Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 208.30. Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2013
[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction Fall 2000 Fall 2005 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013
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  3,209,672 1  3,099,095 1  3,103,263 1  3,109,101 1  1,719,764 1  1,215,042 1  174,295 3,113,764 1  1,736,644 1  1,207,774 1  169,347  
Alabama 48,194 2 57,757   47,492   49,363   47,723   51,877   30,428   21,450   0 47,162   33,029   14,133   0  
Alaska 7,880   7,912   8,083   8,171   8,088   7,682   4,191   3,491   0 7,898   4,255   3,643   0  
Arizona 44,438   51,376   51,947   50,031   50,800   48,866   34,248   14,619   0 48,359   33,890   14,468   0  
Arkansas 31,947   32,997   37,240   34,273   33,983   34,131   17,619   13,929   2,583 34,933   18,198   14,216   2,518  
California 298,021 2 309,222 2 316,299 2 260,806 2 268,689 2 266,255 2 172,533 2 87,675   6,048 259,506 2 175,937 2 80,911   2,657  
                                                   
Colorado 41,983   45,841   49,060   48,543   48,078   48,922   28,033   20,889   0 50,157   28,807   21,350   0  
Connecticut 41,044   39,687   43,593   42,951   43,805   43,931   29,256   13,365   1,311 43,443   28,951   13,268   1,225  
Delaware 7,469   7,998   8,640   8,933   8,587   9,257   4,661   4,596   0 9,388   4,782   4,606   0  
District of Columbia 4,949   5,481 3 5,854   5,925   6,278   5,925   2,975   2,295   655 5,991   3,068   1,726   1,198  
Florida 132,030   158,962   183,827   175,609   175,006   176,537   76,564   66,930   33,043 177,853   77,076   66,896   33,881  
                                                   
Georgia 91,043   108,535   115,918   112,460   111,133   109,365   50,808   42,795   15,763 109,441   50,826   42,831   15,785  
Hawaii 10,927   11,226   11,472   11,396   11,458   11,608   6,378   5,149   81 11,781   6,467   5,240   74  
Idaho 13,714   14,521   15,201   15,673   15,990   14,563   6,997   7,566   0 15,002   7,163   7,839   0  
Illinois 127,620   133,857   138,483   132,983   131,777   135,701 4 92,561 5 42,044 3 1,095 136,355 6 91,826 5 43,459   1,070 3
Indiana 59,226   60,592   62,258   58,121 2 62,339   59,863   31,187   28,676   0 59,823   31,188   28,635   0  
                                                   
Iowa 34,636   35,181   35,842   34,642   34,658   35,080   24,443   10,637   0 35,397   24,719   10,677   0  
Kansas 32,742   33,608   34,700   34,644   37,407   41,243   20,833   19,608   802 38,153   19,360   18,298   496  
Kentucky 39,589   42,413   41,981   42,042   41,860   42,769   21,874   10,120   10,776 41,820   24,751   9,959   7,110  
Louisiana 49,915   44,660   49,646   48,655   48,657   46,493   31,715   14,778   0 46,437   31,650   14,787   0  
Maine 16,559   16,684   16,331   15,384   14,888   15,222   10,561   4,661   0 15,452   10,699   4,744   9  
                                                   
Maryland 52,433   56,685   58,463   58,428   57,589   57,718   34,453   23,266   0 58,611   35,332   23,279   0  
Massachusetts 67,432   73,596   69,909   68,754   69,342   70,636   46,678   23,958   0 70,490   46,284   24,206   0  
Michigan 97,031   98,069   92,691   88,615   86,997   86,154   35,430   33,967   16,757 85,786   35,535   33,666   16,585  
Minnesota 53,457   51,107   52,839   52,672   52,832   53,585   28,561   23,413   1,611 54,413   29,197   23,650   1,565  
Mississippi 31,006   31,433   33,103   32,255   32,007   32,613   15,401   13,187   4,026 32,292   15,291   13,068   3,934  
                                                   
Missouri 64,735   67,076   67,796   66,735   66,252   66,248   34,219   32,029   0 66,651   34,510   32,141   0  
Montana 10,411   10,369   10,521   10,361   10,153   10,200   7,079   3,121   0 10,310   7,143   3,150   18  
Nebraska 20,983   21,359   22,256   22,345   22,182   22,103   13,805   8,298   0 22,401   14,095   8,306   0  
Nevada 18,293   21,744   22,104   21,839   21,132   20,695   10,088   7,683   2,924 21,921   10,760   8,071   3,090  
New Hampshire 14,341   15,536   15,491   15,365   15,049   14,925   9,983   4,941   0 14,826   10,052   4,774   0  
                                                   
