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Table 64. Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1998 through fall 2003
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State or jurisdiction |   Fall 1998|   Fall 1999|   Fall 2000|   Fall 2001|       Total|  Elementary|Secondary|Ungraded|       Total|  Elementary|   Secondary|Ungraded
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   United States .....|\2\2,830,286|\2\2,910,633|\2\2,941,461|\2\2,999,528|\2\3,034,123|\2\1,671,161|1,126,075| 236,887|\2\3,048,549|\3\1,698,741|\3\1,108,251|\3\241,557
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Alabama ..............|\2\   47,766|\2\   48,624|\2\   48,194|\2\   46,785|\2\   47,115|\2\   27,656|   19,459|       0|      58,070|      38,152|      19,918|         0
Alaska ...............|       8,118|       7,838|       7,880|       8,026|       8,080|       5,255|    2,825|       0|       7,808|       5,479|       2,329|         0
Arizona ..............|      42,352|      43,892|      44,438|      46,015|      47,101|      33,809|   13,292|       0|      47,507|      34,048|      13,459|         0
Arkansas .............|      27,953|      31,362|      31,947|      33,079|      30,330|      12,400|   15,182|   2,748|      30,876|      13,149|      15,499|     2,228
California ...........|\2\  281,784|\2\  287,433|\2\  298,021|\2\  304,203|\2\  307,764|\2\  227,213|   80,551|       0|\2\  304,311|\2\  217,470|      78,462|     8,379
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Colorado .............|      39,434|      40,772|      41,983|      44,182|      45,401|      23,215|   22,186|       0|      44,904|      22,685|      22,219|         0
Connecticut ..........|      38,772|      39,907|      41,044|      41,773|      42,296|      24,917|   12,575|   4,804|      42,370|      24,830|      13,036|     4,504
Delaware .............|       7,074|       7,318|       7,469|       7,571|       7,698|       3,841|    3,857|       0|       7,749|       3,847|       3,902|         0
District of Columbia .|       5,187|\2\    4,812|       4,949|       4,951|       5,005|       2,644|    1,618|     743|       5,676|       3,396|       1,856|       424
Florida ..............|     126,796|     130,336|     132,030|     134,684|     138,226|      58,839|   53,831|  25,556|     144,955|      62,787|      57,139|    25,029
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Georgia ..............|      88,658|      90,638|      91,043|      92,731|      96,044|      55,623|   40,421|       0|      97,150|      56,357|      40,793|         0
Hawaii ...............|      10,639|      10,866|      10,927|      11,007|      10,973|       5,826|    5,099|      48|      11,129|       5,798|       5,281|        50
Idaho ................|      13,426|      13,641|      13,714|      13,854|      13,896|       7,129|    6,767|       0|      14,049|       7,272|       6,777|         0
Illinois .............|     121,758|     124,815|     127,620|     129,600|     131,046|      79,843|   32,473|  18,730|     127,669|      74,957|      32,641|    20,071
Indiana ..............|      58,084|      58,864|      59,226|      59,659|      59,968|      31,435|   25,826|   2,707|      59,924|      31,379|      25,807|     2,738
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Iowa .................|      32,822|      33,480|      34,636|      34,906|      34,573|      19,066|   11,178|   4,329|      34,791|      19,304|      11,353|     4,134
Kansas ...............|      32,003|      32,969|      32,742|      33,084|      32,643|      14,452|   14,686|   3,505|      32,589|      14,378|      14,655|     3,556
Kentucky .............|      40,803|      41,954|      39,589|      40,376|      40,662|      17,240|   16,070|   7,352|      41,201|      17,436|      16,118|     7,647
Louisiana ............|      49,124|      50,031|      49,915|      49,980|      50,062|      35,078|   14,805|     179|      50,495|      35,412|      15,083|         0
Maine ................|      15,890|      16,349|      16,559|      16,741|      16,837|      11,350|    5,487|       0|      17,621|      12,061|       5,560|         0
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Maryland .............|      49,840|      50,995|      52,433|      53,774|      55,382|      33,153|   22,229|       0|      55,140|      32,693|      22,447|         0
Massachusetts ........|      69,752|      77,596|      67,432|      68,942|      74,214|      24,357|   38,003|  11,854|      72,062|      28,619|      31,825|    11,618
Michigan .............|      93,220|      96,094|      97,031|      98,849|      89,595|      38,132|   40,006|  11,457|      97,014|\4\   67,514|\4\   22,915|\4\  6,585
Minnesota ............|      54,449|      56,010|      53,457|      53,081|      52,808|      26,815|   25,993|       0|      51,611|      26,048|      25,563|         0
Mississippi ..........|      31,140|      30,722|      31,006|      31,214|      31,598|      14,366|   12,943|   4,289|      32,591|      14,896|      13,385|     4,310
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Missouri .............|      62,449|      63,890|      64,735|      65,240|      66,717|      34,083|   32,225|     409|      65,169|      33,556|      31,606|         7
Montana ..............|      10,221|      10,353|      10,411|      10,408|      10,362|       6,904|    3,458|       0|      10,301|       6,869|       3,432|         0
Nebraska .............|      20,310|      20,766|      20,983|      21,083|      21,043|      12,809|    8,234|       0|      20,921|      12,921|       8,000|         0
Nevada ...............|      16,415|      17,380|      18,293|      19,276|      20,038|      10,203|    7,456|   2,379|      20,234|      10,059|       7,777|     2,398
New Hampshire ........|      13,290|      14,037|      14,341|      14,677|      14,977|      10,411|    4,566|       0|      15,112|      10,391|       4,721|         0
