Table 23.--Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Fall 1970 to fall 1995 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percentage change | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_______________________________________ State or |Fall 1970 | Fall 1971 | Fall 1972 |Fall 1973 |Fall 1974 |Fall 1975 | Fall 1976 | Fall 1977 | Fall 1978 | Fall 1979 |Fall 1980 | Fall 1981 |Fall 1982 |Fall 1983 |Fall 1984 |Fall 1985 | Fall 1986 |Fall 1987 |Fall 1988 |Fall 1989 |Fall 1990 |Fall 1991 |Fall 1992 |Fall 1993 |Fall 1994 |Fall 1995 |Fall 1970|Fall 1985|Fall 1990|Fall 1985 other area | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | to | to | to | to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |fall 1995|fall 1990|fall 1995|fall 1995 ______________________|__________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 ______________________|__________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________ United States ....|2,058,744 |\1\2,062,933 |\1\2,105,716 |2,135,879 |2,164,548 |2,197,670 |\1\2,189,197 |\1\2,208,672 |\1\2,206,803 | 2,184,877 |2,184,216 |\1\2,127,402 |2,132,792 |2,138,821 |2,167,950 |2,205,987 |\1\2,243,579 |2,279,241 |2,323,213 |2,356,702 |2,398,169 |2,432,243 |2,458,956 |2,503,901 |2,551,875 |2,598,220 | 26.2 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 17.8 |__________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Alabama ..............| 33,026 | 33,172 | 33,730 | 34,234 | 35,380 | 36,675 |\2\ 37,259 |\3\ 37,980 | 40,771 | 31,967 | 36,172 |\2\ 36,000 | 35,619 | 35,875 | 36,647 | 36,138 | 36,971 | 37,716 | 38,845 | 39,928 | 36,266 | 40,480 | 41,961 | 43,003 | 42,791 | 44,056 | 33.4 | 0.4 | 21.5 | 21.9 Alaska ...............| 3,821 | 4,087 | 4,142 | 4,046 | 4,090 | 4,577 | 4,475 | 4,915 | 5,057 | 5,130 | 5,225 | 5,665 | 5,710 | 6,259 | 6,127 | 6,814 | 6,448 | 6,113 | 6,272 | 6,492 | 6,710 | 7,118 | 7,282 | 7,193 | 7,205 | 7,379 | 93.1 | -1.5 | 10.0 | 8.3 Arizona ..............| 18,772 | 19,010 | 20,368 | 21,352 | 21,206 | 22,978 | 23,482 | 24,189 | 25,654 | 26,205 | 25,713 | 25,601 | 26,190 | 26,268 | 26,900 | 27,935 | 29,104 | 30,707 | 31,617 | 32,134 | 32,987 | 33,978 | 36,076 | 37,493 | 38,132 | 38,017 | 102.5 | 18.1 | 15.2 | 36.1 Arkansas .............| 21,122 | 20,305 | 20,611 | 20,053 | 20,678 | 21,256 | 21,821 | 22,463 | 23,112 | 23,851 | 24,078 | 23,497 | 23,713 | 23,696 | 23,985 | 24,767 | 24,944 | 25,572 | 27,730 | 25,585 | 25,984 | 25,785 | 26,017 | 26,014 | 26,181 | 26,449 | 25.2 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 6.8 California ...........| 193,000 | 199,178 | 198,483 | 200,475 | 202,929 | 205,000 | 206,563 | 207,000 | 207,000 | 194,237 | 193,846 | 175,000 | 174,674 | 174,290 | 178,310 | 184,151 | 190,484 | 195,864 | 203,342 | 212,687 | 217,228 | 224,000 | 218,566 | 221,787 | 225,016 | 230,849 | 19.6 | 18.0 | 6.3 | 25.