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  • Table 66. Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state: Fall 1996 to fall 2001

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                            |      Fall   |      Fall   |      Fall   |__________________________________________________|___________________________________________________|  Estimated,
                            |      1996   |      1997   |      1998   |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |    fall
      State or other area   |             |             |             |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |    2001\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
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       United States .......|\3\2,667,419 |\3\2,746,157 |\3\2,830,286 |\3\2,910,633 |\3\1,621,204 |   1,034,757 |254,672 |\3\2,952,991 |\3\1,673,469 |   1,056,601 | 222,921 |\4\2,988,379
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    Alabama ................|\3\   45,035 |\3\   45,967 |\3\   47,766 |\3\   48,624 |\3\   27,916 |      20,708 |      0 |\3\   48,199 |\3\   27,932 |      20,267 |       0 |\5\   47,201
    Alaska .................|       7,418 |       7,625 |       8,118 |       7,838 |       5,271 |       2,567 |      0 |       7,880 |       5,115 |       2,765 |       0 |       8,025
    Arizona ................|      40,521 |      41,129 |      42,352 |      43,892 |      31,489 |      12,403 |      0 |      44,438 |      31,916 |      12,522 |       0 |\4\   45,959
    Arkansas ...............|\3\   26,681 |\3\   26,931 |      27,953 |      31,362 |      13,567 |      13,054 |  4,741 |      31,947 |      13,941 |      13,665 |   4,341 |      31,097
    California .............|\3\  248,818 |\3\  268,535 |\3\  281,784 |\3\  287,433 |\3\  192,783 |      68,292 | 26,358 |\3\  298,064 |\3\  218,293 |      75,568 |   4,203 |\4\  304,598
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    Colorado ...............|      36,398 |      37,840 |      39,434 |      40,772 |      20,633 |      20,139 |      0 |      41,983 |      21,409 |      20,574 |       0 |      43,282
    Connecticut ............|      36,551 |      37,658 |      38,772 |      39,907 |      23,422 |      11,487 |  4,998 |      41,044 |      24,104 |      11,944 |   4,996 |      41,263
    Delaware ...............|       6,642 |       6,850 |       7,074 |       7,318 |       3,696 |       3,622 |      0 |       7,471 |       3,782 |       3,689 |       0 |\5\    7,511
    District of Columbia ...|       5,288 |       4,388 |       5,187 |\3\    4,812 |\3\    2,928 |\3\    1,884 |      0 |       4,949 |       3,152 |       1,248 |     549 |\5\    5,235
    Florida ................|     120,471 |     124,473 |     126,796 |     130,336 |      57,116 |      49,890 | 23,330 |     132,030 |      57,742 |      51,028 |  23,260 |\5\  135,866
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    Georgia ................|      81,795 |      86,244 |      88,658 |      90,638 |      53,491 |      37,147 |      0 |      91,044 |      53,035 |      38,009 |       0 |      97,563
    Hawaii .................|      10,576 |      10,653 |      10,639 |      10,866 |       5,959 |       4,858 |     49 |      10,927 |       5,984 |       4,896 |      47 |      10,943
    Idaho ..................|      13,078 |      13,207 |      13,426 |      13,641 |       6,960 |       6,681 |      0 |      13,714 |       6,981 |       6,733 |       0 |      13,800
    Illinois ...............|     116,274 |     118,734 |     121,758 |     124,815 |      75,085 |      31,030 | 18,700 |     127,620 |      76,483 |      31,727 |  19,410 |\5\  125,130
    Indiana.................|      56,708 |      57,371 |      58,084 |      58,864 |      30,680 |      25,527 |  2,657 |      59,226 |      30,840 |      25,683 |   2,703 |      59,832
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    Iowa ...................|      32,593 |      32,700 |      32,822 |      33,480 |      20,371 |      12,073 |  1,036 |      34,636 |      20,994 |      12,368 |   1,274 |      34,702
    Kansas .................|      30,875 |      31,527 |      32,003 |      32,969 |      15,020 |      14,414 |  3,535 |      32,742 |      14,628 |      14,680 |   3,434 |      32,519
    Kentucky ...............|      39,331 |      40,488 |      40,803 |      41,954 |      22,814 |      11,868 |  7,272 |      39,589 |      21,542 |      11,750 |   6,297 |      40,374
