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Table 208.30. Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2017

[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction Fall 2000 Fall 2005 Fall 2010 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017
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 3,132,351 1 3,151,497 1 3,169,499 1 1,759,610 1 1,232,805 1 177,083 1 3,169,750 1 1,746,538 1 1,233,360 1 189,851 1
Alabama 48,194 2 57,757   49,363   42,737   40,766   42,533   22,476   20,057   0   41,802   22,301   19,501   0  
Alaska 7,880   7,912   8,171   7,759   7,832   7,825   4,070   3,754   0   7,743   4,070   3,673   0  
Arizona 44,438   51,376   50,031   48,124   47,944   48,220   33,135   15,085   0   47,868   33,299   14,569   0  
Arkansas 31,947   32,997   34,273   35,430   35,804   35,730   18,317   14,768   2,645   35,800   18,177   14,862   2,760  
California 298,021 2 309,222 2 260,806 2 267,685 2 263,475   271,287 2 182,600 2 86,140   2,547   271,523 2 181,402 2 85,849   4,272  
                                                     
Colorado 41,983   45,841   48,543   51,388   51,798   52,014   29,401   22,613   0   52,373   29,341   23,033   0  
Connecticut 41,044   39,687   42,951   42,062   43,772   42,343   26,744   15,373   226   45,081   29,414   15,428   239  
Delaware 7,469   7,998   8,933   9,649   8,962   9,208   4,678   4,530   0   9,399   4,788   4,611   0  
District of Columbia 4,949   5,481 3 5,925   6,565   6,789   6,727   3,990   2,713   24   6,659   4,078   2,581   0  
Florida 132,030   158,962   175,609   180,442   182,586   186,339   76,301   67,849   42,190   186,128   75,746   67,474   42,908  
                                                     
Georgia 91,043   108,535   112,460   111,470   113,031   114,763   52,918   44,721   17,124   116,022   53,116   45,502   17,403  
Hawaii 10,927   11,226   11,396   11,663   11,747   11,782   6,397   5,315   70   12,033   6,518   5,450   66  
Idaho 13,714   14,521   15,673   15,609   15,656   16,204   7,648   8,556   0   16,592   7,764   8,828   0  
Illinois 127,620   133,857   132,983   132,456 4 129,948   128,893   90,125   38,506   263   128,204   89,854   38,018   332  
Indiana 59,226   60,592   58,121 2 56,547   57,675   60,162   31,163   28,999   0   61,018   31,621   29,398   0  
                                                     
Iowa 34,636   35,181   34,642   35,684   35,687   35,808   25,205   10,603   0   35,553   25,007   10,546   0  
Kansas 32,742   33,608   34,644   37,659   40,035   36,193   18,496   17,697   0   36,387   18,729   17,658   0  
Kentucky 39,589   42,413   42,042   41,586   41,902   42,029   24,772   10,058   7,199   42,064   24,701   10,092   7,270  
Louisiana 49,915   44,660   48,655   46,340   58,469   48,408   32,806   15,602   0   40,281   27,409   12,872   0  
Maine 16,559   16,684   15,384   14,937   14,857   14,750   10,284   4,467   0   14,760   10,329   4,431   0  
                                                     
Maryland 52,433   56,685   58,428   59,194   59,414   59,703   36,442   23,261   0   60,175   36,657   23,518   0  
Massachusetts 67,432   73,596   68,754   71,859   71,969   72,413   47,382   25,031   0   73,381   47,733   25,648   0  
Michigan 97,031   98,069   88,615   85,038   84,181   83,597   34,756   32,785   16,057   84,473   35,276   32,978   16,219  
Minnesota 53,457   51,107   52,672   55,690   55,985   56,715   30,555   24,270   1,889   57,260   30,816   24,497   1,947  
Mississippi 31,006   31,433   32,255   32,311   32,175   31,924   14,907   13,196   3,822   31,625   14,795   13,117   3,713  
                                                     
Missouri 64,735   67,076   66,735   67,356   67,635   67,926   35,235   32,691   0   68,496   35,725   32,771   0  
Montana 10,411   10,369   10,361   10,234   10,412   10,555   7,391   3,127   36   10,515   7,383   3,097   35  
Nebraska 20,983   21,359   22,345   22,988   23,308   23,611   15,221   8,390   0   23,771   15,321   8,450   0  
Nevada 18,293   21,744   21,839   21,656   22,702   23,705   11,422   8,486   3,797   23,709   11,348   8,453   3,908  
New Hampshire 14,341   15,536   15,365   14,773   14,770   14,760   9,761   4,999   0   14,589   9,859   4,730   0  
                                                     
