Table 80.

Staff and teachers in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1999 through fall 2005

State or jurisdiction	Teachers as a percent of staff								Fall 2003						Fall 20041						Fall 2005
	Fall 1999		Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002		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
United States2	51.7		51.5		50.8		51.0		5,953,667		3,048,652		51.2		6,057,087		3,090,396		51.0		6,122,358		3,136,921		51.2
Alabama	54.9	3	53.7	3	53.1	3	53.0	3	100,592		58,070		57.7		92,795		51,594		55.6		103,775		57,757		55.7
Alaska	48.7	3	49.3	3	48.1	3	47.2	3	16,550	3	7,808		47.2	3	17,632	3	7,756		44.0	3	17,930	3	7,912		44.1	3
Arizona	49.7		49.3		49.0		48.7		96,341		47,507		49.3		97,953		48,935		50.0		100,162		51,376		51.3
Arkansas	52.5		50.6		49.7		47.5		64,693		30,876		47.7		66,127		31,234		47.2		70,673		32,997		46.7
California	54.0	3	54.1	3	53.0	3	52.9	3	572,835	3	304,311	3	53.1	3	574,614	3	305,969	3	53.2	3	579,024	3	309,128	3	53.4	3
Colorado	51.2		50.7		50.4		50.2		89,530		44,904		50.2		91,337		45,165		49.4		93,148		45,841		49.2
Connecticut	50.0		50.0		49.2		49.0		85,367		42,370		49.6		83,879		38,808		46.3		84,669		39,687		46.9
Delaware	54.7		59.2		53.4		53.3		14,587		7,749		53.1		14,966		7,856		52.5		15,473		7,998		51.7
District of Columbia	50.7		46.2		43.5		43.3		10,608		5,676		53.5		12,162		5,387		44.3		12,372	3	5,481	3	44.3	3
Florida	48.0		47.8		47.6		48.1		295,775		144,955		49.0		311,853		154,864		49.7		314,219		158,962		50.6
Georgia	49.3		49.2		48.8		48.5		200,512		97,150		48.5		209,746		104,987		50.1		218,965		108,535		49.6
Hawaii	60.7		59.5		56.6		53.0		21,113		11,129		52.7		20,531		11,146		54.3		21,059		11,226		53.3
Idaho	56.4		56.2		55.9		55.8		25,133		14,049		55.9		25,533		14,269		55.9		26,018		14,521		55.8
Illinois	51.0	3	51.1	3	50.7	3	50.9	3	254,119	3	127,669		50.2	3	261,194	3	131,047		50.2	3	264,700	3	133,857		50.6	3
Indiana	47.0		46.7		46.3		47.2		130,532		59,924		45.9		133,375		60,563		45.4		133,096		60,592		45.5
Iowa	50.8		51.1		50.2		51.3		68,137		34,791		51.1		68,450		34,697		50.7		69,080		35,181		50.9
Kansas	51.7		50.9		50.8		51.1		63,778		32,589		51.1		64,114		32,932		51.4		65,537		33,608		51.3
Kentucky	45.0		44.1		42.6		42.4		95,926		41,246		43.0		95,920		41,463		43.2		97,937		42,413		43.3
Louisiana	49.4		49.3		49.2		48.9		102,990		50,495		49.0		101,381		49,192		48.5		92,612		44,660		48.2
Maine	50.3		49.7		49.1		48.7		35,866		17,621		49.1		34,899		16,656		47.7		35,249		16,684		47.3
Maryland	54.5		54.3		54.2		54.0		107,529		55,198		51.3		108,296		55,101		50.9		111,215		56,685		51.0
Massachusetts	56.9		55.1		54.9		51.6		134,414	3	72,062		53.6	3	137,613	3	73,399		53.3	3	139,522	3	73,596		52.7	3
Michigan	45.6		46.1		46.0		47.9		206,034	3	97,014	3	47.1	3	209,831	3	100,634	3	48.0	3	206,533	3	99,838	3	48.3	3
Minnesota	53.6		51.6	3	50.7		50.1	3	103,744		51,611		49.7		104,367		52,152		50.0		104,489		51,107		48.9
Mississippi	48.0		47.9		47.9		47.8		68,377		32,591		47.7		67,249		31,321		46.6		67,659		31,433		46.5
Missouri	54.6		53.2		52.3		52.1		125,783		65,169		51.8		125,868		65,481		52.0		128,794		67,076		52.1
Montana	51.7	3	53.5	3	53.4	3	55.4	3	18,656		10,301		55.2		18,759	3	10,224		54.5	3	19,515	3	10,369		53.1	3
Nebraska	53.1		52.6		52.0		51.6		40,573		20,921		51.6		40,998		21,077		51.4		41,166		21,359		51.9
Nevada	57.5		58.6		56.7		59.9		34,059		20,234		59.4		31,260		20,950		67.0		32,346	3	21,744		67.2	3
