Table 87.

Staff and teachers in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2000 through fall 2008

State or jurisdiction	Teachers as a percent of staff												Fall 2006						Fall 20071						Fall 2008
	Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002		Fall 2003		Fall 2004		Fall 2005		All staff		Teachers		Teachers as a percent of staff		All staff		Teachers		Teachers as a percent of staff		All staff		Teachers		Teachers as a percent of staff
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16
United States2	51.5		50.8		51.0		51.2		51.0		51.3		6,153,735		3,166,391		51.5		6,215,635		3,178,142		51.1		6,318,395		3,219,458		51.0
Alabama	53.7	3	53.1	3	53.0	3	57.7		55.6		55.7		109,839		56,134		51.1		111,656	3	50,420		45.2	3	95,368		47,818		50.1
Alaska	49.3	3	48.1	3	47.2	3	47.2	3	44.0	3	44.1	3	16,854	3	7,903		46.9	3	16,593	3	7,613		45.9	3	17,160	3	7,927		46.2	3
Arizona	49.3		49.0		48.7		49.3		50.0		51.3		102,390		52,625		51.4		104,670		54,032		51.6		105,548		54,696		51.8
Arkansas	50.6		49.7		47.5		47.7		47.2		46.7		71,616		35,089		49.0		70,331		33,882		48.2		71,270		37,162		52.1
California	54.1	3	53.0	3	52.9	3	53.1	3	53.2	3	53.4	3	580,141	3	307,366	3	53.0	3	583,625	3	305,230	3	52.3	3	585,684	3	303,647	3	51.8	3
Colorado	50.7		50.4		50.2		50.2		49.4		49.2		97,364		46,973		48.2		99,326		47,761		48.1		102,566		48,692		47.5
Connecticut	50.0		49.2		49.0		49.6		46.3		46.9		86,709		39,115		45.1		86,762		39,304		45.3		92,467		48,463		52.4
Delaware	59.2		53.4		53.3		53.1		52.5		51.7		15,403		8,038		52.2		15,524		8,198		52.8		14,821		8,322		56.2
District of Columbia	46.2		43.5		43.3		53.5		44.3		44.3	3	12,177	3	5,383	3	44.2	3	12,532		6,347		50.6		12,131		5,321		43.9
Florida	47.8		47.6		48.1		49.0		49.7		50.6		321,600		162,851		50.6		329,726		168,737		51.2		340,713		186,361		54.7
Georgia	49.2		48.8		48.5		48.5		50.1		49.6		227,616		113,597		49.9		235,083		116,857		49.7		239,139		118,839		49.7
Hawaii	59.5		56.6		53.0		52.7		54.3		53.3		21,061		11,271		53.5		21,657		11,397		52.6		21,610		11,295		52.3
Idaho	56.2		55.9		55.8		55.9		55.9		55.8		26,312		14,770		56.1		27,149		15,013		55.3		27,261		15,148		55.6
Illinois	51.1	3	50.7	3	50.9	3	50.2	3	50.2	3	53.2	3	221,661	3	140,988		63.6	3	214,459	3	136,571		63.7	3	221,005	3	135,704		61.4	3
Indiana	46.7		46.3		47.2		45.9		45.4		45.5		134,678		61,346		45.6		139,460		62,334		44.7		141,979		62,668		44.1
Iowa	51.1		50.2		51.3		51.1		50.7		50.9		69,690		35,653		51.2		71,794		36,089		50.3		72,350		35,961		49.7
Kansas	50.9		50.8		51.1		51.1		51.4		51.3		53,762		35,297		65.7		54,232		35,359		65.2		55,355		35,883		64.8
Kentucky	44.1		42.6		42.4		43.0		43.2		43.3		98,812		43,371		43.9		100,362		43,536		43.4		100,217		43,451		43.4
Louisiana	49.3		49.2		48.9		49.0		48.5		48.2		95,226		45,951		48.3		99,625		48,610		48.8		100,873		49,377		48.9
Maine	49.7		49.1		48.7		49.1		47.7		47.3		36,785		16,826		45.7		39,918		16,558		41.5		36,459		15,912		43.6
Maryland	54.3		54.2		54.0		51.3		50.9		51.0		113,474		58,443		51.5		116,857		59,320		50.8		116,856		58,940		50.4
Massachusetts	55.1		54.9		51.6		53.6	3	53.3	3	53.0	3	136,563	3	73,157		53.6	3	123,114		70,719		57.4		123,636		70,398		56.9
Michigan	46.1		46.0		47.9		47.1	3	48.0		47.9	3	212,320		98,037		46.2		208,987		96,204		46.0		208,058		94,754		45.5
Minnesota	51.6	3	50.7		50.1	3	49.7		50.0		48.9		106,701		51,880		48.6		108,432		52,975		48.9		109,222		53,083		48.6
Mississippi	47.9		47.9		47.8		47.7		46.6		46.5		68,815		32,351		47.0		71,144		33,560		47.2		72,050		33,358		46.3
Missouri	53.2		52.3		52.1		51.8		51.9		52.1		131,633		67,521		51.3		133,607		68,430		51.2		132,676		68,015		51.3
Montana	53.5	3	53.4	3	55.4	3	55.2		54.5	3	52.9	3	19,005	3	10,398		54.7	3	19,179	3	10,519		54.8	3	18,315	3	9,570		52.3	3
Nebraska	52.6		52.0		51.6		51.6		51.6		51.9		42,938		21,459		50.0		43,672		21,930		50.2		43,444		20,258		46.6
