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Table 208.30. Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2011
State or jurisdiction Fall 2000 Fall 2005 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011
Total Elementary Secondary Ungraded Total Elementary Secondary Ungraded
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
United States 2,941,461 1 3,143,003 1 3,178,142 1 3,222,154 1 3,209,672 1 3,099,095 1 1,708,057 1 1,199,589 191,449 3,103,263 1 1,734,606 1 1,194,504 174,153
Alabama 48,194 2 57,757   50,420   47,818   47,492   49,363   28,057   21,306 0 47,723   26,963   20,759 0
Alaska 7,880   7,912   7,613   7,927   8,083   8,171   5,340   2,830 0 8,088   4,309   3,779 0
Arizona 44,438   51,376   54,032   54,696   51,947   50,031   35,188   14,843 0 50,800   36,058   14,742 0
Arkansas 31,947   32,997   33,882   37,162   37,240   34,273   17,701   14,077 2,496 33,983   17,407   13,974 2,601
California 298,021 2 309,222 2 305,230 2 303,647 2 316,299 2 260,806 2 176,602 2 84,199 5 268,689 2 174,194 2 85,727 8,768
                                             
Colorado 41,983   45,841   47,761   48,692   49,060   48,543   27,971   20,572 0 48,078   27,656   20,421 0
Connecticut 41,044   39,687   39,304   48,463   43,593   42,951   27,890   14,030 1,032 43,805   29,185   13,310 1,310
Delaware 7,469   7,998   8,198   8,322   8,640   8,933   4,457   4,476 0 8,587   4,255   4,332 0
District of Columbia 4,949   5,481 3 6,347   5,321   5,854   5,925   3,395   2,049 481 6,278   3,781   1,930 568
Florida 132,030   158,962   168,737   186,361   183,827   175,609   76,415   66,619 32,575 175,006   76,703   65,633 32,670
                                             
Georgia 91,043   108,535   116,857   118,839   115,918   112,460   68,631   43,775 54 111,133   52,141   43,441 15,551
Hawaii 10,927   11,226   11,397   11,295   11,472   11,396   6,191   5,127 78 11,458   6,278   5,113 68
Idaho 13,714   14,521   15,013   15,148   15,201   15,673   7,486   8,186 0 15,990   7,640   8,351 0
Illinois 127,620   133,857   136,571   135,704   138,483   132,983   90,610   42,373 0 131,777   89,868   41,910 0
Indiana 59,226   60,592   62,334   62,668   62,258   58,121 2 32,216 2 25,843 62 62,339   42,599   19,740 0
                                             
Iowa 34,636   35,181   36,089   35,961   35,842   34,642   24,039   10,604 0 34,658   24,093   10,565 0
Kansas 32,742   33,608   35,359   35,883   34,700   34,644   16,985   16,792 867 37,407   19,700   17,024 684
Kentucky 39,589   42,413   43,536   43,451   41,981   42,042   21,394   9,883 10,765 41,860   21,169   9,907 10,783
Louisiana 49,915   44,660   48,610   49,377   49,646   48,655   33,195   15,460 0 48,657   33,214   15,443 0
Maine 16,559   16,684   16,558   15,912   16,331   15,384   10,596   4,788 0 14,888   10,286   4,602 0
                                             
Maryland 52,433   56,685   59,320   58,940   58,463   58,428   34,424   24,004 0 57,589   34,188   23,401 0
Massachusetts 67,432   73,596   70,719   70,398   69,909   68,754   45,441   23,313 0 69,342   45,772   23,571 0
Michigan 97,031   98,069   96,204   94,754   92,691   88,615   35,735   34,850 18,030 86,997   35,137   34,385 17,475
Minnesota 53,457   51,107   52,975   53,083   52,839   52,672   27,629   23,577 1,466 52,832   27,991   23,338 1,503
Mississippi 31,006   31,433   33,560   33,358   33,103   32,255   15,215   12,891 4,149 32,007   15,391   12,557 4,058
                                             
