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Table 2. Number and percentage distribution of library media centers that reported having full-time or part-time, state-certified, paid professional library media center specialists, by state: 2007–08

Number of library media centers that had Percentage distribution of library
media centers that had 		 
State Number of schools with library media centers   At least one full-time, paid, state-certified library media center specialist   No full-time and at least one part-time, paid, state-certified library media center specialist   No full-time or part-time, paid, state-certified library media center specialists   At least one full-time, paid, state-certified library media center specialist   No full-time and at least one part-time, paid, state-certified library media center specialist   No full-time or part-time, paid, state-certified library media center specialists  
United States  81,920   50,910   8,850   22,160   62.2   10.8   27.0  
                             
Alabama  1,400   1,310   50 ! ‡   93.4   3.7 ! ‡  
Alaska  430   140   ‡   260   31.9   ‡   61.1  
Arizona  1,540   770   120 ! 650   49.9   7.7 ! 42.4  
Arkansas  980   860   90 ! ‡   87.1   8.9 ! ‡  
California  7,870   1,490   440 ! 5,940   18.9   5.5 ! 75.5  
                             
Colorado  1,500   730   ‡   680   48.5   ‡   45.4  
Connecticut  970   760   ‡   170   78.3   ‡   17.9  
Delaware  170   130   20   ‡   77.6   9.8 ! ‡  
District of Columbia  160   70   30   60   42.7   20.7   36.6  
Florida  2,910   2,560   ‡   320   88.0   ‡   10.9  
                             
Georgia  2,190   2,000   ‡   ‡   91.4   ‡   ‡  
Hawaii  270   220   ‡   40   81.3   ‡   14.8  
Idaho  620   200   120   300   32.3   19.0   48.7  
Illinois  3,550   1,780   310 ! 1,460   50.2   8.6 ! 41.2  
Indiana  1,810   830   390   590   45.7   21.5   32.8  
                             
Iowa  1,260   460   390   410   36.3   31.3   32.4  
Kansas  1,350   840   300   210 ! 62.1   21.9   15.9 !
Kentucky  1,220   1,030   130 ! ‡   84.1   10.5 ! ‡  
Louisiana  1,220   1,020   ‡   160 ! 83.5   ‡   13.4 !
Maine  650   230   150   260   35.7   23.6   40.7  
                             
Maryland  1,290   870   ‡   410   67.5   ‡   31.6  
Massachusetts  1,630   710   170 ! 750   43.6   10.4 ! 46.1  
Michigan  3,250   1,300   530   1,420   40.1   16.2   43.8  
Minnesota  1,470   860   330   290   58.2   22.4   19.5  
Mississippi  930   820   40 ! 70 ! 88.3   4.2 ! 7.5 !
                             
Missouri  1,880   1,580   190 ! 110 ! 84.1   10.3 ! 5.6 !
Montana  550   320   190   30 ! 58.5   35.7   5.9 !
Nebraska  870   430   320   120 ! 49.9   36.8   13.4 !
Nevada  510   390   ‡   110   76.3   ‡   21.5  
New Hampshire  410   270   30 ! 110   65.2   8.0 ! 26.9  
                             
New Jersey  2,140   1,580   ‡   320 ! 73.7   ‡   14.9 !
New Mexico  660   290   ‡   330   43.1   ‡   49.3  
New York  4,360   3,370   ‡   740 ! 77.3   ‡   16.9 !
North Carolina  2,250   2,020   ‡   130   90.1   ‡   5.8  
North Dakota  360   160   170   ‡   44.3   47.0   ‡  
                             
Ohio  3,290   1,430   440 ! 1,420   43.4   13.5 ! 43.2  
Oklahoma  1,490   970   400   120 ! 65.3   26.6   8.1 !
Oregon  1,100   310   180   610   27.9   16.6   55.5  
Pennsylvania  2,940   2,420   370 ! ‡   82.5   12.7 ! ‡  
Rhode Island  300   220   70   ‡   72.5   22.1   ‡  
                             
South Carolina  1,050   1,000   ‡   40 ! 95.3   ‡   3.9 !
South Dakota  370   140   70   160   37.1   19.2   43.8  
Tennessee  1,610   1,440   ‡   ‡   89.3   ‡   ‡  
Texas  7,340   5,720   ‡   1,130 ! 77.9   ‡   15.4  
Utah  760   360   30 ! 380   46.8   3.3 ! 49.9  
                             
Vermont  330   170   110   50 ! 50.9   34.2   15.0 !
Virginia  1,950   1,720   ‡   110 ! 88.1   ‡   5.7 !
Washington  1,880   1,100   220 ! 560   58.6   11.5 ! 29.8  
West Virginia  620   350   30 ! 240   56.5   5.0 ! 38.5  
Wisconsin  1,970   1,050   670   250 ! 53.5   33.9   12.7  
Wyoming  290   140   50   100   49.1   17.3   33.5  
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: The 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey did not collect School Library Media Center data from private schools. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Library Media Center Data File," 2007–08.

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