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Percentage distribution of female public school teachers, by race/ethnicity and state: 2017–18

                             
  Percent of female teachers by race/ethnicity
State Hispanic,
regardless
of race1		   White, non‐
Hispanic		   Black or African
American, non‐
Hispanic		   Asian, non‐
Hispanic		   Native Hawaiian/
Pacific Islander,
non‐Hispanic		   American
Indian/Alaska
Native, non‐
Hispanic		   Two or more
races, non‐
Hispanic		  
United States 9.2   79.4   6.8   2.2   0.2   0.5   1.7  
                           
Alabama 1.4 ! 78.5   18.6   ‡   #   ‡   ‡  
Alaska 2.7 ! 80.3   #   ‡   ‡   9.8   5.4  
Arizona 14.1   75.9   2.5 ! 2.3   ‡   ‡   1.6 !
Arkansas 1.5 ! 93.5   3.3 ! ‡   #   ‡   ‡  
California 21.5   61.5   3.5   8.6   1.0   ‡   3.6  
                           
Colorado 8.0   87.4   1.9 ! 0.8 ! ‡   ‡   1.8  
Connecticut 6.9   90.4   2.1 ! ‡   #   #   ‡  
Delaware 2.9 ! 84.6   8.1   ‡   #   ‡   ‡  
District of Columbia ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Florida 21.0   65.9   10.1   0.9   ‡   ‡   1.4  
                           
Georgia 2.7   69.0   25.6   1.1 ! #   ‡   1.4 !
Hawaii 6.0   23.1   ‡   44.5   9.8   ‡   16.0  
Idaho 2.6 ! 95.5   #   ‡   #   ‡   ‡  
Illinois 10.7   81.0   5.4   2.5 ! ‡   #   0.4 !
Indiana 1.1 ! 94.9   2.6   ‡   #   #   ‡  
                           
Iowa 3.1 ! 95.9   #   ‡   #   #   ‡  
Kansas 2.4 ! 89.9   3.3 ! ‡   #   ‡   2.7  
Kentucky ‡   93.6   3.4 ! ‡   #   #   ‡  
Louisiana 2.8 ! 72.9   18.6   2.3 ! #   ‡   3.1 !
Maine ‡   95.4   #   ‡   #   ‡   2.9 !
                           
Maryland ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Massachusetts 3.1   92.2   1.7 ! 1.2 ! #   ‡   1.7  
Michigan 1.3 ! 92.1   4.0   1.3 ! #   ‡   0.8 !
Minnesota 1.7 ! 95.3   ‡   2.1 ! #   0.3 ! 0.5 !
Mississippi ‡   76.3   21.4   ‡   #   ‡   ‡  
                             
Missouri 1.6 ! 93.5   4.3 ! #   #   ‡   0.6 !
Montana ‡   91.8   ‡   ‡   #   ‡   2.7 !
Nebraska ‡   97.7   #   ‡   #   ‡   ‡  
Nevada 10.0   77.4   7.1   2.4 ! ‡   ‡   1.7 !
New Hampshire ‡   97.4   #   0.8 ! #   #   ‡  
                             
New Jersey 10.3   80.2   4.9   2.7   ‡   ‡   ‡  
New Mexico 35.7   55.2   ‡   ‡   ‡   3.5 ! 1.8 !
New York 10.1   78.8   5.9   3.5   ‡   ‡   1.4  
North Carolina 3.7   77.7   14.0   ‡   #   1.8 ! 2.3  
North Dakota ‡   95.0   ‡   #   #   3.0 ! ‡  
                             
Ohio 2.0 ! 92.6   4.1   ‡   ‡   #   ‡  
Oklahoma 4.3   80.8   ‡   ‡   ‡   7.8   5.4  
Oregon 6.1   88.3   #   2.4 ! #   ‡   2.8 !
Pennsylvania 1.3   95.1   2.4   0.5 ! #   ‡   0.6 !
Rhode Island 3.5 ! 94.0   ‡   ‡   #   ‡   1.6 !
                             
South Carolina 2.8 ! 79.5   12.9   2.3 ! #   ‡   2.4 !
South Dakota ‡   94.5   ‡   ‡   #   ‡   ‡  
Tennessee 1.6 ! 81.2   15.2   ‡   #   ‡   1.4 !
Texas 26.4   61.9   8.2   1.3   #   0.3 ! 1.9  
Utah 3.3   94.2   #   1.2 ! ‡   ‡   ‡  
                             
Vermont 1.3 ! 97.5   ‡   #   #   #   ‡  
Virginia 2.3 ! 83.5   10.0   1.8 ! #   ‡   1.6 !
Washington 3.9   88.4   1.4 ! 2.3 ! ‡   ‡   2.8  
West Virginia ‡   98.3   ‡   ‡   #   #   ‡  
Wisconsin ‡   95.0   1.8 ! ‡   #   ‡   1.5 !
Wyoming 4.4   92.9   #   #   #   ‡   1.2 !
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
1 Hispanic includes Latino.
NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some data are not shown.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2017–18.
 

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