Number of staff employed by public elementary and secondary school systems and percentage of total staff, by category and state: School year 2001-02


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State	Librarians		Student/other support staff⁴		School administrators		School district administrators		Administrative support staff⁵
Table 3. Number of staff employed by public elementary and secondary school systems and percentage of total staff, by category and state: School year 2001–02 — Part 1 \|\| Part 2
State	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
United States	54,349	0.9	1,392,677¹	23.6	160,806	2.7	63,351	1.1	412,968¹	7.0

Alabama	1,332	1.5	23,678	26.9	3,307	3.8	1,241	1.4	3,361	3.8
Alaska	147	0.9	3,093	18.5	804	4.8	273	1.6	1,476	8.8
Arizona	811	0.9	22,941	24.4	2,140	2.3	386	0.4	7,144	7.6
Arkansas	1,016	1.5	18,553	27.9	1,734	2.6	673	1.0	3,293	4.9
California	1,396	0.2	111,808²	19.5	13,225	2.3	2,711	0.5	55,621	9.7

Colorado	852	1.0	20,295	23.2	2,289	2.6	932	1.1	6,493	7.4
Connecticut	767	0.9	20,439	24.1	2,205	2.6	1,312	1.5	4,866	5.7
Delaware	124	0.9	3,365	23.7	359	2.5	262	1.8	753	5.3
District of Columbia	119	1.0	3,583	31.5	279	2.4	49	0.4	642	5.6
Florida	2,667	0.9	71,093	25.1	6,516	2.3	1,715	0.6	28,602	10.1

Georgia	2,114	1.1	51,922	27.3	4,755	2.5	1,764	0.9	9,713	5.1
Hawaii	289	1.5	3,642	18.7	517	2.7	139	0.7	1,053	5.4
Idaho	188	0.8	5,042	20.4	715	2.9	122	0.5	1,339	5.4
Illinois	1,934	0.8	59,350¹	23.2	6,315	2.5	3,963	1.5	17,324¹	6.8
Indiana	1,065	0.8	34,952	27.1	2,950	2.3	985	0.8	7,608	5.9

Iowa	647	0.9	15,419	22.2	2,197	3.2	980	1.4	4,771	6.9
Kansas	975	1.5	16,515	25.3	1,754	2.7	1,258	1.9	3,107	4.8
Kentucky	1,147	1.2	24,043	25.4	2,461	2.6	1,214	1.3	9,061	9.6
Louisiana	1,201	1.2	27,904	27.5	2,585	2.5	398	0.4	3,823	3.8
Maine	241	0.7	7,236²	21.2	916	2.7	560	1.6	1,832²	5.4

Maryland	1,112	1.1	23,373	23.5	3,023	3.0	899	0.9	4,716	4.8
Massachusetts	823	0.7	20,190	16.1	2,577	2.1	654	0.5	9,882³	7.9
Michigan	1,612	0.8	66,854	31.1	5,574	2.6	2,084	1.0	9,949	4.6
Minnesota	1,015	1.0	21,448²	20.5	2,052	2.0	1,909	1.8	9,274	8.9
Mississippi	956	1.5	16,387	25.2	1,706	2.6	969	1.5	3,818	5.9

Missouri	1,621	1.3	25,865²	20.7	2,996	2.4	1,254	1.0	13,012²	10.4
Montana	359	1.8	3,808¹	19.5	504	2.6	150	0.8	1,271¹	6.5
Nebraska	565	1.4	9,623	23.7	994	2.5	572	1.4	2,098	5.2
Nevada	317	0.9	7,540	22.2	972	2.9	272	0.8	2,060	6.1
New Hampshire	286	1.0	5,307²	18.2	521	1.8	476	1.6	1,189²	4.1

New Jersey	1,858	1.0	38,613	20.0	4,790	2.5	1,855	1.0	16,027	8.3
New Mexico	283	0.6	10,922	24.3	1,017	2.3	1,250	2.8	3,348	7.4
New York	3,180	0.8	117,681	27.8	7,915	1.9	2,954	0.7	32,359	7.6
North Carolina	2,289	1.4	39,919	24.0	4,681	2.8	1,601	1.0	72	0.0
North Dakota	198	1.3	3,260	21.9	391	2.6	431	2.9	484	3.2

Ohio	1,630	0.7	51,310	22.3	5,308	2.3	6,203	2.7	24,529	10.7
Oklahoma	1,043	1.4	17,110	22.4	2,043	2.7	723	0.9	5,452	7.1
Oregon	582	1.0	11,002	19.1	1,664	2.9	804	1.4	4,874	8.5
Pennsylvania	2,217	1.0	57,294	25.0	4,418	1.9	1,578	0.7	15,553	6.8
Rhode Island	61	0.3	2,721	14.6	444	2.4	199	1.1	1,342	7.2

South Carolina	1,123	1.6	1,562¹	2.2	3,053	4.3	272	0.4	5,780¹	8.1
South Dakota	167	0.9	4,446	24.0	427	2.3	438	2.4	796	4.3
Tennessee	1,506	1.3	23,550²	21.0	4,819	4.3	1,117	1.0	6,968²	6.2
Texas	4,719	0.8	153,550	26.4	28,779	4.9	7,956	1.4	35,192	6.0
Utah	311	0.8	7,953	19.3	997	2.4	167	0.4	2,688	6.5

Vermont	229	1.3	3,085	17.1	422	2.3	146	0.8	930	5.2
Virginia	2,040	1.2	36,003	21.8	4,034	2.4	2,779	1.7	10,176	6.2
Washington	1,321	1.2	31,036	27.7	2,709	2.4	1,163	1.0	6,612	5.9
West Virginia	393	1.0	9,465	25.1	1,063	2.8	339	0.9	2,191	5.8
Wisconsin	1,383	1.2	23,849	21.0	2,567	2.3	949	0.8	7,449	6.6
Wyoming	118	0.8	3,078	22.1	323	2.3	251	1.8	995	7.1
Outlying Areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas	156	2.0	646	8.2	276	3.5	39	0.5	712	9.0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	70	1.6	685	15.9	120	2.8	36	0.8	344	8.0
American Samoa	6	0.4	271	16.1	78	4.6	37	2.2	164	9.7
Guam	13	0.3	215	5.7	55	1.5	20	0.5	659	17.5
Northern Marianas	0	0	144	14.1	31	3.0	9	0.9	100	9.8
Puerto Rico	1,006	1.3	22,122	29.4	1,484	2.0	1,602	2.1	4,597	6.1
Virgin Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

— Not available.
¹ Data imputed based on current year (fall 2001) data.
² Data disaggregated from reported total.
³ Data imputed based on prior year (fall 2000) data.
⁴ Student/other support services include library support staff, student support services staff, and all other non-administrative support staff.
⁵ Administrative support staff includes district and school level administrative support staff.
NOTE: All staff counts are full-time-equivalency (FTE) counts.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2001–02.

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