Table 213.40.

Staff, teachers, and teachers as a percentage of staff in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2013

[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction	Teachers as a percent of staff												Fall 2011						Fall 2012						Fall 2013
	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2007		Fall 2008		Fall 2009		Fall 2010		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 States1	51.5		51.3		51.3		50.9		50.5		50.0		6,138,890		3,103,263		50.6		6,181,238		3,109,101		50.3		6,187,901		3,113,764		50.3
Alabama	53.7	2	55.7		45.2	2	50.1		50.5		51.9		92,289		47,723		51.7		96,485	2	51,877		53.8	2	91,753		47,162		51.4
Alaska	49.3	2	44.1	2	45.9	2	46.2	2	45.6	2	45.1	2	17,747	2	8,088		45.6	2	17,116	2	7,682		44.9	2	17,127	2	7,898		46.1	2
Arizona	49.3		51.3		51.6		51.8		51.8		51.8		98,712		50,800		51.5		103,228		48,866		47.3		103,343		48,359		46.8
Arkansas	50.6		46.7		48.2		52.1		50.1		47.5		72,650		33,983		46.8		71,279		34,131		47.9		70,387		34,933		49.6
California	54.1	2	53.4	2	52.3	2	51.5	2	51.9	2	49.2	2	547,188	2	268,689	2	49.1	2	544,875	2	266,255	2	48.9	2	541,762	2	259,506	2	47.9	2
Colorado	50.7		49.2		48.1		47.5		47.5		47.9		100,349		48,078		47.9		102,480		48,922		47.7		104,025		50,157		48.2
Connecticut	50.0		46.9		45.3		52.4		46.9		46.1		92,955		43,805		47.1		91,264		43,931		48.1		94,208		43,443		46.1
Delaware	59.2		51.7		52.8		56.2		50.9		54.2		15,449		8,587		55.6		17,554		9,257		52.7		18,253		9,388		51.4
District of Columbia	46.2		44.3	2	50.6		43.9		50.1		52.1		11,541		6,278		54.4		12,480		5,925		47.5		11,403		5,991		52.5
Florida	47.8		50.6		54.9		54.7		54.8		52.7		328,709		175,006		53.2		335,100		176,537		52.7		335,081		177,853		53.1
Georgia	49.2		49.6		49.7		49.7		49.4		49.5		224,207		111,133		49.6		220,603		109,365		49.6		218,097		109,441		50.2
Hawaii	59.5		53.3		52.6		52.3		52.9		52.5		22,065		11,458		51.9		22,238		11,608		52.2		22,438		11,781		52.5
Idaho	56.2		55.8		55.3		55.6		54.9		56.4		28,065		15,990		57.0		26,319	2	14,563		55.3	2	23,803	2	15,002		63.0	2
Illinois	51.1	2	53.2	2	63.7	2	61.4	2	62.4	2	61.6	2	213,578	2	131,777		61.7	2	263,565	2	135,701	2	51.5	2	266,645	2	136,355	2	51.1	2
Indiana	46.7		45.5		44.7		44.1		43.6		41.9	2	150,191		62,339		41.5		147,936		59,863		40.5		144,412		59,823		41.4
Iowa	51.1		50.9		50.3		49.7		49.4		49.8		69,901		34,658		49.6		71,089		35,080		49.3		71,551		35,397		49.5
Kansas	50.9		51.3		65.2		64.8		51.4		51.1		70,631		37,407		53.0		73,020		41,243		56.5		72,016		38,153		53.0
Kentucky	44.1		43.3		43.4		43.4		42.3		42.4		92,287		41,860		45.4		99,176		42,769		43.1		97,808		41,820		42.8
Louisiana	49.3		48.2		48.8		48.9		48.3		48.2		100,880		48,657		48.2		95,585		46,493		48.6		95,687		46,437		48.5
Maine	49.7		47.3		41.5		43.6		43.8		47.3		39,946	2	14,888		37.3	2	32,859		15,222		46.3		34,249		15,452		45.1
Maryland	54.3		51.0		50.8		50.4		50.7		50.6		113,351		57,589		50.8		113,093		57,718		51.0		115,066		58,611		50.9
Massachusetts	55.1		53.0	2	57.4		56.9		56.8		56.3		122,880		69,342		56.4		125,347		70,636		56.4		126,962		70,490		55.5
Michigan	46.1		47.9	2	46.0		45.5		45.3		45.8		188,428		86,997		46.2		186,065		86,154		46.3		184,175		85,786		46.6
Minnesota	51.6	2	48.9		48.9		48.6		48.4		48.3		109,119		52,832		48.4		111,069		53,585		48.2		112,735		54,413		48.3
Mississippi	47.9		46.5		47.2		46.3		46.8		47.5		67,850		32,007		47.2		68,215		32,613		47.8		68,252		32,292		47.3
Missouri	53.2		52.1		51.2		51.3		51.3		52.0		132,167		66,252		50.1		126,937		66,248		52.2		123,505		66,651		54.0
Montana	53.5	2	52.9	2	54.8	2	54.5	2	54.1	2	53.8	2	18,790	2	10,153		54.0	2	18,896	2	10,200		54.0	2	20,885	2	10,310		49.4	2
Nebraska	52.6		51.9		50.2		48.8		48.6		49.1		45,290		22,182		49.0		45,426		22,103		48.7		45,907		22,401		48.8
