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 2000-2001 School Year
  -EMPLOYED-  
STATE FULLY
CERTIFIED 		NOT FULLY
CERTIFIED 		TOTAL
EMPLOYED
ALABAMA 3,933 103 4,036
ALASKA 1,041 56 1,096
ARIZONA 4,953 680 5,632
ARKANSAS 3,306 365 3,672
CALIFORNIA 22,436 6,920 29,356
COLORADO 3,232 893 4,125
CONNECTICUT 4,778 0 4,778
DELAWARE 1,261 587 1,848
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 632 43 675
FLORIDA 14,755 2,408 17,163
GEORGIA 10,501 400 10,901
HAWAII 1,430 544 1,974
IDAHO 945 79 1,024
ILLINOIS 21,406 1,254 22,660
INDIANA 5,527 851 6,378
IOWA 4,760 613 5,373
KANSAS 3,324 159 3,483
KENTUCKY 4,799 891 5,690
LOUISIANA 5,742 2,601 8,343
MAINE 2,083 158 2,242
MARYLAND 5,620 908 6,528
MASSACHUSETTS 10,266 0 10,266
MICHIGAN 12,377 1,102 13,479
MINNESOTA 7,024 692 7,716
MISSISSIPPI 3,880 349 4,229
MISSOURI 8,077 619 8,697
MONTANA 841 40 881
NEBRASKA 2,163 54 2,218
NEVADA 1,968 59 2,027
NEW HAMPSHIRE 1,731 355 2,086
NEW JERSEY 15,723 344 16,067
NEW MEXICO 3,596 385 3,981
NEW YORK 30,118 10,146 40,264
NORTH CAROLINA 7,878 1,644 9,522
NORTH DAKOTA 708 37 746
OHIO 13,296 631 13,927
OKLAHOMA 4,172 72 4,244
OREGON 2,930 133 3,063
PENNSYLVANIA 17,052 47 17,099
PUERTO RICO 3,232 47 3,279
RHODE ISLAND 1,702 36 1,738
SOUTH CAROLINA 4,894 374 5,267
SOUTH DAKOTA 928 23 951
TENNESSEE 4,671 76 4,747
TEXAS 23,902 2,996 26,898
UTAH 2,181 141 2,322
VERMONT 987 47 1,033
VIRGINIA 10,651 2,088 12,738
WASHINGTON 4,671 48 4,719
WEST VIRGINIA 2,210 489 2,699
WISCONSIN 7,205 169 7,374
WYOMING 874 42 916
AMERICAN SAMOA 18 87 105
GUAM 163 1 164
NORTHERN MARIANAS 48 0 48
VIRGIN ISLANDS 53 86 139
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 376 52 428
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 339,029 44,025 383,053
50 STATES, D.C. & P.R. 338,371 43,799 382,170

 
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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, 2000 count, updated as of August 30, 2002.
 
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).