Table 25.--Staff employed in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Fall 1970 to fall 1995 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percentage change | Estimated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_______________________________________ 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 ........| 3,448,357 | 3,547,502 | 3,562,968 | 3,656,551 | 3,745,000 | 3,997,347 | 3,884,000 | 3,912,449 | 3,895,706 | 4,062,800 | 4,168,286 | 4,015,297 |\1\4,051,879 |\1\4,036,306 |\1\4,062,271 |\1\4,159,624 |\1\4,232,805 |\1\4,311,941 |\1\4,319,356 |\1\4,431,033 |\1\4,494,076 |\1\4,559,359 |\1\4,708,286 |\1\4,808,080 |\1\4,904,757 | 4,994,358 | 44.8 | 8.0 | 11.1 | 20.1 |_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Alabama ..............| 56,485 | 57,372 | 55,295 | 55,922 | 59,049 | 64,523 |\3\ 61,554 |\3\ 64,223 | 63,917 | 55,229 | 64,356 | 70,052 | 65,554 | 64,413 | 68,421 | 68,992 | 70,907 | 70,655 | 72,955 | 79,786 | 74,462 | 81,950 |\2\ 78,882 |\2\ 80,923 |\2\ 81,544 | 83,256 | 47.4 | 7.9 | 11.8 | 20.7 Alaska ...............|\4\ 5,288 |\4\ 5,597 |\4\ 5,471 |\4\ 6,765 |\4\ 7,224 |\4\ 8,176 |\4\ 8,401 | 8,449 | 9,216 | 9,556 | 10,380 | 11,170 |\4\ 8,384 | 11,113 | 13,187 | 13,370 |\4\ 9,810 |\4\ 7,285 | 13,500 | 13,438 | 13,327 | 13,992 | 14,792 | 15,689 |\2\ 15,150 | 15,022 | --- | -0.3 | 12.7 | 12.4 Arizona ..............|\4\ 33,807 | 39,876 | 33,699 | 38,017 | 39,861 | 40,874 | 43,306 | 44,347 | 40,968 | 51,526 | 51,171 | 50,334 | 50,270 | 50,371 | 51,524 | 53,675 | 56,207 | 59,095 | 60,014 | 60,965 | 63,485 | 65,505 | 71,591 | 74,679 | 74,540 | 75,931 | --- | 18.3 | 19.6 | 41.5 Arkansas .............| 32,801 | 33,059 | 32,745 | 30,752 | 34,657 | 38,886 | 39,623 | 41,353 | 42,996 | 44,703 | 44,892 | 44,006 | 44,088 | 44,260 | 44,859 | 46,411 | 46,372 | 47,741 | 50,734 | 49,401 | 49,746 | 51,652 | 48,880 | 50,502 | 50,201 | 49,178 | 49.9 | 7.2 | -1.1 | 6.0 California ...........| 322,923 | 322,994 | 338,659 | 347,916 | 359,335 |\5\ 373,680 |\3\ 371,950 |\3\ 381,820 |\3\ 381,820 |\6\ 412,463 | 420,211 |\6\ 380,188 | 392,341 | 380,604 | 354,654 | 378,883 | 385,244 | 392,299 | 404,769 | 419,673 | 419,776 | 429,387 |\2\ 427,610 |\2\ 431,093 |\2\ 436,140 | 444,014 | 37.5 | 10.8 | 5.8 | 17.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| 42,560 | 45,548 | 48,222 | 48,626 | 53,534 | 55,488 |\3\ 56,000 | 52,502 | 54,918 |\4\ 34,885 | 56,410 | 55,244 | 55,720 | 53,977 | 55,079 | 58,199 | 58,537 | 59,263 | 59,814 | 60,603 | 61,444 | 62,592 | 62,785 | 62,927 | 64,985 | 67,447 | 58.5 | 5.6 | 9.8 | 15.9 Connecticut ..........|\4\ 42,694 |\4\ 40,072 |\4\ 39,973 |\4\ 40,145 | 40,889 |\7\ 56,171 |\7\ 40,786 |\4\ 41,181 |\4\ 40,334 |\4\ 39,894 | 59,300 |\6\ 54,875 |\4\ 37,463 |\4\ 36,989 |\4\ 37,267 |\4\ 37,720 |\4\ 39,284 |\4\ 40,214 |\4\ 40,870 | 62,367 | 61,800 | 60,500 | 63,648 | 62,014 | 64,742 | 66,133 | --- | --- | 7.0 | --- Delaware .............