Table 62.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2000 through fall 2005

State or jurisdiction	Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002		Fall 2003		Fall 20041								Fall 2005
									Total		Elementary		Secondary		Ungraded		Total		Elementary		Secondary		Ungraded
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
United States	2,941,461	2	2,999,528	2	3,034,123	2	3,048,652	2	3,090,396	2	1,717,421	2	1,150,817	2	222,158	2	3,136,921	2	1,765,199	2	1,146,894	2	224,828	2
Alabama	48,194	3	46,785	3	47,115	3	58,070		51,594		37,330		14,264		0		57,757		43,348		14,409		0
Alaska	7,880		8,026		8,080		7,808		7,756		5,368		2,388		0		7,912		5,608		2,304		0
Arizona	44,438		46,015		47,101		47,507		48,935		34,523		14,412		0		51,376		36,671		14,705		0
Arkansas	31,947		33,079		30,330		30,876		31,234		13,561		15,387		2,286		32,997		13,842		16,778		2,377
California	298,021	3	304,203	3	307,764	3	304,311	3	305,969	3	216,293	3	81,096		8,580		309,128	3	214,029	3	83,953		11,146
Colorado	41,983		44,182		45,401		44,904		45,165		22,604		22,561		0		45,841		23,213		22,628		0
Connecticut	41,044		41,773		42,296		42,370		38,808		25,348		12,003		1,457		39,687		26,322		12,177		1,188
Delaware	7,469		7,571		7,698		7,749		7,856		3,914		3,942		0		7,998		4,008		3,990		0
District of Columbia	4,949		4,951		5,005		5,676		5,387		2,826		2,286		275		5,481	4	2,885	4	2,316	4	280	4
Florida	132,030		134,684		138,226		144,955		154,864		67,460		60,876		26,528		158,962		70,501		62,190		26,271
Georgia	91,043		92,731		96,044		97,150		104,987		63,677		41,310		0		108,535		65,470		43,065		0
Hawaii	10,927		11,007		10,973		11,129		11,146		5,805		5,291		50		11,226		5,868		5,321		37
Idaho	13,714		13,854		13,896		14,049		14,269		7,351		6,918		0		14,521		7,515		7,006		0
Illinois	127,620		129,600		131,046		127,669		131,047		76,438		33,889		20,720		133,857		77,801		34,923		21,133
Indiana	59,226		59,659		59,968		59,924		60,563		31,947		26,352		2,264		60,592		31,811		26,413		2,368
Iowa	34,636		34,906		34,573		34,791		34,697		22,503		12,194		0		35,181		22,966		12,215		0
Kansas	32,742		33,084		32,643		32,589		32,932		14,451		14,831		3,650		33,608		14,829		15,069		3,710
Kentucky	39,589		40,376		40,662		41,246		41,463		23,980		9,608		7,875		42,413		24,407		9,811		8,195
Louisiana	49,915		49,980		50,062		50,495		49,192		34,367		14,825		0		44,660		31,392		13,268		0
Maine	16,559		16,741		16,837		17,621		16,656		11,196		5,460		0		16,684		11,143		5,541		0
Maryland	52,433		53,774		55,382		55,198		55,101		32,214		22,887		0		56,685		33,021		23,664		0
Massachusetts	67,432		68,942		74,214		72,062		73,399		29,832		31,370		12,197		73,596		40,862		20,253		12,481
Michigan	97,031		98,849		89,595		97,014		100,634		70,818	4	23,637	4	6,179	4	99,838		71,023	4	22,816	4	5,999	4
Minnesota	53,457		53,081		52,808		51,611		52,152		26,163		24,333		1,656		51,107		25,398		24,312		1,397
Mississippi	31,006		31,214		31,598		32,591		31,321		14,989		11,833		4,499		31,433		14,987		12,035		4,411
Missouri	64,735		65,240		66,717		65,169		65,481		33,711		31,770		0		67,076		34,896		32,180		0
Montana	10,411		10,408		10,362		10,301		10,224		6,801		3,423		0		10,369		6,927		3,442		0
Nebraska	20,983		21,083		21,043		20,921		21,077		13,598		7,479		0		21,359		13,799		7,560		0
