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Table 86  Staff and teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Fall 1991 to fall 1997

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                      |  Teachers as a percent of staff   |            Fall 1995               |            Fall 1996\1\            |            Fall 1997
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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
                      |  1991  |  1992  |  1993  |  1994  |             |             |of staff|             |             |of staff|             |             |of staff
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          1           |   2    |    3   |   4    |   5    |       6     |       7     |     8  |       9     |       10    |    11  |       12    |       13    |    14
______________________|________|________|________|________|_____________|_____________|________|_____________|_____________|________|_____________|_____________|________
   United States\2\ ..|   53.3 |   52.2 |   52.1 |   52.0 |   4,994,358 |   2,598,220 |   52.0 |   5,091,205 |   2,667,419 |   52.4 |   5,258,671 |   2,744,493 |   52.2
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Alabama ..............|   49.4 |\3\53.2 |\3\53.1 |\3\52.5 |      83,256 |      44,056 |   52.9 |\3\   84,909 |\3\   45,035 |\3\53.0 |\3\   85,951 |\3\   45,973 |\3\53.5
Alaska ...............|   50.9 |   49.2 |   45.8 |\3\47.6 |\3\   15,022 |       7,379 |\3\49.1 |\3\   14,789 |       7,418 |\3\50.2 |\3\   14,952 |       7,625 |\3\51.0
Arizona ..............|   51.9 |   50.4 |   50.2 |   51.2 |      75,931 |      38,017 |   50.1 |      79,429 |      40,521 |   51.0 |      80,907 |      41,129 |   50.8
Arkansas .............|   49.9 |   53.2 |   51.5 |   52.2 |      49,178 |      26,449 |   53.8 |\3\   51,005 |\3\   26,681 |\3\52.3 |\3\   51,272 |\3\   26,932 |\3\52.5
California ...........|   52.2 |\3\51.1 |\3\51.4 |\3\51.6 |     444,014 |\3\  230,849 |\3\52.0 |\3\  468,207 |\3\  248,818 |\3\53.1 |\3\  493,837 |\3\  268,581 |\3\54.4
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Colorado .............|   52.9 |   53.2 |   53.5 |   53.7 |      67,447 |      35,388 |   52.5 |      71,226 |      36,398 |   51.1 |      72,247 |      37,840 |   52.4
Connecticut ..........|   56.8 |   53.7 |   55.7 |   54.5 |      66,133 |      36,070 |   54.5 |      68,861 |      36,551 |   53.1 |      73,529 |      37,658 |   51.2
Delaware .............|   55.5 |   54.9 |   54.8 |   54.6 |      11,869 |       6,463 |   54.5 |      12,203 |       6,642 |   54.4 |      12,554 |       6,850 |   54.6
District of Columbia .|   57.0 |   57.4 |   57.2 |   58.2 |       9,410 |       5,305 |   56.4 |       9,318 |       5,288 |   56.8 |\3\    8,706 |\3\    4,399 |\3\50.5
Florida ..............|   50.0 |   49.5 |   48.8 |   48.8 |     237,721 |     114,938 |   48.3 |     248,773 |     120,471 |   48.4 |     256,313 |     124,473 |   48.6
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Georgia ..............|   48.0 |\3\46.9 |\3\47.5 |\3\48.3 |\3\  165,058 |      79,480 |\3\48.2 |\3\  151,369 |      81,795 |\3\54.0 |\3\  157,593 |      85,005 |\3\53.9
Hawaii ...............|   60.7 |   56.9 |   55.3 |   61.8 |      16,841 |      10,500 |   62.3 |      16,867 |      10,576 |   62.7 |      17,117 |      10,653 |   62.2
Idaho ................|   62.4 |   60.4 |   60.1 |   59.4 |      21,814 |      12,784 |   58.6 |      22,611 |      13,078 |   57.8 |      23,100 |      13,207 |   57.2
Illinois .............|   55.9 |   55.9 |   55.8 |   54.2 |     209,036 |     113,538 |   54.3 |\3\  221,325 |     116,274 |\3\52.5 |\3\  228,599 |     118,734 |\3\51.9
Indiana...............|   50.1 |   48.7 |   48.4 |   48.1 |     116,363 |      55,821 |   48.0 |     119,800 |      56,708 |   47.3 |     121,748 |      57,371 |   47.1