| 9,287 | 9,682 | 10,400 | 10,380 | 10,542 | 11,811 | 11,516 | 11,121 | 11,414 | 11,521 | 10,644 | 9,974 | 9,980 | 9,916 | 10,083 | 10,370 | 10,597 | 10,790 | 10,766 | 10,914 | 10,794 | 10,987 | 11,390 | 11,640 | 11,759 | 11,869 | 27.8 | 4.1 | 10.0 | 14.5 District of Columbia .| 13,216 | 12,262 | 12,116 | 12,230 | 12,885 | 12,632 | 12,689 | 10,896 | 12,100 | 12,281 | 11,072 | 10,529 | 10,081 | 10,038 | 10,510 | 10,471 | 11,945 | 11,130 | 10,157 | 10,619 | 10,200 | 11,143 | 10,567 | 10,591 | 10,507 | 9,410 | -28.8 | -2.6 | -7.7 | -10.1 Florida ..............| 119,703 | 130,205 | 132,295 | 136,628 | 140,938 | 169,023 | 142,511 | 142,993 | 147,946 | 151,530 | 156,705 | 155,992 | 160,524 | 161,371 | 165,754 | 172,552 | 177,639 | 184,608 | 197,403 | 206,351 | 216,854 | 219,733 | 217,356 | 226,911 | 226,975 | 237,721 | 98.6 | 25.7 | 9.6 | 37.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 82,034 | 85,502 | 86,565 | 88,450 | 85,246 |\6\ 86,447 | 91,831 | 97,730 | 97,910 | 98,090 | 102,508 | 102,226 | 110,422 | 110,482 | 105,637 | 108,735 | 111,317 | 119,320 | 120,669 | 125,939 | 128,950 | 132,921 |\2\ 142,840 |\2\ 156,005 |\2\ 161,390 | 165,058 | 101.2 | 18.6 | 28.0 | 51.8 Hawaii ...............| 11,610 | 12,547 | 13,631 | 12,710 | 12,875 |\4\ 12,231 | 13,251 | 13,490 | 14,321 | 14,250 | 14,255 | 15,099 | 15,318 | 14,987 | 15,410 | 17,100 | 15,892 | 18,036 | 20,730 | 14,723 | 15,174 | 15,559 | 17,731 | 18,292 | 16,567 | 16,841 | 45.1 | -11.3 | 11.0 | -1.5 Idaho ................| 13,742 | 14,188 | 14,463 | 13,798 | 13,917 | 14,428 | 15,182 | 15,693 | 16,576 | 16,466 | 16,801 | 15,429 | 15,310 | 15,449 | 15,878 | 16,036 | 16,039 | 16,205 | 16,558 | 17,160 | 18,059 | 18,621 | 19,571 | 19,983 | 21,194 | 21,814 | 58.7 | 12.6 | 20.8 | 36.0 Illinois .............| 159,449 | 161,024 | 190,892 | 191,556 | 196,337 | 241,543 |\3\ 194,440 |\3\ 190,138 |\4\ 152,584 | 195,634 | 192,408 | 167,424 | 181,481 | 177,601 | 175,892 | 181,515 | 185,572 | 186,595 | 186,235 | 187,682 | 192,005 | 196,930 | 199,380 | 198,862 | 204,413 | 209,036 | 31.1 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 15.2 Indiana ..............| 86,620 | 94,052 |\3\ 96,285 |\3\ 96,221 |\5\ 86,433 |\5\ 98,954 | 92,460 |\8\ 94,233 | 97,401 | 96,682 | 105,076 | 100,816 | 98,586 | 99,140 | 100,465 | 102,274 | 104,482 | 105,326 | 105,430 | 106,870 | 108,097 | 108,746 | 111,919 | 113,892 | 115,441 | 116,363 | 34.3 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 13.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................