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| 24,450 | 24,593 | 25,476 | 26,392 | 26,279 | 28,451 | 29,259 | 29,158 | 29,461 | 29,675 | 29,840 | 29,462 | 29,375 | 28,417 | 28,824 | 29,894 | 30,704 | 31,168 | 31,398 | 31,954 | 32,342 | 33,093 | 33,419 | 33,661 | 34,894 | 35,388 | 44.7 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 18.4 Connecticut ..........| 31,323 | 33,909 | 34,077 | 34,750 | 35,474 | 35,673 | 36,299 | 36,425 | 35,739 | 35,225 | 34,584 | 33,723 | 32,760 | 32,317 | 32,618 | 32,903 | 34,252 | 35,050 | 35,502 | 34,618 | 34,785 | 34,383 | 34,193 | 34,526 | 35,316 | 36,070 | 15.2 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 9.6 Delaware .............| 6,034 | 6,220 | 6,220 | 6,280 | 6,349 | 6,335 | 6,235 | 6,029 | 6,014 | 6,021 | 5,626 | 5,331 | 5,409 | 5,429 | 5,577 | 5,745 | 5,883 | 5,951 | 5,898 | 5,982 | 5,961 | 6,095 | 6,252 | 6,380 | 6,416 | 6,463 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 12.5 District of Columbia .| 7,486 | 6,529 | 6,561 | 6,580 | 6,928 | 6,642 | 6,057 | 6,022 | 5,964 | 5,946 | 5,238 | 5,132 | 5,355 | 5,569 | 5,889 | 6,137 | 5,984 | 6,232 | 5,936 | 6,055 | 5,950 | 6,346 | 6,064 | 6,056 | 6,110 | 5,305 | -29.1 | -3.0 | -10.8 | -13.6 Florida ..............| 62,419 | 63,245 | 66,563 | 67,532 | 70,842 | 72,836 | 73,505 | 70,598 | 71,856 | 71,853 | 73,983 | 74,872 | 83,301 | 85,028 | 86,264 | 88,973 | 91,969 | 95,857 | 100,370 | 104,127 | 108,088 | 109,939 | 107,590 | 110,653 | 110,674 | 114,938 | 84.1 | 21.5 | 6.3 | 29.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 44,007 | 44,732 | 44,536 | 45,375 | 46,446 | 47,382 | 46,451 | 52,920 | 53,000 | 52,292 | 56,514 | 56,217 | 56,510 | 56,555 | 56,294 | 57,374 | 57,881 | 62,280 | 59,916 | 61,487 | 63,058 | 63,816 | 66,942 | 74,172 | 77,914 | 79,480 | 80.6 | 9.9 | 26.0 | 38.5 Hawaii ...............| 7,985 | 8,235 | 8,310 | 7,877 | 7,806 | 7,860 | 7,914 | 7,891 | 7,940 | 7,207 | 7,185 | 7,165 | 7,077 | 7,007 | 7,078 | 7,276 | 7,291 | 7,684 | 8,737 | 8,866 | 9,083 | 9,451 | 10,083 | 10,111 | 10,240 | 10,500 | 31.5 | 24.8 | 15.6 | 44.3 Idaho ................| 8,047 | 8,024 | 7,664 | 8,263 | 8,563 | 9,009 | 9,277 | 9,561 | 9,830 | 9,697 | 9,938 | 9,798 | 9,790 | 9,847 | 10,147 | 10,255 | 10,234 | 10,258 | 10,425 | 10,715 | 11,254 | 11,626 | 11,827 | 12,007 | 12,582 | 12,784 | 58.9 | 9.7 | 13.6 | 24.7 Illinois .............| 111,827 |\3\ 110,000 | 109,824 | 110,831 | 112,749 | 113,589 |\2\ 110,500 |\3\ 107,000 | 112,904 | 107,211 | 108,064 | 103,793 | 104,619 | 102,130 | 102,013 | 102,657 | 104,609 | 105,217 | 105,097 | 106,183 | 108,775 | 110,153 | 111,461 | 110,874 | 110,830 | 113,538 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 10.6 Indiana ..............