Table 69.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2008

State or jurisdiction	Fall 2000		Fall 2004		Fall 2005		Fall 2006		Fall 20071						Fall 2008
									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	3,090,925	2	3,143,003	2	3,166,391	2	3,178,142	2	1,688,240	2	1,258,069	231,833	3,219,458	2	1,758,169	2	1,234,197	227,092
Alabama	48,194	3	51,594		57,757		56,134		50,420		29,086		21,334	0	47,818		27,193		20,625	0
Alaska	7,880		7,756		7,912		7,903		7,613		3,897		3,716	0	7,927		4,111		3,816	0
Arizona	44,438		48,935		51,376		52,625		54,032		38,807		15,225	0	54,696		39,077		15,619	0
Arkansas	31,947		31,234		32,997		35,089		33,882		17,942		13,520	2,420	37,162		19,656		14,525	2,981
California	298,021	3	305,969	3	309,222	3	307,366	3	305,230	3	209,146	3	86,030	10,054	303,647	3	206,996	3	88,190	8,461
Colorado	41,983		45,165		45,841		46,973		47,761		26,947		20,814	0	48,692		27,679		21,013	0
Connecticut	41,044		38,808		39,687		39,115		39,304		26,005		12,259	1,040	48,463		31,808		15,602	1,053
Delaware	7,469		7,856		7,998		8,038		8,198		4,110		4,088	0	8,322		4,093		4,229	0
District of Columbia	4,949		5,387		5,481	4	5,383	4	6,347		3,238		2,619	490	5,321		2,768		2,263	290
Florida	132,030		154,864		158,962		162,851		168,737		75,670		67,019	26,048	186,361		75,396		66,343	44,622
Georgia	91,043		104,987		108,535		113,597		116,857		71,109		45,681	67	118,839		72,537		46,233	69
Hawaii	10,927		11,146		11,226		11,271		11,397		6,075		5,280	42	11,295		6,058		5,194	43
Idaho	13,714		14,269		14,521		14,770		15,013		7,874		7,139	0	15,148		7,951		7,197	0
Illinois	127,620		131,047		133,857		140,988		136,571		56,585		58,489	21,497	135,704		93,183		42,518	3
Indiana	59,226		60,563		60,592		61,346		62,334		33,870		28,074	390	62,668		34,007		28,296	365
Iowa	34,636		34,697		35,181		35,653		36,089		19,608		16,481	0	35,961		19,603		16,358	0
Kansas	32,742		32,932		33,608		35,297		35,359		16,604		18,572	183	35,883		16,957		18,769	157
Kentucky	39,589		41,463		42,413		43,371		43,536		21,699		10,168	11,669	43,451		21,609		10,117	11,725
Louisiana	49,915		49,192		44,660		45,951		48,610		34,042		14,568	0	49,377		34,573		14,804	0
Maine	16,559		16,656		16,684		16,826		16,558		11,351		5,207	0	15,912		10,881		5,031	0
Maryland	52,433		55,101		56,685		58,443		59,320		34,449		24,871	0	58,940		34,396		24,544	0
Massachusetts	67,432		73,399		73,596		73,157		70,719		47,026		23,693	0	70,398		46,585		23,813	0
Michigan	97,031		100,638		98,069		98,037		96,204		38,063		38,343	19,798	94,754		37,702		37,761	19,291
Minnesota	53,457		52,152		51,107		51,880		52,975		27,012		24,483	1,480	53,083		27,327		24,124	1,632
Mississippi	31,006		31,321		31,433		32,351		33,560		16,149		13,103	4,308	33,358		15,891		13,291	4,176
Missouri	64,735		65,847		67,076		67,521		68,430		35,420		33,010	0	68,015		34,870		33,145	0
Montana	10,411		10,224		10,369		10,398		10,519		7,082		3,437	0	9,570		6,182		3,388	0
Nebraska	20,983		21,236		21,359		21,459		21,930		13,996		7,847	87	20,258		12,403		7,855	0
