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Table 208.30. Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2012
State or jurisdiction Fall 2000 Fall 2005 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012
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 3,222,154 1 3,209,672 1 3,099,095 1 3,103,263 1 1,734,606 1 1,194,504 174,153 3,109,101 1 1,719,764 1 1,215,042 1 174,295
Alabama 48,194 2 57,757   47,818   47,492   49,363   47,723   26,963   20,759 0 51,877   30,428   21,450   0
Alaska 7,880   7,912   7,927   8,083   8,171   8,088   4,309   3,779 0 7,682   4,191   3,491   0
Arizona 44,438   51,376   54,696   51,947   50,031   50,800   36,058   14,742 0 48,866   34,248   14,619   0
Arkansas 31,947   32,997   37,162   37,240   34,273   33,983   17,407   13,974 2,601 34,131   17,619   13,929   2,583
California 298,021 2 309,222 2 303,647 2 316,299 2 260,806 2 268,689 2 174,194 2 85,727 8,768 266,255 2 172,533 2 87,675   6,048
                                               
Colorado 41,983   45,841   48,692   49,060   48,543   48,078   27,656   20,421 0 48,922   28,033   20,889   0
Connecticut 41,044   39,687   48,463   43,593   42,951   43,805   29,185   13,310 1,310 43,931   29,256   13,365   1,311
Delaware 7,469   7,998   8,322   8,640   8,933   8,587   4,255   4,332 0 9,257   4,661   4,596   0
District of Columbia 4,949   5,481 3 5,321   5,854   5,925   6,278   3,781   1,930 568 5,925   2,975   2,295   655
Florida 132,030   158,962   186,361   183,827   175,609   175,006   76,703   65,633 32,670 176,537   76,564   66,930   33,043
                                               
Georgia 91,043   108,535   118,839   115,918   112,460   111,133   52,141   43,441 15,551 109,365   50,808   42,795   15,763
Hawaii 10,927   11,226   11,295   11,472   11,396   11,458   6,278   5,113 68 11,608   6,378   5,149   81
Idaho 13,714   14,521   15,148   15,201   15,673   15,990   7,640   8,351 0 14,563   6,997   7,566   0
Illinois 127,620   133,857   135,704   138,483   132,983   131,777   89,868   41,910 0 135,701 4 92,561 5 42,044 3 1,095
Indiana 59,226   60,592   62,668   62,258   58,121 2 62,339   42,599   19,740 0 59,863   31,187   28,676   0
                                               
Iowa 34,636   35,181   35,961   35,842   34,642   34,658   24,093   10,565 0 35,080   24,443   10,637   0
Kansas 32,742   33,608   35,883   34,700   34,644   37,407   19,700   17,024 684 41,243   20,833   19,608   802
Kentucky 39,589   42,413   43,451   41,981   42,042   41,860   21,169   9,907 10,783 42,769   21,874   10,120   10,776
Louisiana 49,915   44,660   49,377   49,646   48,655   48,657   33,214   15,443 0 46,493   31,715   14,778   0
Maine 16,559   16,684   15,912   16,331   15,384   14,888   10,286   4,602 0 15,222   10,561   4,661   0
                                               
Maryland 52,433   56,685   58,940   58,463   58,428   57,589   34,188   23,401 0 57,718   34,453   23,266   0
Massachusetts 67,432   73,596   70,398   69,909   68,754   69,342   45,772   23,571 0 70,636   46,678   23,958   0
Michigan 97,031   98,069   94,754   92,691   88,615   86,997   35,137   34,385 17,475 86,154   35,430   33,967   16,757
Minnesota 53,457   51,107   53,083   52,839   52,672   52,832   27,991   23,338 1,503 53,585   28,561   23,413   1,611
Mississippi 31,006   31,433   33,358   33,103   32,255   32,007   15,391   12,557 4,058 32,613   15,401   13,187   4,026
                                               
Missouri 64,735   67,076   68,015   67,796   66,735   66,252   34,141   32,111 0 66,248   34,219   32,029   0
Montana 10,411   10,369   10,467   10,521   10,361   10,153   6,981   3,172 0 10,200   7,079   3,121   0
Nebraska 20,983   21,359   22,057   22,256   22,345   22,182   13,842   8,340 0 22,103   13,805   8,298   0
Nevada 18,293   21,744   21,993   22,104   21,839   21,132   10,317   7,769 3,046 20,695   10,088   7,683   2,924
New Hampshire 14,341   15,536   15,661   15,491   15,365   15,049   10,180   4,869 0 14,925   9,983   4,941   0
                                               