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Iowa .................|   52.1 |   52.2 |   52.5 |   52.5 |      62,075 |      32,318 |   52.1 |      63,003 |      32,593 |   51.7 |      64,261 |      32,717 |   50.9
Kansas ...............|   56.8 |   54.9 |   54.3 |   53.8 |      57,265 |      30,729 |   53.7 |      58,040 |      30,875 |   53.2 |      59,603 |      31,527 |   52.9
Kentucky .............|   48.7 |   47.8 |   45.9 |   47.5 |      84,425 |      39,120 |   46.3 |\3\   74,880 |      39,331 |\3\52.5 |\3\   88,996 |      40,488 |\3\45.5
Louisiana ............|   69.6 |   50.9 |   50.3 |   49.5 |      93,070 |      46,980 |   50.5 |      94,113 |      47,334 |   50.3 |      98,537 |      48,599 |   49.3
Maine ................|   56.9 |   53.1 |   53.2 |   52.6 |      29,413 |      15,392 |   52.3 |      30,246 |      15,551 |   51.4 |      30,534 |      15,700 |   51.4
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Maryland .............|   54.6 |   55.0 |   53.4 |   55.0 |      87,868 |      47,819 |   54.4 |      85,522 |      47,943 |   56.1 |      87,367 |      48,318 |   55.3
Massachusetts ........|   56.5 |   56.5 |   56.4 |   55.9 |     113,154 |      62,710 |   55.4 |     116,749 |      64,574 |   55.3 |     121,359 |      67,170 |   55.3
Michigan .............|   46.6 |   47.3 |   47.4 |   48.9 |     177,495 |      83,179 |   46.9 |     194,954 |      88,051 |   45.2 |     202,128 |      90,529 |   44.8
Minnesota ............|   57.4 |   56.9 |   62.7 |   62.7 |      74,891 |      46,971 |   62.7 |      86,856 |      48,245 |   55.5 |      97,365 |      51,998 |   53.4
Mississippi ..........|   47.5 |   48.1 |   47.4 |   47.5 |      60,855 |      28,997 |   47.6 |      61,125 |      29,293 |   47.9 |      61,693 |      29,441 |   47.7
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Missouri..............|   52.3 |\3\48.4 |   48.6 |   48.4 |     120,621 |      57,951 |   48.0 |     108,042 |      59,428 |   55.0 |     107,681 |      60,869 |   56.5
Montana ..............|\3\75.6 |\3\54.0 |\3\53.2 |\3\54.6 |\3\   18,586 |      10,076 |\3\54.2 |\3\   18,865 |      10,268 |\3\54.4 |\3\   18,993 |      10,228 |\3\53.9
Nebraska .............|   55.0 |\3\54.2 |\3\53.3 |   53.2 |      37,894 |      20,028 |   52.9 |      38,038 |      20,174 |   53.0 |      37,851 |      20,139 |   53.2
Nevada ...............|\3\86.8 |\3\55.7 |   56.1 |   58.1 |      23,742 |      13,878 |   58.5 |      25,463 |      14,805 |   58.1 |      27,830 |      16,053 |   57.7
New Hampshire ........|   56.0 |   54.8 |   54.6 |   54.2 |      23,143 |      12,346 |   53.3 |      23,963 |      12,692 |   53.0 |      24,778 |      12,931 |   52.2
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New Jersey ...........|   54.2 |   54.8 |   52.8 |   52.8 |     163,069 |      86,706 |   53.2 |     163,102 |      87,642 |   53.7 |     166,796 |      89,671 |   53.8
New Mexico ...........|   50.7 |   51.5 |   50.2 |   48.8 |      40,124 |      19,398 |   48.3 |      40,785 |      19,971 |   49.0 |      39,920 |      19,647 |   49.2
New York .............|   50.8 |   51.3 |   50.7 |   51.1 |     355,723 |     181,559 |   51.0 |     363,586 |     185,104 |   50.9 |     374,182 |     190,874 |   51.0
North Carolina .......|   51.7 |\3\51.5 |   52.2 |\3\52.0 |\3\  140,204 |      73,201 |\3\52.2 |\3\  145,098 |      75,239 |\3\51.9 |\3\  149,229 |      77,785 |\3\52.1
North Dakota .........|   56.9 |   56.5 |   56.3 |   56.0 |      13,804 |       7,501 |   54.3 |      14,552 |       7,892 |   54.2 |      14,862 |       8,070 |   54.3
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Ohio .................|   53.1 |   52.9 |   53.2 |   54.5 |     194,579 |     107,347 |   55.2 |     196,994 |     108,515 |   55.1 |     203,073 |     110,757 |   54.5
Oklahoma .............|   54.0 |   53.3 |   53.4 |\3\50.3 |\3\   83,802 |      39,364 |\3\47.0 |      68,190 |      39,568 |   58.0 |      69,294 |      40,215 |   58.0
