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,
2002
  -EMPLOYED-  
STATE FULLY
CERTIFIED 		NOT FULLY
CERTIFIED 		TOTAL
EMPLOYED
ALABAMA 707 45 752
ALASKA 35 0 35
ARIZONA 806 203 1,009
ARKANSAS 194 55 249
CALIFORNIA 1,835 295 2,130
COLORADO 188 56 245
CONNECTICUT 433 . 433
DELAWARE 92 1 93
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 86 602 688
FLORIDA 1,662 121 1,782
GEORGIA 441 85 526
HAWAII 186 14 200
IDAHO 112 6 118
ILLINOIS 1,172 45 1,217
INDIANA 904 38 942
IOWA 354 18 372
KANSAS 421 20 441
KENTUCKY 322 40 362
LOUISIANA 577 192 769
MAINE 305 . 305
MARYLAND 477 59 536
MASSACHUSETTS . . .
MICHIGAN 681 85 766
MINNESOTA . . .
MISSISSIPPI 638 132 771
MISSOURI 605 63 668
MONTANA 76 3 79
NEBRASKA 139 4 143
NEVADA 256 37 292
NEW HAMPSHIRE 96 28 124
NEW JERSEY 874 42 916
NEW MEXICO 269 20 289
NEW YORK 1,916 1,526 3,442
NORTH CAROLINA 878 97 975
NORTH DAKOTA 66 4 70
OHIO 1,404 45 1,450
OKLAHOMA 356 5 360
OREGON 162 7 169
PENNSYLVANIA 1,148 13 1,160
PUERTO RICO 76 0 76
RHODE ISLAND 112 12 124
SOUTH CAROLINA 352 41 392
SOUTH DAKOTA 96 8 103
TENNESSEE 387 1 388
TEXAS 767 58 825
UTAH 160 19 179
VERMONT 95 8 103
VIRGINIA 1,155 190 1,345
WASHINGTON 472 20 493
WEST VIRGINIA 200 19 219
WISCONSIN 682 14 696
WYOMING 52 12 64
AMERICAN SAMOA 0 8 8
GUAM 12 0 12
NORTHERN MARIANAS 4 0 4
VIRGIN ISLANDS 46 109 155
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 0 0 0
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 25,539 4,526 30,065
50 STATES, D.C., P.R. 25,477 4,409 29,886

 
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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 CERTIFIED and NOT FULLY CERTIFIED.
 
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, 2002 count, updated as of July 31, 2004.
 
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).