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Table 65. Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1997 to fall 2002

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State or jurisdiction |   Fall 1997|   Fall 1998|   Fall 1999|   Fall 2000|       Total|  Elementary|Secondary|Ungraded|       Total|  Elementary|Secondary| Ungraded
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1                     |           2|           3|           4|           5|           6|           7|        8|       9|          10|          11|       12|       13
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   United States .....|\2\2,746,157|\2\2,830,286|\2\2,910,633|\2\2,941,461|\2\2,999,528|\2\1,688,099|1,079,155| 232,274|\2\3,034,055|\2\1,671,081|1,126,085|  236,889
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Alabama ..............|\2\   45,967|\2\   47,766|\2\   48,624|\2\   48,194|\2\   46,785|\2\   27,487|   19,298|       0|\2\   47,104|\2\   27,645|   19,459|        0
Alaska ...............|       7,625|       8,118|       7,838|       7,880|       8,026|       5,184|    2,842|       0|       8,080|       5,255|    2,825|        0
Arizona ..............|      41,129|      42,352|      43,892|      44,438|      46,015|      32,982|   13,033|       0|      47,101|      33,809|   13,292|        0
Arkansas .............|\2\   26,931|      27,953|      31,362|      31,947|      33,079|      12,427|   15,678|   4,974|      30,330|      12,400|   15,182|    2,748
California ...........|\2\  268,535|\2\  281,784|\2\  287,433|\2\  298,021|\2\  304,203|\2\  226,715|   77,488|       0|\2\  307,672|\2\  227,121|   80,551|        0
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Colorado .............|      37,840|      39,434|      40,772|      41,983|      44,182|      22,581|   21,601|       0|      45,401|      23,215|   22,186|        0
Connecticut ..........|      37,658|      38,772|      39,907|      41,044|      41,773|      24,383|   12,305|   5,085|      42,296|      24,917|   12,575|    4,804
Delaware .............|       6,850|       7,074|       7,318|       7,469|       7,571|       3,778|    3,793|       0|       7,698|       3,841|    3,857|        0
District of Columbia .|       4,388|       5,187|\2\    4,812|       4,949|       4,951|       2,612|    1,599|     740|       5,005|       2,644|    1,618|      743
Florida ..............|     124,473|     126,796|     130,336|     132,030|     134,684|      58,240|   52,204|  24,240|     138,226|      58,839|   53,831|   25,556
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Georgia ..............|      86,244|      88,658|      90,638|      91,043|      92,731|      53,850|   38,881|       0|      96,044|      55,623|   40,421|        0
Hawaii ...............|      10,653|      10,639|      10,866|      10,927|      11,007|       5,971|    5,000|      36|      10,973|       5,826|    5,099|       48
Idaho ................|      13,207|      13,426|      13,641|      13,714|      13,854|       7,077|    6,777|       0|      13,896|       7,129|    6,767|        0
Illinois .............|     118,734|     121,758|     124,815|     127,620|     129,600|      77,508|   32,161|  19,931|     131,046|      79,843|   32,473|   18,730
Indiana ..............|      57,371|      58,084|      58,864|      59,226|      59,659|      31,154|   25,782|   2,723|      59,968|      31,435|   25,826|    2,707
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Iowa .................|      32,700|      32,822|      33,480|      34,636|      34,906|      21,376|   12,479|   1,051|      34,573|      19,066|   11,178|    4,329
Kansas ...............|      31,527|      32,003|      32,969|      32,742|      33,084|      14,774|   14,791|   3,519|      32,643|      14,452|   14,686|    3,505
Kentucky .............|      40,488|      40,803|      41,954|      39,589|      40,376|      17,404|   15,947|   7,025|      40,662|      17,240|   16,070|    7,352
Louisiana ............|      48,599|      49,124|      50,031|      49,915|      49,980|      34,983|   14,742|     255|      50,062|      35,078|   14,805|      179
Maine ................|      15,700|      15,890|      16,349|      16,559|      16,741|      11,318|    5,423|       0|      16,837|      11,350|    5,487|        0
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Maryland .............|      48,318|      49,840|      50,995|      52,433|      53,774|      32,312|   21,462|       0|      55,382|      33,153|   22,229|        0
Massachusetts ........|      67,170|      69,752|      77,596|      67,432|      68,942|      24,203|   33,655|  11,084|      74,214|      24,357|   38,003|   11,854
Michigan .............|      90,529|      93,220|      96,094|      97,031|      98,849|      42,119|   44,028|  12,702|      89,595|      38,132|   40,006|   11,457
Minnesota ............|      51,998|      54,449|      56,010|      53,457|      53,081|      27,698|   25,364|      19|      52,808|      26,815|   25,993|        0
Mississippi ..........|      29,441|      31,140|      30,722|      31,006|      31,214|      15,668|   11,088|   4,458|      31,588|      14,366|   12,943|    4,279
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Missouri .............|      60,889|      62,449|      63,890|      64,735|      65,240|      33,088|   31,659|     493|      66,717|      34,083|   32,225|      409
Montana ..............|      10,228|      10,221|      10,353|      10,411|      10,408|       6,972|    3,436|       0|      10,362|       6,904|    3,458|        0
Nebraska .............|      20,065|      20,310|      20,766|      20,983|      21,083|      12,733|    8,350|       0|      21,043|      12,809|    8,234|        0
Nevada ...............|      16,053|      16,415|      17,380|      18,293|      19,276|       9,705|    6,937|   2,634|      20,038|      10,203|    7,456|    2,379
