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Table 82. Staff and teachers in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1995 to fall 2001

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                        |  Teachers as a percent of staff   |            Fall 1999               |            Fall 2000\1\            |            Fall 2001
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                        |        |        |        |        |             |             |Teachers|             |             |Teachers|             |             |Teachers
 State or jurisdiction  |        |        |        |        |     All     |             |  as a  |     All     |             |  as a  |     All     |             |  as a
                        |  Fall  |   Fall |   Fall |   Fall |    staff    |    Teachers | percent|    staff    |    Teachers | percent|    staff    |    Teachers | percent
                        |  1995  |   1996 |   1997 |   1998 |             |             |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\ ....|    52.0|    52.4|    52.1|    52.2|    5,632,004|    2,910,633|    51.7|    5,709,753|    2,941,461|    51.5|    5,902,923|    2,997,748|    50.8
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Alabama ................|\3\ 52.9|\3\ 53.0|\3\ 53.5|\3\ 54.5|\3\    88,492|\3\    48,624|\3\ 54.9|\3\    89,818|\3\    48,194|\3\ 53.7|\3\    88,171|\3\    46,796|\3\ 53.1
Alaska .................|\3\ 49.1|\3\ 50.2|\3\ 51.0|\3\ 50.4|\3\    16,088|        7,838|\3\ 48.7|\3\    15,985|        7,880|\3\ 49.3|\3\    16,729|        8,026|\3\ 48.0
Arizona ................|    50.1|    51.0|    50.8|\3\ 49.8|       88,259|       43,892|    49.7|       90,115|       44,438|    49.3|       93,976|       46,015|    49.0
Arkansas ...............|    53.8|\3\ 52.3|\3\ 52.5|\3\ 68.5|       59,755|       31,362|    52.5|       63,149|       31,947|    50.6|       66,578|       33,079|    49.7
California .............|\3\ 52.0|\3\ 53.1|\3\ 54.4|\3\ 54.8|\3\   532,754|\3\   287,433|\3\ 54.0|\3\   551,258|\3\   298,021|\3\ 54.1|\3\   574,559|\3\   304,296|\3\ 53.0
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Colorado ...............|    52.5|    51.1|    52.4|    51.8|       79,672|       40,772|    51.2|       82,827|       41,983|    50.7|       87,582|       44,182|    50.4
Connecticut ............|    54.5|    53.1|    51.2|    50.1|       79,847|       39,907|    50.0|       82,107|       41,044|    50.0|       84,884|       41,773|    49.2
Delaware ...............|    54.5|    54.4|    54.6|    55.0|       13,369|        7,318|    54.7|       12,616|        7,469|    59.2|       14,172|        7,571|    53.4
District of Columbia ...|    56.4|    56.8|\3\ 50.3|    52.7|\3\     9,493|\3\     4,812|\3\ 50.7|       10,712|        4,949|    46.2|       11,391|        4,951|    43.5
Florida ................|    48.3|    48.4|    48.6|    48.4|      271,339|      130,336|    48.0|      276,421|      132,030|    47.8|      282,696|      134,684|    47.6
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Georgia ................|\3\ 48.2|\3\ 54.0|\3\ 53.3|    49.9|      183,674|       90,638|    49.3|      184,866|       91,043|    49.2|      190,054|       92,732|    48.8
Hawaii .................|    62.3|    62.7|    62.2|    61.3|       17,902|       10,866|    60.7|       18,352|       10,927|    59.5|       19,464|       11,007|    56.6
Idaho ..................|    58.6|    57.8|    57.2|    56.3|       24,192|       13,641|    56.4|       24,386|       13,714|    56.2|       24,773|       13,854|    55.9
Illinois ...............|    54.3|\3\ 52.5|\3\ 51.8|\3\ 52.0|\3\   244,538|      124,815|\3\ 51.0|\3\   249,791|      127,620|\3\ 51.1|\3\   255,719|      129,600|\3\ 50.7
Indiana.................|    48.0|    47.3|    47.1|    46.8|      125,236|       58,864|    47.0|      126,833|       59,226|    46.7|      128,939|       59,659|    46.3
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Iowa ...................|    52.1|    51.7|    50.9|    49.8|       65,957|       33,480|    50.8|       67,765|       34,636|    51.1|       69,504|       34,906|    50.2
Kansas .................|    53.7|    53.2|    52.9|    52.6|       63,771|       32,969|    51.7|       64,319|       32,742|    50.9|       65,155|       33,084|    50.8
