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 2014

[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction	Teachers as a percent of staff												Fall 2012						Fall 2013						Fall 2014
	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2008		Fall 2009		Fall 2010		Fall 2011		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		50.9		50.5		50.0		50.6		6,181,238		3,109,101		50.3		6,187,901		3,113,764		50.3		6,258,543		3,132,351		50.0
Alabama	53.7	2	55.7		50.1		50.5		51.9		51.7		96,485	2	51,877		53.8	2	91,753		47,162		51.4		87,454		42,737		48.9
Alaska	49.3	2	44.1	2	46.2	2	45.6	2	45.1	2	45.6	2	17,116	2	7,682		44.9	2	17,127	2	7,898		46.1	2	17,088	2	7,759		45.4	2
Arizona	49.3		51.3		51.8		51.8		51.8		51.5		103,228		48,866		47.3		103,343		48,359		46.8		102,383		48,124		47.0
Arkansas	50.6		46.7		52.1		50.1		47.5		46.8		71,279		34,131		47.9		70,387		34,933		49.6		74,107		35,430		47.8
California	54.1	2	53.4	2	51.5	2	51.9	2	49.2	2	49.1	2	544,875	2	266,255	2	48.9	2	541,762	2	259,506	2	47.9	2	571,389	2	267,685	2	46.8	2
Colorado	50.7		49.2		47.5		47.5		47.9		47.9		102,480		48,922		47.7		104,025		50,157		48.2		108,671		51,388		47.3
Connecticut	50.0		46.9		52.4		46.9		46.1		47.1		91,264		43,931		48.1		94,208		43,443		46.1		94,058		42,062		44.7
Delaware	59.2		51.7		56.2		50.9		54.2		55.6		17,554		9,257		52.7		18,253		9,388		51.4		18,553		9,649		52.0
District of Columbia	46.2		44.3	2	43.9		50.1		52.1		54.4		12,480		5,925		47.5		11,403		5,991		52.5		13,617		6,565		48.2
Florida	47.8		50.6		54.7		54.8		52.7		53.2		335,100		176,537		52.7		335,081		177,853		53.1		341,440		180,442		52.8
Georgia	49.2		49.6		49.7		49.4		49.5		49.6		220,603		109,365		49.6		218,097		109,441		50.2		221,926		111,470		50.2
Hawaii	59.5		53.3		52.3		52.9		52.5		51.9		22,238		11,608		52.2		22,438		11,781		52.5		22,424		11,663		52.0
Idaho	56.2		55.8		55.6		54.9		56.4		57.0		26,319	2	14,563		55.3	2	23,803	2	15,002		63.0	2	27,451		15,609		56.9
Illinois	51.1	2	53.2	2	61.4	2	62.4	2	61.6	2	61.7	2	263,565	2	135,701	2	51.5	2	266,645	2	136,355	2	51.1	2	261,922		132,456		50.6
Indiana	46.7		45.5		44.1		43.6		41.9	2	41.5		147,936		59,863		40.5		144,412		59,823		41.4		139,587		56,547		40.5
Iowa	51.1		50.9		49.7		49.4		49.8		49.6		71,089		35,080		49.3		71,551		35,397		49.5		72,129		35,684		49.5
Kansas	50.9		51.3		64.8		51.4		51.1		53.0		73,020		41,243		56.5		72,016		38,153		53.0		71,175		37,659		52.9
Kentucky	44.1		43.3		43.4		42.3		42.4		45.4		99,176		42,769		43.1		97,808		41,820		42.8		97,269		41,586		42.8
Louisiana	49.3		48.2		48.9		48.3		48.2		48.2		95,585		46,493		48.6		95,687		46,437		48.5		85,371		46,340		54.3
Maine	49.7		47.3		43.6		43.8		47.3		37.3	2	32,859		15,222		46.3		34,249		15,452		45.1		32,225		14,937		46.4
Maryland	54.3		51.0		50.4		50.7		50.6		50.8		113,093		57,718		51.0		115,066		58,611		50.9		117,238		59,194		50.5
Massachusetts	55.1		53.0	2	56.9		56.8		56.3		56.4		125,347		70,636		56.4		126,962		70,490		55.5		128,723		71,859		55.8
Michigan	46.1		47.9	2	45.5		45.3		45.8		46.2		186,065		86,154		46.3		184,175		85,786		46.6		183,722		85,038		46.3
Minnesota	51.6	2	48.9		48.6		48.4		48.3		48.4		111,069		53,585		48.2		112,735		54,413		48.3		115,999		55,690		48.0
Mississippi	47.9		46.5		46.3		46.8		47.5		47.2		68,215		32,613		47.8		68,252		32,292		47.3		68,000		32,311		47.5
Missouri	53.2		52.1		51.3		51.3		52.0		50.1		126,937		66,248		52.2		123,505		66,651		54.0		127,062		67,356		53.0
Montana	53.5	2	52.9	2	54.5	2	54.1	2	53.8	2	54.0	2	18,896	2	10,200		54.0	2	20,885	2	10,310		49.4	2	20,456	2	10,234		50.0	2
Nebraska	52.6		51.9		48.8		48.6		49.1		49.0		45,426		22,103		48.7		45,907		22,401		48.8		46,931		22,988		49.0
