Table 65.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2006

State or jurisdiction	Fall 2000		Fall 2002		Fall 2003		Fall 2004		Fall 20051								Fall 2006
									Total		Elementary		Secondary		Ungraded		Total		Elementary		Secondary	Ungraded
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12	13
United States	2,941,461	2	3,034,123	2	3,048,652	2	3,090,925	2	3,143,003	2	1,733,703	2	1,177,698	2	231,602	2	3,180,396	2	1,673,234	2	1,250,771	256,391
Alabama	48,194	3	47,115	3	58,070		51,594		57,757		43,348		14,409		0		56,134		34,385		21,749	0
Alaska	7,880		8,080		7,808		7,756		7,912		5,608		2,304		0		7,903		4,127		3,776	0
Arizona	44,438		47,101		47,507		48,935		51,376		36,671		14,705		0		52,625		37,793		14,832	0
Arkansas	31,947		30,330		30,876		31,234		32,997		13,842		16,778		2,377		35,089		16,315		15,983	2,791
California	298,021	3	307,764	3	304,311	3	305,969	3	309,222	3	214,123	3	83,953		11,146		307,110	3	213,122	3	85,106	8,882
Colorado	41,983		45,401	2	44,904		45,165		45,841		23,213		22,628		0		46,973		23,798		23,175	0
Connecticut	41,044		42,296		42,370		38,808		39,687		26,322		12,177		1,188		39,115		25,945		12,126	1,044
Delaware	7,469		7,698		7,749		7,856		7,998		4,008		3,990		0		8,038		3,981		4,057	0
District of Columbia	4,949		5,005		5,676		5,387		5,481	4	2,885	4	2,316	4	280	4	5,394		2,837		2,273	284
Florida	132,030		138,226		144,955		154,864		158,962		70,501		62,190		26,271		162,851		72,116		64,334	26,401
Georgia	91,043		96,044		97,150		104,987		108,535		65,470		43,065		0		113,597		68,690		44,907	0
Hawaii	10,927		10,973		11,129		11,146		11,226		5,868		5,321		37		11,271		5,943		5,289	39
Idaho	13,714		13,896		14,049		14,269		14,521		7,515		7,006		0		14,770		7,690		7,080	0
Illinois	127,620		131,046		127,669		131,047		133,857		77,801		34,923		21,133		140,988		57,332		62,187	21,469
Indiana	59,226		59,968		59,924		60,563		60,592		31,811		26,413		2,368		61,315		33,451		27,843	21
Iowa	34,636		34,573		34,791		34,697		35,181		22,966		12,215		0		35,653		19,128		16,525	0
Kansas	32,742		32,643		32,589		32,932		33,608		14,829		15,069		3,710		35,297		16,418		18,713	166
Kentucky	39,589		40,662		41,246		41,463		42,413		24,407		9,811		8,195		43,371	3	21,615	3	10,101	11,655
Louisiana	49,915		50,062		50,495		49,192		44,660		31,392		13,268		0		45,951		32,186		13,765	0
Maine	16,559		16,837		17,621		16,656		16,684		11,143		5,541		0		16,826		11,432		5,159	235
Maryland	52,433		55,382		55,198		55,101		56,685		33,021		23,664		0		58,443		33,898		24,545	0
Massachusetts	67,432		74,214		72,062		73,399		73,596		40,862		20,253		12,481		73,157		41,984		20,793	10,380
Michigan	97,031		89,595		97,014		100,638		98,069		41,545	4	43,751	4	12,773	4	98,037		38,666		39,265	20,106
Minnesota	53,457		52,808		51,611		52,152		51,107		25,398		24,312		1,397		51,880		25,905		24,387	1,588
Mississippi	31,006		31,598		32,591		31,321		31,433		14,987		12,035		4,411		32,351		15,669		12,408	4,274
Missouri	64,735		66,717		65,169		65,847		67,076		34,896		32,180		0		67,398		34,956		32,442	0
Montana	10,411		10,362		10,301		10,224		10,369		6,927		3,442		0		10,398		6,944		3,454	0
Nebraska	20,983		21,043		20,921		21,236		21,359		13,799		7,560		0		21,459		13,588		7,755	116
Nevada	18,293		20,038		20,234		20,950		21,744		10,917		7,710		3,117		22,908		11,763		7,866	3,279