New Jersey 99,061   112,673   114,713   115,248   110,202   109,719   58,767   37,691 13,262 110,929   58,569   37,481   14,879
New Mexico 21,042   22,021   22,825   22,724   22,437   21,957   9,739   8,182 4,035 22,201   9,806   8,339   4,056
New York 206,961   218,989   217,944   214,804   211,606   209,527   121,569   87,687 271 207,060   109,082   97,751   227
North Carolina 83,680   95,664   109,634   105,036 6 98,357   97,308   64,599   31,706 1,003 98,590   68,745   28,772   1,073
North Dakota 8,141   8,003   8,181   8,366   8,417   8,525   5,499   3,026 0 8,677   5,595   3,082   0
                                               
Ohio 118,361   117,982   112,845   111,378   109,282   107,972   52,065   49,614 6,292 106,000   50,217   47,953   7,830
Oklahoma 41,318   41,833   46,571   42,615   41,278   41,349   22,545   18,804 0 41,775   22,948   18,827   0
Oregon 28,094   28,346   30,152   28,768   28,109   26,791   18,801   7,990 0 26,410   18,541   7,869   0
Pennsylvania 116,963   122,397   129,708   130,984   129,911   124,646   59,431   55,684 9,530 123,147   58,769   54,682   9,696
Rhode Island 10,645   14,180 2 11,316   11,366   11,212   11,414   5,472   5,942 0 9,871   5,359   4,512   0
                                               
South Carolina 45,380   48,212   49,941   46,980   45,210   46,782   32,577   14,205 0 48,072   33,640   14,432   0
South Dakota 9,397   9,129   9,244   9,326   9,512   9,247   5,890   2,514 843 9,334   5,967   2,505   862
Tennessee 57,164   59,596   64,926   65,361   66,558   66,382   45,212   19,066 2,104 66,406   45,229   19,103   2,075
Texas 274,826   302,425   327,905   333,164   334,997   324,282   162,768   130,424 31,090 327,357   165,006   133,053   29,298
Utah 22,008   22,993   23,657   25,615   25,677   25,970   13,032   10,333 2,605 26,610   13,318   10,642   2,649
                                               
Vermont 8,414   8,851   8,766   8,734   8,382   8,364   3,360   3,206 1,798 8,403   3,377   3,186   1,840
Virginia 86,977 2 103,944   71,415   70,827   70,947   90,832   41,909   48,923 0 89,389   41,852   47,536   0
Washington 51,098   53,508   54,428   53,448   53,934   53,119   28,113   22,934 2,072 53,699   28,139   23,575   1,985
West Virginia 20,930   19,940   20,209   20,299   20,338   20,247   9,483   10,765 0 20,101   9,433   10,668   0
Wisconsin 60,165   60,127   59,401   58,426   57,625   56,245   27,873   28,209 163 57,551   28,658   28,543   350
Wyoming 6,783   6,706   7,000   7,166   7,127   7,847   4,461   3,385 0 7,350   3,952   3,397   0
                                               
Bureau of Indian
   Education
              5,308   4,282   1,027   0
                                               
DoD, overseas 5,105   5,726   4,551                
DoD, domestic 2,399   2,033   2,145                
                                               
Other jurisdictions                                              
American Samoa 820   989                  
Guam 1,975   1,804       1,843   2,291   925   991 375 2,291   925   991   375
Northern Marianas 526   614   514   552   607   496   292   200 4 409   249   156   4
Puerto Rico 37,620   42,036   39,356   39,102   36,506   33,079   15,140   12,618 5,321 30,986   14,293   11,765   4,928
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,511   1,434   1,331   1,425   1,457   1,217   522   399 296 1,129   489   351   289
—Not available.
1 Includes imputed values for states.
2 Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers.
3 Imputed.
4 Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten, kindergarten, and secondary teachers.
5 Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers.
6 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.
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 2012-13. (This table was prepared October 2014.)

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