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 2021

[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction	Teachers as a percent of staff								Fall 2019			Fall 2020						Fall 2021
	Fall 2000	Fall 2005	Fall 2010	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Fall 2016	Fall 2017	Fall 2018	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	50.0	49.4	48.9	48.4	48.3	6,683,302	3,198,170	47.9	6,618,270		3,195,800		48.3		6,633,741		3,214,242		48.5
Alabama	53.7	55.7	51.9	48.9	56.9	48.7	45.5	55.1	76,456	42,022	55.0	76,940		42,336		55.0		74,495		38,835		52.1
Alaska	49.3	44.1	45.1	45.4	46.1	45.4	45.1	44.7	16,980	7,484	44.1	17,051		7,558		44.3		16,659		7,246		43.5
Arizona	49.3	51.3	51.8	47.0	46.5	46.3	46.2	46.1	106,835	48,912	45.8	105,135		49,547		47.1		111,166		51,093		46.0
Arkansas	50.6	46.7	47.5	47.8	48.6	48.5	48.6	49.8	77,034	38,629	50.1	75,927		38,543		50.8		79,761		38,846		48.7
California	54.1	53.4	49.2	46.8	45.6	45.2	44.9	44.3	613,096	271,805	44.3	613,321		269,850		44.0		616,447	1	271,483	1	44.0	1
Colorado	50.7	49.2	47.9	47.3	46.3	46.7	46.2	46.0	117,692	53,901	45.8	115,896		54,319		46.9		116,477		53,903		46.3
Connecticut	50.0	46.9	46.1	44.7	44.6	44.1	46.0	44.6	96,886	42,386	43.7	97,983		42,580		43.5		96,791		41,686		43.1
Delaware	59.2	51.7	54.2	52.0	52.4	53.7	51.1	50.8	17,133	9,747	56.9	17,288		9,850		57.0		17,977		9,965		55.4
District of Columbia	46.2	44.3	52.1	48.2	48.1	50.2	47.0	46.6	16,578	7,409	44.7	15,776		7,678		48.7		16,631		7,828		47.1
Florida	47.8	50.6	52.7	52.8	52.8	53.0	52.8	48.8	344,008	166,002	48.3	334,397		161,413		48.3		331,370		159,866		48.2
Georgia	49.2	49.6	49.5	50.2	50.4	50.2	50.1	50.0	237,311	117,837	49.7	234,815		118,059		50.3		238,141		119,831		50.3
Hawaii	59.5	53.3	52.5	52.0	52.0	52.1	52.0	52.3	23,336	12,221	52.4	23,259		12,145		52.2		22,931		12,026		52.4
Idaho	56.2	55.8	56.4	56.9	57.6	57.7	57.5	57.0	29,943	17,207	57.5	29,882		17,582		58.8		30,519		17,935		58.8
Illinois	51.1	53.2	61.6	50.6	49.9	49.7	51.6	50.6	257,248	132,815	51.6	255,414	2	133,054	2	52.1	2	269,353		139,378		51.7
Indiana	46.7	45.5	41.9	40.5	40.2	41.5	43.0	42.6	148,730	61,712	41.5	146,767		65,758		44.8		145,174		66,414		45.7
Iowa	51.1	50.9	49.8	49.5	49.0	48.7	47.0	46.7	77,460	35,737	46.1	77,510		36,048		46.5		77,343		36,059		46.6
Kansas	50.9	51.3	51.1	52.9	54.6	52.6	52.4	51.3	72,548	36,603	50.5	73,451		38,007		51.7		74,899		38,353		51.2
Kentucky	44.1	43.3	42.4	42.8	42.9	43.0	42.8	42.8	98,882	42,223	42.7	97,426		42,458		43.6		98,627		43,380		44.0
Louisiana	49.3	48.2	48.2	54.3	54.3	49.8	49.3	48.8	79,255	38,589	48.7	78,662		38,369		48.8		79,193		38,773		49.0
Maine	49.7	47.3	47.3	46.4	42.2	41.4	41.0	41.4	36,567	14,826	40.5	36,594		15,143		41.4		37,330		15,418		41.3
Maryland	54.3	51.0	50.6	50.5	51.4	50.7	50.8	50.7	121,158	61,485	50.7	122,261		62,276		50.9		123,010		62,443		50.8
Massachusetts	55.1	53.0	56.3	55.8	56.1	55.4	55.3	55.1	137,602	75,152	54.6	136,350		75,147		55.1		140,801		76,329		54.2
Michigan	46.1	47.9	45.8	46.3	46.4	46.0	45.7	45.0	191,891	84,838	44.2	187,360		84,317		45.0		192,394		86,258		44.8
Minnesota	51.6	48.9	48.3	48.0	47.8	47.8	47.3	47.0	122,018	55,630	45.6	119,323		54,535		45.7		121,030		55,662		46.0
Mississippi	47.9	46.5	47.5	47.5	47.5	47.2	46.8	47.5	67,226	31,578	47.0	66,058		31,480		47.7		66,928		31,686		47.3
Missouri	53.2	52.1	52.0	53.0	52.5	54.5	54.5	54.7	125,333	69,145	55.2	127,265		68,924		54.2		126,020		69,569		55.2
Montana	53.5	52.9	53.8	50.0	48.8	49.7	49.5	49.4	21,734	10,675	49.1	22,027		10,942		49.7		22,302		11,042		49.5
Nebraska	52.6	51.9	49.1	49.0	49.3	49.2	49.5	49.2	48,202	24,028	49.8	49,010		23,943		48.9		49,407		24,230		49.0
