Table 208.30.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2021

[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction	Fall 2000	Fall 2005	Fall 2010	Fall 2015	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020								Fall 2021
							Total		Elementary		Secondary		Ungraded		Total		Elementary		Secondary		Ungraded
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15
United States	2,941,461	3,143,003	3,099,095	3,151,497	3,169,762	3,198,170	3,195,800		1,779,173		1,258,475		158,153		3,214,242		1,785,899		1,274,473		153,870
Alabama	48,194	57,757	49,363	40,766	42,114	42,022	42,336		22,921		19,415		0		38,835		21,288		17,548		0
Alaska	7,880	7,912	8,171	7,832	7,657	7,484	7,558		3,944		3,614		---		7,246		3,744		3,502		---
Arizona	44,438	51,376	50,031	47,944	48,510	48,912	49,547		33,866		15,681		---		51,093		35,071		16,022		---
Arkansas	31,947	32,997	34,273	35,804	38,019	38,629	38,543		17,450		18,160		2,933		38,846		20,390		15,552		2,905
California	298,021	309,222	260,806	263,475	271,805	271,805	269,850		179,949		89,901		0		271,483	1	180,333	1	91,150		---
Colorado	41,983	45,841	48,543	51,798	53,147	53,901	54,319		30,163		24,156		---		53,903		29,775		24,127		---
Connecticut	41,044	39,687	42,951	43,772	42,828	42,386	42,580		27,099		15,266		215		41,686		26,506		14,979		201
Delaware	7,469	7,998	8,933	8,962	9,624	9,747	9,850		4,923		4,927		---		9,965		4,996		4,969		---
District of Columbia	4,949	5,481	5,925	6,789	7,312	7,409	7,678		4,844		2,810		24		7,828		4,935		2,870		24
Florida	132,030	158,962	175,609	182,586	164,399	166,002	161,413		69,471		64,896		27,047		159,866		69,418		63,998		26,450
Georgia	91,043	108,535	112,460	113,031	117,159	117,837	118,059		52,871		46,643		18,546		119,831		53,511		47,754		18,566
Hawaii	10,927	11,226	11,396	11,747	12,132	12,221	12,145		6,449		5,615		81		12,026		6,349		5,581		96
Idaho	13,714	14,521	15,673	15,656	16,745	17,207	17,582		9,918		7,664		---		17,935		9,854		8,081		---
Illinois	127,620	133,857	132,983	129,948	132,423	132,815	133,054	2	92,501	2	40,554	2	---		139,378		96,852		42,158		369
Indiana	59,226	60,592	58,121	57,675	61,155	61,712	65,758		34,835		30,923		0		66,414		34,232		32,182		0
Iowa	34,636	35,181	34,642	35,687	35,618	35,737	36,048		25,457		10,591		---		36,059		25,427		10,633		---
Kansas	32,742	33,608	34,644	40,035	36,724	36,603	38,007		20,395		17,613		---		38,353		20,546		17,808		---
Kentucky	39,589	42,413	42,042	41,902	41,827	42,223	42,458		24,765		10,014		7,680		43,380		25,399		10,292		7,688
Louisiana	49,915	44,660	48,655	58,469	38,913	38,589	38,369		26,016		12,353		---		38,773		26,400		12,374		---
Maine	16,559	16,684	15,384	14,857	15,034	14,826	15,143		10,464		4,466		213		15,418		10,698		4,512		207
Maryland	52,433	56,685	58,428	59,414	60,699	61,485	62,276		37,012		25,264		---		62,443		36,917		25,526		---
Massachusetts	67,432	73,596	68,754	71,969	73,868	75,152	75,147		51,776		23,371		0		76,329		52,403		23,926		0
Michigan	97,031	98,069	88,615	84,181	85,015	84,838	84,317		35,218		32,627		16,472		86,258		39,220		36,617		10,420
Minnesota	53,457	51,107	52,672	55,985	57,698	55,630	54,535		31,002		20,191		3,342		55,662		30,886		21,457		3,319
Mississippi	31,006	31,433	32,255	32,175	31,963	31,578	31,480		14,677		13,380		3,423		31,686		14,504		13,689		3,492
Missouri	64,735	67,076	66,735	67,635	68,498	69,145	68,924		35,449		33,475		---		69,569		35,721		33,848		---
Montana	10,411	10,369	10,361	10,412	10,575	10,675	10,942		7,683		3,230		29		11,042		7,769		3,245		28
Nebraska	20,983	21,359	22,345	23,308	23,912	24,028	23,943		15,499		8,444		---		24,230		15,695		8,535		---