Oregon ...............|   53.0 |   51.5 |   52.6 |   52.0 |      51,458 |      26,680 |   51.8 |      52,259 |      26,757 |   51.2 |      53,094 |      26,935 |   50.7
Pennsylvania .........|   52.7 |   52.7 |   53.1 |   53.2 |     198,087 |     104,921 |   53.0 |     201,134 |     106,432 |   52.9 |     205,642 |     108,014 |   52.5
Rhode Island .........|   62.8 |   63.6 |   63.6 |   65.2 |      16,517 |      10,482 |   63.5 |      16,823 |      10,656 |   63.3 |      17,197 |      10,598 |   61.6
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South Carolina .......|   55.7 |   55.6 |\3\54.1 |\3\53.2 |\3\   74,859 |      39,922 |\3\53.3 |\3\   76,730 |      41,463 |\3\54.0 |\3\   78,951 |      42,336 |\3\53.6
South Dakota .........|   60.1 |   55.9 |   55.6 |\3\55.5 |\3\   18,126 |       9,641 |\3\53.2 |      18,088 |       9,625 |   53.2 |      16,846 |       9,282 |   55.1
Tennessee ............|   51.0 |   50.2 |\3\49.9 |   49.2 |      98,948 |      53,403 |   54.0 |     101,434 |      54,790 |   54.0 |     102,349 |      54,142 |   52.9
Texas ................|   65.0 |   52.2 |   51.9 |   52.0 |     462,661 |     240,371 |   52.0 |     477,896 |     247,650 |   51.8 |     492,932 |     254,557 |   51.6
Utah .................|   55.0 |   55.1 |   54.0 |   54.0 |      37,385 |      20,039 |   53.6 |      37,461 |      19,734 |   52.7 |      39,630 |      21,115 |   53.3
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Vermont ..............|   50.5 |   50.2 |\3\49.1 |   49.3 |      15,640 |       7,676 |   49.1 |      15,693 |       7,751 |   49.4 |      16,388 |       7,909 |   48.3
Virginia .............|\4\49.4 |\4\53.8 |   54.5 |\3\54.3 |     137,546 |\3\   74,731 |\3\54.3 |     139,177 |\3\   74,526 |\3\53.5 |     142,567 |\3\   75,524 |\3\53.0
Washington ...........|   55.0 |   54.4 |   51.9 |\3\51.3 |\3\   91,322 |      46,907 |\3\51.4 |      90,345 |      48,307 |   53.5 |      92,338 |      49,074 |   53.1
West Virginia.........|   54.5 |   54.5 |   54.6 |   54.6 |      38,645 |      21,073 |   54.5 |      38,099 |      20,888 |   54.8 |      38,499 |      20,947 |   54.4
Wisconsin ............|   59.0 |   57.9 |   59.6 |   53.5 |      95,105 |      55,033 |   57.9 |      99,871 |      54,769 |   54.8 |\3\  103,900 |      57,227 |\3\55.1
Wyoming ..............|   50.0 |   50.6 |   50.7 |   52.0 |      13,164 |       6,734 |   51.2 |      13,337 |       6,729 |   50.5 |      13,581 |       6,677 |   49.2
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    Outlying areas    |        |        |        |        |             |             |        |             |             |        |             |             |
American Samoa .......|   52.5 |   53.7 |   49.0 |   52.1 |       1,417 |         728 |   51.4 |       1,470 |         734 |   49.9 |       1,499 |         762 |   50.8
Guam .................|   50.6 |   46.3 |   42.8 |   38.6 |       3,728 |       1,802 |   48.3 |       3,127 |       1,416 |   45.3 |       2,925 |       1,363 |   46.6
Northern Marianas ....|   47.5 |   38.8 |   39.1 |   38.6 |       1,054 |         422 |   40.0 |       1,207 |         592 |   49.0 |       1,085 |         483 |   44.5
Puerto Rico ..........|   54.9 |   56.7 |   58.5 |   58.0 |      69,731 |      39,328 |   56.4 |      68,088 |      36,498 |   53.6 |      69,368 |      38,953 |   56.2
Virgin Islands .......|   48.1 |   47.6 |   47.2 |   47.9 |       3,421 |       1,622 |   47.4 |       6,368 |       4,763 |   74.8 |       3,153 |       1,559 |   49.4
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\1\Data revised from previously published data.
\2\U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.
\3\Includes imputations for underreporting.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished estimates. (This table was prepared August 1999.)


1999 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest