Police employees.User's note Because of law enforcement's differing service requirements and functions as well as the varied demographic See demographics. traits and characteristics of jurisdictions, use caution when drawing comparisons between agency staffing levels based upon police employment data from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR (Under Color Removal) A method for reducing the amount of printing ink used. It substitutes black for gray color (equal amounts of cyan, magenta and yellow). Thus black ink is used instead of the three CMY inks. See GCR and dot gain. ) Program. The data merely reflect existing staffing levels and are not preferred officer strengths recommended by the FBI. In addition, it must be remembered that the totals given for sworn officers for any particular agency reflect not only the patrol officers on the street but also officers assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to various other duties such as those in administrative and investigative positions as well as those assigned to special teams. Data collection * Each year, law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. report the total number of sworn law enforcement officers and civilians in their agency as of October October: see month. 31 to the UCR Program. * The UCR Program defines law enforcement officers as individuals who ordinarily or·di·nar·i·ly adv. 1. As a general rule; usually: ordinarily home by six. 2. In the commonplace or usual manner: ordinarily dressed pedestrians on the street. carry a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. and a badge, have full arrest powers, and are paid from government funds set aside specifically for law enforcement. * Civilian CIVILIAN. A doctor, professor, or student of the civil law. employees include personnel such as clerks, radio dispatchers, meter meter, unit of measure meter, abbr. m, fundamental unit of length in the metric system. The meter was originally defined as 1/10,000,000 of the distance between the equator and either pole; however, the original survey was inaccurate and the meter was later attendants, stenographers, jailers, correctional cor·rec·tion n. 1. The act or process of correcting. 2. Something offered or substituted for a mistake or fault: made corrections in the report. 3. a. officers, and mechanics mechanics, branch of physics concerned with motion and the forces that tend to cause it; it includes study of the mechanical properties of matter, such as density, elasticity, and viscosity. provided that they are full-time full-time adj. Employed for or involving a standard number of hours of working time: a full-time administrative assistant. full employees of the agency. Overview * In 2005, sworn officers accounted for 69.5 percent of all law enforcement personnel. (Based on Table 74.) * The rate of full-time law enforcement employees (civilian and sworn) per 1,000 inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. in the Nation for 2005 was 3.5; the rate of sworn officers was 2.4 per 1,000. (Based on Table 74.) The UCR Program computes these rates by taking the number of employees, dividing by the population of agency's jurisdiction, and multiplying mul·ti·ply 1 v. mul·ti·plied, mul·ti·ply·ing, mul·ti·plies v.tr. 1. To increase the amount, number, or degree of. 2. Mathematics To perform multiplication on. by 1,000. * Female employees accounted for 61.8 percent of all full-time civilian law enforcement employees in 2005. * Males accounted for 88.4 percent of all full-time sworn law enforcement officers in 2005.
Table 70
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees (1)
by Geographic Region and Division by Population Group
Number and Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants, 2005
Group I
Total (70 cities,
(10,832 250,000
cities; and over;
Geographic population population
region/division 187,432,928) 53,583,154)
TOTAL Number of 561,844 202,230
employees
Average number of 3.0 3.8
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of 146,430 66,624
employees
Average number of 3.5 6.0
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of 32,921 2,663
employees
Average number of 2.6 4.7
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of 113,509 63,961
employees
Average number of 3.8 6.1
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of 120,861 37,075
employees
Average number of 2.7 4.0
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST NORTH CENTRAL Number of 89,276 29,620
employees
Average number of 2.8 4.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST NORTH CENTRAL Number of 31,585 7,455
employees
Average number of 2.5 3.4
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH Number of 183,984 50,010
employees
Average number of 3.4 3.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of 88,179 21,355
employees
Average number of 3.9 4.4
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of 31,940 6,255
employees
Average number of 3.5 2.9
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of 63,865 22,400
employees
Average number of 2.8 2.6
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST Number of 110,569 48,521
employees
Average number of 2.4 2.7
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of 37,913 15,654
employees
Average number of 2.6 2.9
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of 72,656 32,867
employees
Average number of 2.3 2.6
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
Group II Group III
(180 cities, (411 cities,
100,000 to 50,000 to
249,999; 99,999;
Geographic population population
region/division 27,066,683) 28,032,707)
TOTAL Number of 66,461 63,134
employees
Average number of 2.5 2.3
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of 9,907 14,948
employees
Average number of 3.3 2.5
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of 4,660 5,957
employees
Average number of 3.2 2.4
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of 5,247 8,991
employees
Average number of 3.3 2.6
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of 10,221 14,533
employees
Average number of 2.3 2.0
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST NORTH CENTRAL Number of 6,858 10,702
employees
Average number of 2.4 2.1
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST NORTH CENTRAL Number of 3,363 3,831
employees
Average number of 2.2 1.7
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH Number of 27,170 19,332
employees
Average number of 2.8 2.7
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of 13,919 10,404
employees
Average number of 3.0 3.0
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of 4,895 1,994
employees
Average number of 3.3 3.1
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of 8,356 6,934
employees
Average number of 2.4 2.3
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST Number of 19,163 14,321
employees
Average number of 1.9 1.9
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of 6,594 4,004
employees
Average number of 2.2 2.0
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of 12,569 10,317
employees
Average number of 1.8 1.8
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
