Table 70.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2009

State or jurisdiction	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2006		Fall 2007		Fall 2008						Fall 2009
									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	1	3,143,003	1	3,166,391	1	3,178,142	1	3,222,154	1	1,760,865	1	1,234,197	227,092	3,209,637	1	1,777,149	1	1,227,484	205,004
Alabama	48,194	2	57,757		56,134		50,420		47,818		27,193		20,625	0	47,492		27,075		20,417	0
Alaska	7,880		7,912		7,903		7,613		7,927		4,111		3,816	0	8,083		4,264		3,819	0
Arizona	44,438		51,376		52,625		54,032		54,696		39,077		15,619	0	51,947		37,008		14,939	0
Arkansas	31,947		32,997		35,089		33,882		37,162		19,656		14,525	2,981	37,240		19,705		14,577	2,958
California	298,021	2	309,222	2	307,366	2	305,230	2	303,647	2	206,996	2	88,190	8,461	313,795	2	224,644	2	89,151	0
Colorado	41,983		45,841		46,973		47,761		48,692		27,679		21,013	0	49,060		28,071		20,989	0
Connecticut	41,044		39,687		39,115		39,304		48,463		31,808		15,602	1,053	43,593		28,303		14,236	1,054
Delaware	7,469		7,998		8,038		8,198		8,322		4,093		4,229	0	8,640		4,262		4,378	0
District of Columbia	4,949		5,481	3	5,383	3	6,347		5,321		2,768		2,263	290	6,370		3,782		2,291	297
Florida	132,030		158,962		162,851		168,737		186,361		75,396		66,343	44,622	183,827		74,156		65,821	43,851
Georgia	91,043		108,535		113,597		116,857		118,839		72,537		46,233	69	115,918		70,513		45,344	61
Hawaii	10,927		11,226		11,271		11,397		11,295		6,058		5,194	43	11,404		6,213		5,151	40
Idaho	13,714		14,521		14,770		15,013		15,148		7,951		7,197	0	15,201		8,024		7,177	0
Illinois	127,620		133,857		140,988		136,571		135,704		93,183		42,518	3	138,483		93,414		45,062	8
Indiana	59,226		60,592		61,346		62,334		62,668		34,007		28,296	365	62,258		33,685		28,171	402
Iowa	34,636		35,181		35,653		36,089		35,961		19,603		16,358	0	35,842		19,793		16,049	0
Kansas	32,742		33,608		35,297		35,359		35,883		16,957		18,769	157	34,700		17,017		16,816	867
Kentucky	39,589		42,413		43,371		43,536		43,451		21,609		10,117	11,725	44,371		21,986		10,329	12,056
Louisiana	49,915		44,660		45,951		48,610		49,377		34,573		14,804	0	49,646		34,292		15,355	0
Maine	16,559		16,684		16,826		16,558		15,912		10,881		5,031	0	16,275		11,122		5,154	0
Maryland	52,433		56,685		58,443		59,320		58,940		34,396		24,544	0	58,235		34,288		23,948	0
Massachusetts	67,432		73,596		73,157		70,719		70,398		46,585		23,813	0	69,909		46,235		23,674	0
Michigan	97,031		98,069		98,037		96,204		94,754		37,702		37,761	19,291	92,691		36,937		36,706	19,047
Minnesota	53,457		51,107		51,880		52,975		53,083		27,327		24,124	1,632	52,839		27,459		23,884	1,496
Mississippi	31,006		31,433		32,351		33,560		33,358		15,891		13,291	4,176	33,103		15,755		13,270	4,078
Missouri	64,735		67,076		67,521		68,430		68,015		34,870		33,145	0	67,796		34,931		32,865	0
Montana	10,411		10,369		10,398		10,519		10,467		7,079		3,388	0	10,521		7,133		3,388	0
Nebraska	20,983		21,359		21,459		21,930		22,057		14,202		7,855	0	22,256		13,774		8,482	0
Nevada	18,293		21,744		22,908		23,423		21,993		11,283		7,892	2,818	22,104		11,179		7,982	2,942
New Hampshire	14,341		15,536		15,515		15,484		15,661		10,649		5,012	0	15,491		10,531		4,960	0
New Jersey	99,061		112,673		112,301		111,500		114,713		53,374		48,663	12,676	115,248		62,091		40,615	12,542
New Mexico	21,042		22,021		22,016		22,300		22,825		13,473		5,127	4,225	22,724		9,976		8,657	4,090
New York	206,961		218,989		218,879		211,854		217,944		105,446		73,282	39,216	214,804		103,684		72,408	38,712
North Carolina	83,680		95,664		112,304		106,562		109,634		56,823		49,063	3,748	105,046	4	55,601	4	47,923	1,522
North Dakota	8,141		8,003		8,007		8,068		8,181		5,132		3,049	0	8,366		5,242		3,123	0
Ohio	118,361		117,982		110,459		109,766		112,845		54,741		53,743	4,361	111,378		54,398		53,016	3,963
Oklahoma	41,318		41,833		42,206		46,735		46,571		22,386		19,770	4,415	42,678		22,891		19,788	0
Oregon	28,094		28,346		29,940		30,013		30,152		20,886		9,266	0	28,751		20,148		8,604	0
Pennsylvania	116,963		122,397		123,114		135,234		129,708		61,395		59,464	8,849	130,984		61,921		59,973	9,089
Rhode Island	10,645		14,180	2	11,381		11,271		11,316		5,386		5,930	0	11,365		5,443		5,922	0
South Carolina	45,380		48,212		49,284		47,382		49,941		33,282		14,272	2,387	46,980		32,922		14,058	0
South Dakota	9,397		9,129		9,070		9,416		9,244		5,791		2,553	900	9,326		5,877		2,566	884
Tennessee	57,164		59,596		62,176		64,659		64,926		44,397		18,848	1,681	65,361		44,584		18,946	1,832
Texas	274,826		302,425		311,649		321,929		327,905		163,514		127,161	37,230	333,164		166,632		131,239	35,292
Utah	22,008		22,993		23,640		24,336		23,657		11,658		9,563	2,436	25,474		12,827		9,979	2,667
Vermont	8,414		8,851		8,859		8,749		8,766		3,333		3,551	1,882	8,734		3,352		3,563	1,819
Virginia	86,977	2	103,944		79,688		71,861		71,415		35,233		36,182	0	70,827		35,179		35,649	0
Washington	51,098		53,508		53,743		53,960		54,428		26,775		22,372	5,281	53,448		27,306		22,852	3,290
West Virginia	20,930		19,940		19,633		20,306		20,209		9,452		10,757	0	20,299		9,474		10,825	0
Wisconsin	60,165		60,127		59,089		58,914		59,401		28,622		30,660	119	58,426		28,319		29,962	145
Wyoming	6,783		6,706		6,737		6,915		7,000		3,646		3,354	0	7,166		3,734		3,431	0
Bureau of Indian    Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—	—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	5,105		5,726		5,204		4,147		4,551		1,581		1,532	1,438	—		—		—	—
DoD, domestic	2,399		2,033		2,033		2,243		2,145		974		423	748	—		—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	820		989		971		—		—		—		0	0	—		—		—	—
Guam	1,975		1,804		—		—		—		—		0	0	—		—		—	—
Northern Marianas	526		614		579		550		514		280		230	4	552		295		254	3
Puerto Rico	37,620		42,036		40,163		40,826		39,356		19,065		15,031	5,260	39,102		18,303		15,295	5,504
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,511		1,434		1,531		1,518		1,331		632		472	227	1,425		602		463	360

—Not available.

1 Includes imputed values for states.

2 Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers.

3 Imputed.

4 Includes imputations for underreporting of kindergarten teachers.

NOTE: Distribution of elementary and secondary teachers determined by reporting units. Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). DoD = Department of Defense. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 2009-10. (This table was prepared February 2012.)