Table 213.40.

Staff, teachers, and teachers as a percentage of staff in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2012

[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction	Teachers as a percent of staff												Fall 2010						Fall 2011						Fall 2012
	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2006		Fall 2007		Fall 2008		Fall 2009		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		16
United States1	51.5		51.3		51.5		51.3		50.9		50.5		6,195,207		3,099,095		50.0		6,138,890		3,103,263		50.6		6,181,238		3,109,101		50.3
Alabama	53.7	2	55.7		51.1		45.2	2	50.1		50.5		95,144		49,363		51.9		92,289		47,723		51.7		96,485	2	51,877		53.8	2
Alaska	49.3	2	44.1	2	46.9	2	45.9	2	46.2	2	45.6	2	18,102	2	8,171		45.1	2	17,747	2	8,088		45.6	2	17,116	2	7,682		44.9	2
Arizona	49.3		51.3		51.4		51.6		51.8		51.8		96,622		50,031		51.8		98,712		50,800		51.5		103,228		48,866		47.3
Arkansas	50.6		46.7		49.0		48.2		52.1		50.1		72,185		34,273		47.5		72,650		33,983		46.8		71,279		34,131		47.9
California	54.1	2	53.4	2	53.0	2	52.3	2	51.5	2	51.9	2	530,337	2	260,806	2	49.2	2	547,188	2	268,689	2	49.1	2	544,875	2	266,255	2	48.9	2
Colorado	50.7		49.2		48.2		48.1		47.5		47.5		101,426		48,543		47.9		100,349		48,078		47.9		102,480		48,922		47.7
Connecticut	50.0		46.9		45.1		45.3		52.4		46.9		93,088		42,951		46.1		92,955		43,805		47.1		91,264		43,931		48.1
Delaware	59.2		51.7		52.2		52.8		56.2		50.9		16,478		8,933		54.2		15,449		8,587		55.6		17,554		9,257		52.7
District of Columbia	46.2		44.3	2	44.2	2	50.6		43.9		50.1		11,381		5,925		52.1		11,541		6,278		54.4		12,480		5,925		47.5
Florida	47.8		50.6		50.6		54.9		54.7		54.8		333,183		175,609		52.7		328,709		175,006		53.2		335,100		176,537		52.7
Georgia	49.2		49.6		49.9		49.7		49.7		49.4		227,188		112,460		49.5		224,207		111,133		49.6		220,603		109,365		49.6
Hawaii	59.5		53.3		53.5		52.6		52.3		52.9		21,704		11,396		52.5		22,065		11,458		51.9		22,238		11,608		52.2
Idaho	56.2		55.8		56.1		55.3		55.6		54.9		27,783		15,673		56.4		28,065		15,990		57.0		26,319	2	14,563		55.3	2
Illinois	51.1	2	53.2	2	63.6	2	63.7	2	61.4	2	62.4	2	215,764	2	132,983		61.6	2	213,578	2	131,777		61.7	2	263,565	2	135,701	2	51.5	2
Indiana	46.7		45.5		45.6		44.7		44.1		43.6		138,802	2	58,121	2	41.9	2	150,191		62,339		41.5		147,936		59,863		40.5
Iowa	51.1		50.9		51.2		50.3		49.7		49.4		69,615		34,642		49.8		69,901		34,658		49.6		71,089		35,080		49.3
Kansas	50.9		51.3		65.7		65.2		64.8		51.4		67,751		34,644		51.1		70,631		37,407		53.0		73,020		41,243		56.5
Kentucky	44.1		43.3		43.9		43.4		43.4		42.3		99,225		42,042		42.4		92,287		41,860		45.4		99,176		42,769		43.1
Louisiana	49.3		48.2		48.3		48.8		48.9		48.3		100,881		48,655		48.2		100,880		48,657		48.2		95,585		46,493		48.6
Maine	49.7		47.3		45.7		41.5		43.6		43.8		32,549		15,384		47.3		39,946	2	14,888		37.3	2	32,859		15,222		46.3
Maryland	54.3		51.0		51.5		50.8		50.4		50.7		115,367		58,428		50.6		113,351		57,589		50.8		113,093		57,718		51.0
Massachusetts	55.1		53.0	2	53.6	2	57.4		56.9		56.8		122,057		68,754		56.3		122,880		69,342		56.4		125,347		70,636		56.4
Michigan	46.1		47.9	2	46.2		46.0		45.5		45.3		193,487		88,615		45.8		188,428		86,997		46.2		186,065		86,154		46.3
Minnesota	51.6	2	48.9		48.6		48.9		48.6		48.4		108,993		52,672		48.3		109,119		52,832		48.4		111,069		53,585		48.2
Mississippi	47.9		46.5		47.0		47.2		46.3		46.8		67,866		32,255		47.5		67,850		32,007		47.2		68,215		32,613		47.8
Missouri	53.2		52.1		51.3		51.2		51.3		51.3		128,289		66,735		52.0		132,167		66,252		50.1		126,937		66,248		52.2
Montana	53.5	2	52.9	2	54.7	2	54.8	2	54.5	2	54.1	2	19,249	2	10,361		53.8	2	18,790	2	10,153		54.0	2	18,896	2	10,200		54.0	2
Nebraska	52.6		51.9		50.0		50.2		48.8		48.6		45,509		22,345		49.1		45,290		22,182		49.0		45,426		22,103		48.7
Nevada	58.6		67.2	2	67.5	2	65.8	2	65.6	2	65.5	2	33,400	2	21,839		65.4	2	32,533	2	21,132		65.0	2	32,702	2	20,695		63.3	2
New Hampshire	51.1		48.5		48.2		47.5		47.7		47.1		32,955		15,365		46.6		31,971		15,049		47.1		31,734		14,925		47.0
New Jersey	53.4		53.2	2	54.7	2	55.3	2	55.8	2	53.9	2	202,634	2	110,202		54.4	2	202,928	2	109,719		54.1	2	223,279	2	110,929		49.7	2
New Mexico	46.8		45.9		47.3		47.8		47.7		47.8		46,519		22,437		48.2		45,907		21,957		47.8		46,222		22,201		48.0
New York	49.7		58.6		58.6		56.6		50.9		50.9		413,971		211,606		51.1		406,625		209,527		51.5		370,214		207,060		55.9
North Carolina	51.5		52.5		54.9		52.4		52.7		52.4	2	193,039		98,357		51.0		188,553		97,308		51.6		191,732		98,590		51.4
North Dakota	53.9		52.9		52.8		52.4		52.3		52.3		16,239		8,417		51.8		16,401		8,525		52.0		16,713		8,677		51.9
Ohio	53.1		49.4		45.5		45.1		46.1		45.6		241,212		109,282		45.3		243,586		107,972		44.3		242,806		106,000		43.7
Oklahoma	55.0		51.1		51.6		53.9		53.2		50.3		82,262		41,278		50.2		82,719		41,349		50.0		84,380		41,775		49.5
Oregon	50.0		47.0		48.1		46.4		46.3		45.7		63,603		28,109		44.2		60,715		26,791		44.1		59,771		26,410		44.2
Pennsylvania	52.2		50.9		51.2		53.1		51.5		51.6		266,796		129,911		48.7		254,297		124,646		49.0		252,179		123,147		48.8
Rhode Island	60.0		58.4	2	63.5	2	64.2		60.8		60.4		18,632		11,212		60.2		18,743		11,414		60.9		16,934		9,871		58.3
South Carolina	65.7	2	70.9	2	71.6	2	71.7		71.6		69.7		65,508		45,210		69.0		69,272		46,782		67.5		72,511		48,072		66.3
South Dakota	52.0		48.0		52.4		55.3		50.3		50.1		19,545		9,512		48.7		19,059		9,247		48.5		19,146		9,334		48.8
Tennessee	52.1		52.2		50.5		51.1		51.2		51.2		128,197		66,558		51.9		127,781		66,382		51.9		127,643		66,406		52.0
Texas	50.6		50.5		50.6		50.6		50.5		50.3		665,419		334,997		50.3		640,166		324,282		50.7		644,442		327,357		50.8
Utah	54.1		50.2		49.9		50.2		48.2		49.4		52,341		25,677		49.1		51,994		25,970		49.9		53,730		26,610		49.5
Vermont	47.3		46.5		46.1		45.6		45.3		45.2		18,485		8,382		45.3		18,385		8,364		45.5		18,422		8,403		45.6
Virginia	54.1	2	44.4		37.2		35.2		35.1		34.8		201,047		70,947		35.3		180,086		90,832		50.4		177,357		89,389		50.4
Washington	52.3		47.0		52.2		52.0		52.0		51.4		103,783		53,934		52.0		101,914		53,119		52.1		102,540		53,699		52.4
West Virginia	54.3		52.3		53.5	2	53.0	2	52.4		51.8	2	39,270	2	20,338		51.8	2	39,380	2	20,247		51.4	2	39,267	2	20,101		51.2	2
Wisconsin	56.3		57.0		56.3		56.1		55.7		55.5		103,901		57,625		55.5		101,533		56,245		55.4		101,644		57,551		56.6
Wyoming	48.6		46.2		44.6		44.7		44.2		43.5		16,424		7,127		43.4		17,128		7,847		45.8		16,573		7,350		44.3
Bureau of Indian
Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		12,373		5,308		42.9	3
DoD, overseas	66.0		62.9		62.4		66.2		60.5		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, domestic	59.2		55.4		56.9		56.2		55.8		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	50.0		68.4		52.0		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Guam	51.5		52.2		—		—		—		—		3,383		1,843		54.5		3,923		2,291		58.4		3,923		2,291		58.4
Northern Marianas	50.2		49.8		49.9		49.5		49.3		47.8		1,215		607		50.0		1,042		496		47.6		891		409		45.9
Puerto Rico	54.4		56.0		55.8		56.8		56.2		61.9		59,261		36,506		61.6		55,797		33,079		59.3		54,381		30,986		57.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	52.1		53.8		50.7		48.4		53.8		49.9		2,918		1,457		49.9		2,391		1,217		50.9		2,208		1,129		51.1

—Not available.

1 U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.

2 Includes imputations for underreporting.

3 Total staff count excludes officials and administrators and administrative support staff, so computed percentage of teachers may be overstated.

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 2012-13. (This table was prepared October 2014.)