    Louisiana ..............|      47,334 |      48,599 |      49,124 |      50,031 |      34,468 |      15,107 |    456 |      49,916 |      34,775 |      14,797 |     344 |      49,915
    Maine ..................|      15,551 |      15,700 |      15,890 |      16,349 |      11,142 |       5,207 |      0 |      16,559 |      11,232 |       5,327 |       0 |      17,040
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    Maryland ...............|      47,943 |      48,318 |      49,840 |      50,995 |      30,758 |      20,237 |      0 |      52,433 |      31,518 |      20,915 |       0 |      54,360
    Massachusetts ..........|      64,574 |      67,170 |      69,752 |      77,596 |      27,822 |      39,452 | 10,322 |      67,432 |      31,216 |      30,300 |   5,916 |      69,000
    Michigan ...............|      88,051 |      90,529 |      93,220 |      96,094 |      42,021 |      42,903 | 11,170 |      97,031 |      41,410 |      43,234 |  12,387 |      96,900
    Minnesota ..............|      48,245 |      51,998 |      54,449 |      56,010 |      29,463 |      25,009 |  1,538 |      53,457 |      27,950 |      25,507 |       0 |      53,450
    Mississippi ............|      29,293 |      29,441 |      31,140 |      30,722 |      15,441 |      10,035 |  5,246 |      31,006 |      15,573 |      10,126 |   5,307 |      32,757
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    Missouri................|      59,428 |      60,889 |      62,449 |      63,890 |      32,471 |      30,661 |    758 |      64,739 |      32,740 |      31,385 |     614 |      64,000
    Montana ................|      10,268 |      10,228 |      10,221 |      10,353 |       7,035 |       3,318 |      0 |      10,411 |       7,097 |       3,314 |       0 |      10,212
    Nebraska ...............|      20,174 |      20,065 |      20,310 |      20,766 |      12,310 |       8,311 |    145 |      20,983 |      12,618 |       8,365 |       0 |      21,004
    Nevada .................|      14,805 |      16,053 |      16,415 |      17,380 |       8,872 |       6,448 |  2,060 |      18,294 |       9,453 |       6,691 |   2,150 |      19,255
    New Hampshire ..........|      12,692 |      12,931 |      13,290 |      14,037 |       9,619 |       4,418 |      0 |      14,341 |       9,982 |       4,359 |       0 |      13,990
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    New Jersey .............|      87,642 |      89,671 |      92,264 |      95,883 |      54,243 |      27,226 | 14,414 |      99,718 |      57,673 |      27,688 |  14,357 |\4\  105,750
    New Mexico .............|      19,971 |      19,647 |      19,981 |      19,797 |      11,441 |       4,680 |  3,676 |      21,043 |      11,968 |       4,777 |   4,298 |      20,000
    New York ...............|     185,104 |     190,874 |     197,253 |     202,078 |     104,299 |      68,466 | 29,313 |     206,961 |     107,900 |      68,649 |  30,412 |     215,500
    North Carolina .........|      75,239 |      77,785 |      79,531 |      81,914 |      49,507 |      29,250 |  3,157 |      83,680 |      50,752 |      29,357 |   3,571 |      83,526
    North Dakota ...........|       7,892 |       8,070 |       7,974 |       8,150 |       4,862 |       3,288 |      0 |       8,141 |       4,862 |       3,279 |       0 |\5\    8,503
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    Ohio ...................|     108,515 |     110,761 |     113,984 |     116,200 |      78,068 |      37,827 |    305 |     118,361 |      79,212 |      38,971 |     178 |     118,000
    Oklahoma ...............|      39,568 |      40,215 |      40,876 |      41,498 |      19,268 |      17,684 |  4,546 |      41,318 |      19,429 |      17,707 |   4,182 |      41,452
    Oregon .................|      26,757 |      26,935 |      27,152 |      27,803 |      14,730 |       8,400 |  4,673 |      28,094 |      15,033 |       8,229 |   4,832 |      30,895
    Pennsylvania ...........|     106,432 |     108,014 |     111,065 |     114,525 |      52,804 |      47,289 | 14,432 |     116,963 |      53,774 |      48,018 |  15,171 |     116,900
    Rhode Island ...........|      10,656 |      10,598 |      11,124 |      11,041 |       4,856 |       4,555 |  1,630 |      10,646 |       4,635 |       4,405 |   1,606 |\5\   10,455
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    South Carolina .........|      41,463 |      42,336 |      43,689 |      45,468 |      31,786 |      13,682 |      0 |      45,380 |      32,377 |      12,835 |     168 |\5\   46,000
