Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table A32.-Percentage of public school principals by sex and race-ethnicity, by state: 1993-94
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Sex Race-ethnicity
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Total Am. Ind./ Asian/Pac. Black White Total Average
State principals Male Female AK Nat. Isl. non-Hispanic non-Hispanic Hispanic minority age
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Total 79,618 65.4 34.5 0.8 0.8 10.1 84.2 4.1 15.7 47.7
Alabama 1,274 70.3 29.7 1.0 0.0 18.8 79.0 1.1 21.0 48.0
Alaska 474 69.2 30.7 7.2 2.2 1.8 87.2 1.6 12.7 47.6
Arizona 1,041 62.6 37.4 2.0 0.8 3.2 77.3 16.8 22.7 47.0
Arkansas 1,084 69.6 30.4 - 0.0 15.8 83.4 0.0 16.5 45.8
California 7,305 51.3 48.7 0.1 3.1 9.0 74.3 13.4 25.7 49.2
Colorado 1,308 67.4 32.6 1.2 0.0 2.2 84.8 11.8 15.2 45.9
Connecticut 958 72.8 27.1 - - 10.1 88.3 - 11.7 50.3
Delaware 169 65.7 34.3 0.0 0.0 19.3 80.7 0.0 19.3 48.0
Dist. of Columbia 154 44.0 56.0 - 0.0 96.2 0.0 - 100.0 50.0
Florida 2,308 46.6 53.4 0.0 - 15.6 76.9 6.5 23.1 48.6
Georgia 1,724 62.3 37.7 - 0.0 25.8 73.9 - 26.1 48.1
Hawaii 229 43.3 56.7 0.0 76.0 - 19.6 2.0 80.4 50.0
Idaho 560 73.7 26.3 0.0 - 0.0 97.6 1.4 2.4 47.4
Illinois 3,882 68.6 31.4 - - 14.6 82.1 2.2 17.9 47.4
Indiana 1,847 79.0 21.0 - 0.0 7.2 89.4 2.6 10.5 47.9
Iowa 1,517 79.5 20.4 - 0.0 - 97.1 - 2.9 47.4
Kansas 1,450 71.6 28.4 - 0.0 4.0 94.3 1.2 5.7 45.9
Kentucky 1,292 74.0 26.0 - 0.0 3.1 95.7 - 4.2 47.0
Louisiana 1,442 59.5 40.5 0.0 0.0 34.7 64.0 1.3 35.9 48.8
Maine 714 63.0 37.0 - 0.0 0.0 99.8 0.0 0.2 46.1
Maryland 1,163 58.2 41.8 - 0.0 24.2 75.3 - 24.6 48.9
Massachusetts 1,670 73.7 26.3 - 0.0 4.3 94.5 - 5.5 50.4
Michigan 3,004 62.3 37.7 - 0.0 18.0 81.3 0.0 18.7 48.1
Minnesota 1,449 69.4 30.4 - 0.0 2.2 96.2 - 3.8 47.5
Mississippi 950 67.5 32.5 - 0.0 28.8 70.5 - 29.5 46.6
Missouri 2,080 68.5 31.5 - 0.0 7.9 90.4 - 9.5 46.9
Montana 753 74.2 25.8 3.9 0.0 - 95.2 - 4.8 46.1
Nebraska 1,063 80.8 19.2 - 0.0 1.8 94.1 - 5.9 46.4
Nevada 368 58.0 42.0 - 0.0 8.7 85.5 4.0 14.5 47.7
New Hampshire 437 71.2 28.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.2 - 0.8 47.1
New Jersey 2,193 64.8 35.2 0.0 0.0 12.4 87.5 - 12.5 49.2
New Mexico 649 55.5 44.5 2.2 - - 58.9 38.5 41.1 46.4
New York 3,894 64.5 35.5 - 0.6 10.7 84.9 3.5 15.1 48.2
North Carolina 1,929 74.9 25.1 1.9 0.0 17.2 80.1 - 19.9 48.2
North Dakota 567 67.5 32.5 1.0 - 0.0 98.7 0.0 1.3 46.1
Ohio 3,631 70.6 29.4 0.0 0.0 7.9 92.1 0.0 7.9 46.9
Oklahoma 1,747 66.2 33.8 7.3 0.0 4.0 88.5 - 11.5 45.6
Oregon 1,183 63.4 36.6 - 0.0 2.5 92.7 3.3 7.3 47.4
Pennsylvania 3,000 73.5 26.5 0.0 - 8.0 89.6 2.0 10.4 47.4
Rhode Island 295 63.2 36.8 0.0 - - 97.9 - 2.1 48.0
South Carolina 1,083 69.1 30.9 0.0 0.0 19.1 80.9 0.0 19.1 47.1
South Dakota 655 74.4 25.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 98.4 0.9 1.6 46.2
Tennessee 1,522 65.1 34.9 - 0.0 16.0 83.5 0.0 16.4 48.2
Texas 5,879 58.7 41.3 0.6 0.6 7.2 76.4 15.2 23.6 47.5
Utah 673 69.0 31.0 - - 1.2 94.4 2.6 5.6 48.6
Vermont 308 71.1 28.9 - 0.0 0.0 99.3 0.0 0.7 45.3
Virginia 1,696 60.4 39.6 0.0 - 17.5 80.3 - 19.7 46.2
Washington 1,750 59.7 40.3 2.0 3.2 5.2 88.4 1.2 11.6 47.1
West Virginia 891 68.0 32.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 95.6 1.9 4.3 46.2
Wisconsin 1,991 75.6 24.4 - 0.0 5.6 93.2 - 6.8 47.6
Wyoming 410 87.6 12.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 99.3 0.0 0.7 46.5
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-Too few cases for a reliable estimate.
NOTE: Details may not add to totals or 100 percent due to rounding or cell suppression.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and
Staffing Survey: 1993-94 (Public School Principal Questionnaire).