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Table 84.Staff and teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Fall 1987 to fall 1993

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                      |   Teachers as a percent of staff  |            Fall 1991            |            Fall 1992 \1\           |            Fall 1993
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                      |___________________________________|             |          |Teachers|             |             |Teachers|             |             |Teachers
 State or other area  |        |        |        |        |             |          |  as a  |             |             |  as a  |             |             |  as a
                      |  Fall  |  Fall  |  Fall  |  Fall  |    Staff    | Teachers | percent|    Staff    |    Teachers | percent|    Staff    |    Teachers | percent
                      |  1987  |  1988  |  1989  |  1990  |             |          |of staff|             |             |of staff|             |             |of staff
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   United States .....|\2\52.9 |\2\53.8 |\2\53.2 |\2\53.4 |\2\4,559,359 |2,432,243 |\2\53.3 |\2\4,702,568 |\2\2,458,598 |\2\52.3 |\2\4,803,121 |\2\2,505,074 |\2\52.2
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Alabama ..............|   53.4 |   53.2 |   50.0 |   48.7 |      81,950 |   40,480 |   49.4 |\3\   78,838 |\3\   41,917 |\3\53.2 |\3\   80,922 |\3\   43,002 |\3\53.1
Alaska ...............|\4\83.9 |   46.5 |   48.3 |   50.3 |      13,992 |    7,118 |   50.9 |      14,792 |       7,282 |   49.2 |      15,731 |       7,193 |   45.7
Arizona ..............|   52.0 |   52.7 |   52.7 |   52.0 |      65,505 |   33,978 |   51.9 |      71,591 |      36,076 |   50.4 |      74,679 |      37,493 |   50.2
Arkansas .............|   53.6 |   54.7 |   51.8 |   52.2 |      51,652 |   25,785 |   49.9 |      48,879 |      26,016 |   53.2 |      50,502 |      26,014 |   51.5
California ...........|   49.9 |   50.2 |   50.7 |   51.7 |     429,387 |  224,000 |   52.2 |\3\  427,297 |\3\  218,253 |\3\51.1 |\3\  431,085 |\3\  221,779 |\3\51.4
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Colorado .............|   52.6 |   52.5 |   52.7 |   52.6 |      62,592 |   33,093 |   52.9 |      62,785 |      33,419 |   53.2 |      62,922 |      33,661 |   53.5
Connecticut ..........|\5\87.2 |\5\86.9 |   55.5 |   56.3 |      60,500 |   34,383 |   56.8 |      63,648 |      34,193 |   53.7 |      62,014 |      34,526 |   55.7
Delaware .............|   55.2 |   54.8 |   54.8 |   55.2 |      10,987 |    6,095 |   55.5 |      11,390 |       6,252 |   54.9 |      11,640 |       6,380 |   54.8
District of Columbia .|   56.0 |   58.4 |   57.0 |   58.3 |      11,143 |    6,346 |   57.0 |      10,567 |       6,064 |   57.4 |      10,591 |       6,056 |   57.2
Florida ..............|   51.9 |   50.8 |   50.5 |   49.8 |     219,733 |  109,939 |   50.0 |     217,356 |     107,590 |   49.5 |     226,911 |     110,653 |   48.8
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Georgia ..............|   52.2 |   49.7 |   48.8 |   48.9 |     132,921 |   63,816 |   48.0 |\3\  141,530 |      66,942 |\3\47.3 |\3\  151,326 |      75,602 |\3\50.0
Hawaii ...............|   42.6 |   42.1 |   60.2 |   59.9 |      15,559 |    9,451 |   60.7 |      17,731 |      10,083 |   56.9 |      18,292 |      10,111 |   55.3
Idaho ................|   63.3 |   63.0 |   62.4 |   62.3 |      18,621 |   11,626 |   62.4 |      19,571 |      11,827 |   60.4 |      19,983 |      12,007 |   60.1
Illinois .............|   56.4 |   56.4 |   56.6 |   56.7 |     196,930 |  110,153 |   55.9 |     199,380 |     111,461 |   55.9 |     199,221 |     110,874 |   55.7
Indiana...............|   51.0 |   51.2 |   50.9 |   50.7 |     108,746 |   54,509 |   50.1 |     111,919 |      54,552 |   48.7 |     113,892 |      55,107 |   48.4