New Jersey 99,061   112,673   110,202   115,067   114,968   115,729   61,286   37,911   16,532   115,496   61,197   37,635   16,664  
New Mexico 21,042   22,021   22,437   22,411   21,722   21,331   9,454   8,123   3,754   21,092   9,387   7,960   3,745  
New York 206,961   218,989   211,606   203,781   206,086   209,151   105,341   93,792   10,018   213,159   108,893   95,744   8,522  
North Carolina 83,680   95,664   98,357   99,320   99,355   100,220   69,663   29,741   816   100,401   70,004   29,641   756  
North Dakota 8,141   8,003   8,417   9,049   9,195   9,265   6,122   3,143   0   9,284   6,163   3,121   0  
                                                     
Ohio 118,361   117,982   109,282   106,526 3 101,742   102,600   57,122   41,128   4,350   98,912   43,987   41,543   13,382  
Oklahoma 41,318   41,833   41,278   42,073   42,452   41,090   23,119   17,970   0   41,597   23,643   17,954   0  
Oregon 28,094   28,346   28,109   27,850   29,086   29,756   21,089   8,667   0   29,909   21,158   8,752   0  
Pennsylvania 116,963   122,397   129,911   122,030   120,893   122,552   58,732   52,965   10,855   121,918   58,334   52,638   10,946  
Rhode Island 10,645   14,180 2 11,212   9,471   10,631   10,689   5,965   4,724   0   10,687   5,939   4,748   0  
                                                     
South Carolina 45,380   48,212   45,210   49,475   50,237   50,789   35,712   15,078   0   52,467   36,969   15,498   0  
South Dakota 9,397   9,129   9,512   9,618   9,638   9,777   6,364   2,499   914   9,833   6,250   2,495   1,087  
Tennessee 57,164   59,596   66,558   65,341   66,488   64,270   45,296   18,975   0   64,019   45,462   18,558   0  
Texas 274,826   302,425   334,997   342,257   347,329   352,809   175,290   153,142   24,377   356,877   176,132   155,342   25,403  
Utah 22,008   22,993   25,677   27,374 3 28,348 3 28,841 3 14,050 3 11,882 3 2,909 3 29,212 3 14,230 3 12,035 3 2,946 3
                                                     
Vermont 8,414   8,851   8,382   8,276   8,338   8,187   3,326   2,736   2,124   8,313   3,176   2,745   2,392  
Virginia 86,977 2 103,944   70,947   89,968   90,255   91,628   42,155   49,473   0   85,936   37,097   48,840   0  
Washington 51,098   53,508   53,934   59,555   57,942   58,815   32,242   24,507   2,067   60,183   33,057   24,810   2,316  
West Virginia 20,930   19,940   20,338   20,029   19,664   19,356   9,168   10,167   21   19,239   9,951   9,083   205  
Wisconsin 60,165   60,127   57,625   58,376 3 58,185   59,011   29,429   29,125   457   58,598   28,986   29,198   414  
Wyoming 6,783   6,706   7,127   7,615   7,653   7,506   4,089   3,417   0   7,335   3,948   3,387   0  
                                                     
Jurisdiction                                                    
                                                     
Bureau of Indian
   Education
---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---  
DoDEA5 7,504   7,759   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---  
                                                     
Other jurisdictions                                                    
American Samoa 820   989   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---  
Guam 1,975   1,804   1,843   2,286   2,336   2,289   1,154   1,135   0   2,202   1,068   1,134   0  
Northern Marianas 526   614   607   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---  
Puerto Rico 37,620   42,036   36,506   31,186   30,438   28,899   13,097   10,140   5,661   28,039   16,617   6,275   5,147  
U.S. Virgin
   Islands
1,511   1,434   1,457   1,131   1,106   1,154   546   593   15   1,066   500   553   13  
---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 ungraded teachers.
5 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
NOTE: Distribution of elementary and secondary teachers determined by reporting units.
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 2017-18. (This table was prepared August 2019.)

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