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Table 66  Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state: Fall 1993 to fall 1998 [In full-time equivalents]

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                      |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |_________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________|  Estimated,
                      |   1993   |   1994   |   1995   |             |             |            |        |             |             |            |            |    fall
 State or other area  |          |          |          |             |             |            |        |             |             |            |            |    1998\2\
                      |          |          |          |     Total   |   Elementary|   Secondary| Unclas-|     Total   |   Elementary|   Secondary|    Unclas- |
                      |          |          |          |             |             |            | sified |             |             |            |    sified  |
______________________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|____________|________|_____________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________
          1           |    2     |    3     |    4     |       5     |       6     |       7    |   8    |       9     |       10    |      11    |      12    |     13
______________________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|____________|________|_____________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________
   United States .....|2,503,901 |2,551,875 |2,598,220 |\3\2,667,419 |\3\1,475,650 |    966,544 |225,225 |\3\2,744,493 |\3\1,518,939 |\3\ 983,217 |    242,337 |\4\2,787,154
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Alabama ..............|   43,003 |   42,791 |   44,056 |\3\   45,035 |\3\   25,393 |     19,642 |    --- |\3\   45,973 |\3\   25,788 |     20,185 |        --- |      46,196
Alaska ...............|    7,193 |    7,205 |    7,379 |       7,418 |       4,806 |      2,612 |    --- |       7,625 |       4,856 |      2,769 |        --- |       7,858
Arizona ..............|   37,493 |   38,132 |   38,017 |      40,521 |      29,581 |     10,940 |    --- |      41,129 |      29,726 |     11,403 |        --- |\4\   42,032
Arkansas .............|   26,014 |   26,181 |   26,449 |\3\   26,681 |\3\   14,008 |     12,399 |    274 |\3\   26,932 |\3\   14,038 |     12,706 |        188 |\4\   26,971
California ...........|  221,787 |  225,016 |  230,849 |\3\  248,818 |\3\  160,140 |     63,609 | 25,069 |\3\  268,581 |\3\  175,489 |     66,388 |     26,704 |\4\  270,639
                      |          |          |          |             |             |            |        |             |             |            |            |
Colorado .............|   33,661 |   34,894 |   35,388 |      36,398 |      18,623 |     17,775 |    --- |      37,840 |      19,314 |     18,526 |        --- |      38,975
Connecticut ..........|   34,526 |   35,316 |   36,070 |      36,551 |      21,418 |     10,812 |  4,321 |      37,658 |      21,964 |     11,067 |      4,627 |      40,754
Delaware .............|    6,380 |    6,416 |    6,463 |       6,642 |       3,278 |      3,364 |    --- |       6,850 |       3,362 |      3,488 |        --- |       6,701
District of Columbia .|    6,056 |    6,110 |    5,305 |       5,288 |       3,066 |      1,815 |    407 |\4\    4,399 |\4\    2,584 |\4\   1,815 |        --- |\4\    4,115
Florida ..............|  110,653 |  110,674 |  114,938 |     120,471 |      52,755 |     44,902 | 22,814 |     124,473 |      53,483 |     47,411 |     23,579 |\5\  128,791
                      |          |          |          |             |             |            |        |             |             |            |            |
Georgia ..............|   74,172 |   77,914 |   79,480 |      81,795 |      48,062 |     33,733 |    --- |      85,005 |      50,043 |     34,962 |        --- |      87,555
Hawaii ...............|   10,111 |   10,240 |   10,500 |      10,576 |       6,020 |      4,513 |     43 |      10,653 |       6,146 |      4,463 |         44 |      10,550
Idaho ................|   12,007 |   12,582 |   12,784 |      13,078 |       6,641 |      6,274 |    163 |      13,207 |       6,750 |      6,300 |        157 |      14,100