Nevada	18,293		20,950		21,744		22,908		23,423		12,003		8,067	3,353	21,993		11,283		7,892	2,818
New Hampshire	14,341		15,298		15,536		15,515		15,484		10,576		4,908	0	15,661		10,649		5,012	0
New Jersey	99,061		114,875		112,673		112,301		111,500		47,442		46,343	17,715	114,713		53,374		48,663	12,676
New Mexico	21,042		21,730		22,021		22,016		22,300		15,589		6,629	82	22,825		13,473		5,127	4,225
New York	206,961		218,612	4	218,989		218,879		211,854		102,626		71,116	38,112	217,944		105,446		73,282	39,216
North Carolina	83,680		92,550		95,664		112,304		106,562		56,192		48,685	1,685	109,634		56,823		49,063	3,748
North Dakota	8,141		8,070		8,003		8,007		8,068		4,970		3,098	0	8,181		5,132		3,049	0
Ohio	118,361		118,060		117,982		110,459		109,766		52,616		52,498	4,652	112,845		54,741		53,743	4,361
Oklahoma	41,318		40,416		41,833		42,206		46,735		22,276		19,974	4,485	46,571		22,386		19,770	4,415
Oregon	28,094		27,431		28,346		29,940		30,013		20,677		9,120	216	30,152		20,886		9,266	0
Pennsylvania	116,963		121,167		122,397		123,114		135,234		62,770		63,313	9,151	129,708		61,395		59,464	8,849
Rhode Island	10,645		11,781		14,180	3	11,381		11,271		5,383		5,888	0	11,316		5,386		5,930	0
South Carolina	45,380		46,914		48,212		49,284		47,382		14,200		30,757	2,425	49,941		33,282		14,272	2,387
South Dakota	9,397		9,064		9,129		9,070		9,416		5,729		2,533	1,154	9,244		5,791		2,553	900
Tennessee	57,164		60,022		59,596		62,176		64,659		44,454		18,626	1,579	64,926		44,397		18,848	1,681
Texas	274,826		294,547		302,425		311,649		321,929		159,819		123,974	38,136	327,905		163,514		127,161	37,230
Utah	22,008		22,287	3	22,993		23,640		24,336		12,165		9,711	2,460	23,657		11,658		9,563	2,436
Vermont	8,414		8,720		8,851		8,859		8,749		3,399		3,601	1,749	8,766		3,333		3,551	1,882
Virginia	86,977	3	93,732		103,944		79,688		71,861		34,907		36,954	0	71,415		35,233		36,182	0
Washington	51,098		53,125		53,508		53,743		53,960		26,518		22,264	5,178	54,428		26,775		22,372	5,281
West Virginia	20,930		19,958		19,940		19,633		20,306		9,493		10,813	0	20,209		9,452		10,757	0
Wisconsin	60,165		60,521		60,127		59,089		58,914		28,023		30,763	128	59,401		28,622		30,660	119
Wyoming	6,783		6,657		6,706		6,737		6,915		3,551		3,364	0	7,000		3,646		3,354	0
Bureau of Indian Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—	—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	5,105		4,885		5,726		5,204		4,147		1,610		1,519	1,018	4,551		1,581		1,532	1,438
DoD, domestic	2,399		2,002		2,033		2,033		2,243		992		433	818	2,145		974		423	748
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	820		945		989		971		—		—		—	—	—		—		—	—
Guam	1,975		1,672		1,804		—		—		—		—	—	—		—		—	—
Northern Marianas	526		579		614		579		550		310		236	4	514		280		230	4
Puerto Rico	37,620		43,054		42,036		40,163		40,826		21,357		14,017	5,452	39,356		19,065		15,031	5,260
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,511		1,545		1,434		1,531		1,518		643		588	287	1,331		632		472	227

—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 2008-09. (This table was prepared November 2010.)