New Jersey 99,061   112,673   115,248   110,202   109,719   110,929   58,569   37,481   14,879 114,581   60,466   38,638   15,477  
New Mexico 21,042   22,021   22,724   22,437   21,957   22,201   9,806   8,339   4,056 22,239   9,825   8,332   4,082  
New York 206,961   218,989   214,804   211,606   209,527   207,060   109,082   97,751   227 206,693   109,430   97,055   208  
North Carolina 83,680   95,664   105,036 7 98,357   97,308   98,590   68,745   28,772   1,073 99,327   68,076   30,249   1,002  
North Dakota 8,141   8,003   8,366   8,417   8,525   8,677   5,595   3,082   0 8,805   5,754   3,051   0  
                                                   
Ohio 118,361   117,982   111,378   109,282   107,972   106,000   50,217   47,953   7,830 106,010   49,680   47,207   9,123  
Oklahoma 41,318   41,833   42,615   41,278   41,349   41,775   22,948   18,827   0 41,983   23,239   18,743   0  
Oregon 28,094   28,346   28,768   28,109   26,791   26,410   18,541   7,869   0 26,733   18,776   7,957   0  
Pennsylvania 116,963   122,397   130,984   129,911   124,646   123,147   58,769   54,682   9,696 121,330   58,121   53,270   9,938  
Rhode Island 10,645   14,180 2 11,366   11,212   11,414   9,871   5,359   4,512   0 9,824   5,280   4,544   0  
                                                   
South Carolina 45,380   48,212   46,980   45,210   46,782   48,072   33,640   14,432   0 48,151   33,849   14,303   0  
South Dakota 9,397   9,129   9,326   9,512   9,247   9,334   5,967   2,505   862 9,510   6,157   2,518   834  
Tennessee 57,164   59,596   65,361   66,558   66,382   66,406   45,229   19,103   2,075 65,847   45,018   18,937   1,892  
Texas 274,826   302,425   333,164   334,997   324,282   327,357   165,006   133,053   29,298 334,580   167,594   137,971   29,015  
Utah 22,008   22,993   25,615   25,677   25,970   26,610   13,318   10,642   2,649 27,247   13,464   11,219   2,564  
                                                   
Vermont 8,414   8,851   8,734   8,382   8,364   8,403   3,377   3,186   1,840 8,375   3,369   3,152   1,854  
Virginia 86,977 2 103,944   70,827   70,947   90,832   89,389   41,852   47,536   0 90,098   42,088   48,009   0  
Washington 51,098   53,508   53,448   53,934   53,119   53,699   28,139   23,575   1,985 54,867   29,057   24,060   1,750  
West Virginia 20,930   19,940   20,299   20,338   20,247   20,101   9,433   10,668   0 19,978   9,392   10,586   0  
Wisconsin 60,165   60,127   58,426   57,625   56,245   57,551   28,658   28,543   350 57,980   29,092   28,496   392  
Wyoming 6,783   6,706   7,166   7,127   7,847   7,350   3,952   3,397   0 7,555   4,078   3,477   0  
                                                   
Bureau of Indian
      Education
          5,308   4,282   1,027   0        
                                                   
DoD, overseas 5,105   5,726                      
DoD, domestic 2,399   2,033                      
                                                   
Other jurisdictions                                                  
American Samoa 820   989                      
Guam 1,975   1,804     1,843   2,291   2,291   925   991   375 2,291   925   991   375  
Northern Marianas 526   614   552   607   496   409   249   156   4 417   243   170   4  
Puerto Rico 37,620   42,036   39,102   36,506   33,079   30,986   14,293   11,765   4,928 33,412   15,209   12,642   5,560  
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,511   1,434   1,425   1,457   1,217   1,129   489   351   289 1,082   470   276   336  
—Not available.
1 Includes imputed values for states.
2 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers.
3 Imputed.
4 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten, kindergarten, and secondary teachers.
5 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers.
6 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten, kindergarten, and ungraded teachers.
7 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of kindergarten teachers.
NOTE: Distribution of elementary and secondary teachers determined by reporting units. 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 2013-14. (This table was prepared August 2015.)

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