Table 2. Percentage distribution of public school teachers, by race/ethnicity and state: 2007-08

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Table 2. Percentage distribution of public school teachers, by race/ethnicity and state: 2007-08

		Race/ethnicity
State	Total number of teachers	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic		American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic		Asian, non-Hispanic		Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic		Hispanic, regardless of race		Two or more races, non-Hispanic¹
United States	3,404,500	83.1	7.0		0.5		1.2		0.2		7.1		0.9

Alabama	53,200	74.2	23.6		‡		‡		#		‡		‡
Alaska	8,100	86.3	‡		6.6		1.3	!	‡		1.9	!	2.9	!
Arizona	66,500	78.7	2.5	!	2.0		‡		‡		13.9		2.0
Arkansas	35,800	89.2	8.0		1.0	!	‡		‡		‡		‡
California	310,000	70.5	4.4		‡		4.2		0.8	!	18.1		1.1

Colorado	50,100	89.0	‡		‡		‡		#		7.5		‡
Connecticut	50,100	92.9	1.7	!	#		‡		#		3.5		‡
Delaware	8,300	82.7	11.6		#		‡		#		3.4	!	2.0	!
District of Columbia	4,400	26.0	65.0		#		‡		#		5.3		1.6	!
Florida	177,200	73.1	13.1		0.2	!	‡		‡		11.6		0.7	!

Georgia	121,900	75.0	23.4		#		‡		‡		0.9	!	‡
Hawaii	12,800	31.7	#		‡		43.9		10.1		7.2		6.7
Idaho	16,200	94.6	#		‡		‡		‡		3.6	!	‡
Illinois	145,000	89.2	4.0	!	#		‡		#		5.0		‡
Indiana	68,400	95.2	2.8	!	‡		‡		#		1.1	!	‡

Iowa	39,600	98.7	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Kansas	37,700	94.0	1.8	!	‡		‡		‡		1.7	!	1.3	!
Kentucky	44,400	94.3	3.7		‡		#		#		‡		‡
Louisiana	48,100	78.3	19.2		‡		‡		‡		1.3	!	0.6	!
Maine	17,800	98.1	‡		‡		‡		#		‡		‡

Maryland	59,900	67.4	25.0		‡		3.3	!	#		‡		‡
Massachusetts	80,400	93.1	‡		‡		‡		‡		2.7	!	‡
Michigan	98,300	92.7	3.7	!	‡		‡		#		2.4	!	‡
Minnesota	64,000	97.1	‡		‡		‡		#		‡		‡
Mississippi	35,500	70.8	27.7		‡		‡		#		0.6	!	‡

Missouri	73,300	92.9	3.6		0.5	!	‡		#		1.5	!	1.3	!
Montana	12,700	95.9	#		1.8	!	‡		#		1.3	!	‡
Nebraska	23,200	97.4	‡		‡		#		‡		1.1	!	‡
Nevada	23,700	83.2	‡		‡		‡		‡		6.4		2.4	!
New Hampshire	17,400	98.0	‡		‡		‡		#		1.0	!	‡

New Jersey	124,500	86.4	4.9	!	#		‡		#		6.4		‡
New Mexico	22,700	58.1	‡		2.1	!	‡		‡		35.8		2.6	!
New York	228,100	83.7	6.3	!	‡		‡		‡		6.1		‡
North Carolina	96,000	81.0	15.9		1.2	!	0.4	!	#		1.2	!	‡
North Dakota	8,900	98.7	#		‡		#		#		‡	!	‡

Ohio	134,300	94.2	3.9	!	#		‡		#		0.5	!	‡
Oklahoma	46,500	84.8	2.2		7.4		0.2	!	0.3	!	1.9		3.2	!
Oregon	31,700	93.1	‡		‡		1.8	!	‡		3.3		1.0	!
Pennsylvania	136,900	96.7	1.6	!	#		#		#		0.4	!	1.3	!
Rhode Island	13,200	95.5	‡		‡		#		‡		‡		‡

South Carolina	49,000	79.4	17.7		#		0.7	!	‡		1.2	!	‡
South Dakota	10,600	96.2	‡		1.4	!	#		‡		‡		‡
Tennessee	67,100	91.8	6.5		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Texas	340,400	66.4	7.9		‡		‡		#		24.6		‡
Utah	27,200	96.2	‡		‡		‡		‡		2.0	!	‡

Vermont	10,200	97.8	#		‡		‡		#		‡		‡
Virginia	94,000	84.5	11.9		‡		‡		‡		2.3	!	‡
Washington	58,100	91.3	1.8	!	1.0	!	2.5	!	‡		2.2	!	1.1	!
West Virginia	22,900	97.4	0.9	!	‡		‡		‡		0.8	!	0.3	!
Wisconsin	70,100	95.4	1.6	!	‡		‡		#		2.2		‡
Wyoming	7,900	95.5	‡		‡		‡		#		2.6	!	0.9	!
# Rounds to zero.
! 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.
¹Two or more races, non-Hispanic includes all non-Hispanic respondents who selected more than one race.
NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. 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 Teacher Data File," 2007-08.

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