Table 83.

Staff and teachers in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2000 through fall 2007

State or jurisdiction	Teachers as a percent of staff										Fall 2005						Fall 20061						Fall 2007
	Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002		Fall 2003		Fall 2004		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		15
United States2	51.5		50.8		51.0		51.2		51.0		6,130,686		3,143,003		51.3		6,153,735		3,166,391		51.5		6,215,635		3,178,142		51.1
Alabama	53.7	3	53.1	3	53.0	3	57.7		55.6		103,775		57,757		55.7		109,839		56,134		51.1		111,656	3	50,420		45.2	3
Alaska	49.3	3	48.1	3	47.2	3	47.2	3	44.0	3	17,954	3	7,912		44.1	3	16,854	3	7,903		46.9	3	16,593	3	7,613		45.9	3
Arizona	49.3		49.0		48.7		49.3		50.0		100,162		51,376		51.3		102,390		52,625		51.4		104,670		54,032		51.6
Arkansas	50.6		49.7		47.5		47.7		47.2		70,673		32,997		46.7		71,616		35,089		49.0		70,331		33,882		48.2
California	54.1	3	53.0	3	52.9	3	53.1	3	53.2	3	579,118	3	309,222	3	53.4	3	580,141	3	307,366	3	53.0	3	583,625	3	305,230	3	52.3	3
Colorado	50.7		50.4		50.2		50.2		49.4		93,148		45,841		49.2		97,364		46,973		48.2		99,326		47,761		48.1
Connecticut	50.0		49.2		49.0		49.6		46.3		84,669		39,687		46.9		86,709		39,115		45.1		86,762		39,304		45.3
Delaware	59.2		53.4		53.3		53.1		52.5		15,473		7,998		51.7		15,403		8,038		52.2		15,524		8,198		52.8
District of Columbia	46.2		43.5		43.3		53.5		44.3		12,372	3	5,481	3	44.3	3	12,177	3	5,383	3	44.2	3	12,532		6,347		50.6
Florida	47.8		47.6		48.1		49.0		49.7		314,219		158,962		50.6		321,600		162,851		50.6		329,726		168,737		51.2
Georgia	49.2		48.8		48.5		48.5		50.1		218,965		108,535		49.6		227,616		113,597		49.9		235,083		116,857		49.7
Hawaii	59.5		56.6		53.0		52.7		54.3		21,059		11,226		53.3		21,061		11,271		53.5		21,657		11,397		52.6
Idaho	56.2		55.9		55.8		55.9		55.9		26,018		14,521		55.8		26,312		14,770		56.1		27,149		15,013		55.3
Illinois	51.1	3	50.7	3	50.9	3	50.2	3	50.2	3	251,769	3	133,857		53.2	3	221,661	3	140,988		63.6	3	214,459	3	136,571		63.7	3
Indiana	46.7		46.3		47.2		45.9		45.4		133,096		60,592		45.5		134,678		61,346		45.6		139,460		62,334		44.7
Iowa	51.1		50.2		51.3		51.1		50.7		69,080		35,181		50.9		69,690		35,653		51.2		71,794		36,089		50.3
Kansas	50.9		50.8		51.1		51.1		51.4		65,537		33,608		51.3		53,762		35,297		65.7		54,232		35,359		65.2
Kentucky	44.1		42.6		42.4		43.0		43.2		97,937		42,413		43.3		98,812		43,371		43.9		100,362		43,536		43.4
Louisiana	49.3		49.2		48.9		49.0		48.5		92,612		44,660		48.2		95,226		45,951		48.3		99,625		48,610		48.8
Maine	49.7		49.1		48.7		49.1		47.7		35,249		16,684		47.3		36,785		16,826		45.7		39,918		16,558		41.5
Maryland	54.3		54.2		54.0		51.3		50.9		111,215		56,685		51.0		113,474		58,443		51.5		116,857		59,320		50.8
Massachusetts	55.1		54.9		51.6		53.6	3	53.3	3	138,781	3	73,596		53.0	3	136,563	3	73,157		53.6	3	123,114		70,719		57.4
Michigan	46.1		46.0		47.9		47.1	3	48.0		204,764	3	98,069		47.9	3	212,320		98,037		46.2		208,987		96,204		46.0
Minnesota	51.6	3	50.7		50.1	3	49.7		50.0		104,489		51,107		48.9		106,701		51,880		48.6		108,432		52,975		48.9
Mississippi	47.9		47.9		47.8		47.7		46.6		67,659		31,433		46.5		68,815		32,351		47.0		71,144		33,560		47.2
Missouri	53.2		52.3		52.1		51.8		51.9		128,794		67,076		52.1		131,633		67,521		51.3		133,607		68,430		51.2
Montana	53.5	3	53.4	3	55.4	3	55.2		54.5	3	19,611	3	10,369		52.9	3	19,005	3	10,398		54.7	3	19,179	3	10,519		54.8	3
Nebraska	52.6		52.0		51.6		51.6		51.6		41,166		21,359		51.9		42,938		21,459		50.0		43,672		21,930		50.2