Kentucky ...............|    46.3|\3\ 52.5|\3\ 45.5|    44.8|       93,332|       41,954|    45.0|       89,674|       39,589|    44.1|       94,827|       40,376|    42.6
Louisiana ..............|    50.5|    50.3|    49.3|    49.4|      101,233|       50,031|    49.4|      101,200|       49,915|    49.3|      101,552|       49,980|    49.2
Maine ..................|    52.3|    51.4|    51.4|    50.8|       32,502|       16,349|    50.3|       33,305|       16,559|    49.7|       34,072|       16,741|    49.1
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Maryland ...............|    54.4|    56.1|    55.3|    53.4|       93,620|       50,995|    54.5|       96,504|       52,433|    54.3|       99,282|       53,774|    54.2
Massachusetts ..........|    55.4|    55.3|    55.3|    55.0|\3\   136,254|       77,596|\3\ 56.9|      122,481|       67,432|    55.1|\3\   125,625|       68,942|\3\ 54.9
Michigan ...............|    46.9|    45.2|    44.8|    44.5|      210,701|       96,094|    45.6|      210,481|       97,031|    46.1|      214,894|       98,849|    46.0
Minnesota ..............|    62.7|    55.5|    53.4|    53.6|      104,546|       56,010|    53.6|\3\   103,570|       53,457|\3\ 51.6|      104,741|       53,081|    50.7
Mississippi ............|    47.6|    47.9|    47.7|    47.9|       63,946|       30,722|    48.0|       64,723|       31,006|    47.9|       65,155|       31,214|    47.9
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Missouri................|    48.0|    55.0|    54.8|    53.7|      117,076|       63,890|    54.6|      121,610|       64,735|    53.2|      124,756|       65,240|    52.3
Montana ................|\3\ 54.2|\3\ 54.4|\3\ 53.7|\3\ 53.8|\3\    20,032|       10,353|\3\ 51.7|\3\    19,448|       10,411|\3\ 53.5|\3\    19,501|       10,408|\3\ 53.4
Nebraska ...............|    52.9|    53.0|    53.1|    53.2|       39,142|       20,766|    53.1|       39,925|       20,983|    52.6|       40,541|       21,083|    52.0
Nevada .................|    58.5|    58.1|    57.7|    56.3|       30,247|       17,380|    57.5|       31,191|       18,293|    58.6|       33,967|       19,276|    56.7
New Hampshire ..........|    53.3|    53.0|    52.2|    52.0|       27,129|       14,037|    51.7|       28,055|       14,341|    51.1|       29,141|       14,677|    50.4
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New Jersey .............|    53.2|    53.7|    53.8|    53.9|      178,053|       95,883|    53.9|      185,607|       99,061|    53.4|      193,337|      103,611|    53.6
New Mexico .............|    48.3|    49.0|    48.4|    48.6|       43,184|       19,797|    45.8|       44,979|       21,042|    46.8|       44,941|       21,823|    48.6
New York ...............|    51.0|    50.9|    51.0|    52.4|      408,977|      202,078|    49.4|      416,236|      206,961|    49.7|      423,199|      209,128|    49.4
North Carolina .........|\3\ 52.2|\3\ 51.9|\3\ 52.1|    52.0|      158,696|       81,914|    51.6|      162,432|       83,680|    51.5|      166,164|       85,684|    51.6
North Dakota ...........|    54.3|    54.2|    54.3|    54.0|       15,132|        8,150|    53.9|       15,115|        8,141|    53.9|       14,896|        8,035|    53.9
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Ohio ...................|    55.2|    55.1|    54.5|    54.4|      217,634|      116,200|    53.4|      222,961|      118,361|    53.1|      230,007|      122,115|    53.1
Oklahoma ...............|\3\ 47.0|    58.0|    58.0|    57.8|       73,831|       41,498|    56.2|       75,148|       41,318|    55.0|       76,405|       41,632|    54.5
Oregon .................|    51.8|    51.2|    50.7|    50.5|       55,610|       27,803|    50.0|       56,168|       28,094|    50.0|       57,473|       28,402|    49.4
Pennsylvania ...........|    53.0|    52.9|    52.5|    52.9|      216,725|      114,525|    52.8|      223,935|      116,963|    52.2|      229,238|      118,470|    51.7
Rhode Island ...........|    63.5|    63.3|    61.6|    62.4|       17,927|       11,041|    61.6|       17,736|       10,645|    60.0|       18,584|       11,104|    59.8