Group V
Group IV (1,791
(769 cities, cities,
25,000 to 10,000 to
49,999; 24,999;
Geographic population population
region/division 26,455,091) 28,385,387)
TOTAL Number of 61,199 68,958
employees
Average number of 2.3 2.4
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of 17,778 19,578
employees
Average number of 2.4 2.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of 6,669 7,421
employees
Average number of 2.3 2.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of 11,109 12,157
employees
Average number of 2.5 2.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of 15,682 19,825
employees
Average number of 2.1 2.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST NORTH CENTRAL Number of 11,967 14,749
employees
Average number of 2.1 2.3
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST NORTH CENTRAL Number of 3,715 5,076
employees
Average number of 2.0 2.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH Number of 17,832 22,785
employees
Average number of 2.8 3.0
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of 8,813 11,011
employees
Average number of 3.0 3.3
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of 3,843 5,048
employees
Average number of 2.8 3.1
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of 5,176 6,726
employees
Average number of 2.4 2.6
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST Number of 9,907 6,770
employees
Average number of 2.0 2.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of 3,372 2,672
employees
Average number of 2.2 2.5
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of 6,535 4,098
employees
Average number of 1.9 2.0
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
Group VI
(7,611
cities,
under
10,000; Total
Geographic population city
region/division 23,909,906) agencies
TOTAL Number of 99,862 10,832
employees
Average number of 4.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of 17,595 2,308
employees
Average number of 2.9
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of 5,551 772
employees
Average number of 3.1
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of 12,044 1,536
employees
Average number of 2.9
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of 23,525 3,224
employees
Average number of 3.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST NORTH CENTRAL Number of 15,380 2,032
employees
Average number of 3.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST NORTH CENTRAL Number of 8,145 1,192
employees
Average number of 3.1
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH Number of 46,855 3,960
employees
Average number of 5.9
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of 22,677 1,723
employees
Average number of 7.2
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of 9,905 948
employees
Average number of 5.3
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of 14,273 1,289
employees
Average number of 5.0
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST Number of 11,887 1,340
employees
Average number of 4.6
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of 5,617 582
employees
Average number of 4.3
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of 6,270 758
employees
Average number of 4.8
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
County (2)
2005 (3,459
estimated agencies;
Geographic city population
region/division population 91,767,689)
TOTAL Number of 187,432,928 407,226
employees
Average number of 4.4
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of 42,405,056
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of 12,586,682
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of 29,818,374
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of 44,574,925
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST NORTH CENTRAL Number of 31,800,191
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST NORTH CENTRAL Number of 12,774,734
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH Number of 54,093,278
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of 22,428,114
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of 9,108,421
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of 22,556,743
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST Number of 46,359,669
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of 14,397,412
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of 31,962,257
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
Total 2005
city and estimated
Geographic county total agency
region/division agencies population
TOTAL Number of 14,291 279,200,617
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST NORTH CENTRAL Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST NORTH CENTRAL Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
Suburban
Area (3)
(7,354
agencies;
Geographic population
region/division 118,418,670)
TOTAL Number of 438,747
employees
Average number of 3.7
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST NORTH CENTRAL Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST NORTH CENTRAL Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
WEST Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of
employees
Average number of
employees per
1,000 inhabitants
(1) Full-time law enforcement employees include civilians.
(2) The designation county is a combination of both metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan counties.
(3) Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with
less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that
are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (see Data Declaration).
Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a
principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also
appear in other groups within this table.
Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent PERTINENT, evidence. Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent; those which have no such tendency are called impertinent, 8 Toull. n. 22. By pertinent is also meant that which belongs. Willes, 319. information about this table. Overview * In the U.S. in 2005, the average number of full-time law enforcement employees in cities (both sworn officers and civilian) was 3.0 per 1,000 inhabitants. * Within cities in the Northeast “Northeastern” redirects here. For the Boston college, see Northeastern University, Boston. Northeast or north east is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. It is the opposite of southwest. See boxing the compass. , the rate of full-time law enforcement employees per 1,000 inhabitants was 3.5. * Within cities in the South, the rate of full-time law enforcement employees per 1,000 inhabitants was 3.4. * Within cities in the Midwest Midwest or Middle West, region of the United States centered on the western Great Lakes and the upper-middle Mississippi valley. It is a somewhat imprecise term that has been applied to the northern section of the land between the Appalachians , the rate of full-time law enforcement employees per 1,000 inhabitants was 2.7. * Within cities in the West, the rate of full-time law enforcement employees per 1,000 inhabitants was 2.4.
