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Postsecondary Teachers By State

Postsecondary Teachers By Gender, Working Status, and State

There are 1,538,758 Postsecondary Teachers at U.S. colleges. By hired status, 862,496 full-time and 676,262 pare-time Postsecondary Teachers are working for colleges. By gender, there are 755,700 male and 783,058 female Postsecondary Teachers (academic year 2020-2021. The following table shows the total number of Postsecondary Teachers working for college by state, gender, and working status.
By Occupation
Number of Postsecondary Teachers at U.S. Colleges by State
StateTotalFull-timePart-timeMenWomen
Un-Known State 10,038 7,317 2,721 5,526 4,512
Alaska 2,462 1,445 1,017 1,155 1,307
Alabama 19,211 12,740 6,471 9,191 10,020
Arkansas 10,363 7,027 3,336 4,863 5,500
American Samoa 99 99 - 46 53
Arizona 34,282 12,684 21,598 15,465 18,817
California 175,639 88,673 86,966 85,988 89,651
Colorado 31,511 17,859 13,652 14,842 16,669
Connecticut 23,973 13,180 10,793 11,732 12,241
District of Columbia 11,955 6,251 5,704 6,197 5,758
Delaware 4,747 2,149 2,598 2,115 2,632
Florida 66,663 36,122 30,541 33,604 33,059
Federated States of Micronesia 146 127 19 88 58
Georgia 39,924 26,865 13,059 20,005 19,919
Guam 416 226 190 215 201
Hawaii 4,427 2,682 1,745 2,281 2,146
Iowa 17,274 10,176 7,098 8,381 8,893
Idaho 8,086 3,754 4,332 4,203 3,883
Illinois 60,300 32,297 28,003 28,785 31,515
Indiana 31,707 19,064 12,643 15,953 15,754
Kansas 15,126 9,197 5,929 7,406 7,720
Kentucky 18,839 11,303 7,536 9,067 9,772
Louisiana 16,825 11,802 5,023 8,249 8,576
Massachusetts 57,133 34,633 22,500 28,929 28,204
Maryland 35,111 19,005 16,106 16,956 18,155
Maine 5,883 2,960 2,923 2,659 3,224
Marshall Islands 108 72 36 65 43
Michigan 43,400 25,073 18,327 21,663 21,737
Minnesota 28,045 14,175 13,870 13,095 14,950
Missouri 31,555 16,703 14,852 15,741 15,814
Northern Marianas 63 39 24 28 35
Mississippi 11,479 7,774 3,705 5,261 6,218
Montana 4,117 2,571 1,546 1,936 2,181
North Carolina 55,049 33,359 21,690 27,477 27,572
North Dakota 4,074 2,711 1,363 1,984 2,090
Nebraska 12,237 6,958 5,279 5,958 6,279
New Hampshire 12,652 2,989 9,663 5,598 7,054
New Jersey 34,638 15,290 19,348 17,068 17,570
New Mexico 7,972 4,932 3,040 3,677 4,295
Nevada 8,060 3,860 4,200 3,872 4,188
New York 127,301 69,075 58,226 64,485 62,816
Ohio 52,403 26,431 25,972 25,231 27,172
Oklahoma 15,023 9,812 5,211 7,549 7,474
Oregon 19,209 10,621 8,588 8,923 10,286
Pennsylvania 63,195 37,374 25,821 31,566 31,629
Puerto Rico 14,837 6,612 8,225 6,701 8,136
Palau 44 41 3 23 21
Rhode Island 7,305 4,159 3,146 3,686 3,619
South Carolina 18,611 11,896 6,715 8,959 9,652
South Dakota 3,895 2,341 1,554 1,786 2,109
Tennessee 26,177 16,338 9,839 12,835 13,342
Texas 97,531 60,879 36,652 48,411 49,120
Utah 21,037 13,357 7,680 10,436 10,601
Virginia 40,859 22,317 18,542 21,168 19,691
Virgin Islands 256 128 128 117 139
Vermont 4,637 2,056 2,581 2,381 2,256
Washington 30,224 18,217 12,007 13,859 16,365
Wisconsin 28,405 17,296 11,109 14,154 14,251
West Virginia 9,757 5,777 3,980 4,889 4,868
Wyoming 2,463 1,626 837 1,217 1,246