Table AC2
Total Number of Teachers Employed (in Full-Time Equivalency)
To Provide Special Education and Related Services
for Children and Youth Ages 6-21 with Disabilities,
During the 1999-2000 School Year
  -EMPLOYED-  
STATE FULLY
CERTIFIED
NOT FULLY
CERTIFIED
TOTAL
EMPLOYED
ALABAMA 5,802 203 6,006
ALASKA 1,030 53 1,083
ARIZONA 5,913 493 6,406
ARKANSAS 3,151 185 3,336
CALIFORNIA 22,043 6,444 28,487
COLORADO 3,264 714 3,977
CONNECTICUT 5,082 0 5,082
DELAWARE 1,268 364 1,632
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 591 38 629
FLORIDA 14,606 2,396 17,002
GEORGIA 10,194 325 10,519
HAWAII 1,227 362 1,589
IDAHO 983 29 1,012
ILLINOIS 20,721 977 21,697
INDIANA 5,427 754 6,181
IOWA 4,753 635 5,388
KANSAS 3,310 95 3,406
KENTUCKY 4,985 706 5,691
LOUISIANA 5,633 2,588 8,221
MAINE 2,064 281 2,345
MARYLAND 5,872 770 6,642
MASSACHUSETTS 10,322 0 10,322
MICHIGAN 12,088 783 12,871
MINNESOTA 6,791 557 7,349
MISSISSIPPI 3,842 320 4,162
MISSOURI 8,116 608 8,724
MONTANA 773 75 848
NEBRASKA 2,094 17 2,111
NEVADA 1,855 69 1,924
NEW HAMPSHIRE 1,733 273 2,005
NEW JERSEY 15,695 225 15,920
NEW MEXICO 3,628 264 3,891
NEW YORK 19,669 4,817 24,486
NORTH CAROLINA 7,835 1,333 9,168
NORTH DAKOTA 691 45 736
OHIO 13,875 664 14,539
OKLAHOMA 4,005 49 4,055
OREGON 2,552 105 2,657
PENNSYLVANIA 14,763 90 14,853
PUERTO RICO 3,120 22 3,142
RHODE ISLAND 1,603 19 1,622
SOUTH CAROLINA 4,578 409 4,987
SOUTH DAKOTA 874 20 894
TENNESSEE 4,703 73 4,776
TEXAS 21,905 3,480 25,385
UTAH 2,348 334 2,682
VERMONT 890 43 933
VIRGINIA 10,456 1,636 12,092
WASHINGTON 4,241 53 4,294
WEST VIRGINIA 2,308 381 2,689
WISCONSIN 7,060 205 7,264
WYOMING 784 42 826
AMERICAN SAMOA 14 81 95
GUAM 144 6 150
NORTHERN MARIANAS 40 0 40
PALAU 9 18 27
VIRGIN ISLANDS 88 51 139
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 407 61 468
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 323,816 35,640 359,456
50 STATES, D.C. & P.R. 323,114 35,423 358,537
 
 
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Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences.
 
The total FTE for the U.S. and Outlying Areas and the 50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico
may not equal the sum of the individual States and Outlying Areas because of rounding.
 
Data based on the December 1, 1999 count, updated as of August 30, 2001.
 
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).