Table 84.

Staff and teachers in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2000 through fall 2006

State or jurisdiction	Teachers as a percent of staff								Fall 20041						Fall 20051						Fall 2006
	Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002		Fall 2003		All staff		Teachers		Teachers as a percent of staff		All staff		Teachers		Teachers as a percent of staff		All staff		Teachers		Teachers as a percent of staff
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14
United States2	51.5		50.8		51.0		51.2		6,058,174		3,090,925		51.0		6,130,686		3,143,003		51.3		6,163,962		3,180,396		51.6
Alabama	53.7	3	53.1	3	53.0	3	57.7		92,795		51,594		55.6		103,775		57,757		55.7		109,816	3	56,134		51.1	3
Alaska	49.3	3	48.1	3	47.2	3	47.2	3	17,632	3	7,756		44.0	3	17,954	3	7,912		44.1	3	16,853	3	7,903		46.9	3
Arizona	49.3		49.0		48.7		49.3		97,953		48,935		50.0		100,162		51,376		51.3		102,390		52,625		51.4
Arkansas	50.6		49.7		47.5		47.7		66,127		31,234		47.2		70,673		32,997		46.7		71,616		35,089		49.0
California	54.1	3	53.0	3	52.9	3	53.1	3	574,614	3	305,969	3	53.2	3	579,118	3	309,222	3	53.4	3	579,825	3	307,110	3	53.0	3
Colorado	50.7		50.4		50.2		50.2		91,337		45,165		49.4		93,148		45,841		49.2		97,364		46,973		48.2
Connecticut	50.0		49.2		49.0		49.6		83,879		38,808		46.3		84,669		39,687		46.9		86,709		39,115		45.1
Delaware	59.2		53.4		53.3		53.1		14,966		7,856		52.5		15,473		7,998		51.7		15,403		8,038		52.2
District of Columbia	46.2		43.5		43.3		53.5		12,162		5,387		44.3		12,372	3	5,481	3	44.3	3	12,194	3	5,394		44.2	3
Florida	47.8		47.6		48.1		49.0		311,853		154,864		49.7		314,219		158,962		50.6		321,600		162,851		50.6
Georgia	49.2		48.8		48.5		48.5		209,746		104,987		50.1		218,965		108,535		49.6		227,616		113,597		49.9
Hawaii	59.5		56.6		53.0		52.7		20,531		11,146		54.3		21,059		11,226		53.3		21,061		11,271		53.5
Idaho	56.2		55.9		55.8		55.9		25,533		14,269		55.9		26,018		14,521		55.8		26,312		14,770		56.1
Illinois	51.1	3	50.7	3	50.9	3	50.2	3	261,194	3	131,047		50.2	3	251,769	3	133,857		53.2	3	221,553	3	140,988		63.6	3
Indiana	46.7		46.3		47.2		45.9		133,375		60,563		45.4		133,096		60,592		45.5		134,681		61,315		45.5
Iowa	51.1		50.2		51.3		51.1		68,450		34,697		50.7		69,080		35,181		50.9		69,690		35,653		51.2
Kansas	50.9		50.8		51.1		51.1		64,114		32,932		51.4		65,537		33,608		51.3		53,762		35,297		65.7
Kentucky	44.1		42.6		42.4		43.0		95,920		41,463		43.2		97,937		42,413		43.3		98,812		43,371	3	43.9	3
Louisiana	49.3		49.2		48.9		49.0		101,381		49,192		48.5		92,612		44,660		48.2		95,226		45,951		48.3
Maine	49.7		49.1		48.7		49.1		34,899		16,656		47.7		35,249		16,684		47.3		36,785		16,826		45.7
Maryland	54.3		54.2		54.0		51.3		108,296		55,101		50.9		111,215		56,685		51.0		113,474		58,443		51.5
Massachusetts	55.1		54.9		51.6		53.6	3	137,613	3	73,399		53.3	3	138,781	3	73,596		53.0	3	136,563	3	73,157		53.6	3
Michigan	46.1		46.0		47.9		47.1	3	209,835		100,638		48.0		204,764	3	98,069		47.9	3	212,320		98,037		46.2
Minnesota	51.6	3	50.7		50.1	3	49.7		104,367		52,152		50.0		104,489		51,107		48.9		106,701		51,880		48.6
Mississippi	47.9		47.9		47.8		47.7		67,249		31,321		46.6		67,659		31,433		46.5		68,815		32,351		47.0
Missouri	53.2		52.3		52.1		51.8		126,792		65,847		51.9		128,794		67,076		52.1		127,020	3	67,398		53.1	3
Montana	53.5	3	53.4	3	55.4	3	55.2		18,759	3	10,224		54.5	3	19,611	3	10,369		52.9	3	19,023	3	10,398		54.7	3