Table 71
Full-time Law Enforcement Officers
by Geographic Region and Division by Population Group
Number and Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants, 2005
Group I
Total (70 cities,
(10,832 250,000
cities; and over;
Geographic population population
region/division 187,432,928) 53,583,154)
TOTAL Number of officers 431,590 151,870
Average number 2.3 2.8
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of officers 114,314 47,584
Average number 2.7 4.3
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of officers 26,997 2,075
Average number 2.1 3.7
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of officers 87,317 45,509
Average number 2.9 4.3
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of officers 97,841 30,654
Average number 2.2 3.3
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST NORTH Number of officers 73,140 25,283
CENTRAL Average number 2.3 3.6
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST NORTH Number of officers 24,701 5,371
CENTRAL Average number 1.9 2.4
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH Number of officers 140,537 38,672
Average number 2.6 2.5
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of officers 67,073 15,854
Average number 3.0 3.3
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST SOUTH Number of officers 24,765 4,878
CENTRAL Average number 2.7 2.3
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST SOUTH Number of officers 48,699 17,940
CENTRAL Average number 2.2 2.1
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST Number of officers 78,898 34,960
Average number 1.7 2.0
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of officers 26,438 10,456
Average number 1.8 1.9
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of officers 52,460 24,504
Average number 1.6 2.0
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
Group II Group III
(180 cities, (411 cities,
100,000 to 50,000 to
249,999; 99,999;
Geographic population population
region/division 27,066,683) 28,032,707)
TOTAL Number of officers 50,111 48,687
Average number 1.9 1.7
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of officers 8,210 12,485
Average number 2.7 2.1
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of officers 3,904 5,109
Average number 2.7 2.0
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of officers 4,306 7,376
Average number 2.7 2.1
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of officers 8,291 11,546
Average number 1.9 1.6
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST NORTH Number of officers 5,639 8,501
CENTRAL Average number 2.0 1.7
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST NORTH Number of officers 2,652 3,045
CENTRAL Average number 1.8 1.4
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH Number of officers 20,361 14,662
Average number 2.1 2.0
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of officers 10,401 7,835
Average number 2.2 2.3
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST SOUTH Number of officers 3,681 1,529
CENTRAL Average number 2.5 2.4
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST SOUTH Number of officers 6,279 5,298
CENTRAL Average number 1.8 1.7
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST Number of officers 13,249 9,994
Average number 1.3 1.3
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of officers 4,620 2,879
Average number 1.5 1.5
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of officers 8,629 7,115
Average number 1.2 1.3
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
Group V
Group IV (1,791
(769 cities, cities,
25,000 to 10,000 to
49,999; 24,999;
Geographic population population
region/division 26,455,091) 28,385,387)
TOTAL Number of officers 48,052 54,925
Average number 1.8 1.9
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of officers 14,830 16,403
Average number 2.0 1.8
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of officers 5,515 6,013
Average number 1.9 1.8
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of officers 9,315 10,390
Average number 2.1 1.9
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of officers 12,315 15,748
Average number 1.6 1.8
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST NORTH Number of officers 9,410 11,687
CENTRAL Average number 1.7 1.8
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST NORTH Number of officers 2,905 4,061
CENTRAL Average number 1.5 1.7
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH Number of officers 13,854 17,706
Average number 2.2 2.4
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of officers 6,929 8,649
Average number 2.4 2.6
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST SOUTH Number of officers 3,061 3,906
CENTRAL Average number 2.3 2.4
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST SOUTH Number of officers 3,864 5,151
CENTRAL Average number 1.8 2.0
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST Number of officers 7,053 5,068
Average number 1.4 1.6
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of officers 2,374 2,010
Average number 1.6 1.9
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of officers 4,679 3,058
Average number 1.3 1.5
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
Group VI
(7,611
cities,
under
10,000; Total
Geographic population city
region/division 23,909,906) agencies
TOTAL Number of officers 77,945 10,832
Average number 3.3
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of officers 14,802 2,308
Average number 2.5
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of officers 4,381 772
Average number 2.4
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of officers 10,421 1,536
Average number 2.5
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of officers 19,287 3,224
Average number 2.6
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST NORTH Number of officers 12,620 2,032
CENTRAL Average number 2.6
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST NORTH Number of officers 6,667 1,192
CENTRAL Average number 2.5
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH Number of officers 35,282 3,960
Average number 4.5
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of officers 17,405 1,723
Average number 5.6
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST SOUTH Number of officers 7,710 948
CENTRAL Average number 4.1
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST SOUTH Number of officers 10,167 1,289
CENTRAL Average number 3.6
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST Number of officers 8,574 1,340
Average number 3.3
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of officers 4,099 582
Average number 3.1
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of officers 4,475 758
Average number 3.5
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
County (1)
2005 (3,459
estimated agencies;
Geographic city population
region/division population 91,767,689)
TOTAL Number of officers 187,432,928 241,556
Average number 2.6
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of officers 42,405,056
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of officers 12,586,682
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of officers 29,818,374
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of officers 44,574,925
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST NORTH Number of officers 31,800,191
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST NORTH Number of officers 12,774,734
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH Number of officers 54,093,278
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of officers 22,428,114
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST SOUTH Number of officers 9,108,421
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST SOUTH Number of officers 22,556,743
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST Number of officers 46,359,669
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of officers 14,397,412
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of officers 31,962,257
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
2005
Total estimated
city and total
Geographic county agency
region/division agencies population
TOTAL Number of officers 14,291 279,200,617
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST NORTH Number of officers
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST NORTH Number of officers
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST SOUTH Number of officers
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST SOUTH Number of officers
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
Suburban
Area (2)
(7,354
agencies;
Geographic population
region/division 118,418,670)
TOTAL Number of officers 288,835
Average number 2.4
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NORTHEAST Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
NEW ENGLAND Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDDLE ATLANTIC Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MIDWEST Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST NORTH Number of officers
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST NORTH Number of officers
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
SOUTH ATLANTIC Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
EAST SOUTH Number of officers
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST SOUTH Number of officers
CENTRAL Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
WEST Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
MOUNTAIN Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
PACIFIC Number of officers
Average number
of officers
per 1,000
inhabitants
(1) The designation county is a combination of both metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan counties
(2) Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with
less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that
are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (see Data Declaration).
Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a
principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also
appear in other groups within this table.
Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table. Overview * In the U.S. in 2005, the average number of full-time law enforcement officers in cities was 2.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. * Within cities in the Northeast, the rate of full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 inhabitants was 2.7. * Within cities in the South, the rate of full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 was 2.6. * Within cities in the Midwest, the rate of full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 was 2.2. * Within cities in the West, the rate of full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 inhabitants was 1.7.
