Table 78
NORTH CAROLINA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by City, 2011
City | Population |
Total law enforcement employees |
Total officers |
Total civilians |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | 6,431 | 28 | 26 | 2 |
Ahoskie | 5,103 | 22 | 16 | 6 |
Albemarle | 16,105 | 52 | 46 | 6 |
Andrews | 1,804 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Angier | 4,405 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Apex | 37,951 | 68 | 53 | 15 |
Archdale | 11,560 | 31 | 25 | 6 |
Asheboro | 25,329 | 85 | 78 | 7 |
Asheville | 84,450 | 238 | 198 | 40 |
Atlantic Beach | 1,514 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Aurora | 527 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Ayden | 4,995 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
Badin | 1,999 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Bailey | 576 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Bakersville | 470 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bald Head Island | 160 | 21 | 12 | 9 |
Banner Elk | 1,041 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Beaufort | 4,090 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Beech Mountain | 324 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Belhaven | 1,709 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
Belmont | 10,204 | 44 | 33 | 11 |
Benson | 3,353 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Bethel | 1,597 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Beulaville | 1,312 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Biltmore Forest | 1,360 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
Biscoe | 1,722 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Black Creek | 779 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Black Mountain | 7,948 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Bladenboro | 1,772 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Blowing Rock | 1,257 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
Boiling Spring Lakes | 5,440 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Boiling Springs | 4,706 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Bolton | 700 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Boone | 17,339 | 41 | 34 | 7 |
Boonville | 1,237 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Brevard | 7,705 | 28 | 22 | 6 |
Broadway | 1,245 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Brookford | 387 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bryson City | 1,442 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Bunn | 348 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Burgaw | 3,921 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Burlington | 50,597 | 162 | 122 | 40 |
Burnsville | 1,714 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Butner | 7,687 | 45 | 40 | 5 |
Cameron | 289 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Candor | 851 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Canton | 4,281 | 20 | 14 | 6 |
Cape Carteret | 1,941 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Carolina Beach | 5,778 | 30 | 28 | 2 |
Carrboro | 19,830 | 42 | 39 | 3 |
Carthage | 2,233 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Cary | 136,949 | 211 | 173 | 38 |
Caswell Beach | 403 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Catawba | 611 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chadbourn | 1,880 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Chapel Hill | 57,959 | 129 | 114 | 15 |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg1 | 789,478 | 2,214 | 1,726 | 488 |
Cherryville | 5,833 | 22 | 17 | 5 |
China Grove | 3,608 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Chocowinity | 830 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Claremont | 1,369 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Clayton | 16,320 | 46 | 42 | 4 |
Cleveland | 882 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Clinton | 8,749 | 34 | 30 | 4 |
Clyde | 1,239 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Coats | 2,139 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Columbus | 1,012 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Concord | 80,069 | 182 | 154 | 28 |
Conover | 8,269 | 26 | 25 | 1 |
Conway | 847 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Cooleemee | 972 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Cornelius | 25,181 | 68 | 51 | 17 |
Cramerton | 4,218 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Creedmoor | 4,176 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Dallas | 4,545 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
Davidson | 11,083 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Denton | 1,657 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Dobson | 1,606 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Drexel | 1,882 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Duck | 374 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Dunn | 9,380 | 51 | 35 | 16 |
Durham | 231,225 | 618 | 476 | 142 |
East Bend | 620 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
East Spencer | 1,553 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Eden | 15,724 | 52 | 43 | 9 |
Edenton | 5,067 | 18 | 15 | 3 |
Elizabeth City | 18,920 | 71 | 58 | 13 |
Elizabethtown | 3,628 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Elkin | 4,052 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Elon | 9,538 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Emerald Isle | 3,701 | 16 | 13 | 3 |
Enfield | 2,564 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Erwin | 4,461 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Fair Bluff | 963 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Fairmont | 2,697 | 15 | 12 | 3 |
Farmville | 4,713 | 21 | 16 | 5 |
Fayetteville | 203,107 | 513 | 366 | 147 |
Fletcher | 7,278 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Forest City | 7,571 | 34 | 32 | 2 |
Four Oaks | 1,945 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Foxfire Village | 913 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Franklin | 3,894 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Franklinton | 2,049 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Fremont | 1,271 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Fuquay-Varina | 18,164 | 36 | 31 | 5 |
Garner | 26,071 | 69 | 64 | 5 |
Garysburg | 1,070 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gaston | 1,167 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gastonia | 72,651 | 204 | 176 | 28 |