| 55,552 | 53,867 | 52,876 | 51,398 | 52,395 | 65,192 | 61,264 |\5\ 62,021 | 64,841 | 63,299 | 63,232 | 57,359 | 58,427 | 58,288 | 58,997 | 58,779 | 56,825 | 56,670 | 56,220 | 56,925 | 58,524 | 60,305 | 60,208 | 60,267 | 60,469 | 62,075 | 11.7 | -0.4 | 6.1 | 5.6 Kansas ...............| 43,802 | 43,828 |\3\ 43,558 | 44,707 | 45,361 | 44,799 | 45,092 | 45,593 | 47,572 | 47,648 | 48,578 | 48,011 | 44,757 | 45,223 | 45,856 | 46,549 | 47,227 | 47,569 | 48,828 | 50,175 | 51,280 | 51,637 | 54,185 | 55,783 | 56,790 | 57,265 | 30.7 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 23.0 Kentucky .............| 54,674 | 56,982 | 57,621 | 58,202 | 59,484 | 59,752 |\3\ 60,752 |\3\ 61,272 | 62,532 | 62,750 | 64,693 | 61,061 | 62,676 | 62,465 | 63,683 | 65,557 | 67,721 | 69,192 | 71,685 | 71,377 | 74,244 | 77,165 | 79,191 | 81,279 | 81,720 | 84,425 | 54.4 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 28.8 Louisiana ............| 68,012 | 71,487 | 75,588 | 76,819 | 76,378 | 79,757 | 79,600 |\3\ 81,619 |\3\ 80,713 | 85,710 | 86,204 | 83,961 | 85,457 | 86,380 | 86,363 | 88,403 | 88,591 | 88,794 | 88,361 |\6\ 89,468 | 91,119 |\4\ 66,339 | 92,180 | 93,197 | 96,124 | 93,070 | 36.8 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 5.3 Maine ................| 18,121 | 17,581 |\4\ 13,676 | 15,057 | 15,926 | 19,976 |\4\ 17,173 | 17,496 | 20,192 | 19,297 | 20,291 | 20,282 | 21,308 | 23,652 | 21,985 | 23,253 | 22,966 | 24,410 | 25,450 | 26,317 | 27,060 | 27,082 | 28,937 | 28,865 | 29,264 | 29,413 | 62.3 | 16.4 | 8.7 | 26.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| 70,566 | 75,174 | 75,560 | 77,340 | 77,978 | 78,704 | 80,197 | 79,122 | 79,354 | 79,059 | 78,148 | 74,354 | 71,285 | 70,993 | 71,293 | 71,264 | 72,931 | 73,717 | 75,229 | 76,623 | 78,945 | 79,925 | 80,861 | 82,753 | 84,699 | 87,868 | 24.5 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 23.3 Massachusetts ........| 89,234 | 92,915 | 98,438 |\3\ 112,454 | 112,112 |\6\ 104,539 |\3\ 113,193 |\3\ 114,728 |\3\ 104,605 | 119,668 | 114,455 | 103,174 | 96,177 | 97,224 | 97,231 | 98,560 | 101,905 | 103,471 | 106,327 | 104,058 | 94,403 | 98,974 | 101,278 | 104,196 | 108,281 | 113,154 | 26.8 | -4.2 | 19.9 | 14.8 Michigan .............| 156,290 | 158,123 | 166,279 | 170,340 | 173,637 | 180,533 | 175,770 | 174,823 | 179,838 | 178,440 | 175,271 | 159,922 | 166,950 | 162,735 | 166,728 | 168,603 | 171,931 | 170,162 | 169,610 | 170,889 | 172,378 | 178,111 | 173,863 | 169,283 | 164,766 | 177,495 | 13.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 5.3 Minnesota ............| 72,200 | 73,033 | 73,457 | 76,441 | 78,217 | 79,145 | 79,181 | 77,427 | 77,575 | 77,032 | 73,122 |\6\ 74,296 | 72,378 | 70,758 | 72,101 | 70,721 | 69,836 | 74,027 | 75,885 | 76,268 | 77,518 | 78,273 | 79,215 | 74,859 | 74,914 | 74,891 | 3.7 | 9.6 | -3.4 | 5.9 Mississippi ..........