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Table 73

Full-time Law Enforcement Officers

Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants

by Population Group, 2010

Rate range Total cities1 (10,204 cities; population 197,172,429) Group I
(74 cities, 250,000 and over; population 56,581,538)		 Group II
(193 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 28,908,827)		 Group III
(437 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 29,978,412)		 Group IV
(812 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,951,300)		 Group V
(1,853 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 29,350,253)		 Group VI
(6,835 cities, under 10,000; population 24,402,099)
.1-.5 Number 142 0 0 0 3 7 132
Percent 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.9
.6-1.0 Number 721 2 17 49 61 91 501
Percent 7.1 2.7 8.8 11.2 7.5 4.9 7.3
1.1-1.5 Number 1,973 11 65 152 249 460 1,036
Percent 19.3 14.9 33.7 34.8 30.7 24.8 15.2
1.6-2.0 Number 2,621 28 59 130 284 658 1,462
Percent 25.7 37.8 30.6 29.7 35.0 35.5 21.4
2.1-2.5 Number 1,764 11 25 72 122 356 1,178
Percent 17.3 14.9 13.0 16.5 15.0 19.2 17.2
2.6-3.0 Number 1,062 8 15 16 69 153 801
Percent 10.4 10.8 7.8 3.7 8.5 8.3 11.7
3.1-3.5 Number 690 5 7 12 16 77 573
Percent 6.8 6.8 3.6 2.7 2.0 4.2 8.4
3.6-4.0 Number 359 2 5 1 5 35 311
Percent 3.5 2.7 2.6 0.2 0.6 1.9 4.6
4.1-4.5 Number 269 4 0 3 0 10 252
Percent 2.6 5.4 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.5 3.7
4.6-5.0 Number 140 2 0 2 0 2 134
Percent 1.4 2.7 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.1 2.0
5.1 and over Number 463 1 0 0 3 4 455
Percent 4.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 6.7
Total cities Number 10,204 74 193 437 812 1,853 6,835
Percent2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 1 The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from other tables that include data about law enforcement officers because agencies with no resident population are excluded from this table. Agencies not included in this table are 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.

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