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Table 66. Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state: Fall 1995 to fall 2000

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                        |   Fall   |      Fall   |      Fall   |__________________________________________________|___________________________________________________|  Estimated,
                        |   1995   |      1996   |      1997   |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |    fall
  State or other area   |          |             |             |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |    2000\2\
                        |          |             |             |     Total   |   Elementary|   Secondary | Unclas-|     Total   |   Elementary|   Secondary | Unclas- |
                        |          |             |             |             |             |             | sified |             |             |             | sified  |
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           1            |    2     |       3     |       4     |       5     |       6     |       7     |   8    |       9     |       10    |       11    |   12    |     13
________________________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_________|_____________
   United States .......|2,598,220 |\3\2,667,419 |\3\2,746,157 |\3\2,830,286 |\3\1,570,661 |   1,012,907 |246,718 |\3\2,906,554 |\3\1,620,344 |\3\1,031,245 | 254,965 |\4\2,953,311
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Alabama ................|   44,056 |\3\   45,035 |\3\   45,967 |\3\   47,766 |\3\   26,743 |      21,023 |    --- |\3\   48,614 |\3\   27,906 |      20,708 |     --- |      47,527
Alaska .................|    7,379 |       7,418 |       7,625 |       8,118 |       5,186 |       2,932 |    --- |       7,838 |       5,271 |       2,567 |     --- |       8,136
Arizona ................|   38,017 |      40,521 |      41,129 |      42,352 |      30,729 |      11,623 |    --- |      43,892 |      31,489 |      12,403 |     --- |\4\   44,562
Arkansas ...............|   26,449 |\3\   26,681 |\3\   26,931 |      27,953 |      12,419 |      12,668 |  2,866 |      31,362 |      13,567 |      13,054 |   4,741 |\5\   29,025
California .............|  230,849 |\3\  248,818 |\3\  268,535 |\3\  281,784 |\3\  188,055 |      65,483 | 28,246 |\3\  287,344 |\3\  192,694 |      68,292 |  26,358 |\4\  299,897
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Colorado ...............|   35,388 |      36,398 |      37,840 |      39,434 |      20,378 |      19,056 |    --- |      40,772 |      20,633 |      20,139 |     --- |      42,100
Connecticut ............|   36,070 |      36,551 |      37,658 |      38,772 |      22,647 |      11,284 |  4,841 |      39,907 |      23,422 |      11,487 |   4,998 |      42,512
Delaware ...............|    6,463 |       6,642 |       6,850 |       7,074 |       3,552 |       3,522 |    --- |       7,318 |       3,696 |       3,622 |     --- |\5\    7,466
District of Columbia ...|    5,305 |       5,288 |       4,388 |       5,187 |       3,103 |       1,974 |    110 |\3\    4,779 |\3\    2,899 |\3\    1,880 |- -      |       5,000
Florida ................|  114,938 |     120,471 |     124,473 |     126,796 |      55,642 |      49,025 | 22,129 |     130,336 |      57,116 |      49,890 |  23,330 |\5\  133,545
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Georgia ................|   79,480 |      81,795 |      86,244 |      88,658 |      52,375 |      36,283 |    --- |      90,638 |      53,491 |      37,147 |     --- |      93,636
Hawaii .................|   10,500 |      10,576 |      10,653 |      10,639 |       5,835 |       4,762 |     42 |      10,866 |       5,959 |       4,858 |      49 |      10,785
Idaho ..................|   12,784 |      13,078 |      13,207 |      13,426 |       6,924 |       6,499 |      3 |      13,641 |       6,960 |       6,681 |- -      |      13,900
Illinois ...............|  113,538 |     116,274 |     118,734 |     121,758 |      73,297 |      30,455 | 18,006 |     124,815 |      75,085 |      31,030 |  18,700 |     128,817
Indiana.................|   55,821 |      56,708 |      57,371 |      58,084 |      29,812 |      25,639 |  2,633 |      58,864 |      30,680 |      25,527 |   2,657 |      59,728
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Iowa ...................|   32,318 |      32,593 |      32,700 |      32,822 |      19,691 |      11,985 |  1,146 |      33,480 |      20,371 |      12,073 |   1,036 |      34,203