| 42,784 | 45,484 | 46,737 | 45,982 | 45,947 | 46,803 | 47,482 | 48,302 | 49,869 | 51,833 | 52,464 | 48,749 | 49,134 | 51,115 | 53,188 | 55,580 |\4\ 40,687 |\4\ 42,540 |\4\ 43,227 | 56,361 | 58,116 | 59,200 | 57,876 | 59,853 | 60,708 | 60,855 | 42.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 9.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri .............| 80,204 | 82,766 | 82,814 | 85,055 | 87,202 | 88,535 | 85,803 | 86,170 | 89,446 | 90,532 | 91,038 | 92,406 | 87,895 | 88,344 | 88,201 | 90,339 | 91,609 | 96,736 | 97,946 | 101,595 | 103,482 | 100,735 |\2\ 109,417 |\2\ 112,810 | 116,974 | 120,621 | 50.4 | 14.5 | 16.6 | 33.5 Montana ..............|\4\ 10,040 |\4\ 10,157 |\6\ 10,039 |\4\ 9,921 |\3\ 10,317 |\3,5\ 14,524 |\4\ 10,971 |\4\ 10,982 |\4\ 11,158 |\4\ 11,024 |\4\ 10,878 |\6\ 15,446 |\4\ 12,226 |\4\ 12,313 |\4\ 12,576 |\4\ 12,752 |\4\ 12,613 |\4\ 12,477 |\4\ 12,414 |\4\ 12,543 |\4\ 12,580 |\4\ 13,078 |\2\ 18,760 |\2\ 18,717 |\2\ 18,452 | 18,586 | --- | --- | --- | --- Nebraska .............| 27,456 | 28,147 |\3\ 31,380 | 29,152 | 29,715 | 30,698 | 30,820 | 31,429 | 31,760 | 32,676 | 31,622 | 31,022 | 30,383 | 30,578 | 30,878 | 30,896 | 31,576 | 31,809 | 32,292 | 33,325 | 35,149 | 34,676 |\2\ 35,648 |\2\ 36,832 | 37,144 | 37,894 | 38.0 | 13.8 | 7.8 | 22.7 Nevada ...............| 8,746 | 9,159 | 8,568 | 9,266 | 9,731 | 10,232 | 10,247 |\5\ 11,142 |\4\ 7,250 |\4\ 7,994 |\4\ 8,147 |\6\ 11,611 | 12,975 | 12,703 | 13,301 |\4\ 8,865 |\4\ 9,212 |\4\ 9,736 |\4\ 10,136 |\4\ 10,311 |\4\ 11,608 |\4\ 13,145 |\2\ 21,452 |\2\ 22,418 | 23,098 | 23,742 | 171.5 | --- | --- | --- New Hampshire ........| 11,371 | 11,879 | 12,915 | 10,462 | 12,555 | 13,951 | 13,945 |\5\ 13,997 | 15,054 | 16,209 | 15,278 | 15,726 | 15,789 | 16,003 | 16,428 | 16,958 | 18,387 | 18,635 | 19,185 | 20,556 | 20,535 | 20,480 | 21,262 | 21,913 | 22,336 | 23,143 | 103.5 | 21.1 | 12.7 | 36.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 116,600 | 119,123 |\6\ 124,851 | 130,578 |\6\ 130,702 | 137,444 |\3\ 135,217 |\5\ 134,061 |\4\ 92,230 | 139,479 | 139,423 | 136,730 | 135,765 | 134,670 | 135,416 | 137,638 | 139,541 | 141,257 | 144,051 | 146,617 | 147,375 | 148,491 | 151,460 | 160,202 | 161,586 | 163,069 | 39.9 | 7.1 | 10.6 | 18.5 New Mexico ...........| 20,669 | 20,546 | 22,867 | 22,365 | 21,403 | 24,457 | 25,143 | 25,809 | 27,058 | 25,970 | 26,790 | 27,387 | 27,118 | 27,320 | 27,728 | 27,786 | 28,548 | 29,347 | 30,159 | 32,165 | 33,191 | 34,509 | 34,803 | 36,694 | 39,016 | 40,124 | 94.1 | 19.5 | 20.9 | 44.4 New York .............| 304,740 | 319,244 |\3\ 306,138 |\3\ 311,996 | 299,080 | 313,238 |\3\ 304,750 |\3\ 287,610 | 289,370 | 296,978 | 310,100 | 290,251 | 308,728 | 309,574 | 320,080 | 311,704 | 317,782 | 327,428 | 312,426 | 345,072 | 346,656 | 338,335 | 343,900 | 353,603 | 356,386 | 355,723 | 16.7 | 11.2 | 2.6 | 14.1 North Carolina .......