Illinois .............|  110,874 |  110,830 |  113,538 |     116,274 |      69,592 |     29,826 | 16,856 |     118,734 |      71,234 |     30,164 |     17,336 |     122,775
Indiana...............|   55,107 |   55,496 |   55,821 |      56,708 |      28,730 |     25,154 |  2,824 |      57,371 |      29,154 |     25,368 |      2,849 |      57,927
                      |          |          |          |             |             |            |        |             |             |            |            |
Iowa .................|   31,616 |   31,726 |   32,318 |      32,593 |      19,420 |     11,997 |  1,176 |      32,717 |      19,504 |     12,088 |      1,125 |      33,686
Kansas ...............|   30,283 |   30,579 |   30,729 |      30,875 |      14,700 |     13,133 |  3,042 |      31,527 |      14,761 |     13,469 |      3,297 |      31,493
Kentucky .............|   37,324 |   38,784 |   39,120 |      39,331 |      27,402 |     11,929 |    --- |      40,488 |      28,685 |     11,803 |        --- |      40,381
Louisiana ............|   46,913 |   47,599 |   46,980 |      47,334 |\6\   27,922 |\6\  19,412 |    --- |      48,599 |      33,715 |     14,280 |        604 |      48,928
Maine ................|   15,344 |   15,404 |   15,392 |      15,551 |      10,638 |      4,913 |    --- |      15,700 |      10,729 |      4,971 |        --- |      16,877
                      |          |          |          |             |             |            |        |             |             |            |            |
Maryland .............|   44,171 |   46,565 |   47,819 |      47,943 |      24,305 |     23,638 |    --- |      48,318 |      24,378 |     23,940 |        --- |      49,490
Massachusetts ........|   58,766 |   60,489 |   62,710 |      64,574 |      23,850 |     31,983 |  8,741 |      67,170 |      24,568 |     33,319 |      9,283 |\4\   68,482
Michigan .............|   80,267 |   80,522 |   83,179 |      88,051 |      38,025 |     40,210 |  9,816 |      90,529 |      39,219 |     41,117 |     10,193 |      90,200
Minnesota ............|   46,956 |   46,958 |   46,971 |      48,245 |      25,136 |     23,096 |     13 |      51,998 |      27,262 |     24,709 |         27 |      52,700
Mississippi ..........|   28,376 |   28,866 |   28,997 |      29,293 |      14,925 |      9,283 |  5,085 |      29,441 |      14,956 |      9,464 |      5,021 |      29,840
                      |          |          |          |             |             |            |        |             |             |            |            |
Missouri..............|   54,860 |   56,606 |   57,951 |      59,428 |      30,163 |     28,520 |    745 |      60,869 |      30,595 |     29,535 |        739 |\4\   61,790
Montana ..............|    9,949 |   10,079 |   10,076 |      10,268 |       7,002 |      3,266 |    --- |      10,228 |       7,007 |      3,221 |        --- |      10,200
Nebraska .............|   19,616 |   19,774 |   20,028 |      20,174 |      11,570 |      8,523 |     81 |      20,139 |      11,692 |      8,373 |         74 |\4\   20,237
Nevada ...............|   12,579 |   13,414 |   13,878 |      14,805 |       7,570 |      5,330 |  1,905 |      16,053 |       8,175 |      5,752 |      2,126 |      16,835
New Hampshire ........|   11,972 |   12,109 |   12,346 |      12,692 |       8,895 |      3,797 |    --- |      12,931 |       8,851 |      4,080 |        --- |      12,469
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New Jersey ...........|   84,564 |   85,258 |   86,706 |      87,642 |      49,010 |     26,207 | 12,425 |\3\   89,671 |\3\   50,329 |\3\  26,383 |\3\  12,959 |\4\   93,102
New Mexico ...........|   18,404 |   19,025 |   19,398 |      19,971 |      11,676 |      4,599 |  3,696 |      19,647 |      11,476 |      4,644 |      3,527 |      19,786
New York .............|  179,413 |  182,273 |  181,559 |     185,104 |      94,316 |     63,744 | 27,044 |     190,874 |      97,428 |     65,232 |     28,214 |     201,000
North Carolina .......|   69,421 |   71,592 |   73,201 |      75,239 |      45,402 |     26,866 |  2,971 |      77,785 |      47,230 |     27,697 |      2,858 |      77,486
North Dakota .........|    7,755 |    7,796 |    7,501 |       7,892 |       4,892 |      3,000 |    --- |       8,070 |       5,007 |      3,063 |        --- |\5\    7,840
