Table 18. Percentage distribution of public school teachers by race/ethnicity, percentage minority, and state: 2003

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Table 18. Percentage distribution of public school teachers by race/ethnicity, percentage minority, and state: 2003–04

	Race/ethnicity
State	White, non- Hispanic	Black, non- Hispanic		American Indian/ Alaska Native, non-Hispanic		Asian, non- Hispanic		Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non- Hispanic		Hispanic, single or multiple races		Multiple races, non- Hispanic¹		Minority²
United States	83.1	7.9		0.5		1.3		0.2		6.2		0.7		16.9

Alabama	76.9	20.5		1.3		0.2	!	#		0.7		0.5	!	23.1
Alaska	88.1	0.6		6.3		2.2		0.3	!	1.8		0.6		11.9
Arizona	82.1	2.0		2.3		1.2		0.5	!	11.4		0.6		17.9
Arkansas	89.2	8.7		0.2	!	0.2	!	#		1.3		0.4		10.8
California	70.9	5.3		0.5		4.6		0.3		17.4		0.9		29.1

Colorado	89.3	1.3		1.2		0.8	!	0.2	!	6.7		0.5	!	10.7
Connecticut	91.8	2.8		#		1.1		#		3.3		1.0		8.2
Delaware	87.1	9.7		0.3	!	0.9	!	#		2.1		#		12.9
District of Columbia	14.9	78.4		0.5	!	0.7	!	#		4.2		1.4	!	85.1
Florida	74.2	15.4		0.1		0.5		#		9.3		0.4	!	25.8

Georgia	77.7	19.5		#		0.4	!	#		0.7	!	1.5		22.3
Hawaii	28.0	0.3	!	0.8		49.1		12.4		3.3		6.0		72.0
Idaho	97.2	0.1	!	0.3	!	0.2	!	0.1	!	1.5		0.6		2.8
Illinois	89.0	5.9		0.1	!	0.9		#		3.7		0.5	!	11.0
Indiana	93.3	4.6		0.3	!	0.5		0.1	!	0.9	!	0.3	!	6.7

Iowa	98.2	0.2	!	0.3	!	0.3	!	0.1	!	0.9		#		1.8
Kansas	95.2	1.4	!	0.5	!	0.3		#		1.7		0.9		4.8
Kentucky	95.8	3.0		0.3	!	0.1	!	0.1	!	0.2	!	0.6	!	4.2
Louisiana	70.7	26.4		0.8	!	0.4	!	#		1.1		0.7	!	29.3
Maine	98.5	#		0.2	!	#		0.1	!	0.7	!	0.5	!	1.5

Maryland	73.0	22.4		0.1	!	1.2		#		1.5	!	1.8		27.0
Massachusetts	92.5	2.3		#		0.6		#		3.7		0.8	!	7.5
Michigan	86.1	9.9		0.2	!	0.6		0.1	!	1.3		2.0		13.9
Minnesota	96.4	0.8		0.3		1.3		#		0.8		0.3	!	3.6
Mississippi	71.9	25.9		0.2	!	0.6		#		0.8	!	0.6	!	28.1

Missouri	92.5	5.4		0.6	!	0.4		#		0.9		0.2		7.5
Montana	95.2	#		2.4		0.1	!	#		1.6		0.6	!	4.8
Nebraska	96.9	1.2		0.2	!	0.4	!	#		0.8		0.5	!	3.1
Nevada	87.7	3.7		0.9	!	1.2		0.1	!	5.2		1.1	!	12.3
New Hampshire	97.9	#		#		0.2	!	#		0.8		1.1		2.1

New Jersey	84.8	8.3		0.2	!	1.2		0.6	!	4.7		0.2	!	15.2
New Mexico	66.6	0.7	!	2.8		0.4	!	0.2	!	28.9		0.5		33.4
New York	86.0	4.8		0.1	!	1.5		#		7.0		0.6	!	14.0
North Carolina	82.1	14.8		0.3		0.2		0.2	!	1.9		0.6		17.9
North Dakota	97.9	0.3	!	1.4	!	0.2	!	#		0.1	!	0.2	!	2.1	!

Ohio	90.7	5.7		0.1	!	1.0		#		1.8		0.7		9.3
Oklahoma	85.5	2.7		7.2		0.3		0.1	!	1.5		2.8		14.5
Oregon	91.6	0.5	!	1.1		1.5		0.7	!	3.9		0.7	!	8.4
Pennsylvania	91.0	6.0		#		0.5		#		2.0		0.4		9.0
Rhode Island	95.8	1.2	!	0.3	!	0.8	!	#		1.5		0.4	!	4.2

South Carolina	81.4	17.0		0.1	!	0.1	!	#		0.9	!	0.5	!	18.6
South Dakota	97.9	0.4	!	1.0		0.2	!	#		0.2	!	0.3	!	2.1
Tennessee	85.2	12.9		0.3	!	0.1	!	#		0.7		0.7		14.8
Texas	65.9	8.8		0.9		1.0		0.1		22.5		0.7		34.1
Utah	95.8	0.3	!	0.9		0.6		0.2	!	1.2		0.9		4.2

Vermont	97.7	#		0.4	!	0.3	!	#		0.5	!	1.1	!	2.3
Virginia	81.9	14.6		0.1	!	0.9		0.6	!	1.5		0.5	!	18.1
Washington	92.7	0.8	!	0.6	!	2.0		0.4	!	2.0		1.6		7.3
West Virginia	96.4	2.1		0.3	!	0.1	!	#		0.5	!	0.7	!	3.6
Wisconsin	94.4	2.1		#		0.6	!	#		2.7		0.3	!	5.6
Wyoming	96.3	0.4	!	1.3	!	0.1	!	#		1.8		0.1	!	3.7

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

¹ Multiple races, non-Hispanic includes all non-Hispanic respondents who selected more than one race.

² Minority includes Black, non-Hispanic; American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic; Asian, non-Hispanic; Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic; Hispanic, single or multiple races; and multiple races, non-Hispanic.

NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Public School Teacher Data File, 2003–04.

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