| 86,806 | 86,338 | 91,845 | 97,218 | 101,151 | 101,468 | 97,729 | 102,736 | 107,513 | 111,031 | 112,414 | 107,118 | 106,685 | 106,239 | 107,902 | 109,934 | 110,628 | 114,243 |\4\ 119,161 | 122,470 | 125,599 | 126,332 |\2\ 129,445 |\2\ 133,059 |\2\ 137,791 | 140,204 | 61.5 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 27.5 North Dakota .........| 11,859 | 11,544 | 12,067 | 12,595 | 12,788 | 12,592 | 12,726 | 12,784 | 12,932 | 12,650 | 12,393 | 12,156 | 12,308 | 12,359 | 13,511 | 13,671 | 13,693 | 13,533 | 13,789 | 14,132 | 13,941 | 13,594 | 13,797 | 13,780 | 13,919 | 13,804 | 16.4 | 2.0 | -1.0 | 1.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................| 160,669 | 163,428 | 177,264 | 182,500 | 183,374 | 177,775 | 186,205 | 186,165 | 190,101 | 191,586 | 192,577 | 183,015 | 178,549 | 177,623 | 180,399 | 182,105 | 182,796 | 184,130 | 186,631 | 187,944 | 190,848 | 194,727 | 200,793 | 201,828 | 200,141 | 194,579 | 21.1 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 6.8 Oklahoma .............| 51,338 | 52,184 |\4\ 42,298 | 44,418 | 48,594 | 55,096 | 52,229 | 53,655 | 56,542 | 58,293 | 59,465 | 59,636 | 61,590 | 60,772 | 64,812 | 66,858 | 65,253 | 63,822 | 64,076 | 65,741 | 68,720 | 69,725 | 72,166 | 73,067 |\2\ 78,270 | 83,802 | 63.2 | 2.8 | 21.9 | 25.3 Oregon ...............| 41,890 | 42,678 | 43,089 | 43,414 | 43,490 | 54,391 | 46,414 | 46,202 | 46,997 | 48,195 | 49,204 | 47,701 | 45,934 | 45,742 | 45,842 | 46,425 | 46,598 | 47,211 | 47,317 | 48,225 | 49,212 | 50,479 | 51,681 | 50,392 | 50,377 | 51,458 | 22.8 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 10.8 Pennsylvania .........| 182,518 | 187,122 | 193,329 | 197,163 |\3\ 196,000 | 207,695 | 204,250 |\3\ 200,949 | 200,639 | 202,733 | 201,010 | 196,694 | 188,903 | 185,466 | 183,958 | 182,910 | 184,868 | 185,629 | 188,279 | 190,175 | 191,171 | 190,607 | 191,370 | 190,885 | 193,696 | 198,087 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 8.3 Rhode Island .........| 14,452 | 14,714 | 15,106 | 15,016 | 14,985 | 15,120 | 15,246 | 15,024 | 14,840 | 15,093 | 15,131 | 14,375 | 14,118 | 14,080 | 13,916 | 13,962 | 14,317 | 14,569 | 14,795 | 15,184 | 15,829 | 15,452 | 15,833 | 15,442 | 15,438 | 16,517 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 4.3 | 18.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 46,411 | 46,313 | 47,828 | 48,092 |\4\ 32,974 |\3,4\ 43,236 |\4\ 34,491 |\4\ 35,386 |\4\ 42,393 |\7\ 42,342 | 61,986 | 58,710 | 58,304 | 58,106 | 58,956 | 61,132 | 61,847 | 62,557 | 61,908 | 63,333 | 65,991 | 66,597 | 67,106 | 71,433 |\2\ 74,196 | 74,859 | 61.3 | 7.9 | 13.4 | 22.5 South Dakota .........