New Hampshire	51.7		51.1		50.4		49.8		30,830		15,112		49.0		31,408		15,298		48.7		32,022		15,536		48.5
New Jersey	53.9		53.4		53.6		53.7		204,038		109,077		53.5		213,418		114,875		53.8		216,778	3	112,673		52.0	3
New Mexico	45.8		46.8		48.6		48.3		44,841		21,569		48.1		46,531		21,730		46.7		47,940		22,021		45.9
New York	49.4		49.7		49.4		49.3		394,178		216,116		54.8		399,089		218,612		54.8		373,504		218,989		58.6
North Carolina	51.6		51.5		51.6		51.8		172,193		89,988		52.3		177,308		92,550		52.2		182,107		95,664		52.5
North Dakota	53.9		53.9		53.9		53.5		15,066		8,037		53.3		15,157		8,070		53.2		15,128		8,003		52.9
Ohio	53.4		53.1		53.1		51.7		242,520		121,735		50.2		239,988		118,060		49.2		238,977		117,982		49.4
Oklahoma	56.2		55.0		54.5		54.6		71,313		39,253		55.0		77,466		40,416		52.2		81,857		41,833		51.1
Oregon	50.0		50.0		49.3		49.3		54,272		26,732		49.3		56,637		27,431		48.4		60,088		28,256		47.0
Pennsylvania	52.8		52.2		51.7		51.1		233,269		119,889		51.4		237,122		121,167		51.1		240,409		122,397		50.9
Rhode Island	61.6		60.0		59.8		61.2		19,890	3	11,918	3	59.9	3	22,838	3	11,781	3	51.6	3	24,560	3	14,299	3	58.2	3
South Carolina	53.2	3	65.7	3	65.3	3	73.8	3	62,888	3	45,830		72.9	3	64,999	3	46,914		72.2	3	67,453	3	48,212		71.5	3
South Dakota	53.8		52.0		50.6		48.6		19,039		9,245		48.6		18,106		9,064		50.1		19,018		9,129		48.0
Tennessee	54.3		52.1		52.1		51.3		116,120		59,584	3	51.3		115,767		60,022		51.8		114,171		59,596		52.2
Texas	51.1		50.6		48.6		48.6		596,330		289,481		48.5		607,364		294,547		48.5		620,624		302,425		48.7
Utah	54.3		54.1		54.0		53.9		41,545		22,147		53.3		44,499		22,287		50.1		45,821		22,993		50.2
Vermont	48.7		47.3		47.4		46.5		18,701		8,749		46.8		18,899		8,720		46.1		19,024		8,851		46.5
Virginia	54.1	3	54.1	3	54.0		61.3		166,578		90,573		54.4		179,688		93,732		52.2		183,853		96,158		52.3
Washington	52.4		52.3		46.9		47.0		109,294		52,824		48.3		111,848		53,125		47.5		113,845		53,508		47.0
West Virginia	54.5		54.3		53.5		52.8		37,957		20,020		52.7		37,979		19,958		52.6		38,152		19,940		52.3
Wisconsin	55.3		56.3		54.6		53.3		104,531		58,216		55.7		104,018		60,521		58.2		105,564		60,127		57.0
Wyoming	49.8		48.6		48.7		49.1	3	14,121		6,567		46.5		14,256		6,657		46.7		14,526		6,706		46.2
Bureau of Indian Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, overseas	64.0	4	66.0		65.3		68.0		7,282		4,728		64.9		6,845		4,885		71.4		9,099		5,726		62.9
DoD, domestic	—		59.2		57.5		57.7		4,157		2,301		55.4		2,865		2,002		69.9		3,671		2,033		55.4
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	49.7		50.0		54.2		54.4		1,771		988		55.8		1,813		945		52.1		1,872		971		51.9
Guam	49.1		51.5		50.9		—		3,466		1,760		50.8		3,318		1,672		50.4		3,455		1,804		52.2
Northern Marianas	51.0		50.2		50.9		49.9		1,155		550		47.6		1,166		579		49.7		1,234		614		49.8
Puerto Rico	57.5		54.4		57.0		56.8		74,697		42,444		56.8		76,865		43,054		56.0		75,023		42,036		56.0
Virgin Islands	51.6		52.1		53.6		49.5		2,896		1,512		52.2		2,977		1,545		51.9		2,664		1,434		53.8

— Not available. 1 Data revised from previously published figures. 2 U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states. 3 Includes imputations for underreporting. 4 Includes both overseas and domestic schools. NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com�mon Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1999-2000 through 2005-06. (This table was prepared July 2007.)