Nevada	58.6		67.2	2	65.6	2	65.5	2	65.4	2	65.0	2	32,702	2	20,695		63.3	2	34,003	2	21,921		64.5	2	33,749	2	21,656		64.2	2
New Hampshire	51.1		48.5		47.7		47.1		46.6		47.1		31,734		14,925		47.0		31,832		14,826		46.6		31,851		14,773		46.4
New Jersey	53.4		53.2	2	55.8	2	53.9	2	54.4	2	54.1	2	223,279	2	110,929		49.7	2	231,012	2	114,581		49.6	2	235,231	2	115,067		48.9	2
New Mexico	46.8		45.9		47.7		47.8		48.2		47.8		46,222		22,201		48.0		46,380		22,239		47.9		46,921		22,411		47.8
New York	49.7		58.6		50.9		50.9		51.1		51.5		370,214		207,060		55.9		359,255		206,693		57.5		356,055		203,781		57.2
North Carolina	51.5		52.5		52.7		52.4	2	51.0		51.6		191,732		98,590		51.4		192,336		99,327		51.6		191,323		99,320		51.9
North Dakota	53.9		52.9		52.3		52.3		51.8		52.0		16,713		8,677		51.9		17,036		8,805		51.7		17,599		9,049		51.4
Ohio	53.1		49.4		46.1		45.6		45.3		44.3		242,806		106,000		43.7		248,469		106,010		42.7		250,106	2	106,526	2	42.6	2
Oklahoma	55.0		51.1		53.2		50.3		50.2		50.0		84,380		41,775		49.5		85,152		41,983		49.3		85,835		42,073		49.0
Oregon	50.0		47.0		46.3		45.7		44.2		44.1		59,771		26,410		44.2		59,768		26,733		44.7		62,956		27,850		44.2
Pennsylvania	52.2		50.9		51.5		51.6		48.7		49.0		252,179		123,147		48.8		243,021	2	121,330		49.9	2	243,290		122,030		50.2
Rhode Island	60.0		58.4	2	60.8		60.4		60.2		60.9		16,934		9,871		58.3		17,312		9,824		56.7		15,716		9,471		60.3
South Carolina	65.7	2	70.9	2	71.6		69.7		69.0		67.5		72,511		48,072		66.3		72,401		48,151		66.5		75,718		49,475		65.3
South Dakota	52.0		48.0		50.3		50.1		48.7		48.5		19,146		9,334		48.8		19,205		9,510		49.5		19,326		9,618		49.8
Tennessee	52.1		52.2		51.2		51.2		51.9		51.9		127,643		66,406		52.0		125,506		65,847		52.5		127,043		65,341		51.4
Texas	50.6		50.5		50.5		50.3		50.3		50.7		644,442		327,357		50.8		658,340		334,580		50.8		675,112		342,257		50.7
Utah	54.1		50.2		48.2		49.4		49.1		49.9		53,730		26,610		49.5		54,945		27,247		49.6		55,355	2	27,374	2	49.5	2
Vermont	47.3		46.5		45.3		45.2		45.3		45.5		18,422		8,403		45.6		18,300		8,375		45.8		18,130		8,276		45.6
Virginia	54.1	2	44.4		35.1		34.8		35.3		50.4		177,357		89,389		50.4		178,202		90,098		50.6		177,733		89,968		50.6
Washington	52.3		47.0		52.0		51.4		52.0		52.1		102,540		53,699		52.4		105,365		54,867		52.1		111,696		59,555		53.3
West Virginia	54.3		52.3		52.4		51.8	2	51.8	2	51.4	2	39,267	2	20,101		51.2	2	39,121	2	19,978		51.1	2	39,272	2	20,029		51.0	2
Wisconsin	56.3		57.0		55.7		55.5		55.5		55.4		101,644		57,551		56.6		102,476		57,980		56.6		103,208	2	58,376	2	56.6	2
Wyoming	48.6		46.2		44.2		43.5		43.4		45.8		16,573		7,350		44.3		16,931		7,555		44.6		16,946		7,615		44.9
Bureau of Indian       Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		12,373		5,308		42.9	3	—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, overseas	66.0		62.9		60.5		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, domestic	59.2		55.4		55.8		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	50.0		68.4		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Guam	51.5		52.2		—		—		54.5		58.4		3,923		2,291		58.4		3,923		2,291		58.4		3,938		2,286		58.0
Northern Marianas	50.2		49.8		49.3		47.8		50.0		47.6		891		409		45.9		876		417		47.6		—		—		—
Puerto Rico	54.4		56.0		56.2		61.9		61.6		59.3		54,381		30,986		57.0		54,430		33,412		61.4		50,099		31,186		62.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	52.1		53.8		53.8		49.9		49.9		50.9		2,208		1,129		51.1		2,170		1,082		49.9		2,212		1,131		51.1

—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 2014-15. (This table was prepared August 2016.)