Percentage distribution of public school teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “I don't seem to have as much enthusiasm now as I did when I began teaching” and state: 2017

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Percentage distribution of public school teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “I don't seem to have as much enthusiasm now as I did when I began teaching” and state: 2017–18


	Level of agreement				Agree or disagree
State	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Strongly disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly or somewhat agree	Strongly or somewhat disagree
United States	15.1	29.5	31.6	23.8	44.6	55.4

Alabama	12.8	30.2	32.4	24.6	43.0	57.0
Alaska	11.0	29.5	31.1	28.4	40.5	59.5
Arizona	19.4	28.2	32.0	20.4	47.6	52.4
Arkansas	14.3	31.0	29.6	25.1	45.3	54.7
California	12.0	26.0	38.5	23.5	38.0	62.0

Colorado	16.3	33.5	25.3	24.9	49.8	50.2
Connecticut	15.5	30.5	32.4	21.6	46.0	54.0
Delaware	20.8	30.0	26.5	22.8	50.8	49.2
District of Columbia	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Florida	19.6	28.8	28.6	22.9	48.5	51.5

Georgia	15.7	32.6	29.9	21.8	48.3	51.7
Hawaii	17.2	27.8	28.0	26.9	45.0	55.0
Idaho	10.1	27.9	36.9	25.2	37.9	62.1
Illinois	13.5	28.8	32.7	25.0	42.3	57.7
Indiana	18.1	31.3	25.7	24.8	49.4	50.6

Iowa	15.0	30.2	28.7	26.2	45.1	54.9
Kansas	10.8	28.7	32.4	28.1	39.5	60.5
Kentucky	13.7	35.3	30.1	20.9	49.0	51.0
Louisiana	16.8	26.2	33.5	23.5	43.0	57.0
Maine	13.8	26.2	34.3	25.6	40.1	59.9

Maryland	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Massachusetts	11.9	28.8	36.6	22.7	40.7	59.3
Michigan	21.5	31.6	24.6	22.3	53.1	46.9
Minnesota	14.6	30.7	25.3	29.3	45.3	54.7
Mississippi	20.0	23.6	30.8	25.6	43.6	56.4

Missouri	13.1	28.7	34.4	23.9	41.8	58.2
Montana	8.4	32.8	34.5	24.3	41.2	58.8
Nebraska	9.9	34.6	32.5	23.0	44.4	55.6
Nevada	18.5	34.4	26.6	20.6	52.8	47.2
New Hampshire	10.2	23.8	39.3	26.7	34.0	66.0

New Jersey	11.9	28.1	36.1	23.9	40.0	60.0
New Mexico	20.8	28.3	27.7	23.2	49.2	50.8
New York	10.8	27.0	39.3	22.9	37.8	62.2
North Carolina	18.6	33.1	27.3	21.0	51.7	48.3
North Dakota	12.6	33.7	29.9	23.8	46.4	53.6

Ohio	14.9	28.5	30.5	26.1	43.4	56.6
Oklahoma	14.1	29.8	29.2	27.0	43.9	56.1
Oregon	15.8	30.6	30.0	23.7	46.3	53.7
Pennsylvania	15.2	30.4	30.0	24.3	45.7	54.3
Rhode Island	15.2	29.8	34.2	20.8	45.0	55.0

South Carolina	15.7	30.7	33.3	20.3	46.4	53.6
South Dakota	10.4	27.8	36.9	24.9	38.2	61.8
Tennessee	14.1	36.7	27.9	21.3	50.8	49.2
Texas	15.3	27.4	32.2	25.0	42.8	57.2
Utah	16.2	26.3	32.7	24.8	42.5	57.5

Vermont	11.1	27.7	35.5	25.6	38.9	61.1
Virginia	16.9	30.6	26.6	25.9	47.5	52.5
Washington	15.2	32.8	28.7	23.3	48.0	52.0
West Virginia	13.5	32.4	32.0	22.1	46.0	54.0
Wisconsin	18.8	36.3	24.3	20.7	55.0	45.0
Wyoming	14.7	28.9	36.6	19.8	43.6	56.4
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
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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