Nevada	58.6		56.7		59.9		59.4		67.0		32,345	3	21,744		67.2	3	33,951	3	22,908		67.5	3	35,574	3	23,423		65.8	3
New Hampshire	51.1		50.4		49.8		49.0		48.7		32,022		15,536		48.5		32,174		15,515		48.2		32,573		15,484		47.5
New Jersey	53.4		53.6		53.7		53.5		53.8		211,893	3	112,673		53.2	3	205,319	3	112,301		54.7	3	201,552	3	111,500		55.3	3
New Mexico	46.8		48.6		48.3		48.1		46.7		47,940		22,021		45.9		46,551		22,016		47.3		46,699		22,300		47.8
New York	49.7		49.4		49.3		54.8		54.8	3	373,504		218,989		58.6		373,360		218,879		58.6		374,080		211,854		56.6
North Carolina	51.5		51.6		51.8		52.3		52.2		182,107		95,664		52.5		204,549		112,304		54.9		203,287		106,562		52.4
North Dakota	53.9		53.9		53.5		53.3		53.2		15,128		8,003		52.9		15,157		8,007		52.8		15,385		8,068		52.4
Ohio	53.1		53.1		51.7		50.2		49.2		238,977		117,982		49.4		242,643		110,459		45.5		243,579		109,766		45.1
Oklahoma	55.0		54.5		54.6		55.0		52.2		81,857		41,833		51.1		81,831		42,206		51.6		86,758		46,735		53.9
Oregon	50.0		49.3		49.3		49.3		48.4		60,349		28,346		47.0		62,205		29,940		48.1		64,619		30,013		46.4
Pennsylvania	52.2		51.7		51.1		51.4		51.1		240,409		122,397		50.9		240,558		123,114		51.2		254,476		135,234		53.1
Rhode Island	60.0		59.8		61.2		59.9	3	51.6	3	24,267	3	14,180	3	58.4	3	17,912	3	11,381		63.5	3	17,559		11,271		64.2
South Carolina	65.7	3	65.3	3	73.8	3	72.9	3	72.2	3	67,992	3	48,212		70.9	3	68,833	3	49,284		71.6	3	66,087		47,382		71.7
South Dakota	52.0		50.6		48.6		48.6		50.1		19,018		9,129		48.0		17,294		9,070		52.4		17,019		9,416		55.3
Tennessee	52.1		52.1		51.3		51.3		51.8		114,171		59,596		52.2		123,218		62,176		50.5		126,646		64,659		51.1
Texas	50.6		48.6		48.6		48.5		48.5		598,513		302,425		50.5		616,155		311,649		50.6		635,715		321,929		50.6
Utah	54.1		54.0		53.9		53.3		50.1		45,821		22,993		50.2		47,365		23,640		49.9		48,515		24,336		50.2
Vermont	47.3		47.4		46.5		46.8		46.1		19,024		8,851		46.5		19,232		8,859		46.1		19,184		8,749		45.6
Virginia	54.1	3	54.0		61.3		54.4		52.2		233,898		103,944		44.4		214,464		79,688		37.2		204,384		71,861		35.2
Washington	52.3		46.9		47.0		48.3		47.5		113,845		53,508		47.0		102,948		53,743		52.2		103,714		53,960		52.0
West Virginia	54.3		53.5		52.8		52.7		52.6		38,152		19,940		52.3		36,717	3	19,633		53.5	3	38,309	3	20,306		53.0	3
Wisconsin	56.3		54.6		53.3		55.7		58.2		105,564		60,127		57.0		105,033		59,089		56.3		104,981		58,914		56.1
Wyoming	48.6		48.7		49.1	3	46.5		46.7		14,526		6,706		46.2		15,121		6,737		44.6		15,464		6,915		44.7
Bureau of Indian    Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, overseas	66.0		65.3		68.0		64.9		71.4		9,099		5,726		62.9		8,338		5,204		62.4		6,265		4,147		66.2
DoD, domestic	59.2		57.5		57.7		55.4		69.9		3,671		2,033		55.4		3,574		2,033		56.9		3,994		2,243		56.2
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	50.0		54.2		54.4		55.8		52.1		1,446		989		68.4		1,869		971		52.0		—		—		—
Guam	51.5		50.9		—		50.8		50.4		3,455		1,804		52.2		—		—		—		—		—		—
Northern Marianas	50.2		50.9		49.9		47.6		49.7		1,234		614		49.8		1,160		579		49.9		1,111		550		49.5
Puerto Rico	54.4		57.0		56.8		56.8		56.0		75,023		42,036		56.0		71,962		40,163		55.8		71,847		40,826		56.8
U.S. Virgin Islands	52.1		53.6		49.5		52.2		51.9		2,664		1,434		53.8		3,020		1,531		50.7		3,137		1,518		48.4

—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 Education," 2000-01 through 2007-08. (This table was prepared September 2009.)