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Iowa .................|   54.5 |   53.9 |   53.4 |   53.0 |      60,305 |   31,395 |   52.1 |      60,208 |      31,403 |   52.2 |      60,267 |      31,616 |   52.5
Kansas ...............|   57.4 |   57.6 |   57.3 |   56.8 |      51,637 |   29,324 |   56.8 |      54,185 |      29,753 |   54.9 |      55,783 |      30,283 |   54.3
Kentucky .............|   50.9 |   49.9 |   50.1 |   49.5 |      77,165 |   37,571 |   48.7 |      79,191 |      37,868 |   47.8 |      81,279 |      37,324 |   45.9
Louisiana ............|   48.3 |   48.9 |   49.9 |   49.8 |\4\   66,339 |   46,170 |\4\69.6 |      92,180 |      46,904 |   50.9 |      93,193 |      46,913 |   50.3
Maine ................|   58.2 |   57.3 |   57.8 |   57.3 |      27,082 |   15,416 |   56.9 |      28,937 |      15,375 |   53.1 |      28,865 |      15,344 |   53.2
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Maryland .............|   54.4 |   54.4 |   54.4 |   53.9 |      79,925 |   43,616 |   54.6 |      80,861 |      44,495 |   55.0 |      82,753 |      44,171 |   53.4
Massachusetts ........|   57.5 |   56.5 |   56.7 |   57.2 |      98,974 |   55,963 |   56.5 |     101,278 |      57,225 |   56.5 |     104,196 |      58,766 |   56.4
Michigan .............|   47.0 |   47.1 |   46.9 |   46.4 |     178,111 |   82,967 |   46.6 |     173,863 |      82,301 |   47.3 |     169,283 |      80,267 |   47.4
Minnesota ............|   56.9 |   56.3 |   56.5 |   56.2 |      78,273 |   44,903 |   57.4 |      79,215 |      45,050 |   56.9 |      74,859 |      46,956 |   62.7
Mississippi ..........|\4\63.3 |\4\63.1 |   49.0 |   48.3 |      59,200 |   28,111 |   47.5 |      57,876 |      27,829 |   48.1 |      59,853 |      28,376 |   47.4
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Missouri..............|   51.3 |   51.8 |   50.6 |   50.6 |     100,735 |   52,643 |   52.3 |\3\  109,417 |      52,984 |\3\48.4 |     114,763 |      54,543 |   47.5
Montana ..............|\4\77.4 |\4\77.5 |\4\76.8 |\4\76.4 |\4\   13,078 |    9,883 |\4\75.6 |\3\   19,124 |      10,135 |\3\53.0 |\3\   18,950 |       9,950 |\3\52.5
Nebraska .............|   55.7 |   55.8 |   55.4 |   53.4 |      34,676 |   19,069 |   55.0 |\3\   35,644 |      19,323 |\3\54.2 |\3\   37,033 |      19,552 |\3\52.8
Nevada ...............|\4\85.7 |\4\85.8 |\4\89.0 |\4\89.4 |\4\   13,145 |   11,409 |\4\86.8 |\3\   21,452 |      11,953 |\3\55.7 |      22,418 |      12,579 |   56.1
New Hampshire ........|   55.6 |   54.4 |   51.4 |   51.8 |      20,480 |   11,464 |   56.0 |      21,239 |      11,654 |   54.9 |      22,010 |      11,972 |   54.4
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New Jersey ...........|   55.5 |   55.3 |   54.3 |   54.2 |     148,491 |   80,515 |   54.2 |     151,460 |      83,057 |   54.8 |     160,202 |      84,564 |   52.8
New Mexico ...........|   51.7 |   52.3 |   50.2 |   50.3 |      34,509 |   17,498 |   50.7 |      34,803 |      17,912 |   51.5 |      36,694 |      18,404 |   50.2
New York .............|   52.0 |   55.3 |   50.6 |   50.9 |     338,335 |  171,914 |   50.8 |     343,900 |     176,375 |   51.3 |     353,603 |     179,413 |   50.7
North Carolina .......|   52.3 |   52.0 |   51.6 |   51.2 |     126,332 |   65,326 |   51.7 |\3\  128,428 |      66,630 |\3\51.9 |     133,060 |      69,421 |   52.2
North Dakota .........|   56.4 |   56.1 |   55.3 |   54.5 |      13,594 |    7,733 |   56.9 |      13,797 |       7,794 |   56.5 |      13,780 |       7,755 |   56.3
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Ohio .................|   54.2 |   54.1 |   54.0 |   54.0 |     194,727 |  103,372 |   53.1 |     200,793 |     106,233 |   52.9 |     201,828 |     107,444 |   53.2
Oklahoma .............|   54.1 |   54.8 |   54.2 |   54.2 |      69,725 |   37,650 |   54.0 |      71,621 |      38,433 |   53.7 |      72,494 |      39,031 |   53.8