| 50,421 | 52,297 |\3\ 52,400 | 52,046 | 49,302 | 53,088 | 53,089 | 52,649 | 53,657 | 53,426 | 53,099 | 51,303 | 50,528 | 50,509 | 51,308 | 51,976 | 52,896 | 53,749 | 54,029 | 54,370 | 54,806 | 54,509 | 54,552 | 55,107 | 55,496 | 55,821 | 10.7 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 7.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................| 32,659 | 32,494 | 32,749 | 32,708 | 32,715 | 33,100 | 33,334 | 33,331 | 33,511 | 32,911 | 32,745 | 31,244 | 32,110 | 31,779 | 31,882 | 31,770 | 30,958 | 30,873 | 30,327 | 30,423 | 31,045 | 31,395 | 31,403 | 31,616 | 31,726 | 32,318 | -1.0 | -2.3 | 4.1 | 1.7 Kansas ...............| 25,884 | 24,743 |\3\ 25,360 | 25,529 | 25,573 | 25,668 | 25,633 | 25,613 | 26,812 | 26,184 | 26,366 | 26,179 | 26,056 | 26,096 | 26,331 | 26,686 | 27,064 | 27,317 | 28,122 | 28,727 | 29,140 | 29,324 | 29,753 | 30,283 | 30,579 | 30,729 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 15.2 Kentucky .............| 30,180 | 31,020 | 31,465 | 31,412 | 31,755 | 31,962 |\2\ 32,300 |\3\ 32,860 | 32,835 | 32,959 | 32,892 | 31,666 | 32,237 | 32,458 | 32,850 | 33,506 | 34,507 | 35,239 | 35,788 | 35,731 | 36,777 | 37,571 | 37,868 | 37,324 | 38,784 | 39,120 | 29.6 | 9.8 | 6.4 | 16.8 Louisiana ............| 36,469 | 37,203 | 41,837 | 41,884 | 42,132 | 41,054 | 40,428 |\3\ 40,794 | 41,756 | 44,688 | 43,930 | 39,967 | 42,697 | 42,200 | 42,180 | 42,609 | 42,929 | 42,920 | 43,203 | 44,608 | 45,401 | 46,170 | 46,904 | 46,913 | 47,599 | 46,980 | 28.8 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 10.3 Maine ................| 11,170 | 11,400 | 12,213 | 11,612 | 12,017 | 12,304 | 13,230 | 13,425 | 13,878 | 10,748 | 11,775 |\2\ 12,000 | 12,910 | 13,492 | 13,261 | 14,226 | 13,685 | 14,204 | 14,593 | 15,206 | 15,513 | 15,416 | 15,375 | 15,344 | 15,404 | 15,392 | 37.8 | 9.0 | -0.8 | 8.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| 40,810 | 41,998 | 41,681 | 42,793 | 42,802 | 42,378 | 42,891 | 42,637 | 42,543 | 41,738 | 40,863 | 39,120 | 37,760 | 37,275 | 38,030 | 38,433 | 39,491 | 40,093 | 40,899 | 41,646 | 42,562 | 43,616 | 44,495 | 44,171 | 46,565 | 47,819 | 17.2 | 10.7 | 12.4 | 24.4 Massachusetts ........| 55,300 | 54,763 | 60,233 | 66,249 | 67,220 | 64,100 | 62,982 |\3\ 66,224 | 66,962 | 69,313 | 64,987 | 62,227 | 56,498 | 56,873 | 56,504 | 56,845 | 58,066 | 59,517 | 60,068 | 59,040 | 54,003 | 55,963 | 57,225 | 58,766 | 60,489 | 62,710 | 13.4 | -5.0 | 16.1 | 10.3 Michigan .............| 93,000 | 89,236 | 89,969 | 91,429 | 90,481 | 89,847 | 87,999 | 87,452 | 87,622 | 86,650 | 84,377 | 78,768 | 80,364 | 79,982 | 81,185 | 82,193 | 83,130 | 79,972 | 79,847 | 80,150 | 80,008 | 82,967 | 82,301 | 80,267 | 80,522 | 83,179 | -10.6 | -2.7 | 4.0 | 1.2 Minnesota ............