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Table 64.Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state: Fall 1990 to fall 1995

                                                           [In full-time equivalents]

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                      |          |          |          |            Fall 1993\1\                 |                 Fall 1994              |
                      |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|  Estimated,
                      |   1990   |   1991   |   1992   |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |    1995
 State or other area  |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
                      |          |          |          |  Total   |Elementary|Secondary |Unclas- | Total    |Elementary|Secondary| Unclas-|
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          | sified |          |          |         | sified |
----------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------|----------|----------|---------|--------|-------------
          1           |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |   8    |    9     |    10    |   11    |   12   |       13
----------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------|----------|----------|---------|--------|-------------
   United States .....|2,398,169 |2,432,243 |2,458,956 |2,503,901 |1,397,223 |  893,541 |213,137 |2,552,199 |1,419,351 | 912,386 |220,463 |   2,586,497
                      |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------|----------|----------|---------|--------|-------------
Alabama ..............|   36,266 |   40,480 |   41,961 |   43,003 |   23,930 |   19,073 |    --- |   42,789 |   24,168 |  18,423 |    198 |\2\   44,056
Alaska ...............|    6,710 |    7,118 |    7,282 |    7,193 |    4,702 |    2,491 |    --- |    7,205 |    4,666 |   2,539 |    --- |       7,421
Arizona ..............|   32,987 |   33,978 |   36,076 |   37,493 |   27,188 |   10,305 |    --- |   38,132 |   27,595 |  10,537 |    --- |\3\   39,624
Arkansas .............|   25,984 |   25,785 |   26,017 |   26,014 |   13,706 |   12,208 |    100 |   26,181 |   13,884 |  12,160 |    137 |\2\   29,193
California ...........|  217,228 |  224,000 |  218,566 |  221,787 |  142,444 |   56,384 | 22,959 |  225,001 |  142,795 |  58,586 | 23,620 |     225,025
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
Colorado .............|   32,342 |   33,093 |   33,419 |   33,661 |   17,439 |   16,222 |    --- |   34,894 |   18,008 |  16,886 |    --- |      35,184
Connecticut ..........|   34,785 |   34,383 |   34,193 |   34,526 |   20,132 |    9,345 |  5,049 |   35,316 |   20,745 |   9,340 |  5,231 |      35,950
Delaware .............|    5,961 |    6,095 |    6,252 |    6,380 |    3,259 |    3,121 |    --- |    6,416 |    3,215 |   3,201 |    --- |\2\    6,463
District of Columbia .|    5,950 |    6,346 |    6,064 |    6,056 |    3,353 |    2,259 |    444 |    6,110 |    3,497 |   2,173 |    440 |\3\    6,432
Florida ..............|  108,088 |  109,939 |  107,590 |  110,653 |   48,139 |   40,876 | 21,638 |  110,674 |   48,150 |  40,893 | 21,631 |     116,837
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
Georgia ..............|   63,058 |   63,816 |   66,942 |   74,172 |   54,210 |   19,962 |    --- |   77,914 |   56,211 |  21,703 |    --- |\3\   80,171
Hawaii ...............|    9,083 |    9,451 |   10,083 |   10,111 |    5,739 |    4,328 |     44 |   10,240 |    5,770 |   4,425 |     45 |      10,241
Idaho ................|   11,254 |   11,626 |   11,827 |   12,007 |    6,185 |    5,642 |    180 |   12,582 |    6,388 |   6,018 |    176 |\3\   12,780
