Table 2. Number of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state, for grades prekindergarten through 12: School years 1992-93 to 1996-97
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Reported Reported Reported Reported Estimated
State 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97
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United States 2,455,695 2,500,291 2,547,951 2,594,432 2,633,516 /a/
Alabama 41,567 42,550 42,339 44,056 42,492 /b/
Alaska 7,282 7,193 7,205 7,379 7,644
Arizona 36,076 37,493 38,132 38,017 38,509 /a/
Arkansas 25,978 26,014 26,181 26,449 29,194
California 215,738 218,497 221,699 227,224 228,028
Colorado 33,419 33,661 34,894 35,388 35,900
Connecticut 34,193 34,526 35,316 36,070 36,800
Delaware 6,252 6,380 6,416 6,463 6,642
District of Columbia 6,064 6,056 6,110 5,305 5,286 /a/
Florida 107,590 110,653 110,674 114,938 120,450
Georgia 66,942 74,172 77,914 79,480 81,683
Hawaii 10,083 10,111 10,240 10,500 10,675
Idaho 11,827 12,007 12,582 12,784 13,059
Illinois 111,461 110,874 110,830 113,538 115,859
Indiana 54,552 55,107 55,496 55,821 56,412
Iowa 31,403 31,616 31,726 32,318 32,549
Kansas 29,753 30,283 30,579 30,729 30,750
Kentucky 37,868 37,324 38,784 39,120 39,235
Louisiana 46,904 46,913 47,599 46,980 48,047
Maine 15,375 15,344 15,404 15,392 14,458
Maryland 44,495 44,171 46,565 47,819 47,005
Massachusetts 57,225 58,766 60,489 62,710 64,497 /a/
Michigan 82,301 80,267 80,522 83,179 84,200
Minnesota 45,050 46,956 46,958 46,971 47,600
Mississippi 27,829 28,376 28,866 28,997 29,237
Missouri 52,984 54,860 56,606 57,951 59,222
Montana 10,135 9,950 10,079 10,076 10,110
Nebraska 19,323 19,616 19,774 20,028 20,109 /b/
Nevada 11,953 12,579 13,414 13,878 14,723
New Hampshire 11,654 11,972 12,109 12,346 12,394
New Jersey 83,057 84,564 85,258 86,706 88,822 /a/
New Mexico 17,912 18,404 19,025 19,398 19,608 /b/
New York 176,375 179,413 182,273 181,559 185,063
North Carolina 66,630 69,421 71,592 73,201 73,839
North Dakota 7,794 7,755 7,796 7,501 7,706
Ohio 106,233 107,444 109,085 107,347 104,583
Oklahoma 38,433 39,031 39,406 39,364 39,350
Oregon 26,634 26,488 26,208 26,680 26,757
Pennsylvania 100,912 101,301 102,988 104,921 106,400
Rhode Island 10,069 9,823 10,066 10,482 10,586
South Carolina 37,295 38,620 39,437 39,922 40,640
South Dakota 8,767 9,557 9,985 9,641 9,474
Tennessee 43,566 46,066 47,406 53,403 51,369
Texas 219,385 224,830 234,213 240,371 247,526
Utah 19,191 19,053 19,524 20,039 20,224 /b/
Vermont 7,521 8,102 7,566 7,676 7,787 /a/
Virginia 68,181 70,220 72,350 74,568 80,896
Washington 44,295 45,524 46,439 46,907 47,479 /b/
West Virginia 20,961 21,029 21,024 21,073 20,642
Wisconsin 53,387 52,822 54,054 55,033 55,296
Wyoming 5,821 6,537 6,754 6,734 6,700
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Outlying Areas
American Samoa 725 656 698 728 738 /a/
Guam 1,628 1,644 1,826 1,802 1,854 /a/
Northern Marianas 425 431 406 422 421 /b/
Puerto Rico 38,381 39,816 39,933 39,328 39,748
Virgin Islands 1,595 1,570 1,528 1,622 1,603
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a/ Data estimated by NCES based on previous year's data.NOTE: Data labeled "reported" may differ from data reported in other NCES publications. All school year 1996-97 data are state estimates, except where noted. Estimates are as of March 1997.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data.
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