Oregon ...............|   52.8 |   53.1 |   53.1 |   53.2 |      50,479 |   26,745 |   53.0 |      51,681 |      26,634 |   51.5 |      50,392 |      26,488 |   52.6
Pennsylvania .........|   55.7 |   55.4 |   55.4 |   52.5 |     190,607 |  100,475 |   52.7 |     191,370 |     100,912 |   52.7 |     190,884 |     101,301 |   53.1
Rhode Island .........|   61.3 |   62.3 |   61.7 |   60.2 |      15,452 |    9,709 |   62.8 |      15,833 |      10,069 |   63.6 |      15,442 |       9,823 |   63.6
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South Carolina .......|   57.1 |   58.0 |   57.4 |   56.0 |      66,597 |   37,115 |   55.7 |      67,106 |      37,295 |   55.6 |\3\   68,902 |      38,620 |\3\56.1
South Dakota .........|   57.5 |   59.4 |   58.0 |   56.3 |      14,753 |    8,868 |   60.1 |      15,548 |       8,767 |   56.4 |      17,066 |       9,557 |   56.0
Tennessee ............|   50.5 |   50.5 |   49.8 |   49.4 |      84,518 |   43,062 |   51.0 |      84,088 |      43,566 |   51.8 |\3\   91,690 |      46,066 |\3\50.2
Texas ................|   49.6 |   60.1 |   59.9 |   66.0 |     337,473 |  219,192 |   65.0 |     420,243 |     219,385 |   52.2 |     433,102 |     224,830 |   51.9
Utah .................|   57.1 |   57.2 |   56.2 |   55.2 |      33,297 |   18,305 |   55.0 |      34,838 |      19,191 |   55.1 |      35,301 |      19,053 |   54.0
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Vermont ..............|   54.0 |   57.3 |   57.3 |   53.6 |      13,923 |    7,031 |   50.5 |      14,970 |       7,521 |   50.2 |\3\   16,046 |       8,102 |\3\50.5
Virginia .............|   52.4 |   51.9 |   51.7 |   49.0 |\5\  130,621 |   64,537 |\5\49.4 |     126,619 |      68,181 |   53.8 |     129,394 |      70,220 |   54.3
Washington ...........|   56.1 |   55.7 |   55.5 |   55.1 |      78,039 |   42,931 |   55.0 |      81,398 |      44,295 |   54.4 |      87,966 |      45,524 |   51.8
West Virginia.........|   54.8 |   54.8 |   54.9 |   54.9 |      38,550 |   20,997 |   54.5 |      38,487 |      20,961 |   54.5 |      38,486 |      21,029 |   54.6
Wisconsin ............|   59.4 |   59.0 |   59.0 |   58.1 |      88,249 |   52,028 |   59.0 |      92,139 |      53,387 |   57.9 |      88,640 |      52,822 |   59.6
Wyoming ..............|   50.8 |   50.4 |   49.9 |   53.1 |      13,134 |    6,564 |   50.0 |      11,502 |       5,821 |   50.6 |      12,933 |       6,537 |   50.5
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    Outlying areas    |        |        |        |        |             |          |        |             |             |        |             |             |
American Samoa .......|   54.4 |   53.7 |   53.1 |   52.6 |       1,277 |      671 |   52.5 |       1,350 |         725 |   53.7 |       1,339 |         656 |   49.0
Guam .................|   48.8 |   50.5 |   54.3 |   52.6 |       2,965 |    1,499 |   50.6 |       3,517 |       1,628 |   46.3 |       3,839 |       1,644 |   42.8
Northern Marianas ....|   59.6 |   51.9 |   52.0 |   51.1 |         906 |      430 |   47.5 |       1,096 |         425 |   38.8 |       1,101 |         431 |   39.1
Puerto Rico ..........|   78.2 |   53.5 |   53.5 |   55.4 |      67,948 |   37,291 |   54.9 |      67,643 |      38,381 |   56.7 |      68,005 |      39,816 |   58.5
Virgin Islands .......|   48.9 |   48.1 |   48.0 |   48.0 |       3,290 |    1,581 |   48.1 |       3,353 |       1,595 |   47.6 |       3,328 |       1,570 |   47.2
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\1\Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
\2\U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.
\3\Includes imputations for underreporting.
\4\Support staff underreported.
\5\Data estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished estimates. (This table was prepared April 1995.)


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