Table 62.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1999 through fall 2004

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1999		Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002		Fall 20031								Fall 2004
									Total		Elementary		Secondary		Ungraded		Total		Elementary		Secondary		Ungraded
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
United States	2,910,633	2	2,941,461	2	2,999,528	2	3,034,123	2	3,048,652	2	1,705,715	2	1,101,372	2	241,565	2	3,090,513	2	1,716,961	2	1,150,663	2	222,889	2
Alabama	48,624	3	48,194	3	46,785	3	47,115	3	58,070		38,152		19,918		0		51,594		37,330		14,264		0
Alaska	7,838		7,880		8,026		8,080		7,808		5,479		2,329		0		7,756		5,368		2,388		0
Arizona	43,892		44,438		46,015		47,101		47,507		34,048		13,459		0		48,935		34,523		14,412		0
Arkansas	31,362		31,947		33,079		30,330		30,876		13,149		15,499		2,228		31,234		13,561		15,387		2,286
California	287,433	3	298,021	3	304,203	3	307,764	3	304,311	3	217,470	3	78,462		8,379		305,969	3	216,293	3	81,096		8,580
Colorado	40,772		41,983		44,182		45,401		44,904		22,685		22,219		0		45,165		22,604		22,561		0
Connecticut	39,907		41,044		41,773		42,296		42,370		24,830		13,036		4,504		38,808		25,348		12,003		1,457
Delaware	7,318		7,469		7,571		7,698		7,749		3,847		3,902		0		7,856		3,914		3,942		0
District of Columbia	4,812	3	4,949		4,951		5,005		5,676		3,396		1,856		424		5,387		2,826		2,286		275
Florida	130,336		132,030		134,684		138,226		144,955		62,787		57,139		25,029		154,864		67,460		60,876		26,528
Georgia	90,638		91,043		92,731		96,044		97,150		56,357		40,793		0		104,987		63,677		41,310		0
Hawaii	10,866		10,927		11,007		10,973		11,129		5,798		5,281		50		11,146		5,805		5,291		50
Idaho	13,641		13,714		13,854		13,896		14,049		7,272		6,777		0		14,269		7,351		6,918		0
Illinois	124,815		127,620		129,600		131,046		127,669		74,957		32,641		20,071		131,047		76,438		33,889		20,720
Indiana	58,864		59,226		59,659		59,968		59,924		31,379		25,807		2,738		60,563		31,947		26,352		2,264
Iowa	33,480		34,636		34,906		34,573		34,791		19,304		11,353		4,134		34,697		22,503		12,194		0
Kansas	32,969		32,742		33,084		32,643		32,589		14,378		14,655		3,556		32,932		14,451		14,831		3,650
Kentucky	41,954		39,589		40,376		40,662		41,246		23,974		9,582		7,690		41,463		23,980		9,608		7,875
Louisiana	50,031		49,915		49,980		50,062		50,495		35,412		15,083		0		49,192		34,367		14,825		0
Maine	16,349		16,559		16,741		16,837		17,621		12,061		5,560		0		16,656		11,196		5,460		0
Maryland	50,995		52,433		53,774		55,382		55,198		32,750		22,448		0		55,101		32,214		22,887		0
Massachusetts	77,596		67,432		68,942		74,214		72,062		28,619		31,825		11,618		73,399		29,832		31,370		12,197
Michigan	96,094		97,031		98,849		89,595		97,014		67,852	4	22,609	4	6,553	4	100,634		70,818	4	23,637	4	6,179	4
Minnesota	56,010		53,457		53,081		52,808		51,611		26,048		25,563		0		52,152		26,163		24,333		1,656
Mississippi	30,722		31,006		31,214		31,598		32,591		14,896		13,385		4,310		31,321		14,989		11,833		4,499
Missouri	63,890		64,735		65,240		66,717		65,169		33,556		31,606		7		65,481		33,711		31,770		0
Montana	10,353		10,411		10,408		10,362		10,301		6,869		3,432		0		10,224		6,801		3,423		0
Nebraska	20,766		20,983		21,083		21,043		20,921		12,921		8,000		0		21,077		13,598		7,479		0
Nevada	17,380		18,293		19,276		20,038		20,234		10,059		7,777		2,398		20,950		10,779		7,188		2,983