| 14,246 | 14,238 | 13,816 | 14,113 | 14,427 | 17,515 | 14,424 | 14,219 | 14,504 | 14,288 | 14,068 | 14,012 | 14,065 | 15,376 | 15,719 | 14,559 | 13,903 | 14,202 | 13,898 | 14,129 | 15,108 | 14,753 | 15,671 | 17,201 |\2\ 17,989 | 18,126 | 27.2 | 3.8 | 20.0 | 24.5 Tennessee ............| 65,765 | 69,387 | 67,099 | 68,281 | 68,195 | 74,591 | 76,234 | 76,274 | 77,515 | 79,347 | 81,020 | 80,465 | 77,867 | 76,134 | 76,277 | 78,321 | 80,968 | 83,256 | 84,500 | 86,049 | 87,232 | 84,518 | 86,790 | 92,349 | 96,281 | 98,948 | 50.5 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 26.3 Texas ................| 206,090 | 211,907 |\4\ 152,603 | 162,548 | 221,931 | 230,037 |\3\ 250,575 |\5\ 270,424 |\3\ 284,060 | 300,460 | 299,201 | 313,905 |\4\ 240,477 |\4\ 241,678 |\4\ 223,330 | 357,365 | 374,986 | 377,240 | 327,296 | 332,948 | 332,220 | 337,473 | 420,243 | 433,102 | 450,462 | 462,661 | 124.5 | -7.0 | 39.3 | 29.5 Utah .................| 20,412 | 21,090 | 20,900 | 20,720 | 21,365 | 20,437 | 22,638 |\3\ 22,353 | 23,465 | 25,093 | 26,973 | 26,493 | 25,845 | 26,428 | 27,443 | 28,589 | 29,635 | 29,976 | 30,774 | 31,351 | 32,383 | 33,297 | 34,838 | 35,301 | 36,186 | 37,385 | 83.2 | 13.3 | 15.4 | 30.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 9,681 | 9,694 | 10,166 | 10,459 | 10,432 | 11,685 | 11,350 |\3\ 11,558 | 12,051 | 12,752 | 12,485 | 11,408 | 11,532 | 11,688 | 11,888 | 12,238 | --- | 12,321 | 11,959 | 11,959 | 13,543 | 13,923 | 14,970 | 14,928 |\5\ 15,337 | 15,640 | 61.5 | 10.7 | 15.5 | 27.8 Virginia .............| 83,482 | 87,833 | 87,407 | 91,350 | 95,120 | 105,522 | 99,757 | 100,945 | 102,941 | 104,462 | 105,399 | 100,838 | 102,664 | 102,820 | 106,219 | 105,659 | 108,455 | 114,439 | 117,291 | 120,203 | 129,816 |\6\ 130,621 |\4\ 126,619 |\3\ 130,033 |\2\ 133,485 | 137,546 | 64.8 | 22.9 | 6.0 | 30.2 Washington ...........| 54,329 | 55,480 | 55,543 | 58,570 | 60,250 | 60,176 |\3\ 59,483 |\3\ 59,490 | 61,799 | 63,399 | 63,494 | 60,822 | 59,622 | 61,012 | 63,107 | 64,159 | 65,955 | 68,405 | 69,610 | 72,517 | 75,730 | 78,039 | 81,398 | 87,734 |\2\ 90,438 | 91,322 | 68.1 | 18.0 | 20.6 | 42.3 West Virginia ........| 30,697 | 32,857 | 34,461 | 35,262 | 35,552 | 36,756 | 35,156 | 35,811 | 36,939 | 37,902 | 40,055 | 39,977 | 40,128 | 40,299 | 41,252 | 41,347 | 41,653 | 41,415 | 40,433 | 39,407 | 39,092 | 38,550 | 38,487 | 38,486 | 38,481 | 38,645 | 25.9 | -5.5 | -1.1 | -6.5 Wisconsin ............| 76,938 | 79,555 | 76,260 | 78,909 | 83,548 | 86,829 | 83,785 | 85,180 | 84,939 | 82,496 | 83,440 | 80,360 | 76,858 | 77,072 | 78,535 | 77,805 | 79,386 | 80,340 | 82,307 | 83,561 | 84,861 | 88,249 | 92,139 | 88,640 | 100,996 | 95,105 | 23.6 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 22.2 Wyoming ..............