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Ohio .................|  107,444 |  109,085 |  107,347 |     108,515 |      71,799 |     36,472 |    244 |     110,757 |      73,577 |     36,951 |        229 |\4\  111,283
Oklahoma .............|   39,031 |   39,406 |   39,364 |      39,568 |      18,446 |     16,927 |  4,195 |      40,215 |      18,667 |     17,348 |      4,200 |      40,943
Oregon ...............|   26,488 |   26,208 |   26,680 |      26,757 |      14,137 |      8,675 |  3,945 |      26,935 |      14,491 |      8,210 |      4,234 |\5\   27,289
Pennsylvania .........|  101,302 |  102,988 |  104,921 |     106,432 |      48,647 |     44,851 | 12,934 |     108,014 |      49,412 |     45,221 |     13,381 |     108,350
Rhode Island .........|    9,823 |   10,066 |   10,482 |      10,656 |       4,897 |      4,280 |  1,479 |      10,598 |       4,709 |      4,385 |      1,504 |      10,704
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South Carolina .......|   38,620 |   39,437 |   39,922 |      41,463 |      28,381 |     13,082 |    --- |      42,336 |      29,187 |     13,149 |        --- |      42,120
South Dakota .........|    9,557 |    9,985 |    9,641 |       9,625 |       5,902 |      2,700 |  1,023 |       9,282 |       5,532 |      2,846 |        904 |       9,275
Tennessee ............|   46,066 |   47,406 |   53,403 |      54,790 |      39,498 |     13,762 |  1,530 |      54,142 |      38,129 |     14,610 |      1,403 |      53,119
Texas ................|  224,830 |  234,213 |  240,371 |     247,650 |     121,146 |     88,160 | 38,344 |     254,557 |     119,865 |     87,379 |     47,313 |     254,811
Utah .................|   19,053 |   19,524 |   20,039 |      19,734 |       9,250 |      7,958 |  2,526 |      21,115 |      10,058 |      8,681 |      2,376 |      21,000
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Vermont ..............|    7,330 |    7,566 |    7,676 |       7,751 |       3,095 |      3,024 |  1,632 |       7,909 |       3,145 |      3,066 |      1,698 |       8,069
Virginia .............|   70,859 |   72,505 |   74,731 |\3\   74,526 |\3\   45,738 |     28,788 |    --- |\3\   75,524 |\3\   46,468 |     29,056 |        --- |\4\   76,791
Washington ...........|   45,524 |   46,439 |   46,907 |      48,307 |      24,812 |     19,289 |  4,206 |      49,074 |      24,817 |     19,937 |      4,320 |      49,316
West Virginia.........|   21,029 |   21,024 |   21,073 |      20,888 |      10,286 |      7,087 |  3,515 |      20,947 |      10,267 |      7,065 |      3,615 |      20,856
Wisconsin ............|   52,822 |   54,054 |   55,033 |      54,769 |      37,512 |     17,257 |    --- |      57,227 |      38,001 |     17,731 |      1,495 |\4\   57,837
Wyoming ..............|    6,537 |    6,754 |    6,734 |       6,729 |       3,172 |      3,416 |    141 |       6,677 |       3,116 |      3,427 |        134 |       6,630
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    Outlying areas    |          |          |          |             |             |            |        |             |             |            |            |
American Samoa .......|      656 |      698 |      728 |         734 |         519 |        200 |     15 |         762 |         538 |        209 |         15 |\5\      887
Guam .................|    1,644 |    1,826 |    1,802 |       1,416 |         698 |        703 |     15 |       1,363 |         612 |        622 |        129 |\5\    1,383
Northern Marianas ....|      431 |      406 |      422 |         441 |         260 |        181 |    --- |         483 |         281 |        199 |          3 |\5\      496
Puerto Rico ..........|   39,816 |   39,933 |   39,328 |      36,498 |      21,977 |     14,521 |      0 |      38,953 |      21,895 |     14,268 |      2,790 |\4\   38,985
Virgin Islands .......|    1,570 |    1,528 |    1,622 |       4,763 |         729 |        789 |  3,245 |       1,559 |         772 |        777 |         10 |       1,556
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\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 preliminary count by state.
\6\Data disaggregated from reported data.
---Data not available, not reported, or not applicable.

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, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared June 1999.)


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