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Table 65. Public elementary and secondary teachers, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1996 to fall 2001

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                      |     Fall   |     Fall   |     Fall   |     Fall   |____________________________________________|________________________________________________
                      |     1996   |     1997   |     1998   |     1999   |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
State or jurisdiction |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
                      |            |            |            |            |     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\2,667,419|\2\2,746,157|\2\2,830,286|\2\2,910,633|\2\2,941,461|\2\1,663,202|1,051,651| 226,608|\2\2,997,748|\2\1,686,336|   1,078,501|  232,911
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Alabama ..............|\2\   45,035|\2\   45,967|\2\   47,766|\2\   48,624|\2\   48,194|\2\   27,927|   20,267|       0|\2\   46,796|\2\   27,498|      19,298|        0
Alaska ...............|       7,418|       7,625|       8,118|       7,838|       7,880|       5,115|    2,765|       0|       8,026|       5,184|       2,842|        0
Arizona ..............|      40,521|      41,129|      42,352|      43,892|      44,438|      31,916|   12,522|       0|      46,015|      32,982|      13,033|        0
Arkansas .............|\2\   26,681|\2\   26,931|      27,953|      31,362|      31,947|      13,941|   13,665|   4,341|      33,079|      12,427|      15,678|    4,974
California ...........|\2\  248,818|\2\  268,535|\2\  281,784|\2\  287,433|\2\  298,021|\2\  215,135|   76,098|   6,788|\2\  304,296|\2\  226,808|      77,488|        0
                      |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
Colorado .............|      36,398|      37,840|      39,434|      40,772|      41,983|      21,409|   20,574|       0|      44,182|      22,581|      21,601|        0
Connecticut ..........|      36,551|      37,658|      38,772|      39,907|      41,044|      24,104|   11,944|   4,996|      41,773|      24,383|      12,305|    5,085
Delaware .............|       6,642|       6,850|       7,074|       7,318|       7,469|       3,781|    3,688|       0|       7,571|       3,778|       3,793|        0
District of Columbia .|       5,288|       4,388|       5,187|\2\    4,812|       4,949|       3,152|    1,248|     549|       4,951|       2,612|       1,599|      740
Florida ..............|     120,471|     124,473|     126,796|     130,336|     132,030|      57,742|   51,028|  23,260|     134,684|      58,240|      52,204|   24,240
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Georgia ..............|      81,795|      86,244|      88,658|      90,638|      91,043|      53,034|   38,009|       0|      92,732|      53,850|      38,882|        0
Hawaii ...............|      10,576|      10,653|      10,639|      10,866|      10,927|       5,984|    4,896|      47|      11,007|       5,971|       5,000|       36
Idaho ................|      13,078|      13,207|      13,426|      13,641|      13,714|       6,981|    6,733|       0|      13,854|       7,077|       6,777|        0
Illinois .............|     116,274|     118,734|     121,758|     124,815|     127,620|      76,483|   31,727|  19,410|     129,600|      77,508|      32,161|   19,931
Indiana...............|      56,708|      57,371|      58,084|      58,864|      59,226|      30,840|   25,683|   2,703|      59,659|      31,154|      25,782|    2,723
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Iowa .................|      32,593|      32,700|      32,822|      33,480|      34,636|      20,994|   12,368|   1,274|      34,906|      21,376|      12,479|    1,051
Kansas ...............|      30,875|      31,527|      32,003|      32,969|      32,742|      14,628|   14,680|   3,434|      33,084|      14,774|      14,791|    3,519
Kentucky .............|      39,331|      40,488|      40,803|      41,954|      39,589|      21,542|   11,750|   6,297|      40,376|      17,404|      15,947|    7,025
Louisiana ............|      47,334|      48,599|      49,124|      50,031|      49,915|      34,775|   14,797|     344|      49,980|      34,983|      14,742|      255
Maine ................|      15,551|      15,700|      15,890|      16,349|      16,559|      11,232|    5,327|       0|      16,741|      11,318|       5,423|        0
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Maryland .............|      47,943|      48,318|      49,840|      50,995|      52,433|      31,518|   20,915|       0|      53,774|      32,312|      21,462|        0
Massachusetts ........|      64,574|      67,170|      69,752|      77,596|      67,432|      31,216|   30,300|   5,916|      68,942|      24,203|      33,655|   11,084
Michigan .............|      88,051|      90,529|      93,220|      96,094|      97,031|      41,410|   43,234|  12,387|      98,849|      42,119|      44,028|   12,702
Minnesota ............|      48,245|      51,998|      54,449|      56,010|      53,457|      27,950|   25,507|       0|      53,081|      27,698|      25,364|       19
Mississippi ..........|      29,293|      29,441|      31,140|      30,722|      31,006|      15,573|   10,126|   5,307|      31,214|      15,668|      11,088|    4,458
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Missouri..............|      59,428|      60,889|      62,449|      63,890|      64,735|      32,740|   31,385|     610|      65,240|      33,088|      31,659|      493
Montana ..............|      10,268|      10,228|      10,221|      10,353|      10,411|       7,097|    3,314|       0|      10,408|       6,972|       3,436|        0
Nebraska .............|      20,174|      20,065|      20,310|      20,766|      20,983|      12,513|    8,365|     105|      21,083|      12,563|       8,350|      170
Nevada ...............|      14,805|      16,053|      16,415|      17,380|      18,293|       9,453|    6,691|   2,150|      19,276|       9,705|       6,937|    2,634