Kansas .................|   30,729 |      30,875 |      31,527 |      32,003 |      14,743 |      13,862 |  3,398 |      32,969 |      15,020 |      14,414 |   3,535 |      33,010
Kentucky ...............|   39,120 |      39,331 |      40,488 |      40,803 |      22,322 |      11,878 |  6,603 |      41,954 |      22,814 |      11,868 |   7,272 |\4\   40,746
Louisiana ..............|   46,980 |      47,334 |      48,599 |      49,124 |      34,201 |      14,406 |    517 |      50,031 |      34,468 |      15,107 |     456 |      50,366
Maine ..................|   15,392 |      15,551 |      15,700 |      15,890 |      10,847 |       5,043 |    --- |      16,349 |      11,142 |       5,207 |     --- |      17,000
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Maryland ...............|   47,819 |      47,943 |      48,318 |      49,840 |      25,191 |      24,649 |    --- |      50,995 |      30,758 |      20,237 |     --- |      53,673
Massachusetts ..........|   62,710 |      64,574 |      67,170 |      69,752 |      24,971 |      34,857 |  9,924 |      77,596 |      27,822 |      39,452 |  10,322 |\6\   79,473
Michigan ...............|   83,179 |      88,051 |      90,529 |      93,220 |      40,457 |      42,139 | 10,624 |      96,111 |      42,029 |      42,950 |  11,132 |      95,200
Minnesota ..............|   46,971 |      48,245 |      51,998 |      54,449 |      28,430 |      24,626 |  1,393 |      56,010 |      29,463 |      25,009 |   1,538 |      56,000
Mississippi ............|   28,997 |      29,293 |      29,441 |      31,140 |      15,701 |      10,165 |  5,274 |      30,722 |      15,441 |      10,035 |   5,246 |\5\   30,782
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Missouri................|   57,951 |      59,428 |      60,889 |      62,449 |      31,531 |      30,204 |    714 |      63,890 |      32,471 |      30,661 |     758 |      64,000
Montana ................|   10,076 |      10,268 |      10,228 |      10,221 |       6,911 |       3,310 |    --- |      10,353 |       7,035 |       3,318 |     --- |      10,290
Nebraska ...............|   20,028 |      20,174 |      20,065 |      20,310 |      11,922 |       8,273 |    115 |      20,766 |      12,310 |       8,311 |     145 |\5\   20,939
Nevada .................|   13,878 |      14,805 |      16,053 |      16,415 |       8,535 |       6,010 |  1,870 |      17,380 |       8,872 |       6,448 |   2,060 |      17,838
New Hampshire ..........|   12,346 |      12,692 |      12,931 |      13,290 |       9,243 |       4,047 |    --- |      14,037 |       9,619 |       4,418 |     --- |      14,019
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New Jersey .............|   86,706 |      87,642 |      89,671 |      92,264 |      51,921 |      26,769 | 13,574 |      95,883 |      54,243 |      27,226 |  14,414 |\4\   98,395
New Mexico .............|   19,398 |      19,971 |      19,647 |      19,981 |      11,561 |       4,705 |  3,715 |      19,797 |      11,441 |       4,680 |   3,676 |      20,078
New York ...............|  181,559 |     185,104 |     190,874 |     197,253 |     100,746 |      67,610 | 28,897 |     202,078 |     104,299 |      68,466 |  29,313 |     216,000
North Carolina .........|   73,201 |      75,239 |      77,785 |      79,531 |      48,076 |      28,479 |  2,976 |      81,914 |      49,507 |      29,250 |   3,157 |\5\   80,390
North Dakota ...........|    7,501 |       7,892 |       8,070 |       7,974 |       4,920 |       3,054 |    --- |       8,150 |       4,862 |       3,288 |     --- |\6\    7,713
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Ohio ...................|  107,347 |     108,515 |     110,761 |     113,984 |      76,044 |      37,671 |    269 |     116,200 |      78,068 |      37,827 |     305 |     113,000
Oklahoma ...............|   39,364 |      39,568 |      40,215 |      40,876 |      18,894 |      17,532 |  4,450 |      41,498 |      19,268 |      17,684 |   4,546 |      42,120
Oregon .................|   26,680 |      26,757 |      26,935 |      27,152 |      14,649 |       8,209 |  4,294 |      27,803 |      14,730 |       8,400 |   4,673 |      27,900
Pennsylvania ...........|  104,921 |     106,432 |     108,014 |     111,065 |      50,758 |      46,530 | 13,777 |     114,525 |      52,804 |      47,289 |  14,432 |     114,700
Rhode Island ...........|   10,482 |      10,656 |      10,598 |      11,124 |       4,924 |       4,617 |  1,583 |      11,041 |       4,856 |       4,555 |   1,630 |\6\   11,272