| 43,809 | 44,535 | 43,944 | 43,621 | 43,817 | 44,779 | 45,024 | 44,631 | 44,488 | 44,149 | 44,142 | 42,836 | 39,775 | 39,392 | 40,108 | 41,314 | 40,957 | 42,132 | 42,750 | 43,101 | 43,574 | 44,903 | 45,050 | 46,956 | 46,958 | 46,971 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 13.7 Mississippi ..........| 22,533 | 22,849 | 23,329 | 23,472 | 23,580 | 23,881 | 24,130 | 24,831 | 25,685 | 25,805 | 25,933 | 24,430 | 25,176 | 24,955 | 25,388 | 26,102 | 26,219 | 26,930 | 27,283 | 27,591 | 28,062 | 28,111 | 27,829 | 28,376 | 28,866 | 28,997 | 28.7 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 11.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri .............| 48,286 | 43,872 | 45,414 | 46,680 | 47,391 | 49,283 | 48,563 | 49,618 | 48,800 | 48,755 | 48,878 | 48,135 | 46,047 | 46,761 | 47,366 | 48,170 | 48,902 | 49,632 | 50,693 | 51,362 | 52,359 | 52,643 | 52,984 | 54,860 | 56,606 | 57,951 | 20.0 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 20.3 Montana ..............| 8,406 | 8,480 | 8,875 | 8,903 | 9,015 | 9,052 | 9,580 | 9,650 | 9,682 | 9,521 | 9,370 | 9,310 | 9,517 | 9,479 | 9,597 | 9,705 | 9,818 | 9,659 | 9,626 | 9,627 | 9,613 | 9,883 | 10,135 | 9,949 | 10,079 | 10,076 | 19.9 | -0.9 | 4.8 | 3.8 Nebraska .............| 17,230 | 16,642 |\3\ 16,999 | 17,289 | 17,367 | 17,707 | 17,852 | 17,943 | 17,731 | 18,325 | 16,796 | 17,410 | 17,381 | 17,548 | 17,656 | 17,687 | 17,748 | 17,713 | 18,003 | 18,464 | 18,764 | 19,069 | 19,323 | 19,616 | 19,774 | 20,028 | 16.2 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 13.2 Nevada ...............| 4,967 | 5,329 | 5,411 | 5,571 | 5,616 | 5,750 | 5,995 | 6,391 | 6,294 | 6,986 | 7,129 | 7,180 | 7,222 | 7,366 | 7,496 | 7,751 | 7,908 | 8,348 | 8,699 | 9,175 | 10,373 | 11,409 | 11,953 | 12,579 | 13,414 | 13,878 | 179.4 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 79.0 New Hampshire ........| 7,441 |\3\ 7,450 | 8,564 | 8,675 | 9,360 | 8,775 | 9,624 | 9,600 | 8,874 | 9,425 | 8,448 | 9,729 | 9,758 | 9,821 | 10,065 | 10,104 | 10,300 | 10,363 | 10,442 | 10,572 | 10,637 | 11,464 | 11,654 | 11,972 | 12,109 | 12,346 | 65.9 | 5.3 | 16.1 | 22.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 72,140 | 76,260 | 79,347 | 79,156 | 80,448 | 80,410 |\2\ 80,010 | 78,701 |\3\ 78,000 | 77,429 | 76,550 | 75,231 | 74,303 | 73,593 | 73,774 | 74,236 | 75,558 | 78,335 | 79,698 | 79,597 | 79,886 | 80,515 | 83,057 | 84,564 | 85,258 | 86,706 | 20.2 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 16.8 New Mexico ...........