Illinois .............|  108,775 |  110,153 |  111,461 |  110,874 |   65,188 |   28,207 | 17,479 |  110,830 |   66,462 |  28,619 | 15,749 |     113,005
Indiana...............|   54,806 |   54,509 |   54,552 |   55,107 |   27,649 |   24,948 |  2,510 |   55,496 |   27,527 |  25,251 |  2,718 |      55,625
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
Iowa .................|   31,045 |   31,395 |   31,403 |   31,616 |   18,321 |   12,188 |  1,107 |   31,775 |   18,663 |  12,021 |  1,091 |\2\   32,451
Kansas ...............|   29,140 |   29,324 |   29,753 |   30,283 |   14,712 |   12,561 |  3,010 |   30,579 |   14,823 |  12,763 |  2,993 |      30,878
Kentucky .............|   36,777 |   37,571 |   37,868 |   37,324 |   26,178 |   11,146 |    --- |   38,784 |   27,054 |  11,730 |    --- |      37,240
Louisiana ............|   45,401 |   46,170 |   46,904 |   46,913 |   26,556 |   10,377 |  9,980 |   47,599 |   26,916 |  12,176 |  8,507 |\2\   47,634
Maine ................|   15,513 |   15,416 |   15,375 |   15,344 |   10,440 |    4,904 |    --- |   15,404 |   10,524 |   4,880 |    --- |      14,609
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
Maryland .............|   42,562 |   43,616 |   44,495 |   44,171 |   25,027 |   19,144 |    --- |   46,565 |   25,792 |  20,773 |    --- |\2\   46,200
Massachusetts ........|   54,003 |   55,963 |   57,225 |   58,766 |   21,480 |   29,367 |  7,919 |   60,489 |   22,342 |  29,922 |  8,225 |\3\   61,574
Michigan .............|   80,008 |   82,967 |   82,301 |   80,267 |   34,136 |   36,419 |  9,712 |   80,522 |   34,846 |  36,701 |  8,975 |      80,800
Minnesota ............|   43,574 |   44,903 |   45,050 |   46,956 |   23,981 |   22,949 |     26 |   46,958 |   23,980 |  22,948 |     30 |      48,386
Mississippi ..........|   28,062 |   28,111 |   27,829 |   28,376 |   18,592 |    9,184 |    600 |   28,866 |   15,071 |   8,864 |  4,931 |\2\   28,796
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
Missouri..............|   52,359 |   52,643 |   52,984 |   54,860 |   28,339 |   25,775 |    746 |   56,606 |   29,054 |  26,782 |    770 |\2\   57,718
Montana ..............|    9,613 |    9,883 |   10,135 |    9,949 |    6,913 |    3,036 |    --- |   10,079 |    7,009 |   3,070 |    --- |\2\   10,100
Nebraska .............|   18,764 |   19,069 |   19,323 |   19,616 |   11,244 |    8,372 |    --- |   19,774 |   11,368 |   8,406 |    --- |\2\   19,970
Nevada ...............|   10,373 |   11,409 |   11,953 |   12,579 |    6,563 |    4,648 |  1,368 |   13,414 |    6,784 |   5,058 |  1,572 |\2\   13,685
New Hampshire ........|   10,637 |   11,464 |   11,654 |   11,972 |    8,059 |    3,913 |    --- |   12,109 |    8,158 |   3,951 |    --- |      12,208
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
New Jersey ...........|   79,886 |   80,515 |   83,057 |   84,564 |   46,855 |   26,509 | 11,200 |   85,258 |   47,280 |  26,439 | 11,539 |\3\   86,929
New Mexico ...........|   16,703 |   17,498 |   17,912 |   18,404 |   10,570 |    4,564 |  3,270 |   19,025 |   11,265 |   4,342 |  3,418 |\2\   19,325
New York .............|  176,390 |  171,914 |  176,375 |  179,413 |   90,022 |   63,453 | 25,938 |  182,273 |   91,408 |  63,928 | 26,937 |\2\  185,918
North Carolina .......|   64,283 |   65,326 |   66,630 |   69,421 |   40,237 |   24,935 |  4,249 |   71,592 |   42,480 |  24,700 |  4,412 |\2\   71,814
North Dakota .........|    7,591 |    7,733 |    7,794 |    7,755 |    5,211 |    2,544 |    --- |    7,796 |    5,223 |   2,573 |    --- |\2\    7,503
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
Ohio .................|  103,088 |  103,372 |  106,233 |  107,444 |   71,186 |   36,103 |    155 |  109,085 |   72,005 |  36,912 |    168 |\2\  104,189
Oklahoma .............|   37,221 |   37,650 |   38,433 |   39,031 |   18,735 |   16,180 |  4,116 |   39,406 |   18,735 |  16,517 |  4,154 |\2\   39,335
