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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 2019
[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction Teachers as a percent of staff Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019
Fall 2000 Fall 2005 Fall 2010 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 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 17 18
United States 51.5 51.3 50.0 50.3 50.3 50.0 49.4 48.9 6,544,767 3,169,750 48.4 6,557,054 3,169,762 48.3 6,683,302 3,198,170 47.9
Alabama 53.7 55.7 51.9 53.8 51.4 48.9 56.9 48.7 91,778 41,802 45.5 76,493 42,114 55.1 76,456 42,022 55.0
Alaska 49.3 44.1 45.1 44.9 46.1 45.4 46.1 45.4 17,154 7,743 45.1 17,114 7,657 44.7 16,980 7,484 44.1
Arizona 49.3 51.3 51.8 47.3 46.8 47.0 46.5 46.3 103,508 47,868 46.2 105,177 48,510 46.1 106,835 48,912 45.8
Arkansas 50.6 46.7 47.5 47.9 49.6 47.8 48.6 48.5 73,587 35,800 48.6 76,287 38,019 49.8 77,034 38,629 50.1
California 54.1 53.4 49.2 48.9 47.9 46.8 45.6 45.2 604,248 271,523 44.9 613,096 271,805 44.3 613,096 271,805 44.3

Colorado
50.7 49.2 47.9 47.7 48.2 47.3 46.3 46.7 113,320 52,373 46.2 115,528 53,147 46.0 117,692 53,901 45.8
Connecticut 50.0 46.9 46.1 48.1 46.1 44.7 44.6 44.1 97,989 45,081 46.0 96,103 42,828 44.6 96,886 42,386 43.7
Delaware 59.2 51.7 54.2 52.7 51.4 52.0 52.4 53.7 18,398 9,399 51.1 18,955 9,624 50.8 17,133 9,747 56.9
District of Columbia 46.2 44.3 52.1 47.5 52.5 48.2 48.1 50.2 14,171 6,659 47.0 15,683 7,312 46.6 16,578 7,409 44.7
Florida 47.8 50.6 52.7 52.7 53.1 52.8 52.8 53.0 352,746 186,128 52.8 336,556 164,399 48.8 344,008 166,002 48.3

Georgia
49.2 49.6 49.5 49.6 50.2 50.2 50.4 50.2 231,644 116,022 50.1 234,162 117,159 50.0 237,311 117,837 49.7
Hawaii 59.5 53.3 52.5 52.2 52.5 52.0 52.0 52.1 23,141 12,033 52.0 23,177 12,132 52.3 23,336 12,221 52.4
Idaho 56.2 55.8 56.4 55.3 63.0 56.9 57.6 57.7 28,860 16,592 57.5 29,357 16,745 57.0 29,943 17,207 57.5
Illinois 51.1 53.2 61.6 51.5 51.1 50.6 49.9 49.7 248,682 128,204 51.6 261,629 132,423 50.6 257,248 132,815 51.6
Indiana 46.7 45.5 41.9 40.5 41.4 40.5 40.2 41.5 142,014 61,018 43.0 143,563 61,155 42.6 148,730 61,712 41.5

Iowa
51.1 50.9 49.8 49.3 49.5 49.5 49.0 48.7 75,694 35,553 47.0 76,348 35,618 46.7 77,460 35,737 46.1
Kansas 50.9 51.3 51.1 56.5 53.0 52.9 54.6 52.6 69,442 36,387 52.4 71,519 36,724 51.3 72,548 36,603 50.5
Kentucky 44.1 43.3 42.4 43.1 42.8 42.8 42.9 43.0 98,363 42,064 42.8 97,615 41,827 42.8 98,882 42,223 42.7
Louisiana 49.3 48.2 48.2 48.6 48.5 54.3 54.3 49.8 81,650 40,281 49.3 79,742 38,913 48.8 79,255 38,589 48.7
Maine 49.7 47.3 47.3 46.3 45.1 46.4 42.2 41.4 35,983 14,760 41.0 36,298 15,034 41.4 36,567 14,826 40.5

Maryland
54.3 51.0 50.6 51.0 50.9 50.5 51.4 50.7 118,384 60,175 50.8 119,786 60,699 50.7 121,158 61,485 50.7
Massachusetts 55.1 53.0 56.3 56.4 55.5 55.8 56.1 55.4 132,727 73,381 55.3 134,075 73,868 55.1 137,602 75,152 54.6
Michigan 46.1 47.9 45.8 46.3 46.6 46.3 46.4 46.0 184,986 84,473 45.7 188,753 85,015 45.0 191,891 84,838 44.2
Minnesota 51.6 48.9 48.3 48.2 48.3 48.0 47.8 47.8 121,035 57,260 47.3 122,644 57,698 47.0 122,018 55,630 45.6
Mississippi 47.9 46.5 47.5 47.8 47.3 47.5 47.5 47.2 67,521 31,625 46.8 67,299 31,963 47.5 67,226 31,578 47.0

