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,
2002
  -EMPLOYED-  
STATE FULLY
CERTIFIED 		NOT FULLY
CERTIFIED 		TOTAL
EMPLOYED
ALABAMA 5,547 187 5,733
ALASKA 1,022 13 1,035
ARIZONA 4,836 862 5,699
ARKANSAS 3,347 209 3,556
CALIFORNIA 24,456 7,353 31,810
COLORADO 3,545 874 4,419
CONNECTICUT 4,936 . 4,936
DELAWARE 1,431 481 1,912
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 67 211 278
FLORIDA 17,863 2,705 20,568
GEORGIA 9,159 3,195 12,354
HAWAII 1,420 492 1,912
IDAHO 1,100 51 1,151
ILLINOIS 21,761 856 22,616
INDIANA 5,860 854 6,714
IOWA 5,145 345 5,490
KANSAS 3,419 195 3,614
KENTUCKY 4,929 1,026 5,955
LOUISIANA 5,503 2,295 7,798
MAINE 2,020 221 2,241
MARYLAND 6,272 1,389 7,661
MASSACHUSETTS 9,937 1,167 11,103
MICHIGAN 10,330 1,465 11,795
MINNESOTA 7,668 648 8,316
MISSISSIPPI 3,884 74 3,958
MISSOURI 8,455 705 9,160
MONTANA 768 33 801
NEBRASKA 2,249 62 2,311
NEVADA 1,746 310 2,056
NEW HAMPSHIRE 1,745 417 2,162
NEW JERSEY 18,066 1,177 19,243
NEW MEXICO 3,740 442 4,182
NEW YORK 30,429 8,139 38,568
NORTH CAROLINA 8,752 2,098 10,849
NORTH DAKOTA 734 30 764
OHIO 13,818 692 14,510
OKLAHOMA 4,115 101 4,215
OREGON 2,999 178 3,177
PENNSYLVANIA 18,204 296 18,499
PUERTO RICO 3,804 144 3,948
RHODE ISLAND 1,862 193 2,055
SOUTH CAROLINA 4,892 520 5,411
SOUTH DAKOTA 845 53 898
TENNESSEE 4,897 53 4,950
TEXAS 25,377 3,489 28,866
UTAH 2,246 159 2,405
VERMONT 892 115 1,007
VIRGINIA 11,032 1,948 12,980
WASHINGTON 4,969 160 5,129
WEST VIRGINIA 2,270 499 2,769
WISCONSIN 7,553 233 7,786
WYOMING 779 38 817
AMERICAN SAMOA 17 98 115
GUAM 161 1 162
NORTHERN MARIANAS 38 0 38
VIRGIN ISLANDS 46 109 155
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 394 67 461
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 353,349 49,726 403,075
50 STATES, D.C., P.R. 352,693 49,451 402,144
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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).