Gibsonville | 6,491 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Glen Alpine | 1,536 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Goldsboro | 36,899 | 121 | 110 | 11 |
Graham | 14,332 | 37 | 34 | 3 |
Granite Falls | 4,782 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
Granite Quarry | 2,967 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Greensboro | 273,086 | 773 | 636 | 137 |
Greenville | 85,626 | 236 | 185 | 51 |
Grifton | 2,650 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Hamlet | 6,577 | 24 | 20 | 4 |
Havelock | 20,998 | 36 | 29 | 7 |
Haw River | 2,327 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Henderson | 15,563 | 58 | 50 | 8 |
Hendersonville | 13,304 | 49 | 37 | 12 |
Hertford | 2,170 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Hickory | 40,517 | 147 | 116 | 31 |
Highlands | 936 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
High Point | 105,695 | 247 | 211 | 36 |
Hillsborough | 6,164 | 26 | 24 | 2 |
Holden Beach | 582 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Holly Ridge | 1,284 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Holly Springs | 24,974 | 54 | 44 | 10 |
Hope Mills | 15,368 | 40 | 34 | 6 |
Hot Springs | 567 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hudson | 3,824 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Huntersville | 47,366 | 90 | 81 | 9 |
Indian Beach | 113 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Jackson | 520 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jacksonville | 71,034 | 149 | 120 | 29 |
Jefferson | 1,631 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Jonesville | 2,314 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Kannapolis | 43,166 | 98 | 76 | 22 |
Kenansville | 866 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Kenly | 1,356 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Kernersville | 23,416 | 80 | 64 | 16 |
Kill Devil Hills | 6,768 | 33 | 29 | 4 |
King | 6,992 | 23 | 20 | 3 |
Kings Mountain | 10,427 | 36 | 30 | 6 |
Kinston | 21,952 | 85 | 75 | 10 |
Kitty Hawk | 3,313 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
Knightdale | 11,546 | 29 | 28 | 1 |
Kure Beach | 2,038 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Lake Lure | 1,207 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Lake Royale | 2,538 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Lake Waccamaw | 1,499 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Landis | 3,148 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Laurel Park | 2,208 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Laurinburg | 16,164 | 45 | 39 | 6 |
Leland | 13,699 | 34 | 31 | 3 |
Lenoir | 18,459 | 66 | 52 | 14 |
Lexington | 19,171 | 74 | 65 | 9 |
Liberty | 2,690 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Lilesville | 543 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lillington | 3,235 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Lincolnton | 10,619 | 36 | 31 | 5 |
Littleton | 683 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Locust | 2,967 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Long View | 4,933 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Louisburg | 3,402 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Lowell | 3,571 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Lumberton | 21,815 | 91 | 81 | 10 |
Madison | 2,274 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Maggie Valley | 1,165 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Magnolia | 951 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Maiden | 3,352 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Manteo | 1,452 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Marion | 7,937 | 26 | 25 | 1 |
Marshall | 883 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Mars Hill | 1,893 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Marshville | 2,432 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Matthews | 27,543 | 69 | 57 | 12 |
Maxton | 2,457 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
Mayodan | 2,509 | 16 | 13 | 3 |
Maysville | 1,032 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Mebane | 11,537 | 29 | 22 | 7 |
Middlesex | 832 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Mint Hill | 23,010 | 30 | 27 | 3 |
Misenheimer | 737 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Mocksville | 5,115 | 24 | 22 | 2 |
Monroe | 33,213 | 98 | 86 | 12 |
Montreat | 732 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Mooresville | 33,126 | 79 | 58 | 21 |
Morehead City | 8,771 | 43 | 37 | 6 |
Morganton | 17,133 | 90 | 59 | 31 |
Morrisville | 18,812 | 34 | 33 | 1 |
Morven | 517 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mount Airy | 10,520 | 53 | 41 | 12 |
Mount Gilead | 1,196 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Mount Holly | 13,829 | 36 | 30 | 6 |
Mount Olive | 4,647 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Murfreesboro | 2,871 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
Murphy | 1,648 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Nags Head | 2,792 | 23 | 21 | 2 |
Nashville | 5,420 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Navassa | 1,524 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
New Bern | 29,898 | 111 | 76 | 35 |
Newland | 707 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Newport | 4,203 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Newton | 13,132 | 43 | 35 | 8 |
Newton Grove | 576 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Norlina | 1,132 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
North Topsail Beach | 752 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Northwest | 744 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
North Wilkesboro | 4,299 | 25 | 24 | 1 |
Norwood | 2,409 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Oakboro | 1,883 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Oak Island | 6,869 | 31 | 25 | 6 |
Ocean Isle Beach | 557 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Old Fort | 920 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Oxford | 8,568 | 35 | 29 | 6 |
Parkton | 442 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pembroke | 3,011 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Pikeville | 687 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Pilot Mountain | 1,496 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Pinebluff | 1,354 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Pinehurst | 13,290 | 28 | 23 | 5 |
Pine Knoll Shores | 1,356 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Pine Level | 1,722 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Pinetops | 1,391 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Pineville | 7,574 | 45 | 34 | 11 |