| 11,620 | 12,272 | 12,320 | 12,520 | 12,651 | 12,883 | 12,887 | 13,832 | 13,909 | 14,144 | 14,089 | 14,296 | 14,323 | 14,532 | 14,538 | 14,781 | 14,876 | 15,175 | 15,770 | 16,150 | 16,703 | 17,498 | 17,912 | 18,404 | 19,025 | 19,398 | 66.9 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 31.2 New York .............| 177,066 | 180,071 | 185,368 | 186,386 | 188,961 | 180,880 | 172,102 | 174,991 | 158,146 | 158,621 | 155,320 | 157,201 | 157,250 | 158,440 | 163,044 | 165,573 | 168,940 | 170,236 | 172,807 | 174,610 | 176,390 | 171,914 | 176,375 | 179,413 | 182,273 | 181,559 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 9.7 North Carolina .......| 49,565 | 49,402 | 49,571 | 51,277 | 51,221 | 52,379 | 52,906 | 53,836 | 55,309 | 56,369 | 56,222 | 55,833 | 55,261 | 55,126 | 56,084 | 57,638 | 58,103 | 59,771 | 61,933 | 63,160 | 64,283 | 65,326 | 66,630 | 69,421 | 71,592 | 73,201 | 47.7 | 11.5 | 13.9 | 27.0 North Dakota .........| 7,659 | 7,490 | 7,454 | 7,569 | 7,577 | 7,594 | 7,551 | 7,389 | 7,381 | 7,560 | 7,375 | 6,995 | 7,071 | 7,067 | 7,794 | 7,796 | 7,779 | 7,632 | 7,731 | 7,809 | 7,591 | 7,733 | 7,794 | 7,755 | 7,796 | 7,501 | -2.1 | -2.6 | -1.2 | -3.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................| 104,680 | 100,776 | 103,487 | 105,127 | 104,512 | 105,875 | 105,588 | 105,286 | 102,645 | 101,482 | 100,527 | 96,449 | 94,126 | 96,927 | 98,061 | 98,264 | 98,894 | 99,708 | 101,021 | 101,417 | 103,088 | 103,372 | 106,233 | 107,444 | 109,085 | 107,347 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 9.2 Oklahoma .............| 28,184 | 27,515 | 27,401 | 27,611 | 28,986 | 29,762 | 30,405 | 31,177 | 32,136 | 33,210 | 33,901 | 33,904 | 34,960 | 34,999 | 34,894 | 35,752 | 35,041 | 34,515 | 35,116 | 35,631 | 37,221 | 37,650 | 38,433 | 39,031 | 39,406 | 39,364 | 39.7 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 10.1 Oregon ...............| 21,641 | 22,831 | 22,216 | 22,250 | 22,300 | 23,808 | 23,942 | 24,312 | 24,579 | 24,780 | 22,596 | 22,480 | 24,074 | 24,409 | 24,444 | 24,605 | 24,615 | 24,911 | 25,147 | 25,630 | 26,174 | 26,745 | 26,634 | 26,488 | 26,208 | 26,680 | 23.3 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 8.4 Pennsylvania .........| 108,772 | 109,035 | 111,682 | 113,089 | 115,668 | 116,255 | 114,425 | 112,956 | 110,833 | 111,615 | 109,928 | 107,103 | 103,855 | 102,207 | 101,484 | 101,665 | 102,993 | 103,307 | 104,379 | 105,415 | 100,275 | 100,475 | 100,912 | 101,302 | 102,988 | 104,921 | -3.5 | -1.4 | 4.6 | 3.2 Rhode Island .........| 8,988 | 9,226 | 9,484 | 9,426 | 9,329 | 9,196 | 9,162 | 9,112 | 9,314 | 9,255 | 9,192 | 8,895 | 8,854 | 8,848 | 8,752 | 8,844 | 8,916 | 8,934 | 9,216 | 9,369 | 9,522 | 9,709 | 10,069 | 9,823 | 10,066 | 10,482 | 16.6 | 7.7 | 10.1 | 18.