Table 72
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees (1)
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2005
Total Group I Group II
cities (2) (70 cities, (180 cities,
(9,915 250,000 100,000 to
cities; and over; 249,999;
population population population
Rate range 187,432,928) 53,583,154) 27,066,683)
.1-.5 Number 92 0 0
Percent 0.9 0.0 0.0
.6-1.0 Number 408 0 0
Percent 4.1 0.0 0.0
1.1-1.5 Number 1,045 0 12
Percent 10.5 0.0 6.7
1.6-2.0 Number 1,923 9 57
Percent 19.4 12.9 31.7
2.1-2.5 Number 1,966 15 44
Percent 19.8 21.4 24.4
2.6-3.0 Number 1,471 20 27
Percent 14.8 28.6 15.0
3.1-3.5 Number 927 8 24
Percent 9.3 11.4 13.3
3.6-4.0 Number 596 2 10
Percent 6.0 2.9 5.6
4.1-4.5 Number 389 6 2
Percent 3.9 8.6 1.1
4.6-5.0 Number 295 3 4
Percent 3.0 4.3 2.2
5.1 and over Number 803 7 0
Percent 8.1 10.0 0.0
Total cities Number 9,915 70 180
Percent (3) 100 100 100
Group III Group IV
(411 cities, (769 cities,
50,000 to 25,000 to
99,999; 49,999;
population population
Rate range 28,032,707) 26,455,091)
.1-.5 Number 1 1
Percent 0.2 0.1
.6-1.0 Number 5 15
Percent 1.2 2.0
1.1-1.5 Number 51 85
Percent 12.4 11.1
1.6-2.0 Number 134 205
Percent 32.6 26.7
2.1-2.5 Number 112 223
Percent 27.3 29.0
2.6-3.0 Number 60 133
Percent 14.6 17.3
3.1-3.5 Number 22 64
Percent 5.4 8.3
3.6-4.0 Number 12 23
Percent 2.9 3.0
4.1-4.5 Number 5 14
Percent 1.2 1.8
4.6-5.0 Number 7 2
Percent 1.7 0.3
5.1 and over Number 2 4
Percent 0.5 0.5
Total cities Number 411 769
Percent (3) 100 100
Group V
(1,791 cities, Group VI
10,000 to (6,694 cities,
24,999; under 10,000;
population population
Rate range 28,385,387) 23,909,906)
.1-.5 Number 8 82
Percent 0.4 1.2
.6-1.0 Number 35 353
Percent 2.0 5.3
1.1-1.5 Number 167 730
Percent 9.3 10.9
1.6-2.0 Number 401 1,117
Percent 22.4 16.7
2.1-2.5 Number 481 1,091
Percent 26.9 16.3
2.6-3.0 Number 343 888
Percent 19.2 13.3
3.1-3.5 Number 180 629
Percent 10.1 9.4
3.6-4.0 Number 93 456
Percent 5.2 6.8
4.1-4.5 Number 39 323
Percent 2.2 4.8
4.6-5.0 Number 23 256
Percent 1.3 3.8
5.1 and over Number 21 769
Percent 1.2 11.5
Total cities Number 1,791 6,694
Percent (3) 100 100
(1) Full-time law enforcement employees include civilians.
(2) The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from
the other Law Enforcement Employee tables because agencies with no
resident population are excluded from this table. These agencies
include those associated with universities and colleges (see Table 79)
and other agencies (see Table 81), as well as some state agencies that
have concurrent jurisdiction with other local law enforcement.
(3) Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.
Table 73
Full-time Law Enforcement Officers
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2005
Total Group I Group II
cities (1) (70 cities, (180 cities,
(9,915 250,000 100,000 to
cities; and over; 249,999;
population population population
Rate range 187,432,928) 53,583,154) 27,066,683)
.1-.5 Number 99 0 0
Percent 1.0 0.0 0.0
.6-1.0 Number 576 1 9
Percent 5.8 1.4 5.0
1.1-1.5 Number 1,868 9 68
Percent 18.8 12.9 37.8
1.6-2.0 Number 2,627 24 41
Percent 26.5 34.3 22.8
2.1-2.5 Number 1,839 13 35
Percent 18.5 18.6 19.4
2.6-3.0 Number 1,048 9 17
Percent 10.6 12.9 9.4
3.1-3.5 Number 646 3 9
Percent 6.5 4.3 5.0
3.6-4.0 Number 352 5 1
Percent 3.6 7.1 0.6
4.1-4.5 Number 206 2 0
Percent 2.1 2.9 0.0
4.6-5.0 Number 179 3 0
Percent 1.8 4.3 0.0
5.1 and over Number 475 1 0
Percent 4.8 1.4 0.0
Total cities Number 9,915 70 180
Percent (2) 100.0 100.0 100.0
Group III Group IV
(411 cities, (769 cities,
50,000 to 25,000 to
99,999; 49,999;
population population
Rate range 28,032,707) 26,455,091)
.1-.5 Number 1 2
Percent 0.2 0.3
.6-1.0 Number 34 42
Percent 8.3 5.5
1.1-1.5 Number 139 235
Percent 33.8 30.6
1.6-2.0 Number 143 274
Percent 34.8 35.6
2.1-2.5 Number 59 122
Percent 14.4 15.9
2.6-3.0 Number 16 65
Percent 3.9 8.5
3.1-3.5 Number 13 23
Percent 3.2 3.0
3.6-4.0 Number 4 3
Percent 1.0 0.4
4.1-4.5 Number 1 1
Percent 0.2 0.1
4.6-5.0 Number 0 0
Percent 0.0 0.0
5.1 and over Number 1 2
Percent 0.2 0.3
Total cities Number 411 769
Percent (2) 100.0 100.0
Group V Group VI
(1,791 (6,694
cities, cities,
10,000 to under
24,999; 10,000;
population population
Rate range 28,385,387) 23,909,906)
.1-.5 Number 8 88
Percent 0.4 1.3
.6-1.0 Number 83 407
Percent 4.6 6.1
1.1-1.5 Number 382 1,035
Percent 21.3 15.5
1.6-2.0 Number 656 1,489
Percent 36.6 22.2
2.1-2.5 Number 383 1,227
Percent 21.4 18.3
2.6-3.0 Number 170 771
Percent 9.5 11.5
3.1-3.5 Number 65 533
Percent 3.6 8.0
3.6-4.0 Number 30 309
Percent 1.7 4.6
4.1-4.5 Number 5 197
Percent 0.3 2.9
4.6-5.0 Number 4 172
Percent 0.2 2.6
5.1 and over Number 5 466
Percent 0.3 7.0
Total cities Number 1,791 6,694
Percent (2) 100.0 100.0
(1) The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs
from the other Law Enforcement Officer tables because agencies
with no resident population are excluded from this table. These
agencies include those associated with universities and colleges
(see Table 79) and other agencies (see Table 81), as well as some
state agencies that have concurrent jurisdiction with other local
law enforcement.