| 7,493 | 7,665 | 7,814 | 8,272 | 8,962 | 9,280 | 9,208 | 9,522 | 10,698 | 10,370 | 12,048 | 12,504 | 12,903 | 13,552 | 14,063 | 14,374 | 14,326 | 13,373 | 13,275 | 13,421 | 12,787 | 13,134 | 11,502 | 12,893 | 12,999 | 13,164 | 75.7 | -11.0 | 2.9 | -8.4 |=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|===============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=============|=========|=========|=========|========= Outlying areas .....| --- | 46,857 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 48,384 | 50,170 | 70,320 | 70,678 | 70,176 | 76,386 | 76,959 | 77,608 | 79,182 | 79,351 | --- | --- | 13.1 | --- |_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________ American Samoa .......| --- | 1,110 | --- | 1,014 | 1,081 | 504 | 750 | 824 | --- | --- | 1,004 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1,162 | 1,206 | 1,255 | 1,240 | 1,258 | 1,277 | 1,350 | 1,339 | 1,340 | 1,417 | --- | --- | 12.6 | --- Guam .................| 2,090 | 2,280 | 2,382 | 2,706 | 2,743 | 2,299 | 2,556 | --- | --- | 2,516 | 2,838 | --- | 2,600 | --- | --- | 2,395 | 2,985 | 2,884 | 2,778 | 2,985 | 2,936 | 2,965 | 3,517 | 3,839 | 4,730 | 3,728 | 78.4 | 22.6 | 27.0 | 55.7 Northern Marianas ....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 441 | 399 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 513 | --- | --- | 512 | 643 | 688 | 814 | 906 | 1,096 | 1,101 | 1,051 | 1,054 | --- | --- | 29.5 | --- Puerto Rico ..........| --- | 39,211 | 41,370 | 42,267 | --- | 29,429 | 28,777 | --- | 46,098 | --- | 54,635 | --- | 37,583 | --- | 42,123 | 41,242 | 40,979 | 42,314 | 62,322 | 62,441 | 61,888 | 67,948 | 67,643 | 68,005 | 68,868 | 69,731 | --- | 50.1 | 12.7 | 69.1 Trust Territories ....| --- | 2,267 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Virgin Islands .......| --- | 1,989 | 1,878 | 1,996 | 2,422 | 2,678 | 2,709 | 2,785 | 3,055 | 3,011 | 3,267 | --- | 3,919 | --- | 3,406 | 3,329 | 3,258 | 3,254 | 3,322 | 3,324 | 3,280 | 3,290 | 3,353 | 3,324 | 3,193 | 3,421 | --- | -1.5 | 4.3 | 2.8 ______________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________ \1\U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states. \2\Some data have been imputed. \3\Data estimated by reporting state. \4\Support staff not reported or underreported. \5\Data partially estimated. \6\Estimated by NCES. \7\Estimated by state and does not include any nonprofessional staff. \8\Data are for school year 1976-77. ---Data not available or not applicable. NOTE--Inconsistent reporting practices may affect percent changes over time. Percent change calculations were not made in cases where data were known to be incomplete. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, various years; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared April 1997.)