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 2015

[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction	Teachers as a percent of staff												Fall 2013						Fall 2014						Fall 2015
	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2009		Fall 2010		Fall 2011		Fall 2012		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		50.5		50.0		50.6		50.3		6,187,901		3,113,764		50.3		6,258,543		3,132,351		50.0		6,382,816		3,151,497		49.4
Alabama	53.7	2	55.7		50.5		51.9		51.7		53.8	2	91,753		47,162		51.4		87,454		42,737		48.9		71,628	2	40,766		56.9	2
Alaska	49.3	2	44.1	2	45.6	2	45.1	2	45.6	2	44.9	2	17,127	2	7,898		46.1	2	17,088	2	7,759		45.4	2	16,982		7,832		46.1
Arizona	49.3		51.3		51.8		51.8		51.5		47.3		103,343		48,359		46.8		102,383		48,124		47.0		103,175		47,944		46.5
Arkansas	50.6		46.7		50.1		47.5		46.8		47.9		70,387		34,933		49.6		74,107		35,430		47.8		73,658		35,804		48.6
California	54.1	2	53.4	2	51.9	2	49.2	2	49.1	2	48.9	2	541,762	2	259,506	2	47.9	2	571,389	2	267,685	2	46.8	2	577,836		263,475		45.6
Colorado	50.7		49.2		47.5		47.9		47.9		47.7		104,025		50,157		48.2		108,671		51,388		47.3		111,939		51,798		46.3
Connecticut	50.0		46.9		46.9		46.1		47.1		48.1		94,208		43,443		46.1		94,058		42,062		44.7		98,166		43,772		44.6
Delaware	59.2		51.7		50.9		54.2		55.6		52.7		18,253		9,388		51.4		18,553		9,649		52.0		17,097		8,962		52.4
District of Columbia	46.2		44.3	2	50.1		52.1		54.4		47.5		11,403		5,991		52.5		13,617		6,565		48.2		14,106		6,789		48.1
Florida	47.8		50.6		54.8		52.7		53.2		52.7		335,081		177,853		53.1		341,440		180,442		52.8		345,645		182,586		52.8
Georgia	49.2		49.6		49.4		49.5		49.6		49.6		218,097		109,441		50.2		221,926		111,470		50.2		224,488		113,031		50.4
Hawaii	59.5		53.3		52.9		52.5		51.9		52.2		22,438		11,781		52.5		22,424		11,663		52.0		22,596		11,747		52.0
Idaho	56.2		55.8		54.9		56.4		57.0		55.3	2	23,803	2	15,002		63.0	2	27,451		15,609		56.9		27,186		15,656		57.6
Illinois	51.1	2	53.2	2	62.4	2	61.6	2	61.7	2	51.5	2	266,645	2	136,355	2	51.1	2	261,922		132,456		50.6		260,463		129,948		49.9
Indiana	46.7		45.5		43.6		41.9	2	41.5		40.5		144,412		59,823		41.4		139,587		56,547		40.5		152,826		57,675		37.7
Iowa	51.1		50.9		49.4		49.8		49.6		49.3		71,551		35,397		49.5		72,129		35,684		49.5		72,887		35,687		49.0
Kansas	50.9		51.3		51.4		51.1		53.0		56.5		72,016		38,153		53.0		71,175		37,659		52.9		73,272		40,035		54.6
Kentucky	44.1		43.3		42.3		42.4		45.4		43.1		97,808		41,820		42.8		97,269		41,586		42.8		97,712		41,902		42.9
Louisiana	49.3		48.2		48.3		48.2		48.2		48.6		95,687		46,437		48.5		85,371		46,340		54.3		107,600		58,469		54.3
Maine	49.7		47.3		43.8		47.3		37.3	2	46.3		34,249		15,452		45.1		32,225		14,937		46.4		35,241		14,857		42.2
Maryland	54.3		51.0		50.7		50.6		50.8		51.0		115,066		58,611		50.9		117,238		59,194		50.5		115,517		59,414		51.4
Massachusetts	55.1		53.0	2	56.8		56.3		56.4		56.4		126,962		70,490		55.5		128,723		71,859		55.8		128,291		71,969		56.1
Michigan	46.1		47.9	2	45.3		45.8		46.2		46.3		184,175		85,786		46.6		183,722		85,038		46.3		181,468		84,181		46.4
Minnesota	51.6	2	48.9		48.4		48.3		48.4		48.2		112,735		54,413		48.3		115,999		55,690		48.0		117,236		55,985		47.8
Mississippi	47.9		46.5		46.8		47.5		47.2		47.8		68,252		32,292		47.3		68,000		32,311		47.5		67,757		32,175		47.5
Missouri	53.2		52.1		51.3		52.0		50.1		52.2		123,505		66,651		54.0		127,062		67,356		53.0		128,938		67,635		52.5
Montana	53.5	2	52.9	2	54.1	2	53.8	2	54.0	2	54.0	2	20,885	2	10,310		49.4	2	20,456	2	10,234		50.0	2	21,330		10,412		48.8