Missouri
53.2 52.1 52.0 52.2 54.0 53.0 52.5 54.5 125,779 68,496 54.5 125,331 68,498 54.7 125,333 69,145 55.2
Montana 53.5 52.9 53.8 54.0 49.4 50.0 48.8 49.7 21,223 10,515 49.5 21,388 10,575 49.4 21,734 10,675 49.1
Nebraska 52.6 51.9 49.1 48.7 48.8 49.0 49.3 49.2 48,012 23,771 49.5 48,649 23,912 49.2 48,202 24,028 49.8
Nevada 58.6 67.2 65.4 63.3 64.5 64.2 85.9 66.1 35,848 23,709 66.1 27,004 23,240 86.1 48,718 25,509 52.4
New Hampshire 51.1 48.5 46.6 47.0 46.6 46.4 46.2 46.7 31,618 14,589 46.1 32,339 14,644 45.3 32,018 14,695 45.9

New Jersey
53.4 53.2 54.4 49.7 49.6 48.9 48.6 48.7 238,785 115,496 48.4 240,766 116,189 48.3 242,254 117,060 48.3
New Mexico 46.8 45.9 48.2 48.0 47.9 47.8 57.8 58.4 36,473 21,092 57.8 37,301 21,139 56.7 38,221 21,850 57.2
New York 49.7 58.6 51.1 55.9 57.5 57.2 55.3 54.1 425,292 213,159 50.1 399,118 212,157 53.2 426,192 217,398 51.0
North Carolina 51.5 52.5 51.0 51.4 51.6 51.9 52.1 51.9 193,798 100,401 51.8 193,980 100,220 51.7 194,618 100,777 51.8
North Dakota 53.9 52.9 51.8 51.9 51.7 51.4 51.1 50.3 18,599 9,284 49.9 18,914 9,470 50.1 19,133 9,284 48.5

Ohio
53.1 49.4 45.3 43.7 42.7 42.6 31.5 31.5 323,566 98,912 30.6 328,090 101,739 31.0 340,436 105,998 31.1
Oklahoma 55.0 51.1 50.2 49.5 49.3 49.0 49.4 48.8 85,021 41,597 48.9 86,709 42,448 49.0 88,901 43,315 48.7
Oregon 50.0 47.0 44.2 44.2 44.7 44.2 44.1 43.7 68,520 29,909 43.7 70,802 30,152 42.6 70,069 30,238 43.2
Pennsylvania 52.2 50.9 48.7 48.8 49.9 50.2 50.0 49.6 244,015 121,918 50.0 249,287 123,350 49.5 252,559 124,294 49.2
Rhode Island 60.0 58.4 60.2 58.3 56.7 60.3 54.6 52.8 20,376 10,687 52.4 20,514 10,749 52.4 20,519 10,704 52.2

South Carolina
65.7 70.9 69.0 66.3 66.5 65.3 64.3 58.2 88,410 52,467 59.3 89,964 52,730 58.6 98,587 53,556 54.3
South Dakota 52.0 48.0 48.7 48.8 49.5 49.8 49.3 49.5 19,787 9,833 49.7 19,814 9,865 49.8 20,168 9,930 49.2
Tennessee 52.1 52.2 51.9 52.0 52.5 51.4 51.8 50.1 131,312 64,019 48.8 133,504 64,116 48.0 135,257 64,784 47.9
Texas 50.6 50.5 50.3 50.8 50.8 50.7 50.3 49.9 713,764 356,877 50.0 722,636 359,576 49.8 738,419 364,478 49.4
Utah 54.1 50.2 49.1 49.5 49.6 49.5 50.5 48.6 60,086 29,212 48.6 59,922 29,753 49.7 61,023 30,256 49.6

Vermont
47.3 46.5 45.3 45.6 45.8 45.6 45.9 45.4 18,268 8,313 45.5 18,233 8,317 45.6 18,695 8,042 43.0
Virginia 54.1 44.4 35.3 50.4 50.6 50.6 50.5 50.9 183,485 85,936 46.8 185,858 86,974 46.8 186,269 87,147 46.8
Washington 52.3 47.0 52.0 52.4 52.1 53.3 61.1 62.1 99,520 60,183 60.5 102,940 61,837 60.1 103,507 62,212 60.1
West Virginia 54.3 52.3 51.8 51.2 51.1 51.0 51.1 52.5 37,603 19,239 51.2 37,140 18,912 50.9 37,262 18,854 50.6
Wisconsin 56.3 57.0 55.5 56.6 56.6 56.6 57.5 52.2 112,001 58,598 52.3 113,362 59,484 52.5 114,709 59,801 52.1
Wyoming 48.6 46.2 43.4 44.3 44.6 44.9 44.3 44.3 16,580 7,335 44.2 16,526 7,327 44.3 16,626 7,391 44.5

Bureau of Indian
    Education
--- --- --- 42.9 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 10,690 5,585 52.2 12,142 5,263 43.3

DoDEA1
63.7 60.8 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Other jurisdictions
                                 
American Samoa 50.0 68.4 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Guam 51.5 52.2 54.5 58.4 58.4 58.0 58.1 57.9 3,852 2,202 57.2 3,773 2,163 57.3 3,755 2,119 56.4
Northern Marianas 50.2 49.8 50.0 45.9 47.6 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 54.4 56.0 61.6 57.0 61.4 62.2 62.3 70.5 39,301 28,039 71.3 36,191 25,424 70.2 34,644 24,840 71.7
U.S. Virgin Islands 52.1 53.8 49.9 51.1 49.9 51.1 48.4 48.5 2,238 1,066 47.6 2,199 1,020 46.4 2,079 976 46.9
---Not available.
1 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
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 2019-20. (This table was prepared September 2021.)

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