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 28,578 | 25,729 | 26,957 | 26,960 | 27,804 | 28,695 | 30,917 | 29,666 | 30,022 | 31,658 | 32,214 | 32,007 | 32,244 | 32,323 | 33,764 | 34,645 | 35,349 | 35,701 | 35,877 | 36,337 | 36,963 | 37,115 | 37,295 | 38,620 | 39,437 | 39,922 | 39.7 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 15.2 South Dakota .........| 8,698 | 8,269 | 8,253 | 8,127 | 8,118 | 8,083 | 8,163 | 8,072 | 8,179 | 8,122 | 7,964 | 7,964 | 7,974 | 8,355 | 8,579 | 8,340 | 8,031 | 8,172 | 8,260 | 8,191 | 8,511 | 8,868 | 8,767 | 9,557 | 9,985 | 9,641 | 10.8 | 2.1 | 13.3 | 15.6 Tennessee ............| 35,450 | 36,089 | 36,200 | 37,150 | 39,278 | 39,855 | 40,135 | 40,029 | 41,220 | 40,978 | 41,162 | 40,875 | 39,660 | 39,409 | 39,636 | 40,023 | 41,103 | 42,082 | 42,657 | 42,824 | 43,051 | 43,062 | 43,566 | 46,066 | 47,406 | 53,403 | 50.6 | 7.6 | 24.0 | 33.4 Texas ................| 129,440 | 125,050 | 127,237 | 130,517 | 133,759 | 143,390 |\2\ 142,400 | 147,544 | 154,913 | 153,727 | 159,531 | 159,640 | 167,835 | 170,439 | 172,865 | 181,051 | 186,385 | 187,159 | 196,616 | 199,397 | 219,298 | 219,192 | 219,385 | 224,830 | 234,213 | 240,371 | 85.7 | 21.1 | 9.6 | 32.8 Utah .................| 11,736 | 12,127 | 12,248 | 12,320 | 12,468 | 12,521 | 12,779 | 12,871 | 13,425 | 13,974 | 14,372 | 14,463 | 14,616 | 15,245 | 15,821 | 16,229 | 16,886 | 17,124 | 17,602 | 17,611 | 17,884 | 18,305 | 19,191 | 19,053 | 19,524 | 20,039 | 70.7 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 23.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 5,750 | 6,169 | 6,192 | 6,262 | 6,224 | 6,421 |\2\ 6,314 |\3\ 6,170 | 6,480 |\3\ 6,628 | 6,476 | 6,103 | 6,189 | 6,242 | 6,327 | 6,397 |\2\ 6,397 | 6,656 | 6,852 | 6,852 | 7,257 | 7,031 | 7,521 | 7,330 | 7,566 | 7,676 | 33.5 | 13.4 | 5.8 | 20.0 Virginia .............| 47,903 | 48,774 | 49,743 | 51,761 | 53,280 | 58,330 | 59,538 | 60,082 | 56,739 | 56,868 | 57,027 | 55,471 | 56,038 | 56,388 | 57,498 | 57,339 | 58,141 | 59,928 | 60,883 | 62,138 | 63,638 | 64,537 | 68,181 | 70,859 | 72,505 | 74,731 | 56.0 | 11.0 | 17.4 | 30.3 Washington ...........| 33,380 |\3\ 33,480 | 32,733 | 32,689 | 33,584 | 33,698 |\2\ 33,690 |\3\ 33,691 | 34,893 | 35,498 | 35,514 | 34,576 | 34,056 | 34,757 | 35,706 | 36,202 | 37,065 | 38,344 | 38,780 | 40,279 | 41,764 | 42,931 | 44,295 | 45,524 | 46,439 | 46,907 | 40.5 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 29.6 West Virginia ........| 16,582 | 17,248 | 17,958 | 18,474 | 18,992 | 19,590 | 20,175 | 20,674 | 19,765 | 21,387 | 21,668 | 21,870 | 22,159 | 22,503 | 22,732 | 22,733 | 22,931 | 22,702 | 22,177 | 21,653 | 21,476 | 20,997 | 20,961 | 21,029 | 21,024 | 21,073 | 27.1 | -5.5 | -1.9 | -7.3 Wisconsin ............