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New Jersey ...........|      92,264|      95,883|      99,061|     103,611|     107,004|      60,753|   28,956|  17,295|     109,077|      61,331|      29,623|    18,123
New Mexico ...........|      19,981|      19,797|      21,042|      21,823|      21,172|      12,155|    4,936|   4,081|      21,569|      12,281|       4,926|     4,362
New York .............|     197,253|     202,078|     206,961|     209,128|     210,926|     109,174|   70,300|  31,452|     216,116|      92,224|      90,061|    33,831
North Carolina .......|      79,531|      81,914|      83,680|      85,684|      87,677|      52,176|   30,824|   4,677|      89,988|      53,562|      30,946|     5,480
North Dakota .........|       7,974|       8,150|       8,141|       8,035|       8,078|       4,807|    3,271|       0|       8,037|       4,788|       3,249|         0
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Ohio .................|     113,984|     116,200|     118,361|     122,115|     125,372|      83,722|   41,507|     143|     121,735|      83,290|      38,445|         0
Oklahoma .............|      40,876|      41,498|      41,318|      41,632|      40,638|      18,943|   17,443|   4,252|      39,253|      18,269|      16,717|     4,267
Oregon ...............|      27,152|      27,803|      28,094|      28,262|      27,126|      14,471|    7,730|   4,925|      26,732|      11,893|       9,795|     5,044
Pennsylvania .........|     111,065|     114,525|     116,963|     118,470|     118,256|      53,496|   48,548|  16,212|     119,889|      53,049|      50,256|    16,584
Rhode Island .........|      11,124|      11,041|      10,645|      11,104|      11,196|       4,706|    4,712|   1,778|      11,918|\4\    8,287|\4\    2,821|\4\    810
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South Carolina .......|      43,689|      45,468|      45,380|      46,616|      46,528|      32,586|   13,083|     859|      45,830|      31,957|      13,041|       832
South Dakota .........|       9,273|       9,384|       9,397|       9,370|       9,257|       5,618|    2,604|   1,035|       9,245|       5,625|       2,605|     1,015
Tennessee ............|      59,258|      60,702|      57,164|      58,358|      58,652|      41,815|   15,839|     998|      59,584|      42,409|      16,168|     1,007
Texas ................|     259,739|     267,935|     274,826|     282,847|     288,655|     141,966|  113,006|  33,683|     289,481|     143,426|     112,426|    33,629
Utah .................|      21,501|      21,832|      22,008|      22,211|      22,415|      10,856|    9,007|   2,552|      22,147|      10,709|       8,867|     2,571
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Vermont ..............|       8,221|       8,474|       8,414|       8,554|       8,542|       3,257|    3,115|   2,170|       8,749|       3,429|       3,554|     1,766
Virginia .............|\2\   79,323|\2\   85,037|\2\   86,977|      89,314|      99,919|      32,363|   67,556|       0|      90,573|      39,849|      50,724|         0
Washington ...........|      49,671|      50,368|      51,098|      52,533|      52,953|      26,653|   21,471|   4,829|      52,824|      26,295|      21,569|     4,960
West Virginia ........|      20,989|      21,082|      20,930|      20,138|      20,119|      10,071|    6,801|   3,247|      20,020|       9,971|       6,729|     3,320
Wisconsin ............|      61,176|      60,778|      60,165|      63,310|      60,385|      40,268|   18,602|   1,515|      58,216|      39,256|      18,770|       190
Wyoming ..............|       6,713|       6,940|       6,783|       6,662|\2\    6,799|\2\    3,241|    3,463|      95|       6,567|       3,078|       3,401|        88
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Bureau of Indian      |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
   Affairs ...........|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |     --- |    --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      ---
Department of Defense |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
   dependents schools |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
  Overseas schools ...|       5,171|\5\    7,415|       5,105|       5,154|       4,794|       2,018|    1,753|   1,023|       4,728|       2,046|       1,703|       979
  Domestic schools ...|        --- |        --- |       2,399|       2,486|       2,425|       1,126|      494|     805|       2,301|       1,113|         481|       707
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Other jurisdictions   |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
  American Samoa .....|         764|         801|         820|         914|         943|         675|      249|      19|         988|         667|         301|        20
  Guam ...............|       1,052|       1,809|       1,975|       1,918|        --- |        --- |     --- |    --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      ---
  Northern Marianas ..|         496|         488|         526|         519|         545|         302|      237|       6|         550|         301|         242|         7
  Puerto Rico ........|      39,781|      41,349|      37,620|      42,906|      42,369|      23,624|   16,278|   2,467|      42,444|      23,649|      16,322|     2,473
  Virgin Islands .....|       1,567|       1,528|       1,511|       1,511|       1,502|         719|      742|      41|       1,512|         746|         734|        32
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\1\Data have been revised from previously published figures.
\2\Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers.
\3\Includes imputed values for states.
\4\Imputed.
\5\Includes 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, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1998-99 through 2003-04. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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