Oregon ...............|   26,174 |   26,745 |   26,634 |   26,488 |   14,386 |    8,716 |  3,386 |   26,208 |   14,128 |   8,484 |  3,596 |\2\   26,679
Pennsylvania .........|  100,275 |  100,475 |  100,912 |  101,302 |   45,975 |   43,358 | 11,969 |  102,988 |   46,919 |  43,798 | 12,272 |\2\  104,650
Rhode Island .........|    9,522 |    9,709 |   10,069 |    9,823 |    4,404 |    4,103 |  1,316 |   10,066 |    4,597 |   4,090 |  1,379 |      10,209
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
South Carolina .......|   36,963 |   37,115 |   37,295 |   38,620 |   26,252 |   12,368 |    --- |   39,437 |   26,820 |  12,617 |    --- |\2\   39,240
South Dakota .........|    8,511 |    8,868 |    8,767 |    9,557 |    5,897 |    2,589 |  1,071 |    9,985 |    6,098 |   2,738 |  1,149 |\2\    9,300
Tennessee ............|   43,051 |   43,062 |   43,566 |   46,066 |   32,072 |   12,398 |  1,596 |   47,406 |   33,039 |  12,795 |  1,572 |\2\   50,723
Texas ................|  219,298 |  219,192 |  219,385 |  224,830 |  113,630 |   82,139 | 29,061 |  234,213 |  116,999 |  85,987 | 31,227 |\2\  240,207
Utah .................|   17,884 |   18,305 |   19,191 |   19,053 |    8,918 |    7,780 |  2,355 |   19,524 |    9,041 |   8,056 |  2,427 |\2\   20,077
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
Vermont ..............|    7,257 |    7,031 |    7,521 |    7,330 |    3,123 |    2,947 |  1,260 |    7,566 |    3,131 |   2,952 |  1,483 |       7,683
Virginia .............|   63,638 |   64,537 |   68,181 |   70,859 |   42,844 |   28,015 |    --- |   72,853 |   43,905 |  28,948 |    --- |\3\   73,328
Washington ...........|   41,764 |   42,931 |   44,295 |   45,524 |   24,232 |   17,533 |  3,759 |   46,439 |   24,077 |  18,247 |  4,115 |\2\   45,345
West Virginia.........|   21,476 |   20,997 |   20,961 |   21,029 |   10,070 |    7,394 |  3,565 |   21,024 |   10,212 |   7,244 |  3,568 |\2\   20,915
Wisconsin ............|   49,302 |   52,028 |   53,387 |   52,822 |   35,585 |   17,237 |    --- |   54,054 |   37,235 |  16,819 |    --- |      56,172
Wyoming ..............|    6,784 |    6,564 |    5,821 |    6,537 |    3,215 |    3,322 |    --- |    6,698 |    3,289 |   3,401 |      8 |\2\    6,700
                      |==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|========|==========|==========|=========|========|=============
    Outlying areas    |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |          |         |        |
American Samoa .......|      662 |      671 |      725 |      656 |      455 |      182 |     19 |      698 |      484 |     196 |     18 |\3\      696
Guam .................|    1,543 |    1,499 |    1,628 |    1,644 |      794 |      845 |      5 |    1,826 |      870 |     784 |    172 |\3\    1,900
Northern Marianas ....|      416 |      430 |      425 |      431 |      265 |      166 |    --- |      406 |      224 |     182 |    --- |\2\      534
Puerto Rico ..........|   34,260 |   37,291 |   38,381 |   39,816 |   21,935 |   14,596 |  3,285 |   39,933 |   22,001 |  14,617 |  3,315 |\2\   40,003
Virgin Islands .......|    1,575 |    1,581 |    1,595 |    1,570 |      773 |      722 |     75 |    1,528 |      757 |     703 |     68 |\2\    1,550
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\1\Data have been revised from previously published figures.

\2\Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics.

\3\Actual fall data.

---Data not available, not reported, or not applicable.

NOTE.--Distribution of elementary and secondary teachers determined by reporting units. Teachers reported in full-time equivalents.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared August 1996.)


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