(2) Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.
Table 74
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by Population Group
Percent Male and Female, 2005
Percent law
enforcement
employees
Total law
enforcement
Population group employees Male Female
TOTAL AGENCIES: 969,070 73.1 26.9
TOTAL CITIES 561,844 74.9 25.1
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 202,230 70.4 29.6
1,000,000 and over 110,340 69.0 31.0
(Group I subset)
500,000 to 999,999 52,384 73.2 26.8
(Group I subset)
250,000 to 499,999 39,506 70.8 29.2
(Group I subset)
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 66,461 73.3 26.7
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 63,134 76.1 23.9
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 61,199 77.9 22.1
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 68,958 79.3 20.7
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 99,862 79.4 20.6
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 280,410 69.7 30.3
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES 126,816 72.1 27.9
SUBURBAN AREA (1) 438,747 73.1 26.9
Percent
officers
Total
Population group officers Male Female
TOTAL AGENCIES: 673,146 88.4 11.6
TOTAL CITIES 431,590 88.3 11.7
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 151,870 83.0 17.0
1,000,000 and over 81,899 81.8 18.2
(Group I subset)
500,000 to 999,999 40,358 83.9 16.1
(Group I subset)
250,000 to 499,999 29,613 84.8 15.2
(Group I subset)
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 50,111 88.7 11.3
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 48,687 90.8 9.2
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 48,052 91.5 8.5
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 54,925 92.7 7.3
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 77,945 91.6 8.4
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 165,011 86.8 13.2
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES 76,545 92.3 7.7
SUBURBAN AREA (1) 288,835 88.9 11.1
Percent
civilians
Total
Population group civilians Male Female
TOTAL AGENCIES: 295,924 38.2 61.8
TOTAL CITIES 130,254 30.6 69.4
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 50,360 32.6 67.4
1,000,000 and over 28,441 32.0 68.0
(Group I subset)
500,000 to 999,999 12,026 37.4 62.6
(Group I subset)
250,000 to 499,999 9,893 28.8 71.2
(Group I subset)
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 16,350 26.1 73.9
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 14,447 26.4 73.6
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 13,147 28.0 72.0
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 14,033 26.9 73.1
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 21,917 36.2 63.8
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 115,399 45.4 54.6
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES 50,271 41.5 58.5
SUBURBAN AREA (1) 149,912 42.7 57.3
2005
Number of estimated
Population group Agencies population
TOTAL AGENCIES: 14,291 279,200,617
TOTAL CITIES 10,832 187,432,928
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 70 53,583,154
1,000,000 and over 10 24,885,884
(Group I subset)
500,000 to 999,999 23 15,331,041
(Group I subset)
250,000 to 499,999 37 13,366,229
(Group I subset)
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 180 27,066,683
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 411 28,032,707
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 769 26,455,091
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 1,791 28,385,387
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 7,611 23,909,906
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 1,264 63,938,833
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES 2,195 27,828,856
SUBURBAN AREA (1) 7,354 118,418,670
(1) Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with
less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that
are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (see Data Declaration).
Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a
principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also
appear in other groups within this table.
Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table. Overview Download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. Printable print·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being printed or of producing a print: printable negatives. 2. Fit for publication: printable language. Document * Nationwide in 2005, 88.4 percent of full-time law enforcement officers were males. * Nationwide, 61.8 percent of full-time civilian law enforcement employees were females. * Cities with populations of 10,000 to 24,999 inhabitants employed the highest percentage (92.7) of male police officers. * Cities with populations of 1 million or over employed the highest percentage of full-time female police officers; 18.2 percent of the officers in these agencies were female. * Cities with populations of 100,000 to 249,999 had the highest percentage (73.9) of female civilian law enforcement employees. * Metropolitan county agencies had the highest percentage of full-time male civilian law enforcement employees; 45.4 percent of these employees were male.
Table 75
Full-time Civilian Law Enforcement Employees
by Population Group
Percent of Total, 2005
Percent Number of 2005
civilian Agencies estimated
Population group employees population
TOTAL AGENCIES: 30.5 14,291 279,200,617
TOTAL CITIES 23.2 10,832 187,432,928
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 24.9 70 53,583,154
1,000,000 and over 25.8 10 24,885,884
(Group I subset)
500,000 to 999,999 23.0 23 15,331,041
(Group I subset)
250,000 to 499,999 25.0 37 13,366,229
(Group I subset)
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 24.6 180 27,066,683
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 22.9 411 28,032,707
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 21.5 769 26,455,091
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 20.4 1,791 28,385,387
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 21.9 7,611 23,909,906
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 41.2 1,264 63,938,833
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES 39.6 2,195 27,828,856
SUBURBAN AREA (1) 34.2 7,354 118,418,670
(1) Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less
than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are
within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (see Data Declaration). Suburban
area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal
city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in
other groups within this table.
Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table. Overview Download Printable Document * In 2005, 30.5 percent of the Nation's full-time law enforcement officers were civilians. * Within the Nations' cities, 23.2 percent of full-time law enforcement employees were civilians. * The highest average percentages of full-time civilian law enforcement employees were in metropolitan counties (41.2 percent) and nonmetropolitan counties (39.6 percent).
Table 76
Full-time State Law Enforcement Employees
by State, 2005
State Agency Total law
enforcement
employees
ALABAMA Other state agencies 154
ALASKA State Troopers 551
Other state agencies 10
ARIZONA Department of Public Safety 1,939
Other state agencies 62
ARKANSAS Other state agencies 51
CALIFORNIA Highway Patrol 9,978
Other state agencies 1,050
COLORADO State Patrol 966
Other state agencies 58
CONNECTICUT State Police 1,688
Other state agencies 32
DELAWARE State Police 895
Other state agencies 628
FLORIDA Highway Patrol 2,192
Other state agencies 3,106
GEORGIA Department of Public Safety 918
Other state agencies 1,074
IDAHO State Police 334
ILLINOIS State Police 3,477
Other state agencies 405
INDIANA State Police 1,759
Other state agencies 8
IOWA Department of Public Safety 854
KANSAS Highway Patrol 806
Other state agencies (1) 496
KENTUCKY State Police 1,672
Other state agencies 560
LOUISIANA State Police 1,646
Other state agencies 51
MAINE State Police 441
Other state agencies1 49
MARYLAND State Police 2,302
Other state agencies 1,618
MASSACHUSETTS State Police 2,736
Other state agencies 253
MICHIGAN State Police 2,542
MINNESOTA State Patrol 807
MISSISSIPPI Highway Safety Patrol 984
MISSOURI State Highway Patrol 1,985
Other state agencies (1) 471
MONTANA Highway Patrol 247
Other state agencies 20
NEBRASKA State Patrol 677
NEVADA Highway Patrol 796
NEW HAMPSHIRE State Police 412
Other state agencies 29
NEW JERSEY State Police 4,375
Other state agencies 447
Port Authority of New York 920
and New Jersey (2)
NEW MEXICO State Police 755
NEW YORK State Police 5,698
NORTH CAROLINA Highway Patrol 2,168
Other state agencies 1,172
NORTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol 184
OHIO State Highway Patrol 2,679
OKLAHOMA Department of Public Safety 1,404
Other state agencies 70
OREGON State Police 1,153
PENNSYLVANIA State Police 6,012
Other state agencies 804
RHODE ISLAND State Police 274
Other state agencies 44
SOUTH CAROLINA Highway Patrol 1,043
Other state agencies (1) 1,306
SOUTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol 237
Other state agencies 143
TENNESSEE Department of Safety 1,807
Other state agencies 978
TEXAS Department of Public Safety 7,855
UTAH Highway Patrol 501
Other state agencies 149
VERMONT State Police 451
Other state agencies 110
VIRGINIA State Police 2,567
Other state agencies 506
WASHINGTON State Patrol 2,175
WEST VIRGINIA State Police 974
Other state agencies 188
WISCONSIN State Patrol 675
Other state agencies 535
WYOMING Highway Patrol 206
Total officers
State Agency Male Female
ALABAMA Other state agencies 121 5
ALASKA State Troopers 322 16
Other state agencies 1 0
ARIZONA Department of Public Safety 1,062 73
Other state agencies 27 2
ARKANSAS Other state agencies 33 3
CALIFORNIA Highway Patrol 6,296 657
Other state agencies 728 207
COLORADO State Patrol 656 49
Other state agencies 15 2
CONNECTICUT State Police 1,112 78
Other state agencies 23 1
DELAWARE State Police 582 70
Other state agencies 267 93
FLORIDA Highway Patrol 1,475 188
Other state agencies 1,267 166
GEORGIA Department of Public Safety 739 22
Other state agencies 286 64
IDAHO State Police 245 11
ILLINOIS State Police 1,788 195
Other state agencies 231 27
INDIANA State Police 1,062 63
Other state agencies 7 0
IOWA Department of Public Safety 535 36
KANSAS Highway Patrol 515 18
Other state agencies (1) 278 13
KENTUCKY State Police 897 30
Other state agencies 439 12
LOUISIANA State Police 1,099 44
Other state agencies 37 5
MAINE State Police 277 21
Other state agencies1 18 1
MARYLAND State Police 1,373 123
Other state agencies 901 143
MASSACHUSETTS State Police 2,066 193
Other state agencies 214 26
MICHIGAN State Police 1,579 218
MINNESOTA State Patrol 510 47
MISSISSIPPI Highway Safety Patrol 493 10
MISSOURI State Highway Patrol 886 35
Other state agencies (1) 403 23
MONTANA Highway Patrol 183 9
Other state agencies 17 0
NEBRASKA State Patrol 452 26
NEVADA Highway Patrol 428 75
NEW HAMPSHIRE State Police 261 27
Other state agencies 17 3
NEW JERSEY State Police 2,765 107
Other state agencies 343 29