Nevada	58.6		67.2	2	65.8	2	65.6	2	65.5	2	65.4	2	32,533	2	21,132		65.0	2	32,702	2	20,695		63.3	2	34,003	2	21,921		64.5	2
New Hampshire	51.1		48.5		47.5		47.7		47.1		46.6		31,971		15,049		47.1		31,734		14,925		47.0		31,832		14,826		46.6
New Jersey	53.4		53.2	2	55.3	2	55.8	2	53.9	2	54.4	2	202,928	2	109,719		54.1	2	223,279	2	110,929		49.7	2	231,012	2	114,581		49.6	2
New Mexico	46.8		45.9		47.8		47.7		47.8		48.2		45,907		21,957		47.8		46,222		22,201		48.0		46,380		22,239		47.9
New York	49.7		58.6		56.6		50.9		50.9		51.1		406,625		209,527		51.5		370,214		207,060		55.9		359,255		206,693		57.5
North Carolina	51.5		52.5		52.4		52.7		52.4	2	51.0		188,553		97,308		51.6		191,732		98,590		51.4		192,336		99,327		51.6
North Dakota	53.9		52.9		52.4		52.3		52.3		51.8		16,401		8,525		52.0		16,713		8,677		51.9		17,036		8,805		51.7
Ohio	53.1		49.4		45.1		46.1		45.6		45.3		243,586		107,972		44.3		242,806		106,000		43.7		248,469		106,010		42.7
Oklahoma	55.0		51.1		53.9		53.2		50.3		50.2		82,719		41,349		50.0		84,380		41,775		49.5		85,152		41,983		49.3
Oregon	50.0		47.0		46.4		46.3		45.7		44.2		60,715		26,791		44.1		59,771		26,410		44.2		59,768		26,733		44.7
Pennsylvania	52.2		50.9		53.1		51.5		51.6		48.7		254,297		124,646		49.0		252,179		123,147		48.8		243,021	2	121,330		49.9	2
Rhode Island	60.0		58.4	2	64.2		60.8		60.4		60.2		18,743		11,414		60.9		16,934		9,871		58.3		17,312		9,824		56.7
South Carolina	65.7	2	70.9	2	71.7		71.6		69.7		69.0		69,272		46,782		67.5		72,511		48,072		66.3		72,401		48,151		66.5
South Dakota	52.0		48.0		55.3		50.3		50.1		48.7		19,059		9,247		48.5		19,146		9,334		48.8		19,205		9,510		49.5
Tennessee	52.1		52.2		51.1		51.2		51.2		51.9		127,781		66,382		51.9		127,643		66,406		52.0		125,506		65,847		52.5
Texas	50.6		50.5		50.6		50.5		50.3		50.3		640,166		324,282		50.7		644,442		327,357		50.8		658,340		334,580		50.8
Utah	54.1		50.2		50.2		48.2		49.4		49.1		51,994		25,970		49.9		53,730		26,610		49.5		54,945		27,247		49.6
Vermont	47.3		46.5		45.6		45.3		45.2		45.3		18,385		8,364		45.5		18,422		8,403		45.6		18,300		8,375		45.8
Virginia	54.1	2	44.4		35.2		35.1		34.8		35.3		180,086		90,832		50.4		177,357		89,389		50.4		178,202		90,098		50.6
Washington	52.3		47.0		52.0		52.0		51.4		52.0		101,914		53,119		52.1		102,540		53,699		52.4		105,365		54,867		52.1
West Virginia	54.3		52.3		53.0	2	52.4		51.8	2	51.8	2	39,380	2	20,247		51.4	2	39,267	2	20,101		51.2	2	39,121	2	19,978		51.1	2
Wisconsin	56.3		57.0		56.1		55.7		55.5		55.5		101,533		56,245		55.4		101,644		57,551		56.6		102,476		57,980		56.6
Wyoming	48.6		46.2		44.7		44.2		43.5		43.4		17,128		7,847		45.8		16,573		7,350		44.3		16,931		7,555		44.6
Bureau of Indian
Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		12,373		5,308		42.9	3	—		—		—
DoD, overseas	66.0		62.9		66.2		60.5		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, domestic	59.2		55.4		56.2		55.8		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	50.0		68.4		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Guam	51.5		52.2		—		—		—		54.5		3,923		2,291		58.4		3,923		2,291		58.4		3,923		2,291		58.4
Northern Marianas	50.2		49.8		49.5		49.3		47.8		50.0		1,042		496		47.6		891		409		45.9		876		417		47.6
Puerto Rico	54.4		56.0		56.8		56.2		61.9		61.6		55,797		33,079		59.3		54,381		30,986		57.0		54,430		33,412		61.4
U.S. Virgin Islands	52.1		53.8		48.4		53.8		49.9		49.9		2,391		1,217		50.9		2,208		1,129		51.1		2,170		1,082		49.9

—Not available.

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

2 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting.

3 Total staff count excludes officials and administrators and administrative support staff, so computed percentage of teachers may be overstated.

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 2013-14. (This table was prepared August 2015.)