Pink Hill | 559 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pittsboro | 3,790 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Plymouth | 3,927 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Polkton | 3,418 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Princeton | 1,209 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Raeford | 4,669 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Raleigh | 409,014 | 846 | 746 | 100 |
Ramseur | 1,713 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Randleman | 4,165 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Ranlo | 3,478 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Red Springs | 3,471 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Reidsville | 14,704 | 58 | 50 | 8 |
Richlands | 1,539 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Rich Square | 970 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
River Bend | 3,159 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Roanoke Rapids | 15,954 | 41 | 37 | 4 |
Robbins | 1,111 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Robersonville | 1,507 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Rockingham | 9,679 | 37 | 32 | 5 |
Rockwell | 2,135 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Rocky Mount | 58,206 | 207 | 165 | 42 |
Rolesville | 3,834 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Rose Hill | 1,647 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Rowland | 1,050 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Roxboro | 8,468 | 38 | 33 | 5 |
Rutherfordton | 4,266 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Salisbury | 34,089 | 94 | 78 | 16 |
Saluda | 722 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Sanford | 28,450 | 100 | 80 | 20 |
Scotland Neck | 2,085 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Selma | 6,150 | 25 | 23 | 2 |
Seven Devils | 194 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Shallotte | 3,722 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Sharpsburg | 2,050 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Shelby | 20,581 | 82 | 71 | 11 |
Siler City | 7,987 | 26 | 21 | 5 |
Smithfield | 11,105 | 44 | 42 | 2 |
Southern Pines | 12,490 | 40 | 32 | 8 |
Southern Shores | 2,748 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Southport | 2,869 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Sparta | 1,792 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Spencer | 3,308 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Spindale | 4,376 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Spring Hope | 1,337 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Spring Lake | 12,116 | 29 | 26 | 3 |
Spruce Pine | 2,203 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Stallings | 14,006 | 24 | 21 | 3 |
Stanfield | 1,505 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Stanley | 3,601 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Stantonsburg | 794 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Star | 887 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Statesville | 24,843 | 96 | 76 | 20 |
Stoneville | 1,069 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
St. Pauls | 2,061 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
Sugar Mountain | 201 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Sunset Beach | 3,617 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Surf City | 1,876 | 19 | 17 | 2 |
Swansboro | 2,697 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Sylva | 2,621 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Tabor City | 2,543 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Tarboro | 11,560 | 34 | 28 | 6 |
Taylorsville | 2,125 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Taylortown | 731 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Thomasville | 27,096 | 74 | 68 | 6 |
Topsail Beach | 373 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Trent Woods | 4,208 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Troutman | 2,413 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Troy | 3,229 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Tryon | 1,667 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
Valdese | 4,547 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Vanceboro | 1,018 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Vass | 729 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Wadesboro | 5,887 | 30 | 25 | 5 |
Wagram | 851 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Wake Forest | 30,499 | 66 | 55 | 11 |
Wallace | 3,929 | 18 | 15 | 3 |
Walnut Cove | 1,443 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Walnut Creek | 846 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Warrenton | 873 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Warsaw | 3,093 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
Washington | 9,868 | 46 | 38 | 8 |
Waxhaw | 9,984 | 21 | 19 | 2 |
Waynesville | 9,994 | 42 | 34 | 8 |
Weaverville | 3,160 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Weldon | 1,676 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Wendell | 5,919 | 17 | 15 | 2 |
West Jefferson | 1,315 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Whispering Pines | 2,965 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Whitakers | 753 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
White Lake | 812 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Whiteville | 5,462 | 27 | 24 | 3 |
Wilkesboro | 3,456 | 23 | 21 | 2 |
Williamston | 5,581 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
Wilmington | 107,826 | 310 | 256 | 54 |
Wilson | 49,790 | 133 | 118 | 15 |
Wilson's Mills | 2,306 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Windsor | 3,676 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Wingate | 3,535 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Winston-Salem | 232,529 | 749 | 585 | 164 |
Winterville | 9,387 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Woodfin | 6,201 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Woodland | 819 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Wrightsville Beach | 2,508 | 26 | 23 | 3 |
Yadkinville | 2,997 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Youngsville | 1,172 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Zebulon | 4,489 | 23 | 22 | 1 |
- 1 The employee data presented in this table for Charlotte-Mecklenburg represent only Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and exclude Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office.
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