Nevada	58.6	67.2	65.4	64.2	85.9	66.1	66.1	86.1	48,718	25,509	52.4	47,107		23,746		50.4		47,494	2	23,827	2	50.2	2
New Hampshire	51.1	48.5	46.6	46.4	46.2	46.7	46.1	45.3	32,018	14,695	45.9	32,056		14,800		46.2		31,062		14,626		47.1
New Jersey	53.4	53.2	54.4	48.9	48.6	48.7	48.4	48.3	242,254	117,060	48.3	238,614		116,530		48.8		238,901		117,127		49.0
New Mexico	46.8	45.9	48.2	47.8	57.8	58.4	57.8	56.7	38,221	21,850	57.2	37,344		21,577		57.8		37,363		21,475		57.5
New York	49.7	58.6	51.1	57.2	55.3	54.1	50.1	53.2	426,192	217,398	51.0	416,714		213,537		51.2		424,879		215,092		50.6
North Carolina	51.5	52.5	51.0	51.9	52.1	51.9	51.8	51.7	194,618	100,777	51.8	190,726		101,057		53.0		194,532		102,034		52.5
North Dakota	53.9	52.9	51.8	51.4	51.1	50.3	49.9	50.1	19,133	9,284	48.5	19,481		9,473		48.6		19,803		9,531		48.1
Ohio	53.1	49.4	45.3	42.6	31.5	31.5	30.6	31.0	340,436	105,998	31.1	320,878		101,148		31.5		310,049		99,442		32.1
Oklahoma	55.0	51.1	50.2	49.0	49.4	48.8	48.9	49.0	88,901	43,315	48.7	87,840		43,110		49.1		89,089		43,090		48.4
Oregon	50.0	47.0	44.2	44.2	44.1	43.7	43.7	42.6	70,069	30,238	43.2	70,065		30,786		43.9		73,569		31,629		43.0
Pennsylvania	52.2	50.9	48.7	50.2	50.0	49.6	50.0	49.5	252,559	124,294	49.2	250,033		125,028		50.0		250,848		126,344		50.4
Rhode Island	60.0	58.4	60.2	60.3	54.6	52.8	52.4	52.4	20,519	10,704	52.2	20,342		10,669		52.4		20,731		10,774		52.0
South Carolina	65.7	70.9	69.0	65.3	64.3	58.2	59.3	58.6	98,587	53,556	54.3	100,166		53,703		53.6		115,809		55,489		47.9
South Dakota	52.0	48.0	48.7	49.8	49.3	49.5	49.7	49.8	20,168	9,930	49.2	20,184		10,020		49.6		20,662		10,216		49.4
Tennessee	52.1	52.2	51.9	51.4	51.8	50.1	48.8	48.0	135,257	64,784	47.9	131,079		64,667		49.3		131,229		64,747		49.3
Texas	50.6	50.5	50.3	50.7	50.3	49.9	50.0	49.8	738,419	364,478	49.4	749,125		370,719		49.5		755,801		371,002		49.1
Utah	54.1	50.2	49.1	49.5	50.5	48.6	48.6	49.7	61,023	30,256	49.6	60,356	2	30,275	2	50.2	2	61,788	3	30,860		49.9	3
Vermont	47.3	46.5	45.3	45.6	45.9	45.4	45.5	45.6	18,695	8,042	43.0	18,545		7,989		43.1		18,879		7,965		42.2
Virginia	54.1	44.4	35.3	50.6	50.5	50.9	46.8	46.8	186,269	87,147	46.8	185,837		87,049		46.8		135,921		86,917		63.9
Washington	52.3	47.0	52.0	53.3	61.1	62.1	60.5	60.1	103,507	62,212	60.1	100,973		61,810		61.2		92,003		60,147		65.4
West Virginia	54.3	52.3	51.8	51.0	51.1	52.5	51.2	50.9	37,262	18,854	50.6	36,911		18,630		50.5		37,649		18,724		49.7
Wisconsin	56.3	57.0	55.5	56.6	57.5	52.2	52.3	52.5	114,709	59,801	52.1	113,940		60,092		52.7		115,960		60,337		52.0
Wyoming	48.6	46.2	43.4	44.9	44.3	44.3	44.2	44.3	16,626	7,391	44.5	16,808		7,522		44.8		16,542		7,308		44.2
Bureau of Indian    Education	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	52.2	12,142	5,263	43.3	11,901		4,026		33.8		11,285		4,638		41.1
DoDEA4	63.7	60.8	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	50.0	68.4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---
Guam	51.5	52.2	54.5	58.0	58.1	57.9	57.2	57.3	3,755	2,119	56.4	3,618		1,813		50.1		3,513		1,767		50.3
Northern Marianas	50.2	49.8	50.0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---		---		---		1,113		507		45.6
Puerto Rico	54.4	56.0	61.6	62.2	62.3	70.5	71.3	70.2	34,644	24,840	71.7	38,079		23,109		60.7		39,964		23,348		58.4
U.S. Virgin Islands	52.1	53.8	49.9	51.1	48.4	48.5	47.6	46.4	2,079	976	46.9	2,001		929		46.4		1,968		916		46.5

---Not available.

1Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten teacher counts.

2Includes imputations for nonreported all staff and teacher counts.

3Includes imputations for nonreported staff counts for selected staff categories.

4DoDEA = 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 2021-22. (This table was prepared April 2023.)