Port Authority of New York 770 73
and New Jersey (2)
NEW MEXICO State Police 582 23
NEW YORK State Police 4,231 389
NORTH CAROLINA Highway Patrol 1,618 44
Other state agencies 704 161
NORTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol 131 5
OHIO State Highway Patrol 1,404 143
OKLAHOMA Department of Public Safety 742 14
Other state agencies 38 4
OREGON State Police 549 61
PENNSYLVANIA State Police 4,135 185
Other state agencies 652 71
RHODE ISLAND State Police 201 21
Other state agencies 31 4
SOUTH CAROLINA Highway Patrol 813 26
Other state agencies (1) 805 131
SOUTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol 155 2
Other state agencies 41 4
TENNESSEE Department of Safety 891 44
Other state agencies 537 70
TEXAS Department of Public Safety 3,285 211
UTAH Highway Patrol 414 17
Other state agencies 135 10
VERMONT State Police 292 24
Other state agencies 83 6
VIRGINIA State Police 1,806 97
Other state agencies 277 42
WASHINGTON State Patrol 1,063 94
WEST VIRGINIA State Police 616 18
Other state agencies 162 1
WISCONSIN State Patrol 432 60
Other state agencies 434 58
WYOMING Highway Patrol 175 7
Total civilians
State Agency Male Female
ALABAMA Other state agencies 3 25
ALASKA State Troopers 80 133
Other state agencies 6 3
ARIZONA Department of Public Safety 320 484
Other state agencies 22 11
ARKANSAS Other state agencies 9 6
CALIFORNIA Highway Patrol 1,304 1,721
Other state agencies 41 74
COLORADO State Patrol 78 183
Other state agencies 24 17
CONNECTICUT State Police 212 286
Other state agencies 5 3
DELAWARE State Police 111 132
Other state agencies 65 203
FLORIDA Highway Patrol 178 351
Other state agencies 627 1,046
GEORGIA Department of Public Safety 97 60
Other state agencies 247 477
IDAHO State Police 14 64
ILLINOIS State Police 588 906
Other state agencies 94 53
INDIANA State Police 226 408
Other state agencies 0 1
IOWA Department of Public Safety 120 163
KANSAS Highway Patrol 94 179
Other state agencies (1) 76 129
KENTUCKY State Police 381 364
Other state agencies 50 59
LOUISIANA State Police 122 381
Other state agencies 0 9
MAINE State Police 52 91
Other state agencies1 19 11
MARYLAND State Police 453 353
Other state agencies 283 291
MASSACHUSETTS State Police 223 254
Other state agencies 4 9
MICHIGAN State Police 236 509
MINNESOTA State Patrol 152 98
MISSISSIPPI Highway Safety Patrol 154 327
MISSOURI State Highway Patrol 469 595
Other state agencies (1) 9 36
MONTANA Highway Patrol 14 41
Other state agencies 0 3
NEBRASKA State Patrol 72 127
NEVADA Highway Patrol 111 182
NEW HAMPSHIRE State Police 43 81
Other state agencies 3 6
NEW JERSEY State Police 706 797
Other state agencies 45 30
Port Authority of New York 20 57
and New Jersey (2)
NEW MEXICO State Police 53 97
NEW YORK State Police 464 614
NORTH CAROLINA Highway Patrol 293 213
Other state agencies 89 218
NORTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol 19 29
OHIO State Highway Patrol 537 595
OKLAHOMA Department of Public Safety 295 353
Other state agencies 17 11
OREGON State Police 210 333
PENNSYLVANIA State Police 785 907
Other state agencies 15 66
RHODE ISLAND State Police 33 19
Other state agencies 7 2
SOUTH CAROLINA Highway Patrol 68 136
Other state agencies (1) 154 216
SOUTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol 58 22
Other state agencies 37 61
TENNESSEE Department of Safety 199 673
Other state agencies 122 249
TEXAS Department of Public Safety 1,408 2,951
UTAH Highway Patrol 26 44
Other state agencies 0 4
VERMONT State Police 42 93
Other state agencies 4 17
VIRGINIA State Police 207 457
Other state agencies 77 110
WASHINGTON State Patrol 483 535
WEST VIRGINIA State Police 117 223
Other state agencies 2 23
WISCONSIN State Patrol 80 103
Other state agencies 20 23
WYOMING Highway Patrol 3 21
(1) The total employee count includes employees from
agencies that are not represented in other law enforcement
employee tables.
(2) Data reported are the number of law enforcement
employees for the state of New Jersey.
NOTE: Caution should be used when comparing data from one
state to that of another. The responsibilities of the
various state police, highway patrol, and department of
public safety agencies range from full law enforcement
duties to only traffic patrol, which can impact both the
level of employment for agencies as well as the ratio of
sworn officers to civilians employed. Any valid comparison
must take these factors and the other identified variables
affecting crime into consideration.
Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.