Nebraska	52.6		52.0		51.6		51.6		41,157		21,236		51.6		41,166		21,359		51.9		42,938		21,459		50.0
Nevada	58.6		56.7		59.9		59.4		31,260		20,950		67.0		32,345	3	21,744		67.2	3	33,949	3	22,908		67.5	3
New Hampshire	51.1		50.4		49.8		49.0		31,408		15,298		48.7		32,022		15,536		48.5		32,174		15,515		48.2
New Jersey	53.4		53.6		53.7		53.5		213,418		114,875		53.8		211,893	3	112,673		53.2	3	205,372	3	112,301		54.7	3
New Mexico	46.8		48.6		48.3		48.1		46,531		21,730		46.7		47,940		22,021		45.9		46,551		22,016		47.3
New York	49.7		49.4		49.3		54.8		399,089	3	218,612	3	54.8	3	373,504		218,989		58.6		373,360		218,879		58.6
North Carolina	51.5		51.6		51.8		52.3		177,308		92,550		52.2		182,107		95,664		52.5		196,657		104,412		53.1
North Dakota	53.9		53.9		53.5		53.3		15,157		8,070		53.2		15,128		8,003		52.9		15,157		8,007		52.8
Ohio	53.1		53.1		51.7		50.2		239,988		118,060		49.2		238,977		117,982		49.4		242,574		110,390		45.5
Oklahoma	55.0		54.5		54.6		55.0		77,466		40,416		52.2		81,857		41,833		51.1		81,831		42,206		51.6
Oregon	50.0		49.3		49.3		49.3		56,637		27,431		48.4		60,349		28,346		47.0		51,067		26,443		51.8
Pennsylvania	52.2		51.7		51.1		51.4		237,122		121,167		51.1		240,409		122,397		50.9		241,024	3	123,375		51.2	3
Rhode Island	60.0		59.8		61.2		59.9	3	22,838	3	11,781	3	51.6	3	24,267	3	14,180	3	58.4	3	17,902	3	11,381		63.6	3
South Carolina	65.7	3	65.3	3	73.8	3	72.9	3	64,999	3	46,914		72.2	3	67,992	3	48,212		70.9	3	74,709	3	49,733		66.6	3
South Dakota	52.0		50.6		48.6		48.6		18,106		9,064		50.1		19,018		9,129		48.0		17,297	3	9,070		52.4	3
Tennessee	52.1		52.1		51.3		51.3		115,767		60,022		51.8		114,171		59,596		52.2		123,218		62,176		50.5
Texas	50.6		48.6		48.6		48.5		607,364		294,547		48.5		598,513		302,425		50.5		616,155		311,649		50.6
Utah	54.1		54.0		53.9		53.3		44,499		22,287		50.1		45,821		22,993		50.2		47,365		23,640		49.9
Vermont	47.3		47.4		46.5		46.8		18,899		8,720		46.1		19,024		8,851		46.5		19,232		8,859		46.1
Virginia	54.1	3	54.0		61.3		54.4		179,688		93,732		52.2		233,898		103,944		44.4		239,815		105,039		43.8
Washington	52.3		46.9		47.0		48.3		111,848		53,125		47.5		113,845		53,508		47.0		102,948		53,743		52.2
West Virginia	54.3		53.5		52.8		52.7		37,979		19,958		52.6		38,152		19,940		52.3		39,217	3	19,414		49.5	3
Wisconsin	56.3		54.6		53.3		55.7		104,018		60,521		58.2		105,564		60,127		57.0		105,033		59,089		56.3
Wyoming	48.6		48.7		49.1	3	46.5		14,256		6,657		46.7		14,526		6,706		46.2		15,233		6,757		44.4
Bureau of Indian Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, overseas	66.0		65.3		68.0		64.9		6,845		4,885		71.4		9,099		5,726		62.9		8,338		5,204		62.4
DoD, domestic	59.2		57.5		57.7		55.4		2,865		2,002		69.9		3,671		2,033		55.4		3,574		2,033		56.9
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	50.0		54.2		54.4		55.8		1,813		945		52.1		1,446		989		68.4		1,869		971		52.0
Guam	51.5		50.9		—		50.8		3,318		1,672		50.4		3,455		1,804		52.2		—		—		—
Northern Marianas	50.2		50.9		49.9		47.6		1,166		579		49.7		1,234		614		49.8		1,160		579		49.9
Puerto Rico	54.4		57.0		56.8		56.8		76,865		43,054		56.0		75,023		42,036		56.0		71,962		40,163		55.8
U.S. Virgin Islands	52.1		53.6		49.5		52.2		2,977		1,545		51.9		2,664		1,434		53.8		3,020		1,531		50.7

— 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. NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Educa-tion," 2000–01 through 2006–07. (This table was prepared October 2008.)