New Hampshire ........|      12,931|      13,290|      14,037|      14,341|      14,677|      10,184|    4,493|       0|      14,977|      10,411|    4,566|        0
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New Jersey ...........|      89,671|      92,264|      95,883|      99,061|     103,611|      59,053|   28,172|  16,386|     107,004|      60,753|   28,956|   17,295
New Mexico ...........|      19,647|      19,981|      19,797|      21,042|      21,823|      12,623|    4,837|   4,363|      21,172|      12,155|    4,936|    4,081
New York .............|     190,874|     197,253|     202,078|     206,961|     209,128|     108,333|   69,480|  31,315|     210,926|     109,174|   70,300|   31,452
North Carolina .......|      77,785|      79,531|      81,914|      83,680|      85,684|      51,491|   29,999|   4,194|      87,677|      52,176|   30,824|    4,677
North Dakota .........|       8,070|       7,974|       8,150|       8,141|       8,035|       4,761|    3,274|       0|       8,078|       4,807|    3,271|        0
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Ohio .................|     110,761|     113,984|     116,200|     118,361|     122,115|      81,453|   40,497|     165|     125,372|      83,722|   41,507|      143
Oklahoma .............|      40,215|      40,876|      41,498|      41,318|      41,632|      19,468|   17,863|   4,301|      40,638|      18,943|   17,443|    4,252
Oregon ...............|      26,935|      27,152|      27,803|      28,094|      28,262|      15,122|    8,068|   5,072|      27,126|      14,471|    7,730|    4,925
Pennsylvania .........|     108,014|     111,065|     114,525|     116,963|     118,470|      54,076|   48,595|  15,799|     118,256|      53,496|   48,548|   16,212
Rhode Island .........|      10,598|      11,124|      11,041|      10,645|      11,104|       4,677|    4,657|   1,770|      11,196|       4,706|    4,712|    1,778
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South Carolina .......|      42,336|      43,689|      45,468|      45,380|      46,616|      32,755|   13,158|     703|      46,577|      32,613|   13,093|      871
South Dakota .........|       9,282|       9,273|       9,384|       9,397|       9,370|       5,702|    2,646|   1,022|       9,257|       5,618|    2,604|    1,035
Tennessee ............|      54,142|      59,258|      60,702|      57,164|      58,358|      41,565|   15,735|   1,058|      58,652|      41,815|   15,839|      998
Texas ................|     254,557|     259,739|     267,935|     274,826|     282,847|     139,463|  110,911|  32,473|     288,655|     141,966|  113,006|   33,683
Utah .................|      21,115|      21,501|      21,832|      22,008|      22,211|      10,702|    9,088|   2,421|      22,415|      10,856|    9,007|    2,552
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Vermont ..............|       7,909|       8,221|       8,474|       8,414|       8,554|       3,255|    3,053|   2,246|       8,542|       3,257|    3,115|    2,170
Virginia .............|\2\   77,575|\2\   79,323|\2\   85,037|\2\   86,977|      89,314|      52,179|   37,135|       0|      99,919|      32,363|   67,556|        0
Washington ...........|      49,074|      49,671|      50,368|      51,098|      52,533|      26,703|   21,078|   4,752|      52,953|      26,653|   21,471|    4,829
West Virginia ........|      20,947|      20,989|      21,082|      20,930|      20,138|      10,176|    6,759|   3,203|      20,119|      10,071|    6,801|    3,247
Wisconsin ............|      55,732|      61,176|      60,778|      60,165|      63,310|      44,890|   18,420|       0|      60,385|      40,268|   18,602|    1,515
Wyoming ..............|       6,677|       6,713|       6,940|       6,783|       6,662|       3,166|    3,434|      62|       6,795|       3,237|    3,463|       95
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Bureau of Indian      |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |         |
   Affairs ...........|        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |     --- |    --- |        --- |        --- |     --- |     ---
Department of Defense |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |         |
   dependents schools |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |         |
  Overseas schools ...|       5,227|       5,171|\3\    7,415|       5,105|       5,154|       1,993|    1,737|   1,424|       4,794|       2,018|    1,753|    1,023
  Domestic schools ...|        --- |        --- |        --- |       2,399|       2,486|       1,161|      520|     805|       2,425|       1,126|      494|      805
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Other jurisdictions   |            |            |            |            |            |            |         |        |            |            |         |
  American Samoa .....|         762|         764|         801|         820|         914|         641|      254|      19|         943|         675|      249|       19
  Guam ...............|       1,363|       1,052|       1,809|       1,975|       1,918|         839|      771|     308|        --- |        --- |     --- |     ---
  Northern Marianas ..|         483|         496|         488|         526|         519|         308|      208|       3|         545|         302|      237|        6
  Puerto Rico ........|      38,953|      39,781|      41,349|      37,620|      42,906|      23,954|   16,469|   2,483|      42,369|      23,624|   16,278|    2,467
  Virgin Islands .....|       1,559|       1,567|       1,528|       1,511|       1,511|         727|      733|      51|       1,502|         719|      742|       41
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\1\Data have been revised from previously published figures.
\2\Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers.
\3\Includes domestic schools.

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, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1997-98 through 2002-03. (This table was prepared November 2004.)