Nevada	18,293	21,744	21,839	22,702	23,240	25,509	23,746		11,732		10,252		1,762		23,827	2	11,721	2	10,328	2	1,778	2
New Hampshire	14,341	15,536	15,365	14,770	14,644	14,695	14,800		10,241		4,559		---		14,626		10,238		4,389		---
New Jersey	99,061	112,673	110,202	114,968	116,189	117,060	116,530		61,664		36,723		18,143		117,127		61,914		36,996		18,217
New Mexico	21,042	22,021	22,437	21,722	21,139	21,850	21,577		9,319		8,303		3,955		21,475		9,191		8,382		3,902
New York	206,961	218,989	211,606	206,086	212,157	217,398	213,537		115,953		95,932		1,652		215,092		114,895		98,286		1,911
North Carolina	83,680	95,664	98,357	99,355	100,220	100,777	101,057		71,147		29,075		835		102,034		71,611		29,488		935
North Dakota	8,141	8,003	8,417	9,195	9,470	9,284	9,473		6,355		3,118		---		9,531		6,408		3,122		---
Ohio	118,361	117,982	109,282	101,742	101,739	105,998	101,148		51,656		47,212		2,280		99,442		50,483		46,495		2,464
Oklahoma	41,318	41,833	41,278	42,452	42,448	43,315	43,110		24,188		18,922		---		43,090		23,710		19,380		---
Oregon	28,094	28,346	28,109	29,086	30,152	30,238	30,786		21,680		9,106		---		31,629		22,193		9,436		---
Pennsylvania	116,963	122,397	129,911	120,893	123,350	124,294	125,028		59,744		53,363		11,922		126,344		60,023		54,104		12,217
Rhode Island	10,645	14,180	11,212	10,631	10,749	10,704	10,669		7,134		3,535		---		10,774		7,189		3,585		---
South Carolina	45,380	48,212	45,210	50,237	52,730	53,556	53,703		37,412		16,291		---		55,489		38,815		16,673		---
South Dakota	9,397	9,129	9,512	9,638	9,865	9,930	10,020		6,296		2,522		1,202		10,216		6,424		2,584		1,208
Tennessee	57,164	59,596	66,558	66,488	64,116	64,784	64,667		45,558		19,109		0		64,747		45,511		19,237		---
Texas	274,826	302,425	334,997	347,329	359,576	364,478	370,719		179,716		162,631		28,371		371,002		177,951		164,213		28,838
Utah	22,008	22,993	25,677	28,348	29,753	30,256	30,275	2	14,199	2	12,844	2	3,232	2	30,860		13,943		13,556		3,362
Vermont	8,414	8,851	8,382	8,338	8,317	8,042	7,989		3,089		2,555		2,345		7,965		3,033		2,463		2,470
Virginia	86,977	103,944	70,947	90,255	86,974	87,147	87,049		37,653		49,397		---		86,917		37,394		49,523		---
Washington	51,098	53,508	53,934	57,942	61,837	62,212	61,810		34,177		25,698		1,935		60,147		31,050		26,796		2,302
West Virginia	20,930	19,940	20,338	19,664	18,912	18,854	18,630		9,659		8,954		17		18,724		9,690		9,016		17
Wisconsin	60,165	60,127	57,625	58,185	59,484	59,801	60,092		30,024		29,571		496		60,337		29,837		30,018		483
Wyoming	6,783	6,706	7,127	7,653	7,327	7,391	7,522		3,962		3,559		---		7,308		3,837		3,471		---
Bureau of Indian    Education	---	---	---	---	5,585	5,263	4,026		3,130		792		104		4,638		3,343		1,028		267
DoDEA3	7,504	7,759	---	---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	820	989	---	---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Guam	1,975	1,804	1,843	2,336	2,163	2,119	1,813		849		964		0		1,767		810		957		0
Northern Marianas	526	614	607	---	---	---	---		---		---		---		507		248		251		8
Puerto Rico	37,620	42,036	36,506	30,438	25,424	24,840	23,109		12,081		5,596		5,433		23,348		11,919		6,027		5,403
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,511	1,434	1,457	1,106	1,020	976	929		424		505		0		916		500		416		0

---Not available.

1Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten teacher counts.

2Includes imputations for nonreported all teacher counts.

3DoDEA = 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," selected years, 2000-01 through 2021-22. (This table was prepared April 2023.)