Nevada	58.6		56.7		59.9		59.4		67.0		67.2	3	33,951	3	22,908		67.5	3	35,574	3	23,423		65.8	3	33,548	3	21,993		65.6	3
New Hampshire	51.1		50.4		49.8		49.0		48.7		48.5		32,174		15,515		48.2		32,573		15,484		47.5		31,908		15,661		49.1
New Jersey	53.4		53.6		53.7		53.5		53.8		53.2	3	205,319	3	112,301		54.7	3	201,552	3	111,500		55.3	3	205,672	3	114,713		55.8	3
New Mexico	46.8		48.6		48.3		48.1		46.7		45.9		46,551		22,016		47.3		46,699		22,300		47.8		47,850		22,825		47.7
New York	49.7		49.4		49.3		54.8		54.8	3	58.6		373,360		218,879		58.6		374,080		211,854		56.6		428,139		217,944		50.9
North Carolina	51.5		51.6		51.8		52.3		52.2		52.5		204,549		112,304		54.9		203,287		106,562		52.4		207,859		109,634		52.7
North Dakota	53.9		53.9		53.5		53.3		53.2		52.9		15,157		8,007		52.8		15,385		8,068		52.4		15,636		8,181		52.3
Ohio	53.1		53.1		51.7		50.2		49.2		49.4		242,643		110,459		45.5		243,579		109,766		45.1		244,730		112,845		46.1
Oklahoma	55.0		54.5		54.6		55.0		52.2		51.1		81,831		42,206		51.6		86,758		46,735		53.9		87,478		46,571		53.2
Oregon	50.0		49.3		49.3		49.3		48.4		47.0		62,205		29,940		48.1		64,619		30,013		46.4		65,106		30,152		46.3
Pennsylvania	52.2		51.7		51.1		51.4		51.1		50.9		240,558		123,114		51.2		254,476		135,234		53.1		251,928		129,708		51.5
Rhode Island	60.0		59.8		61.2		59.9	3	51.6	3	58.4	3	17,912	3	11,381		63.5	3	17,559		11,271		64.2		18,598		11,316		60.8
South Carolina	65.7	3	65.3	3	73.8	3	72.9	3	72.2	3	70.9	3	68,833	3	49,284		71.6	3	66,087		47,382		71.7		69,790		49,941		71.6
South Dakota	52.0		50.6		48.6		48.6		50.1		48.0		17,294		9,070		52.4		17,019		9,416		55.3		18,391		9,244		50.3
Tennessee	52.1		52.1		51.3		51.3		51.8		52.2		123,218		62,176		50.5		126,646		64,659		51.1		126,841		64,926		51.2
Texas	50.6		48.6		48.6		48.5		48.5		50.5		616,155		311,649		50.6		635,715		321,929		50.6		649,381		327,905		50.5
Utah	54.1		54.0		53.9		53.3		50.1		50.2		47,365		23,640		49.9		48,515		24,336		50.2		49,057		23,657		48.2
Vermont	47.3		47.4		46.5		46.8		46.1		46.5		19,232		8,859		46.1		19,184		8,749		45.6		19,370		8,766		45.3
Virginia	54.1	3	54.0		61.3		54.4		52.2		44.4		214,464		79,688		37.2		204,384		71,861		35.2		203,567		71,415		35.1
Washington	52.3		46.9		47.0		48.3		47.5		47.0		102,948		53,743		52.2		103,714		53,960		52.0		104,617		54,428		52.0
West Virginia	54.3		53.5		52.8		52.7		52.6		52.3		36,717	3	19,633		53.5	3	38,309	3	20,306		53.0	3	38,258		20,209		52.8
Wisconsin	56.3		54.6		53.3		55.7		58.2		57.0		105,033		59,089		56.3		104,981		58,914		56.1		106,597		59,401		55.7
Wyoming	48.6		48.7		49.1	3	46.5		46.7		46.2		15,121		6,737		44.6		15,464		6,915		44.7		15,841		7,000		44.2
Bureau of Indian Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, overseas	66.0		65.3		68.0		64.9		71.4		62.9		8,338		5,204		62.4		6,265		4,147		66.2		7,526		4,551		60.5
DoD, domestic	59.2		57.5		57.7		55.4		69.9		55.4		3,574		2,033		56.9		3,994		2,243		56.2		3,845		2,145		55.8
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	50.0		54.2		54.4		55.8		52.1		68.4		1,869		971		52.0		—		—		—		—		—		—
Guam	51.5		50.9		—		50.8		50.4		52.2		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Northern Marianas	50.2		50.9		49.9		47.6		49.7		49.8		1,160		579		49.9		1,111		550		49.5		1,043		514		49.3
Puerto Rico	54.4		57.0		56.8		56.8		56.0		56.0		71,962		40,163		55.8		71,847		40,826		56.8		70,034		39,356		56.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	52.1		53.6		49.5		52.2		51.9		53.8		3,020		1,531		50.7		3,137		1,518		48.4		2,472		1,331		53.8

—Not available.

1 Data revised from previously published figures.

2 U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.

3 Includes imputations for underreporting.

NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000-01 through 2008-09. (This table was prepared November 2010.)