Nevada	18,293		19,276		20,038		20,234		20,950		10,779		7,188		2,983		21,744		10,917		7,710		3,117
New Hampshire	14,341		14,677		14,977		15,112		15,298		10,497		4,801		0		15,536		10,665		4,871		0
New Jersey	99,061		103,611		107,004		109,077		114,875		46,654		68,221		0		112,673		43,891		68,782		0
New Mexico	21,042		21,823		21,172		21,569		21,730		12,419		4,913		4,398		22,021		15,212		6,809		0
New York	206,961		209,128		210,926		216,116		218,612	4	93,036	4	91,063	4	34,513	4	218,989		107,801		75,348		35,840
North Carolina	83,680		85,684		87,677		89,988		92,550		55,206		31,256		6,088		95,664		57,013		32,239		6,412
North Dakota	8,141		8,035		8,078		8,037		8,070		4,828		3,242		0		8,003		4,821		3,182		0
Ohio	118,361		122,115		125,372		121,735		118,060		80,452		37,608		0		117,982		80,210		37,772		0
Oklahoma	41,318		41,632		40,638		39,253		40,416		19,952		16,064		4,400		41,833		20,286		16,931		4,616
Oregon	28,094		28,262		27,126		26,732		27,431		11,689		10,429		5,313		28,256		13,337		9,510		5,409
Pennsylvania	116,963		118,470		118,256		119,889		121,167		52,307		51,750		17,110		122,397		52,714		52,694		16,989
Rhode Island	10,645		11,104		11,196		11,918		11,781		8,831	4	2,950	4	0	4	14,299	3	7,426	3	6,873		0
South Carolina	45,380		46,616		46,528		45,830		46,914		32,703		13,431		780		48,212		33,512		13,848		852
South Dakota	9,397		9,370		9,257		9,245		9,064		5,551		2,533		980		9,129		5,638		2,547		944
Tennessee	57,164		58,358		58,652		59,584		60,022		42,571		16,462		989		59,596		41,831		16,822		943
Texas	274,826		282,847		288,655		289,481		294,547		146,012		114,796		33,739		302,425		149,960		116,750		35,715
Utah	22,008		22,211		22,415		22,147		22,287	3	10,813	3	9,199		2,275		22,993	3	11,195	3	9,455		2,343
Vermont	8,414		8,554		8,542		8,749		8,720		3,367		3,580		1,773		8,851		3,365		3,542		1,944
Virginia	86,977	3	89,314		99,919		90,573		93,732		40,518		53,214		0		96,158		41,038		55,120		0
Washington	51,098		52,533		52,953		52,824		53,125		26,120		21,964		5,041		53,508		26,234		22,224		5,050
West Virginia	20,930		20,138		20,119		20,020		19,958		9,909		6,702		3,347		19,940		9,852		6,737		3,351
Wisconsin	60,165		63,310		60,385		58,216		60,521		40,981		19,424		116		60,127		40,522		19,391		214
Wyoming	6,783		6,662		6,799		6,567		6,657		3,158		3,402		97		6,706		3,217		3,393		96
Bureau of Indian Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
DoD, overseas	5,105		5,154		4,794		4,728		4,885		2,008		1,743		1,134		5,726		1,936		1,742		2,048
DoD, domestic	2,399		2,486		2,425		2,301		2,002		1,055		442		505		2,033		1,053		446		534
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	820		914		943		988		945		673		252		20		971		684		267		20
Guam	1,975		1,918		—		1,760		1,672		880		792		0		1,804		937		867		0
Northern Marianas	526		519		545		550		579		313		262		4		614		333		276		5
Puerto Rico	37,620		42,906		42,369		42,444		43,054		23,970		16,573		2,511		42,036		—		—		42,036
Virgin Islands	1,511		1,511		1,502		1,512		1,545		753		765		27		1,434		647		696		91

— 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. NOTE: Distribution of elementary and secondary teachers determined by reporting units. Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). DoD = Department of Defense. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000-01 through 2005-06. (This table was prepared July 2007.)