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 2014
[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction Fall 2000 Fall 2005 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013   Fall 2014
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 3,099,095 1 3,103,263 1 3,109,101 1 3,113,764 1 1,736,644 1 1,207,774 169,347 1 3,132,351 1 1,743,157 1 1,203,263 1 185,931 1
Alabama 48,194 2 57,757   49,363   47,723   51,877   47,162   33,029   14,133 0   42,737   22,660   20,076   0  
Alaska 7,880   7,912   8,171   8,088   7,682   7,898   4,255   3,643 0   7,759   4,257   3,502   0  
Arizona 44,438   51,376   50,031   50,800   48,866   48,359   33,890   14,468 0   48,124   33,274   14,851   0  
Arkansas 31,947   32,997   34,273   33,983   34,131   34,933   18,198   14,216 2,518   35,430   18,551   14,288   2,591  
California 298,021 2 309,222 2 260,806 2 268,689 2 266,255 2 259,506 2 175,937 2 80,911 2,657   267,685 2 180,094 2 85,079   2,512  
                                                   
Colorado 41,983   45,841   48,543   48,078   48,922   50,157   28,807   21,350 0   51,388   29,488   21,900   0  
Connecticut 41,044   39,687   42,951   43,805   43,931   43,443   28,951   13,268 1,225   42,062   26,594   15,237   231  
Delaware 7,469   7,998   8,933   8,587   9,257   9,388   4,782   4,606 0   9,649   4,879   4,770   0  
District of Columbia 4,949   5,481 3 5,925   6,278   5,925   5,991   3,068   1,726 1,198   6,565   4,806   1,722   38  
Florida 132,030   158,962   175,609   175,006   176,537   177,853   77,076   66,896 33,881   180,442   77,052   66,301   37,089  
                                                   
Georgia 91,043   108,535   112,460   111,133   109,365   109,441   50,826   42,831 15,785   111,470   51,858   43,261   16,351  
Hawaii 10,927   11,226   11,396   11,458   11,608   11,781   6,467   5,240 74   11,663   6,380   5,218   65  
Idaho 13,714   14,521   15,673   15,990   14,563   15,002   7,163   7,839 0   15,609   7,393   8,216   0  
Illinois 127,620   133,857   132,983   131,777   135,701 4 136,355 5 91,826 6 43,459 1,070 3 132,456   91,688   40,706   62  
Indiana 59,226   60,592   58,121 2 62,339   59,863   59,823   31,188   28,635 0   56,547   29,621   26,927   0  
                                                   
Iowa 34,636   35,181   34,642   34,658   35,080   35,397   24,719   10,677 0   35,684   24,969   10,716   0  
Kansas 32,742   33,608   34,644   37,407   41,243   38,153   19,360   18,298 496   37,659   19,188   18,471   0  
Kentucky 39,589   42,413   42,042   41,860   42,769   41,820   24,751   9,959 7,110   41,586   24,653   9,887   7,046  
Louisiana 49,915   44,660   48,655   48,657   46,493   46,437   31,650   14,787 0   46,340   26,884   11,920   7,536  
Maine 16,559   16,684   15,384   14,888   15,222   15,452   10,699   4,744 9   14,937   10,374   4,563   0  
                                                   
Maryland 52,433   56,685   58,428   57,589   57,718   58,611   35,332   23,279 0   59,194   35,870   23,324   0  
Massachusetts 67,432   73,596   68,754   69,342   70,636   70,490   46,284   24,206 0   71,859   47,116   24,743   0  
Michigan 97,031   98,069   88,615   86,997   86,154   85,786   35,535   33,666 16,585   85,038   35,201   33,377   16,460  
Minnesota 53,457   51,107   52,672   52,832   53,585   54,413   29,197   23,650 1,565   55,690   30,105   23,961   1,624  
Mississippi 31,006   31,433   32,255   32,007   32,613   32,292   15,291   13,068 3,934   32,311   15,299   13,092   3,921  
                                                   