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South Carolina .........|\3\ 53.3|\3\ 54.0|\3\ 53.4|\3\ 53.6|\3\    85,481|       45,468|\3\ 53.2|\3\    69,114|       45,380|\3\ 65.7|\3\    71,733|       46,617|\3\ 65.0
South Dakota ...........|\3\ 53.2|    53.2|    55.1|    56.1|       17,437|        9,384|    53.8|       18,072|        9,397|    52.0|       18,512|        9,370|    50.6
Tennessee ..............|    54.0|    54.0|    52.9|    53.8|      111,798|       60,702|    54.3|      109,711|       57,164|    52.1|\3\   111,927|\3\    58,358|\3\ 52.1
Texas ..................|    52.0|    51.8|    51.6|    51.3|      523,948|      267,935|    51.1|      542,791|      274,826|    50.6|      582,556|      282,847|    48.6
Utah ...................|    53.6|    52.7|    53.3|    54.9|       40,235|       21,832|    54.3|       40,717|       22,008|    54.1|       41,111|       22,211|    54.0
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Vermont ................|    49.1|    49.4|    48.3|    48.9|       17,408|        8,474|    48.7|       17,772|        8,414|    47.3|       18,050|        8,554|    47.4
Virginia ...............|\3\ 54.3|\3\ 53.5|\3\ 54.3|\3\ 55.6|\3\   157,206|\3\    85,037|\3\ 54.1|\3\   160,693|\3\    86,977|\3\ 54.1|      165,249|       89,314|    54.0
Washington .............|\3\ 51.4|    53.5|    53.1|    53.0|       96,033|       50,368|    52.4|       97,636|       51,098|    52.3|      112,021|       52,534|    46.9
West Virginia...........|    54.5|    54.8|    54.4|    54.3|       38,709|       21,082|    54.5|       38,549|       20,930|    54.3|       37,676|       20,139|    53.5
Wisconsin ..............|    57.9|    54.8|\3\ 54.4|    56.0|      109,951|       60,778|    55.3|      106,937|       60,165|    56.3|      113,525|       60,918|    53.7
Wyoming ................|    51.2|    50.5|    49.2|    48.7|       13,931|        6,940|    49.8|       13,952|        6,783|    48.6|       13,919|        7,026|    50.5
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Bureau of Indian        |        |        |        |        |             |             |        |             |             |        |             |             |
  Affairs ..............|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |    ---
Department of Defense   |        |        |        |        |             |             |        |             |             |        |             |             |
  dependents schools:   |        |        |        |        |             |             |        |             |             |        |             |             |
   Overseas schools ....|    --- |    61.7|    66.7|    66.4|\4\    11,588|\4\     7,415|\4\ 64.0|        7,736|        5,105|    66.0|        7,889|        5,154|    65.3
   Domestic schools ....|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |    --- |        4,054|        2,399|    59.2|        4,321|        2,486|    57.5
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     Outlying areas     |        |        |        |        |             |             |        |             |             |        |             |             |
American Samoa .........|    51.4|    49.9|    50.8|    50.1|        1,613|          801|    49.7|        1,639|          820|    50.0|        1,686|          914|    54.2
Guam ...................|    48.3|    47.6|    46.6|    34.2|        3,685|        1,809|    49.1|        3,836|        1,975|    51.5|        3,765|        1,918|    50.9
Northern Marianas ......|    40.0|    41.8|    44.5|    47.6|          956|          488|    51.0|        1,047|          526|    50.2|        1,019|          519|    50.9
Puerto Rico ............|    56.4|    55.7|    56.2|    57.7|       71,891|       41,349|    57.5|       69,188|       37,620|    54.4|       75,254|       42,906|    57.0
Virgin Islands .........|    47.4|    49.6|    49.4|    51.3|        2,964|        1,528|    51.6|        2,899|        1,511|    52.1|         --- |         --- |    ---
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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.
\4\Includes both overseas and domestic schools.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1995-96 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared July 2003.)


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