New Hampshire ........|      12,692|      12,931|      13,290|      14,037|      14,341|       9,982|    4,359|       0|      14,677|      10,184|       4,493|        0
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New Jersey ...........|      87,642|      89,671|      92,264|      95,883|      99,061|      56,149|   27,554|  15,358|     103,611|      59,053|      28,172|   16,386
New Mexico ...........|      19,971|      19,647|      19,981|      19,797|      21,042|      11,968|    4,777|   4,298|      21,823|      12,623|       4,837|    4,363
New York .............|     185,104|     190,874|     197,253|     202,078|     206,961|     107,900|   68,649|  30,412|     209,128|     108,333|      69,480|   31,315
North Carolina .......|      75,239|      77,785|      79,531|      81,914|      83,680|      50,752|   29,357|   3,571|      85,684|      51,491|      29,999|    4,194
North Dakota .........|       7,892|       8,070|       7,974|       8,150|       8,141|       4,862|    3,279|       0|       8,035|       4,761|       3,274|        0
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Ohio .................|     108,515|     110,761|     113,984|     116,200|     118,361|      79,212|   38,971|     178|     122,115|      81,453|      40,497|      165
Oklahoma .............|      39,568|      40,215|      40,876|      41,498|      41,318|      19,429|   17,707|   4,182|      41,632|      19,468|      17,863|    4,301
Oregon ...............|      26,757|      26,935|      27,152|      27,803|      28,094|      15,033|    8,229|   4,832|      28,402|      15,122|       8,068|    5,212
Pennsylvania .........|     106,432|     108,014|     111,065|     114,525|     116,963|      53,774|   48,018|  15,171|     118,470|      54,076|      48,595|   15,799
Rhode Island .........|      10,656|      10,598|      11,124|      11,041|      10,645|       4,634|    4,405|   1,606|      11,104|       4,677|       4,657|    1,770
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South Carolina .......|      41,463|      42,336|      43,689|      45,468|      45,380|      32,377|   12,835|     168|      46,617|      32,728|      13,158|      731
South Dakota .........|       9,625|       9,282|       9,273|       9,384|       9,397|       5,714|    2,650|   1,034|       9,370|       5,702|       2,646|    1,022
Tennessee ............|      54,790|      54,142|      59,258|      60,702|      57,164|      40,356|   15,585|   1,223|\2\   58,358|\2\   41,565|      15,735|    1,058
Texas ................|     247,650|     254,557|     259,739|     267,935|     274,826|     134,823|  108,539|  31,464|     282,847|     139,463|     110,911|   32,473
Utah .................|      19,734|      21,115|      21,501|      21,832|      22,008|      10,572|    9,027|   2,409|      22,211|      10,702|       9,088|    2,421
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Vermont ..............|       7,751|       7,909|       8,221|       8,474|       8,414|       3,209|    3,086|   2,119|       8,554|       3,255|       3,053|    2,246
Virginia .............|\2\   74,526|\2\   77,575|\2\   79,323|\2\   85,037|\2\   86,977|\2\   50,354|   36,623|       0|      89,314|      52,179|      37,135|        0
Washington ...........|      48,307|      49,074|      49,671|      50,368|      51,098|      25,815|   20,426|   4,857|      52,534|      26,704|      21,078|    4,752
West Virginia.........|      20,888|      20,947|      20,989|      21,082|      20,930|      10,293|    6,905|   3,732|      20,139|      10,177|       6,759|    3,203
Wisconsin ............|      54,769|      55,732|      61,176|      60,778|      60,165|      42,591|   17,574|       0|      60,918|      43,194|      17,724|        0
Wyoming ..............|       6,729|       6,677|       6,713|       6,940|       6,783|       3,216|    3,490|      77|       7,026|       3,190|       3,475|      361
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Bureau of Indian      |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
  Affairs ............|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |     --- |    --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |     ---
Department of Defense |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
 dependents schools:  |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
  Overseas schools ...|       5,000|       5,227|       5,171|\3\    7,415|       5,105|       2,003|    1,607|   1,495|       5,154|       1,993|       1,737|    1,424
  Domestic schools ...|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |       2,342|       1,109|      509|     725|       2,486|       1,161|         520|      805
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    Outlying areas    |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |            |
American Samoa .......|         734|         762|         764|         801|         820|         582|      223|      15|         914|         641|         254|       19
Guam .................|       1,552|       1,363|       1,052|       1,809|       1,975|         977|      998|       0|       1,918|         839|         771|      308
Northern Marianas ....|         441|         483|         496|         488|         526|         308|      215|       3|         519|         308|         208|        3
Puerto Rico ..........|      39,743|      38,953|      39,781|      41,349|      37,620|      19,976|   14,449|   3,195|      42,906|      23,954|      16,469|    2,483
Virgin Islands .......|       1,580|       1,559|       1,567|       1,528|       1,511|         727|      733|      51|        --- |           -|           -|     ---
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\1\Data have been revised from previously published figures.
\2\Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers.
\3\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," 1996-97 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared July 2003.)

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