Table 77
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State, 2005
Total officers
State Total law Male Female
enforcement
employees
ALABAMA 12,786 8,058 689
ALASKA 1,838 1,058 116
ARIZONA 20,560 10,364 1,208
ARKANSAS 8,172 4,871 564
CALIFORNIA 111,062 63,540 9,313
COLORADO 15,449 9,245 1,338
CONNECTICUT 9,628 7,138 692
DELAWARE 3,183 2,020 287
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 4,811 3,210 957
FLORIDA 71,146 36,447 5,995
GEORGIA 28,811 17,924 2,872
HAWAII 3,568 2,547 275
IDAHO 3,679 2,362 161
ILLINOIS 51,390 30,964 5,572
INDIANA 16,701 9,839 778
IOWA 7,557 4,641 368
KANSAS 10,412 6,471 614
KENTUCKY 10,219 7,317 589
LOUISIANA 16,901 11,067 2,555
MAINE 2,886 2,084 129
MARYLAND 19,745 12,885 2,047
MASSACHUSETTS 19,579 14,940 1,346
MICHIGAN 26,634 17,001 2,681
MINNESOTA 12,795 7,367 941
MISSISSIPPI 8,502 4,718 418
MISSOURI 18,588 11,671 1,248
MONTANA 2,796 1,505 108
NEBRASKA 4,613 3,017 369
NEVADA 8,538 4,445 521
NEW HAMPSHIRE 3,098 2,175 173
NEW JERSEY 40,810 29,346 2,531
NEW MEXICO 5,537 3,672 364
NEW YORK 83,625 52,544 8,351
NORTH CAROLINA 30,132 18,656 2,417
NORTH DAKOTA 1,591 1,079 95
OHIO 31,100 19,889 2,383
OKLAHOMA 10,957 6,454 538
OREGON 7,454 4,726 536
PENNSYLVANIA 27,474 20,451 2,613
RHODE ISLAND 3,206 2,372 179
SOUTH CAROLINA 15,164 9,832 1,208
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,271 1,310 85
TENNESSEE 24,188 13,680 1,481
TEXAS 80,720 44,446 5,236
UTAH 7,283 4,268 373
VERMONT 1,562 1,066 92
VIRGINIA 22,316 15,406 1,927
WASHINGTON 14,144 9,152 978
WEST VIRGINIA 4,096 3,122 98
WISCONSIN 18,001 11,223 1,847
WYOMING 1,792 1,194 111
Total civilians
State Male Female Number of 2005
Agencies estimated
population
ALABAMA 1,524 2,515 282 3,984,466
ALASKA 201 463 41 662,033
ARIZONA 4,091 4,897 99 5,815,860
ARKANSAS 1,030 1,707 265 2,779,961
CALIFORNIA 13,579 24,630 451 31,138,193
COLORADO 1,519 3,347 227 4,397,035
CONNECTICUT 677 1,121 101 3,510,297
DELAWARE 323 553 53 843,524
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 260 384 3 550,521
FLORIDA 10,747 17,957 402 17,661,970
GEORGIA 2,730 5,285 459 8,209,878
HAWAII 212 534 4 1,275,194
IDAHO 193 963 107 1,426,766
ILLINOIS 7,003 7,851 761 12,720,852
INDIANA 2,813 3,271 244 6,043,427
IOWA 914 1,634 234 2,966,334
KANSAS 1,264 2,063 342 2,698,592
KENTUCKY 871 1,442 395 4,167,174
LOUISIANA 873 2,406 179 3,713,890
MAINE 285 388 131 1,320,239
MARYLAND 1,854 2,959 148 5,599,201
MASSACHUSETTS 1,363 1,930 331 6,213,692
MICHIGAN 2,951 4,001 617 10,006,482
MINNESOTA 1,751 2,736 317 4,992,123
MISSISSIPPI 1,357 2,009 178 2,441,159
MISSOURI 2,241 3,428 526 5,607,484
MONTANA 471 712 109 933,609
NEBRASKA 313 914 156 1,687,588
NEVADA 1,345 2,227 36 2,414,807
NEW HAMPSHIRE 213 537 139 1,124,982
NEW JERSEY 3,217 5,716 532 8,447,923
NEW MEXICO 456 1,045 95 1,809,415
NEW YORK 7,380 15,350 409 17,905,562
NORTH CAROLINA 4,012 5,047 509 8,586,228
NORTH DAKOTA 132 285 96 634,904
OHIO 3,420 5,408 554 10,491,311
OKLAHOMA 1,672 2,293 298 3,547,884
OREGON 524 1,668 152 3,321,523
PENNSYLVANIA 1,695 2,715 786 8,268,941
RHODE ISLAND 308 347 43 1,069,926
SOUTH CAROLINA 1,584 2,540 373 4,185,868
SOUTH DAKOTA 406 470 151 774,216
TENNESSEE 3,736 5,291 445 5,958,488
TEXAS 13,472 17,566 1,003 22,763,951
UTAH 1,195 1,447 126 2,468,942
VERMONT 139 265 69 371,547
VIRGINIA 1,386 3,597 279 7,566,489
WASHINGTON 1,305 2,709 247 6,278,257
WEST VIRGINIA 332 544 353 1,800,849
WISCONSIN 1,690 3,241 369 5,535,323
WYOMING 98 389 65 505,737
Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table. Table 78 Full-time Law Enforcement Employees by State by City, 2005 View State Table For: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table. Table 79 Full-time Law Enforcement Employees by State by University and College, 2005 View State Table For: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table. Table 80 Full-time Law Enforcement Employees by State by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2005 View State Table For: Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table. Table 81 Full-time Law Enforcement Employees by State by State and Other Agencies, 2005 View State Table For: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Federal Agencies Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico and Other Outlying Areas Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Data Declaration Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.
Table Guide
Police Employees
Table Number
Topics 70 71 72 73 74 75
United States X X X X
Region X X
Division X X
States
Cities
Counties
State Agencies
Universities/Colleges
Population Groups X X X X X X
Other Agencies
Rate X X
Gender X X
Range in Rate X X
Sworn Officers only X X
Civilians only X
Table Number
Topics 76 77 78 79 80 81
United States
Region
Division
States X X
Cities X
Counties X
State Agencies X
Universities/Colleges X
Population Groups
Other Agencies X
Rate
Gender X X
Range in Rate
Sworn Officers only
Civilians only
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