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Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2010

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Metropolitan Counties Alamance 270 123 147
Alexander 46 27 19
Anson 60 30 30
Brunswick 200 135 65
Buncombe 376 232 144
Burke 118 89 29
Cabarrus 238 195 43
Caldwell 120 67 53
Catawba 176 127 49
Chatham 99 77 22
Cumberland 529 298 231
Currituck 99 63 36
Davie 78 47 31
Durham 421 157 264
Edgecombe 134 53 81
Forsyth 527 228 299
Franklin 106 65 41
Gaston 211 121 90
Gaston County Police Department 224 133 91
Greene 46 25 21
Guilford 557 252 305
Haywood 82 48 34
Henderson 187 132 55
Hoke 95 53 42
Johnston 181 104 77
Madison 24 17 7
Mecklenburg1 1,236 294 942
Nash 134 76 58
New Hanover 386 293 93
Onslow 117 104 13
Orange 139 105 34
Pender 95 57 38
Person 47 41 6
Pitt 321 138 183
Randolph 216 154 62
Rockingham 140 96 44
Stokes 64 42 22
Union 249 185 64
Wake 801 349 452
Wayne 152 86 66
Yadkin 45 33 12
Nonmetropolitan Counties Alleghany 28 12 16
Ashe 54 24 30
Avery 33 24 9
Beaufort 82 47 35
Bertie 33 25 8
Bladen 66 40 26
Camden 18 17 1
Carteret 91 52 39
Caswell 47 36 11
Cherokee 65 27 38
Chowan 35 15 20
Clay 41 15 26
Cleveland 126 84 42
Columbus 109 64 45
Craven 122 70 52
Dare 138 61 77
Davidson 191 125 66
Duplin 89 67 22
Gates 13 12 1
Graham 23 14 9
Granville 88 49 39
Halifax 87 61 26
Harnett 199 110 89
Hertford 50 22 28
Hyde 20 16 4
Iredell 219 162 57
Jackson 72 47 25
Jones 22 13 9
Lee 37 7 30
Lenoir 102 64 38
Lincoln 158 108 50
Macon 65 46 19
Martin 36 34 2
McDowell 62 39 23
Mitchell 15 14 1
Montgomery 52 31 21
Moore 114 74 40
Northampton 52 27 25
Pamlico 48 15 33
Pasquotank 46 41 5
Perquimans 14 11 3
Polk 34 22 12
Richmond 56 50 6
Robeson 228 128 100
Rowan 161 115 46
Rutherford 126 75 51
Sampson 133 89 44
Scotland 69 41 28
Stanly 88 51 37
Surry 97 58 39
Swain 41 18 23
Transylvania 78 58 20
Tyrrell 16 10 6
Vance 91 45 46
Warren 64 36 28
Washington 40 21 19
Watauga 87 48 39
Wilkes 115 67 48
Wilson 141 92 49
Yancey 33 14 19
  • 1 The employee data presented in this table for Mecklenburg represent only Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office employees and exclude Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department employees.

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