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Table 77

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by State, 2010

State Total law enforcement employees Total
officers		 Total
civilians		 Number
of
agencies		 2010
estimated
population
Male Female Male Female
ALABAMA 16,205 10,134 796 2,016 3,259 346 4,637,287
ALASKA 1,944 1,116 103 256 469 40 709,604
ARIZONA 22,130 11,261 1,345 4,336 5,188 106 6,304,972
ARKANSAS 9,964 5,671 504 1,471 2,318 280 2,913,580
CALIFORNIA 118,884 68,635 10,361 14,336 25,552 460 32,115,492
COLORADO 17,071 10,074 1,462 1,892 3,643 234 5,026,084
CONNECTICUT 10,476 7,812 807 788 1,069 103 3,574,097
DELAWARE 3,170 2,006 317 311 536 54 897,563
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
 		4,477 3,046 899 210 322 1 601,723
FLORIDA 72,390 37,849 6,389 10,229 17,923 361 17,887,439
GEORGIA 32,780 20,552 4,029 2,668 5,531 426 8,639,939
HAWAII 3,725 2,654 293 235 543 4 1,360,301
IDAHO 4,341 2,603 190 314 1,234 110 1,565,006
ILLINOIS 49,849 29,991 5,452 6,968 7,438 778 12,749,781
INDIANA 15,577 9,808 761 2,315 2,693 237 5,852,251
IOWA 8,085 4,875 428 1,079 1,703 238 3,038,644
KANSAS 10,565 6,388 609 1,390 2,178 337 2,600,455
KENTUCKY 10,104 7,526 525 773 1,280 344 4,098,561
LOUISIANA 18,493 11,270 2,554 1,712 2,957 147 3,407,020
MAINE 2,839 2,109 141 242 347 134 1,327,392
MARYLAND 20,467 13,410 2,085 1,891 3,081 132 5,593,253
MASSACHUSETTS 19,574 14,786 1,366 1,356 2,066 347 6,493,971
MICHIGAN 24,426 15,772 2,457 2,737 3,460 629 9,709,589
MINNESOTA 13,509 7,761 1,064 1,936 2,748 322 5,220,467
MISSISSIPPI 10,325 5,636 518 1,715 2,456 190 2,795,693
MISSOURI 20,375 13,156 1,444 2,185 3,590 564 5,882,476
MONTANA 2,941 1,754 105 477 605 115 988,583
NEBRASKA 4,835 3,134 393 346 962 158 1,778,848
NEVADA 9,873 5,301 580 1,430 2,562 44 2,700,551
NEW HAMPSHIRE 3,441 2,401 205 255 580 153 1,192,506
NEW JERSEY 39,996 28,461 2,604 3,297 5,634 545 8,491,420
NEW MEXICO 6,030 3,957 436 549 1,088 109 2,008,152
NEW YORK 83,394 53,432 8,481 7,664 13,817 466 19,194,379
NORTH CAROLINA 32,755 20,401 2,519 4,426 5,409 510 9,530,637
NORTH DAKOTA 1,840 1,205 134 193 308 107 668,266
OHIO 27,987 17,782 1,901 3,465 4,839 607 9,362,390
OKLAHOMA 11,667 7,073 569 1,692 2,333 330 3,749,477
OREGON 10,195 5,524 606 1,746 2,319 209 3,794,249
PENNSYLVANIA 29,488 22,509 2,646 1,536 2,797 987 9,609,935
RHODE ISLAND 3,164 2,356 182 286 340 48 1,052,567
SOUTH CAROLINA 14,030 9,134 1,220 1,349 2,327 274 4,220,787
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,411 1,413 98 384 516 142 812,168
TENNESSEE 25,671 14,474 1,543 4,405 5,249 453 6,341,016
TEXAS 89,897 48,620 6,272 15,209 19,796 1,011 25,006,973
UTAH 6,987 4,499 371 871 1,246 135 2,763,885
VERMONT 1,516 1,059 99 119 239 69 365,443
VIRGINIA 23,390 16,199 2,181 1,368 3,642 279 7,998,552
WASHINGTON 14,555 9,451 954 1,460 2,690 259 6,708,828
WEST VIRGINIA 4,415 3,361 112 360 582 351 1,841,354
WISCONSIN 19,423 11,328 1,767 2,544 3,784 393 5,671,361
WYOMING 1,962 1,295 108 125 434 66 559,627
  • 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.

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