Missouri 64,735   67,076   68,430   68,015   67,796   66,735   34,305   32,430 0 66,252   34,141   32,111 0
Montana 10,411   10,369   10,519   10,467   10,521   10,361   7,054   3,307 0 10,153   6,981   3,172 0
Nebraska 20,983   21,359   21,930   22,057   22,256   22,345   13,839   8,506 0 22,182   13,842   8,340 0
Nevada 18,293   21,744   23,423   21,993   22,104   21,839   10,842   8,041 2,956 21,132   10,317   7,769 3,046
New Hampshire 14,341   15,536   15,484   15,661   15,491   15,365   10,402   4,963 0 15,049   10,180   4,869 0
                                             
New Jersey 99,061   112,673   111,500   114,713   115,248   110,202   59,333   38,278 12,591 109,719   58,767   37,691 13,262
New Mexico 21,042   22,021   22,300   22,825   22,724   22,437   9,832   8,563 4,043 21,957   9,739   8,182 4,035
New York 206,961   218,989   211,854   217,944   214,804   211,606   101,708   69,357 40,541 209,527   121,569   87,687 271
North Carolina 83,680   95,664   106,562   109,634   105,036 4 98,357   49,681   47,549 1,128 97,308   64,599   31,706 1,003
North Dakota 8,141   8,003   8,068   8,181   8,366   8,417   5,431   2,986 0 8,525   5,499   3,026 0
                                             
Ohio 118,361   117,982   109,766   112,845   111,378   109,282   53,650   51,887 3,745 107,972   52,065   49,614 6,292
Oklahoma 41,318   41,833   46,735   46,571   42,615   41,278   22,292   18,986 0 41,349   22,545   18,804 0
Oregon 28,094   28,346   30,013   30,152   28,768   28,109   19,717   8,392 0 26,791   18,801   7,990 0
Pennsylvania 116,963   122,397   135,234   129,708   130,984   129,911   61,575   58,513 9,824 124,646   59,431   55,684 9,530
Rhode Island 10,645   14,180 2 11,271   11,316   11,366   11,212   5,294   5,918 0 11,414   5,472   5,942 0
                                             
South Carolina 45,380   48,212   47,382   49,941   46,980   45,210   31,715   13,495 0 46,782   32,577   14,205 0
South Dakota 9,397   9,129   9,416   9,244   9,326   9,512   6,056   2,573 883 9,247   5,890   2,514 843
Tennessee 57,164   59,596   64,659   64,926   65,361   66,558   45,093   19,315 2,151 66,382   45,212   19,066 2,104
Texas 274,826   302,425   321,929   327,905   333,164   334,997   167,161   133,218 34,618 324,282   162,768   130,424 31,090
Utah 22,008   22,993   24,336   23,657   25,615   25,677   12,859   10,132 2,686 25,970   13,032   10,333 2,605
                                             
Vermont 8,414   8,851   8,749   8,766   8,734   8,382   3,315   3,306 1,761 8,364   3,360   3,206 1,798
Virginia 86,977 2 103,944   71,861   71,415   70,827   70,947   34,169   36,779 0 90,832   41,909   48,923 0
Washington 51,098   53,508   53,960   54,428   53,448   53,934   28,128   23,490 2,317 53,119   28,113   22,934 2,072
West Virginia 20,930   19,940   20,306   20,209   20,299   20,338   9,509   10,830 0 20,247   9,483   10,765 0
Wisconsin 60,165   60,127   58,914   59,401   58,426   57,625   28,529   28,949 148 56,245   27,873   28,209 163
Wyoming 6,783   6,706   6,915   7,000   7,166   7,127   3,767   3,360 0 7,847   4,461   3,385 0
                                             
Bureau of Indian
   Education
                 
                                             
DoD, overseas 5,105   5,726   4,147   4,551            
DoD, domestic 2,399   2,033   2,243   2,145            
                                             
Other jurisdictions                                            
American Samoa 820   989                
Guam 1,975   1,804         1,843   911   932 0 2,291   925   991 375
Northern Marianas 526   614   550   514   552   607   338   266 3 496   292   200 4
Puerto Rico 37,620   42,036   40,826   39,356   39,102   36,506   16,865   14,151 5,490 33,079   15,140   12,618 5,321
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,511   1,434   1,518   1,331   1,425   1,457   617   471 369 1,217   522   399 296
—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 2011-12. (This table was prepared August 2013.)

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