    South Dakota ...........|       9,625 |       9,282 |       9,273 |       9,384 |       5,666 |       2,630 |  1,088 |       9,397 |       5,714 |       2,650 |   1,033 |       9,089
    Tennessee ..............|      54,790 |      54,142 |      59,258 |      60,702 |      44,305 |      15,195 |  1,202 |      61,233 |      44,425 |      15,585 |   1,223 |      58,059
    Texas ..................|     247,650 |     254,557 |     259,739 |     267,935 |     130,273 |      98,495 | 39,167 |     274,826 |     134,823 |     108,539 |  31,464 |     281,427
    Utah ...................|      19,734 |      21,115 |      21,501 |      21,832 |      10,527 |       8,909 |  2,396 |      22,008 |      10,572 |       9,027 |   2,409 |      21,900
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    Vermont ................|       7,751 |       7,909 |       8,221 |       8,474 |       3,265 |       3,280 |  1,929 |       8,414 |       3,209 |       3,086 |   2,119 |\4\    8,250
    Virginia ...............|\3\   74,526 |\3\   77,575 |\3\   79,323 |\3\   85,037 |\3\   48,937 |      36,100 |      0 |\3\   91,560 |\3\   50,225 |      41,335 |       0 |      87,823
    Washington .............|      48,307 |      49,074 |      49,671 |      50,368 |      25,495 |      20,424 |  4,449 |      51,098 |      25,815 |      20,426 |   4,857 |\4\   51,584
    West Virginia...........|      20,888 |      20,947 |      20,989 |      21,082 |      10,337 |       7,016 |  3,729 |      20,930 |      10,293 |       6,905 |   3,732 |      19,970
    Wisconsin ..............|      54,769 |      55,732 |      61,176 |      60,778 |      42,699 |      18,079 |      0 |      62,332 |      44,125 |      18,207 |       0 |\6\   59,783
    Wyoming ................|       6,729 |       6,677 |       6,713 |       6,940 |       3,213 |       3,532 |    195 |       6,783 |       3,216 |       3,490 |      77 |       6,730
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    Bureau of Indian        |             |             |             |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |
       Affairs .............|         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |     --- |         ---
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    Department of Defense   |             |             |             |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |
      dependents schools:   |             |             |             |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |
      Overseas schools\7\ ..|       5,000 |       5,227 |       5,171 |       7,415 |       3,204 |       2,149 |  2,062 |       5,105 |       2,003 |       1,607 |   1,495 |         ---
      Domestic schools .....|         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |    --- |       2,400 |       1,166 |         509 |     725 |         ---
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         Outlying areas     |             |             |             |             |             |             |        |             |             |             |         |
    American Samoa .........|         734 |         762 |         764 |         801 |         577 |         209 |     15 |         820 |         582 |         223 |      15 |\6\      834
    Guam ...................|       1,552 |       1,363 |       1,052 |       1,809 |         954 |         840 |     15 |       1,975 |         977 |         998 |       0 |\4\    1,955
    Northern Marianas ......|         441 |         483 |         496 |         488 |         288 |         193 |      7 |         526 |         308 |         215 |       3 |\4\      543
    Puerto Rico ............|      39,743 |      38,953 |      39,781 |      41,349 |      21,870 |      15,952 |  3,527 |      37,620 |      19,976 |      14,449 |   3,195 |\4\   37,777
    Virgin Islands .........|       1,580 |       1,559 |       1,567 |       1,528 |         753 |         748 |     27 |       1,511 |         727 |         733 |      51 |       1,418
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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 count reported 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 include both overseas and domestic schools. Data for 2000 include only overseas schools.

    NOTE: Distribution of elementary and secondary teachers determined by reporting units. Elementary includes prekindergarten teachers. 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 February 2002.)

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