Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2022

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Table 208.30.Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2022
[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction	Fall 2000	Fall 2012	Fall 2017	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020		Fall 2021								Fall 2022
State or jurisdiction	Fall 2000	Fall 2012	Fall 2017	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020		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	3,109,101	3,169,750	3,169,762	3,198,170	3,195,800		3,214,242		1,785,899		1,274,473		153,870		3,228,895		1,792,861		1,277,739		158,295
Alabama	48,194	51,877	41,802	42,114	42,022	42,336		38,835		21,288		17,548		0		42,022		22,975		19,047		0
Alaska	7,880	7,682	7,743	7,657	7,484	7,558		7,246		3,744		3,502		---		7,160		3,676		3,484		---
Arizona	44,438	48,866	47,868	48,510	48,912	49,547		51,093		35,071		16,022		---		49,566		34,074		15,491		---
Arkansas	31,947	34,131	35,800	38,019	38,629	38,543		38,846		20,390		15,552		2,905		38,815		20,183		16,002		2,630
California	298,021	266,255	271,523	271,805	271,805	269,850		271,483	¹	180,333	¹	91,150		---		271,586	¹	179,688	¹	91,898		---

Colorado	41,983	48,922	52,373	53,147	53,901	54,319		53,903		29,775		24,127		---		53,553		29,635		23,917		---
Connecticut	41,044	43,931	45,081	42,828	42,386	42,580		41,686		26,506		14,979		201		44,007		27,877		15,927		202
Delaware	7,469	9,257	9,399	9,624	9,747	9,850		9,965		4,996		4,969		---		9,991		4,961		5,030		---
District of Columbia	4,949	5,925	6,659	7,312	7,409	7,678		7,828		4,935		2,870		24		8,052		4,916		3,113		23
Florida	132,030	176,537	186,128	164,399	166,002	161,413		159,866		69,418		63,998		26,450		156,787		67,850		62,874		26,063

Georgia	91,043	109,365	116,022	117,159	117,837	118,059		119,831		53,511		47,754		18,566		121,301		53,843		47,853		19,605
Hawaii	10,927	11,608	12,033	12,132	12,221	12,145		12,026		6,349		5,581		96		11,984		6,293		5,614		77
Idaho	13,714	14,563	16,592	16,745	17,207	17,582		17,935		9,854		8,081		---		18,121		9,695		8,425		---
Illinois	127,620	135,701	128,204	132,423	132,815	133,054	²	139,378		96,852		42,158		369		135,363		93,967		41,396		---
Indiana	59,226	59,863	61,018	61,155	61,712	65,758		66,414		34,232		32,182		0		65,597		34,173		31,423		0

Iowa	34,636	35,080	35,553	35,618	35,737	36,048		36,059		25,427		10,633		---		36,138		25,470		10,668		---
Kansas	32,742	41,243	36,387	36,724	36,603	38,007		38,353		20,546		17,808		---		37,885		20,256		17,629		---
Kentucky	39,589	42,769	42,064	41,827	42,223	42,458		43,380		25,399		10,292		7,688		43,023		25,053		10,242		7,727
Louisiana	49,915	46,493	40,281	38,913	38,589	38,369		38,773		26,400		12,374		---		41,110		27,740		13,370		---
Maine	16,559	15,222	14,760	15,034	14,826	15,143		15,418		10,698		4,512		207		15,192		10,514		4,467		211

Maryland	52,433	57,718	60,175	60,699	61,485	62,276		62,443		36,917		25,526		---		62,236		36,711		25,525		---
Massachusetts	67,432	70,636	73,381	73,868	75,152	75,147		76,329		52,403		23,926		0		76,978		52,844		24,134		0
Michigan	97,031	86,154	84,473	85,015	84,838	84,317		86,258		39,220		36,617		10,420		85,880		39,042		36,273		10,566
Minnesota	53,457	53,585	57,260	57,698	55,630	54,535		55,662		30,886		21,457		3,319		56,124		30,627		21,741		3,757
Mississippi	31,006	32,613	31,625	31,963	31,578	31,480		31,686		14,504		13,689		3,492		33,768		16,594		14,026		3,147