New Hampshire	14,037		14,341		14,677		14,977		15,112		10,391		4,721		0		15,298		10,497		4,801		0
New Jersey	95,883		99,061		103,611		107,004		109,077		61,331		29,623		18,123		114,875		46,654		68,221		0
New Mexico	19,797		21,042		21,823		21,172		21,569		12,281		4,926		4,362		21,730		12,419		4,913		4,398
New York	202,078		206,961		209,128		210,926		216,116		92,224		90,061		33,831		218,612	4	93,036	4	91,063	4	34,513	4
North Carolina	81,914		83,680		85,684		87,677		89,988		53,562		30,946		5,480		92,550		55,206		31,256		6,088
North Dakota	8,150		8,141		8,035		8,078		8,037		4,788		3,249		0		8,070		4,828		3,242		0
Ohio	116,200		118,361		122,115		125,372		121,735		83,290		38,445		0		118,060		80,452		37,608		0
Oklahoma	41,498		41,318		41,632		40,638		39,253		18,269		16,717		4,267		40,416		19,952		16,064		4,400
Oregon	27,803		28,094		28,262		27,126		26,732		11,893		9,795		5,044		27,431		11,689		10,429		5,313
Pennsylvania	114,525		116,963		118,470		118,256		119,889		53,049		50,256		16,584		121,167		52,307		51,750		17,110
Rhode Island	11,041		10,645		11,104		11,196		11,918		8,328	4	2,783	4	807	4	11,898		8,371	4	2,796	4	731	4
South Carolina	45,468		45,380		46,616		46,528		45,830		31,957		13,041		832		46,914		32,703		13,431		780
South Dakota	9,384		9,397		9,370		9,257		9,245		5,625		2,605		1,015		9,064		5,551		2,533		980
Tennessee	60,702		57,164		58,358		58,652		59,584		42,409		16,168		1,007		60,022		42,571		16,462		989
Texas	267,935		274,826		282,847		288,655		289,481		143,426		112,426		33,629		294,547		146,012		114,796		33,739
Utah	21,832		22,008		22,211		22,415		22,147		10,709		8,867		2,571		22,287	3	10,813	3	9,199		2,275
Vermont	8,474		8,414		8,554		8,542		8,749		3,429		3,554		1,766		8,720		3,367		3,580		1,773
Virginia	85,037	3	86,977	3	89,314		99,919		90,573		39,849		50,724		0		93,732		40,518		53,214		0
Washington	50,368		51,098		52,533		52,953		52,824		26,295		21,569		4,960		53,125		26,120		21,964		5,041
West Virginia	21,082		20,930		20,138		20,119		20,020		9,971		6,729		3,320		19,958		9,909		6,702		3,347
Wisconsin	60,778		60,165		63,310		60,385		58,216		39,256		18,770		190		60,521		40,981		19,424		116
Wyoming	6,940		6,783		6,662		6,799		6,567		3,078		3,401		88		6,657		3,158		3,402		97
Bureau of Indian Affairs	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoDDS, overseas	7,415	5	5,105		5,154		4,794		4,728		2,046		1,703		979		4,885		2,008		1,743		1,134
DoDDS, domestic	—		2,399		2,486		2,425		2,301		1,113		481		707		2,002		1,055		442		505
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	801		820		914		943		988		667		301		20		945		673		252		20
Guam	1,809		1,975		1,918		—		1,760		919		841		0		1,672		880		792		0
Northern Marianas	488		526		519		545		550		301		242		7		579		313		262		4
Puerto Rico	41,349		37,620		42,906		42,369		42,444		23,649		16,322		2,473		43,054		23,970		16,573		2,511
Virgin Islands	1,528		1,511		1,511		1,502		1,512		746		734		32		1,545		753		765		27

—Not available. 1 Data have been revised from previously published figures. 2 Includes imputed values for states. 3 Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers. 4 Imputed. 5 Includes domestic schools. NOTE: Distribution of elementary and secondary teachers determined by reporting units. Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). DoDDS = Department of Defense depen­dents schools. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Educa­tion," 1999–2000 through 2004–05. (This table was prepared August 2006.)