Table AC1
Total Number of Teachers Employed (in Full-Time Equivalency)
To Provide Special Education and Related Services
for Children and Youth Ages 3-5 with Disabilities,
During the 2001-2002 School Year
  -EMPLOYED-  
STATE FULLY
CERTIFIED 		NOT FULLY
CERTIFIED 		TOTAL
EMPLOYED
ALABAMA 742 56 797
ALASKA 72 0 72
ARIZONA 1,184 252 1,436
ARKANSAS 451 76 527
CALIFORNIA 1,743 303 2,046
COLORADO 186 50 236
CONNECTICUT 419 . 419
DELAWARE 91 9 100
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 114 443 557
FLORIDA 1,775 104 1,880
GEORGIA 469 53 523
HAWAII 168 19 187
IDAHO 127 16 143
ILLINOIS 1,178 50 1,228
INDIANA 847 35 882
IOWA 365 13 378
KANSAS 414 31 445
KENTUCKY 256 54 309
LOUISIANA 553 196 749
MAINE 250 0 250
MARYLAND 288 39 327
MASSACHUSETTS 627 . 627
MICHIGAN 726 104 830
MINNESOTA . . 0
MISSISSIPPI 673 51 725
MISSOURI 526 71 597
MONTANA 74 3 76
NEBRASKA 135 3 138
NEVADA 243 56 299
NEW HAMPSHIRE 94 26 121
NEW JERSEY 843 31 874
NEW MEXICO 266 20 286
NEW YORK 2,209 1,424 3,633
NORTH CAROLINA 853 106 959
NORTH DAKOTA 68 4 73
OHIO 1,398 43 1,440
OKLAHOMA 302 3 305
OREGON 173 11 183
PENNSYLVANIA 1,264 18 1,282
PUERTO RICO 112 0 112
RHODE ISLAND 150 26 176
SOUTH CAROLINA 388 26 414
SOUTH DAKOTA 93 8 101
TENNESSEE 355 0 355
TEXAS 675 62 737
UTAH 144 28 172
VERMONT 95 7 102
VIRGINIA 1,122 185 1,306
WASHINGTON 429 19 448
WEST VIRGINIA 194 17 211
WISCONSIN 657 37 694
WYOMING 50 15 65
AMERICAN SAMOA 0 12 12
GUAM 14 0 14
NORTHERN MARIANAS 3 0 3
VIRGIN ISLANDS 52 85 137
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 1 0 1
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 26,700 4,298 30,998
50 STATES, D.C. & P.R. 26,630 4,201 30,831

 
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Please see data notes for an explanation of individual state differences.
 
Because personnel data are reported by states using FTE fractions, and this table shows only the
rounded values, the TOTAL EMPLOYED column may not equal the sum of FULLY EMPLOYED and NOT FULLY EMPLOYED.
 
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, 2001 count, updated as of July 31, 2003.
 
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).