Missouri	64,735	66,248	68,496	68,498	69,145	68,924		69,569		35,721		33,848		---		69,838		35,829		34,009		---
Montana	10,411	10,200	10,515	10,575	10,675	10,942		11,042		7,769		3,245		28		11,036		7,724		3,280		31
Nebraska	20,983	22,103	23,771	23,912	24,028	23,943		24,230		15,695		8,535		---		23,911		15,428		8,483		---
Nevada	18,293	20,695	23,709	23,240	25,509	23,746		23,827	²	11,721	²	10,328	²	1,778	²	23,076		9,998		8,808		4,271
New Hampshire	14,341	14,925	14,589	14,644	14,695	14,800		14,626		10,238		4,389		---		14,731		10,367		4,365		0

New Jersey	99,061	110,929	115,496	116,189	117,060	116,530		117,127		61,914		36,996		18,217		117,661		61,839		36,804		19,018
New Mexico	21,042	22,201	21,092	21,139	21,850	21,577		21,475		9,191		8,382		3,902		21,572		9,271		8,401		3,900
New York	206,961	207,060	213,159	212,157	217,398	213,537		215,092		114,895		98,286		1,911		215,761		114,909		98,813		2,039
North Carolina	83,680	98,590	100,401	100,220	100,777	101,057		102,034		71,611		29,488		935		99,980		69,859		29,225		896
North Dakota	8,141	8,677	9,284	9,470	9,284	9,473		9,531		6,408		3,122		---		9,581		6,464		3,117		---

Ohio	118,361	106,000	98,912	101,739	105,998	101,148		99,442		50,483		46,495		2,464		102,323		51,561		48,026		2,736
Oklahoma	41,318	41,775	41,597	42,448	43,315	43,110		43,090		23,710		19,380		---		42,124		23,138		18,987		---
Oregon	28,094	26,410	29,909	30,152	30,238	30,786		31,629		22,193		9,436		---		30,906		21,572		9,334		---
Pennsylvania	116,963	123,147	121,918	123,350	124,294	125,028		126,344		60,023		54,104		12,217		127,037		60,190		53,656		13,192
Rhode Island	10,645	9,871	10,687	10,749	10,704	10,669		10,774		7,189		3,585		---		10,786		7,208		3,577		---

South Carolina	45,380	48,072	52,467	52,730	53,556	53,703		55,489		38,815		16,673		---		55,947		39,140		16,807		---
South Dakota	9,397	9,334	9,833	9,865	9,930	10,020		10,216		6,424		2,584		1,208		10,261		6,405		2,605		1,251
Tennessee	57,164	66,406	64,019	64,116	64,784	64,667		64,747		45,511		19,237		---		65,781		46,086		19,695		---
Texas	274,826	327,357	356,877	359,576	364,478	370,719		371,002		177,951		164,213		28,838		373,332		177,843		164,884		30,606
Utah	22,008	26,610	29,212	29,753	30,256	30,275	²	30,860		13,943		13,556		3,362		31,164	²	14,165	²	13,613	²	3,386	²

Vermont	8,414	8,403	8,313	8,317	8,042	7,989		7,965		3,033		2,463		2,470		7,934		2,956		2,483		2,494
Virginia	86,977	89,389	85,936	86,974	87,147	87,049		86,917		37,394		49,523		---		92,651		42,732		49,919		---
Washington	51,098	53,699	60,183	61,837	62,212	61,810		60,147		31,050		26,796		2,302		63,272		36,185		27,086		---
West Virginia	20,930	20,101	19,239	18,912	18,854	18,630		18,724		9,690		9,016		17		18,670		9,679		8,974		17
Wisconsin	60,165	57,551	58,598	59,484	59,801	60,092		60,337		29,837		30,018		483		60,011		29,792		29,768		451
Wyoming	6,783	7,350	7,335	7,327	7,391	7,522		7,308		3,837		3,471		---		7,312		3,862		3,450		---

Bureau of Indian Education	---	5,308	---	5,585	5,263	4,026		4,638		3,343		1,028		267		2,948		2,000		458		489

DoDEA³	7,504	---	---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---

Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	820	---	---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Guam	1,975	2,291	2,202	2,163	2,119	1,813		1,767		810		957		0		---		---		---		---
Northern Marianas	526	409	---	---	---	---		507		248		251		8		533		253		270		10
Puerto Rico	37,620	30,986	28,039	25,424	24,840	23,109		23,348		11,919		6,027		5,403		24,096		13,024		6,457		4,614
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,511	1,129	1,066	1,020	976	929		916		500		416		0		888		463		425		---
---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 2022-23. (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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