Table 65.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2007

State or jurisdiction	Fall 2000		Fall 2003		Fall 2004		Fall 2005		Fall 20061								Fall 2007
									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	3,048,652	2	3,090,925	2	3,143,003	2	3,166,391	2	1,666,282	2	1,247,403	2	252,706	2	3,178,142	2	1,688,240	2	1,258,069	231,833
Alabama	48,194	3	58,070		51,594		57,757		56,134		34,385		21,749		0		50,420		29,086		21,334	0
Alaska	7,880		7,808		7,756		7,912		7,903		4,127		3,776		0		7,613		3,897		3,716	0
Arizona	44,438		47,507		48,935		51,376		52,625		37,793		14,832		0		54,032		38,807		15,225	0
Arkansas	31,947		30,876		31,234		32,997		35,089		16,315		15,983		2,791		33,882		17,942		13,520	2,420
California	298,021	3	304,311	3	305,969	3	309,222	3	307,366	3	213,380	3	85,106		8,880		305,230	3	209,146	3	86,030	10,054
Colorado	41,983		44,904		45,165		45,841		46,973		23,798		23,175		0		47,761		26,947		20,814	0
Connecticut	41,044		42,370		38,808		39,687		39,115		25,945		12,126		1,044		39,304		26,005		12,259	1,040
Delaware	7,469		7,749		7,856		7,998		8,038		3,981		4,057		0		8,198		4,110		4,088	0
District of Columbia	4,949		5,676		5,387		5,481	4	5,383	4	2,828	4	2,271	4	284	4	6,347		3,238		2,619	490
Florida	132,030		144,955		154,864		158,962		162,851		72,116		64,334		26,401		168,737		75,670		67,019	26,048
Georgia	91,043		97,150		104,987		108,535		113,597		68,690		44,907		0		116,857		71,109		45,681	67
Hawaii	10,927		11,129		11,146		11,226		11,271		5,943		5,289		39		11,397		6,075		5,280	42
Idaho	13,714		14,049		14,269		14,521		14,770		7,690		7,080		0		15,013		7,874		7,139	0
Illinois	127,620		127,669		131,047		133,857		140,988		57,332		62,187		21,469		136,571		56,585		58,489	21,497
Indiana	59,226		59,924		60,563		60,592		61,346		33,470		27,855		21		62,334		33,870		28,074	390
Iowa	34,636		34,791		34,697		35,181		35,653		19,128		16,525		0		36,089		19,608		16,481	0
Kansas	32,742		32,589		32,932		33,608		35,297		16,418		18,713		166		35,359		16,604		18,572	183
Kentucky	39,589		41,246		41,463		42,413		43,371		21,615		10,101		11,655		43,536		21,699		10,168	11,669
Louisiana	49,915		50,495		49,192		44,660		45,951		32,186		13,765		0		48,610		34,042		14,568	0
Maine	16,559		17,621		16,656		16,684		16,826		11,432		5,159		235		16,558		11,351		5,207	0
Maryland	52,433		55,198		55,101		56,685		58,443		33,898		24,545		0		59,320		34,449		24,871	0
Massachusetts	67,432		72,062		73,399		73,596		73,157		41,984		20,793		10,380		70,719		47,026		23,693	0
Michigan	97,031		97,014		100,638		98,069		98,037		38,666		39,265		20,106		96,204		38,063		38,343	19,798
Minnesota	53,457		51,611		52,152		51,107		51,880		25,905		24,387		1,588		52,975		27,012		24,483	1,480
Mississippi	31,006		32,591		31,321		31,433		32,351		15,669		12,408		4,274		33,560		16,149		13,103	4,308
Missouri	64,735		65,169		65,847		67,076		67,521		34,983		32,538		0		68,430		35,420		33,010	0
Montana	10,411		10,301		10,224		10,369		10,398		6,944		3,454		0		10,519		7,082		3,437	0
Nebraska	20,983		20,921		21,236		21,359		21,459		13,588		7,755		116		21,930		13,996		7,847	87