| 44,460 | 44,898 | 48,122 | 48,432 | 48,541 | 51,847 | 49,366 | 52,940 | 47,677 | 48,264 | 48,491 | 46,652 | 45,047 | 45,311 | 47,082 | 46,482 | 47,039 | 47,721 | 48,541 | 49,329 | 49,302 | 52,028 | 53,387 | 52,822 | 54,054 | 55,033 | 23.8 | 6.1 | 11.6 | 18.4 Wyoming ..............| 4,568 | 4,672 | 4,735 | 4,863 | 4,985 | 5,207 | 4,991 | 5,541 | 5,806 | 5,208 | 6,361 | 6,634 | 6,759 | 7,028 | 7,191 | 7,296 | 7,201 | 6,798 | 6,693 | 6,697 | 6,784 | 6,564 | 5,821 | 6,537 | 6,754 | 6,734 | 47.4 | -7.0 | -0.7 | -7.7 |==========|=============|=============|==========|==========|==========|=============|=============|=============|=============|==========|=============|==========|==========|==========|==========|=============|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|========= Outlying Areas .....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 37,027 | 37,365 | 37,661 | 38,456 | 41,472 | 42,754 | 44,117 | 44,391 | 43,902 | --- | --- | 14.2 | --- |__________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________| __________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________ American Samoa .......| 400 | 400 | 400 | 623 | 666 | 342 | 378 | 488 | --- | --- | 559 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 623 | 656 | 674 | 659 | 662 | 671 | 725 | 656 | 698 | 728 | 82.0 | --- | 10.0 | --- Guam .................| 1,048 | 1,142 | 1,183 | 1,247 | 1,326 | 1,229 | 1,294 | 1,294 | --- | 1,248 | 1,466 | --- | 1,330 | 1,334 | --- | 1,329 | 1,430 | 1,407 | 1,403 | 1,622 | 1,543 | 1,499 | 1,628 | 1,644 | 1,826 | 1,802 | 71.9 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 35.6 Northern Marianas ....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 236 | --- | --- | --- | 258 | 310 | --- | --- | 305 | 334 | 358 | 416 | 430 | 425 | 431 | 406 | 422 | --- | --- | 1.4 | --- Puerto Rico ..........| 23,142 | 23,820 | 24,552 | 25,439 | 25,000 | 25,796 | 24,761 | 24,761 | 32,048 | --- | 31,964 | --- | 32,845 | 32,247 | 32,520 | 32,683 | 32,361 | 33,069 | 33,357 | 33,427 | 34,260 | 37,291 | 38,381 | 39,816 | 39,933 | 39,328 | 69.9 | 4.8 | 14.8 | 20.3 Trust Territories ....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Virgin Islands .......| --- | 980 | 1,023 | 1,135 | 1,341 | 1,408 | 1,361 | 1,421 | 1,660 | 1,479 | 1,567 | --- | 1,647 | 2,281 | 1,665 | 1,631 | 1,606 | 1,590 | 1,597 | 1,595 | 1,575 | 1,581 | 1,595 | 1,570 | 1,528 | 1,622 | --- | -3.4 | 3.0 | -0.6 ______________________|__________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________ \1\National total includes estimates for nonreporting states. \Data estimated by NCES. \2\Data estimated by NCES. \3\Data estimated by reporting state. ---Data not available or not applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, various years; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared February 1998.)