Nebraska	52.6		51.9		48.6		49.1		49.0		48.7		45,907		22,401		48.8		46,931		22,988		49.0		47,292		23,308		49.3
Nevada	58.6		67.2	2	65.5	2	65.4	2	65.0	2	63.3	2	34,003	2	21,921		64.5	2	33,749	2	21,656		64.2	2	26,430		22,702		85.9
New Hampshire	51.1		48.5		47.1		46.6		47.1		47.0		31,832		14,826		46.6		31,851		14,773		46.4		31,980		14,770		46.2
New Jersey	53.4		53.2	2	53.9	2	54.4	2	54.1	2	49.7	2	231,012	2	114,581		49.6	2	235,231	2	115,067		48.9	2	236,558		114,968		48.6
New Mexico	46.8		45.9		47.8		48.2		47.8		48.0		46,380		22,239		47.9		46,921		22,411		47.8		37,573		21,722		57.8
New York	49.7		58.6		50.9		51.1		51.5		55.9		359,255		206,693		57.5		356,055		203,781		57.2		372,692		206,086		55.3
North Carolina	51.5		52.5		52.4	2	51.0		51.6		51.4		192,336		99,327		51.6		191,323		99,320		51.9		190,855		99,355		52.1
North Dakota	53.9		52.9		52.3		51.8		52.0		51.9		17,036		8,805		51.7		17,599		9,049		51.4		17,983		9,195		51.1
Ohio	53.1		49.4		45.6		45.3		44.3		43.7		248,469		106,010		42.7		250,106	2	106,526	2	42.6	2	322,611		101,742		31.5
Oklahoma	55.0		51.1		50.3		50.2		50.0		49.5		85,152		41,983		49.3		85,835		42,073		49.0		85,915		42,452		49.4
Oregon	50.0		47.0		45.7		44.2		44.1		44.2		59,768		26,733		44.7		62,956		27,850		44.2		65,928		29,086		44.1
Pennsylvania	52.2		50.9		51.6		48.7		49.0		48.8		243,021	2	121,330		49.9	2	243,290		122,030		50.2		241,548		120,893		50.0
Rhode Island	60.0		58.4	2	60.4		60.2		60.9		58.3		17,312		9,824		56.7		15,716		9,471		60.3		19,483		10,631		54.6
South Carolina	65.7	2	70.9	2	69.7		69.0		67.5		66.3		72,401		48,151		66.5		75,718		49,475		65.3		78,108		50,237		64.3
South Dakota	52.0		48.0		50.1		48.7		48.5		48.8		19,205		9,510		49.5		19,326		9,618		49.8		19,543		9,638		49.3
Tennessee	52.1		52.2		51.2		51.9		51.9		52.0		125,506		65,847		52.5		127,043		65,341		51.4		128,469		66,488		51.8
Texas	50.6		50.5		50.3		50.3		50.7		50.8		658,340		334,580		50.8		675,112		342,257		50.7		690,077		347,329		50.3
Utah	54.1		50.2		49.4		49.1		49.9		49.5		54,945		27,247		49.6		55,355	2	27,374	2	49.5	2	56,146	2	28,348	2	50.5	2
Vermont	47.3		46.5		45.2		45.3		45.5		45.6		18,300		8,375		45.8		18,130		8,276		45.6		18,183		8,338		45.9
Virginia	54.1	2	44.4		34.8		35.3		50.4		50.4		178,202		90,098		50.6		177,733		89,968		50.6		178,551		90,255		50.5
Washington	52.3		47.0		51.4		52.0		52.1		52.4		105,365		54,867		52.1		111,696		59,555		53.3		94,883	2	57,942		61.1	2
West Virginia	54.3		52.3		51.8	2	51.8	2	51.4	2	51.2	2	39,121	2	19,978		51.1	2	39,272	2	20,029		51.0	2	38,452		19,664		51.1
Wisconsin	56.3		57.0		55.5		55.5		55.4		56.6		102,476		57,980		56.6		103,208	2	58,376	2	56.6	2	101,250		58,185		57.5
Wyoming	48.6		46.2		43.5		43.4		45.8		44.3		16,931		7,555		44.6		16,946		7,615		44.9		17,269		7,653		44.3
Bureau of Indian
Education	—		—		—		—		—		42.9	3	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, overseas	66.0		62.9		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, domestic	59.2		55.4		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	50.0		68.4		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Guam	51.5		52.2		—		54.5		58.4		58.4		3,923		2,291		58.4		3,938		2,286		58.0		4,019		2,336		58.1
Northern Marianas	50.2		49.8		47.8		50.0		47.6		45.9		876		417		47.6		—		—		—		—		—		—
Puerto Rico	54.4		56.0		61.9		61.6		59.3		57.0		54,430		33,412		61.4		50,099		31,186		62.2		48,820		30,438		62.3
U.S. Virgin Islands	52.1		53.8		49.9		49.9		50.9		51.1		2,170		1,082		49.9		2,212		1,131		51.1		2,284		1,106		48.4

—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 2015-16. (This table was prepared January 2018.)