Missouri 64,735   67,076   66,735   66,252   66,248   66,651   34,510   32,141 0   67,356   35,050   32,306   0  
Montana 10,411   10,369   10,361   10,153   10,200   10,310   7,143   3,150 18   10,234   7,149   3,073   12  
Nebraska 20,983   21,359   22,345   22,182   22,103   22,401   14,095   8,306 0   22,988   14,499   8,488   0  
Nevada 18,293   21,744   21,839   21,132   20,695   21,921   10,760   8,071 3,090   21,656   10,547   7,959   3,150  
New Hampshire 14,341   15,536   15,365   15,049   14,925   14,826   10,052   4,774 0   14,773   10,009   4,764   0  
                                                   
New Jersey 99,061   112,673   110,202   109,719   110,929   114,581   60,466   38,638 15,477   115,067   60,999   38,229   15,839  
New Mexico 21,042   22,021   22,437   21,957   22,201   22,239   9,825   8,332 4,082   22,411   9,951   8,407   4,053  
New York 206,961   218,989   211,606   209,527   207,060   206,693   109,430   97,055 208   203,781   103,469   91,679   8,634  
North Carolina 83,680   95,664   98,357   97,308   98,590   99,327   68,076   30,249 1,002   99,320   69,276   29,198   846  
North Dakota 8,141   8,003   8,417   8,525   8,677   8,805   5,754   3,051 0   9,049   5,900   3,149   0  
                                                   
Ohio 118,361   117,982   109,282   107,972   106,000   106,010   49,680   47,207 9,123   106,526 3 50,181 3 47,251 3 9,094 3
Oklahoma 41,318   41,833   41,278   41,349   41,775   41,983   23,239   18,743 0   42,073   23,506   18,568   0  
Oregon 28,094   28,346   28,109   26,791   26,410   26,733   18,776   7,957 0   27,850   19,580   8,270   0  
Pennsylvania 116,963   122,397   129,911   124,646   123,147   121,330   58,121   53,270 9,938   122,030   58,536   53,320   10,174  
Rhode Island 10,645   14,180 2 11,212   11,414   9,871   9,824   5,280   4,544 0   9,471   5,186   4,285   0  
                                                   
South Carolina 45,380   48,212   45,210   46,782   48,072   48,151   33,849   14,303 0   49,475   34,696   14,779   0  
South Dakota 9,397   9,129   9,512   9,247   9,334   9,510   6,157   2,518 834   9,618   6,247   2,510   861  
Tennessee 57,164   59,596   66,558   66,382   66,406   65,847   45,018   18,937 1,892   65,341   44,738   18,687   1,916  
Texas 274,826   302,425   334,997   324,282   327,357   334,580   167,594   137,971 29,015   342,257   171,843   141,716   28,698  
Utah 22,008   22,993   25,677   25,970   26,610   27,247   13,464   11,219 2,564   27,374 3 13,588 3 11,230 3 2,556 3
                                                   
Vermont 8,414   8,851   8,382   8,364   8,403   8,375   3,369   3,152 1,854   8,276   3,239   2,928   2,109  
Virginia 86,977 2 103,944   70,947   90,832   89,389   90,098   42,088   48,009 0   89,968   41,853   48,115   0  
Washington 51,098   53,508   53,934   53,119   53,699   54,867   29,057   24,060 1,750   59,555   41,872   15,629   2,054  
West Virginia 20,930   19,940   20,338   20,247   20,101   19,978   9,392   10,586 0   20,029   9,425   10,585   19  
Wisconsin 60,165   60,127   57,625   56,245   57,551   57,980   29,092   28,496 392   58,376 3 29,462 3 28,523 3 391 3
Wyoming 6,783   6,706   7,127   7,847   7,350   7,555   4,078   3,477 0   7,615   4,105   3,509   0  
                                                   
Bureau of Indian
      Education
        5,308                
                                                   
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   2,291   925   991 375   2,286   1,213   1,073   0  
Northern Marianas 526   614   607   496   409   417   243   170 4          
Puerto Rico 37,620   42,036   36,506   33,079   30,986   33,412   15,209   12,642 5,560   31,186   13,458   11,996   5,732  
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,511   1,434   1,457   1,217   1,129   1,082   470   276 336   1,131   483   346   302  
—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, kindergarten, and ungraded teachers.
6 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten and 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 2014-15. (This table was prepared January 2017.)

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