Nevada	18,293		20,234		20,950		21,744		22,908		11,763		7,866		3,279		23,423		12,003		8,067	3,353
New Hampshire	14,341		15,112		15,298		15,536		15,515		10,582		4,933		0		15,484		10,576		4,908	0
New Jersey	99,061		109,077		114,875		112,673		112,301		45,494		48,157		18,650		111,500		47,442		46,343	17,715
New Mexico	21,042		21,569		21,730		22,021		22,016		15,628		6,388		0		22,300		15,589		6,629	82
New York	206,961		216,116		218,612	4	218,989		218,879		106,391		76,693		35,795		211,854		102,626		71,116	38,112
North Carolina	83,680		89,988		92,550		95,664		112,304		62,958		47,713		1,633		106,562		56,192		48,685	1,685
North Dakota	8,141		8,037		8,070		8,003		8,007		4,908		3,099		0		8,068		4,970		3,098	0
Ohio	118,361		121,735		118,060		117,982		110,459		52,136		52,596		5,727		109,766		52,616		52,498	4,652
Oklahoma	41,318		39,253		40,416		41,833		42,206		20,668		17,059		4,479		46,735		22,276		19,974	4,485
Oregon	28,094		26,732		27,431		28,346		29,940		20,175		8,875		890		30,013		20,677		9,120	216
Pennsylvania	116,963		119,889		121,167		122,397		123,114		50,218		53,175		19,721		135,234		62,770		63,313	9,151
Rhode Island	10,645		11,918		11,781		14,180	3	11,381		5,407		5,974		0		11,271		5,383		5,888	0
South Carolina	45,380		45,830		46,914		48,212		49,284		14,980		31,882		2,422		47,382		14,200		30,757	2,425
South Dakota	9,397		9,245		9,064		9,129		9,070		5,721		2,547		802		9,416		5,729		2,533	1,154
Tennessee	57,164		59,584		60,022		59,596		62,176		43,484		18,210		482		64,659		44,454		18,626	1,579
Texas	274,826		289,481		294,547		302,425		311,649		155,549		119,809		36,291		321,929		159,819		123,974	38,136
Utah	22,008		22,147		22,287	3	22,993		23,640		11,569		9,642		2,429		24,336		12,165		9,711	2,460
Vermont	8,414		8,749		8,720		8,851		8,859		3,413		3,614		1,832		8,749		3,399		3,601	1,749
Virginia	86,977	3	90,573		93,732		103,944		79,688		39,061		40,627		0		71,861		34,907		36,954	0
Washington	51,098		52,824		53,125		53,508		53,743		26,319		22,181		5,243		53,960		26,518		22,264	5,178
West Virginia	20,930		20,020		19,958		19,940		19,633		8,441		7,788		3,404		20,306		9,493		10,813	0
Wisconsin	60,165		58,216		60,521		60,127		59,089		27,921		31,003		165		58,914		28,023		30,763	128
Wyoming	6,783		6,567		6,657		6,706		6,737		3,287		3,437		13		6,915		3,551		3,364	0
Bureau of Indian    Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	5,105		4,728		4,885		5,726		5,204		1,762		1,603		1,839		4,147		1,610		1,519	1,018
DoD, domestic	2,399		2,301		2,002		2,033		2,033		1,053		446		534		2,243		992		433	818
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	820		988		945		989		971		684		267		20		—		—		—	—
Guam	1,975		1,760		1,672		1,804		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—
Northern Marianas	526		550		579		614		579		322		253		4		550		310		236	4
Puerto Rico	37,620		42,444		43,054		42,036		40,163		21,970		13,486		4,707		40,826		21,357		14,017	5,452
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,511		1,512		1,545		1,434		1,531		698		810		23		1,518		643		588	287

—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 Education," 2000-01 through 2007-08. (This table was prepared September 2009.)