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South Carolina .........|   39,922 |      41,463 |      42,336 |      43,689 |      30,246 |      13,443 |    --- |      45,468 |      31,786 |      13,682 |     --- |      44,449
South Dakota ...........|    9,641 |       9,625 |       9,282 |       9,273 |       5,444 |       2,994 |    835 |       9,384 |       5,335 |       2,630 |   1,419 |       9,296
Tennessee ..............|   53,403 |      54,790 |      54,142 |      59,258 |      43,026 |      14,940 |  1,292 |      60,702 |      44,305 |      15,195 |   1,202 |      56,971
Texas ..................|  240,371 |     247,650 |     254,557 |     259,739 |     126,739 |      96,352 | 36,648 |     267,935 |     130,273 |      98,495 |  39,167 |     274,345
Utah ...................|   20,039 |      19,734 |      21,115 |      21,501 |      10,303 |       8,782 |  2,416 |      21,832 |      10,527 |       8,909 |   2,396 |      21,500
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Vermont ................|    7,676 |       7,751 |       7,909 |       8,221 |       3,119 |       3,160 |  1,942 |       8,474 |       3,265 |       3,280 |   1,929 |       8,710
Virginia ...............|   74,731 |\3\   74,526 |\3\   77,575 |\3\   79,323 |\3\   47,787 |      31,536 |    --- |\3\   81,073 |\3\   48,528 |      32,545 |     --- |\4\   82,616
Washington .............|   46,907 |      48,307 |      49,074 |      49,671 |      24,902 |      20,325 |  4,444 |      50,368 |      25,495 |      20,424 |   4,449 |\4\   51,164
West Virginia...........|   21,073 |      20,888 |      20,947 |      20,989 |      10,243 |       7,072 |  3,674 |      21,082 |      10,337 |       7,016 |   3,729 |      20,337
Wisconsin ..............|   55,033 |      54,769 |      55,732 |      61,176 |      41,865 |      17,971 |  1,340 |      60,778 |      42,699 |      18,079 |     --- |\6\   61,285
Wyoming ................|    6,734 |       6,729 |       6,677 |       6,713 |       3,101 |       3,474 |    138 |       6,940 |       3,213 |       3,532 |     195 |       6,895
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Bureau of Indian        |          |             |             |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |
   Affairs .............|      --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |     --- |         ---
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Department of Defense   |          |             |             |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |
  dependents schools\7\ |      --- |       5,000 |       5,227 |       5,171 |       2,337 |       1,847 |    987 |       7,415 |       3,204 |       2,149 |   2,062 |         ---
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     Outlying areas     |          |             |             |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |
American Samoa .........|      728 |         734 |         762 |         764 |         513 |         236 |     15 |         801 |         577 |         209 |      15 |\4\      815
Guam ...................|    1,802 |       1,552 |       1,363 |       1,052 |         513 |         523 |     16 |       1,809 |         954 |         840 |      15 |\4\    1,869
Northern Marianas ......|      422 |         441 |         483 |         496 |         304 |         182 |     10 |         488 |         288 |         193 |       7 |\6\      521
Puerto Rico ............|   39,328 |      39,743 |      38,953 |      39,781 |      21,097 |      15,296 |  3,388 |      41,349 |      21,870 |      15,952 |   3,527 |\4\   41,708
Virgin Islands .........|    1,622 |       1,580 |       1,559 |       1,567 |         765 |         764 |     38 |       1,528 |         753 |         748 |      27 |       1,520
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---Not available.
\1\Data have been revised from previously published figures.
\2\Unless otherwise indicated, data were estimated by state education agencies.
\3\Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers.
\4\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data.
\5\Actual preliminary count by state.
\6\Early estimate number reported by state, adjusted by the National Center for Education Statistics.
\7\Includes overseas schools only through 1998. Data for 1999 includes both overseas and domestic schools.

NOTE: Distribution of elementary and secondary teachers determined by reporting units. Teachers reported in full-time equivalents.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared March 2001.)


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