,799|\3\  49.1|      14,121|       6,567|     46.5
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Bureau of Indian      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
   Affairs ...........|   --- |   --- |    --- |   --- |         ---|        --- |    --- |        --- |        --- |     --- |        --- |        --- |     ---
Department of Defense |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
   dependents schools |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
  Overseas schools ...|   66.7|   66.4|\4\ 64.0|   66.0|       7,889|       5,154|    65.3|       7,045|       4,794|     68.0|       7,282|       4,728|     64.9
  Domestic schools ...|   --- |   --- |    --- |   59.2|       4,321|       2,486|    57.5|       4,200|       2,425|     57.7|       4,157|       2,301|     55.4
                      |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
Other jurisdictions   |       |       |        |       |            |            |        |            |            |         |            |            |
  American Samoa .....|   50.8|   50.1|    49.7|   50.0|       1,686|         914|    54.2|       1,735|         943|     54.4|       1,771|         988|     55.8
  Guam ...............|   46.6|   34.2|    49.1|   51.5|       3,765|       1,918|    50.9|        --- |        --- |     --- |       3,466|       1,760|     50.8
  Northern Marianas ..|   44.5|   47.6|    51.0|   50.2|       1,019|         519|    50.9|       1,093|         545|     49.9|       1,155|         550|     47.6
  Puerto Rico ........|   56.2|   57.7|    57.5|   54.4|      75,254|      42,906|    57.0|      74,553|      42,369|     56.8|      74,697|      42,444|     56.8
  Virgin Islands .....|   49.4|   51.3|    51.6|   52.1|       2,817|       1,511|    53.6|       3,036|       1,502|     49.5|       2,896|       1,512|     52.2
______________________|_______|_______|________|_______|____________|____________|________|____________|____________|_________|____________|____________|_________
---Not available.
\1\Data revised from previously published figures.
\2\U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.
\3\Includes imputations for underreporting.
\4\Includes both overseas and domestic schools.
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," 1997-98 through 2003-04. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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