New Hampshire	14,341		14,977		15,112		15,298		15,536		10,665		4,871		0		15,515		10,582		4,933	0
New Jersey	99,061		107,004		109,077		114,875		112,673		43,891		68,782		0		112,301		45,494		48,157	18,650
New Mexico	21,042		21,172		21,569		21,730		22,021		15,212		6,809		0		22,016		15,628		6,388	0
New York	206,961		210,926		216,116		218,612	4	218,989		107,801		75,348		35,840		218,879		106,391		76,693	35,795
North Carolina	83,680		87,677		89,988		92,550		95,664		57,013		32,239		6,412		104,412		55,066		47,713	1,633
North Dakota	8,141		8,078		8,037		8,070		8,003		4,821		3,182		0		8,007		4,908		3,099	0
Ohio	118,361		125,372		121,735		118,060		117,982		80,210		37,772		0		110,390		50,725		50,289	9,376
Oklahoma	41,318		40,638		39,253		40,416		41,833		20,286		16,931		4,616		42,206		20,668		17,059	4,479
Oregon	28,094		27,126		26,732		27,431		28,346		13,364		9,573		5,409		26,443		17,697		7,856	890
Pennsylvania	116,963		118,256		119,889		121,167		122,397		52,714		52,694		16,989		123,375		50,346		53,274	19,755
Rhode Island	10,645		11,196		11,918		11,781		14,180	3	7,307	3	6,873		0		11,381		5,407		5,974	0
South Carolina	45,380		46,528		45,830		46,914		48,212		33,512		13,848		852		49,733		33,316		13,995	2,422
South Dakota	9,397		9,257		9,245		9,064		9,129		5,638		2,547		944		9,070		5,721		2,547	802
Tennessee	57,164		58,652		59,584		60,022		59,596		41,831		16,822		943		62,176		43,484		18,210	482
Texas	274,826		288,655		289,481		294,547		302,425		149,960		116,750		35,715		311,649		155,549		119,809	36,291
Utah	22,008		22,415		22,147		22,287	3	22,993		11,195		9,455		2,343		23,640		11,569		9,642	2,429
Vermont	8,414		8,542		8,749		8,720		8,851		3,365		3,542		1,944		8,859		3,413		3,614	1,832
Virginia	86,977	3	99,919		90,573		93,732		103,944		39,018		64,926		0		105,039		39,639		65,400	0
Washington	51,098		52,953		52,824		53,125		53,508		26,234		22,224		5,050		53,743		26,319		22,181	5,243
West Virginia	20,930		20,119		20,020		19,958		19,940		9,852		6,737		3,351		19,414		8,419		7,591	3,404
Wisconsin	60,165		60,385		58,216		60,521		60,127		40,522		19,391		214		59,089		27,921		31,003	165
Wyoming	6,783		6,799		6,567		6,657		6,706		3,217		3,393		96		6,757		3,295		3,449	13
Bureau of Indian Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	5,105		4,794		4,728		4,885		5,726		1,936		1,742		2,048		5,204		1,762		1,603	1,839
DoD, domestic	2,399		2,425		2,301		2,002		2,033		1,053		446		534		2,033		1,053		446	534
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	820		943		988		945		989		735		249		5		971		684		267	20
Guam	1,975		—		1,760		1,672		1,804		937		867		0		—		—		—	—
Northern Marianas	526		545		550		579		614		333		276		5		579		322		253	4
Puerto Rico	37,620		42,369		42,444		43,054		42,036		—		—		42,036		40,163		21,970		13,486	4,707
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,511		1,502		1,512		1,545		1,434		647		696		91		1,531		698		810	23

— Not available. 1 Data have been revised from previously published figures. 2 Includes imputed values for states. 3 Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers. 4 Imputed. NOTE: Distribution of elementary and secondary teachers determined by reporting units. Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). DoD = Department of Defense. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Educa-tion," 2000–01 through 2006–07. (This table was prepared August 2008.)