Table 77
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State, 2012
State |
Total law enforcement employees |
Total officers |
Total civilians |
Number of agencies |
2012 estimated population |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||
ALABAMA | 12,745 | 7,951 | 682 | 1,574 | 2,538 | 279 | 3,793,835 |
ALASKA | 1,968 | 1,177 | 106 | 237 | 448 | 37 | 729,244 |
ARIZONA | 22,999 | 11,625 | 1,389 | 4,556 | 5,429 | 124 | 6,553,255 |
ARKANSAS | 9,148 | 5,332 | 504 | 1,309 | 2,003 | 279 | 2,948,787 |
CALIFORNIA | 117,268 | 66,892 | 10,181 | 14,694 | 25,501 | 462 | 32,610,316 |
COLORADO | 17,270 | 10,125 | 1,441 | 1,944 | 3,760 | 238 | 5,174,997 |
CONNECTICUT | 10,271 | 7,667 | 807 | 745 | 1,052 | 104 | 3,590,347 |
DELAWARE | 3,151 | 1,987 | 315 | 315 | 534 | 55 | 916,825 |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
4,976 | 3,355 | 960 | 282 | 379 | 2 | 632,323 |
FLORIDA | 65,683 | 34,959 | 5,960 | 9,261 | 15,503 | 333 | 16,672,179 |
GEORGIA | 34,769 | 21,837 | 4,230 | 2,775 | 5,927 | 493 | 9,416,852 |
HAWAII | 3,720 | 2,657 | 285 | 238 | 540 | 4 | 1,392,313 |
IDAHO | 4,265 | 2,579 | 158 | 316 | 1,212 | 106 | 1,573,210 |
ILLINOIS | 45,505 | 26,945 | 4,948 | 7,007 | 6,605 | 581 | 11,569,093 |
INDIANA | 12,032 | 8,133 | 670 | 1,405 | 1,824 | 161 | 4,502,197 |
IOWA | 7,375 | 4,353 | 342 | 1,086 | 1,594 | 229 | 2,731,249 |
KANSAS | 9,675 | 5,869 | 586 | 1,261 | 1,959 | 313 | 2,404,632 |
KENTUCKY | 9,728 | 7,111 | 512 | 819 | 1,286 | 336 | 4,059,632 |
LOUISIANA | 19,364 | 12,197 | 2,881 | 1,144 | 3,142 | 159 | 3,792,686 |
MAINE | 2,826 | 2,108 | 147 | 219 | 352 | 136 | 1,328,674 |
MARYLAND | 17,956 | 12,080 | 1,937 | 1,389 | 2,550 | 128 | 5,711,397 |
MASSACHUSETTS | 19,282 | 14,721 | 1,325 | 1,311 | 1,925 | 329 | 6,450,418 |
MICHIGAN | 23,165 | 14,924 | 2,199 | 2,816 | 3,226 | 588 | 9,855,046 |
MINNESOTA | 13,476 | 7,754 | 1,047 | 1,971 | 2,704 | 319 | 5,292,552 |
MISSISSIPPI | 5,662 | 3,224 | 377 | 887 | 1,174 | 95 | 1,560,540 |
MISSOURI | 19,487 | 12,469 | 1,381 | 2,270 | 3,367 | 532 | 5,715,097 |
MONTANA | 2,405 | 1,592 | 113 | 249 | 451 | 99 | 873,898 |
NEBRASKA | 4,943 | 3,155 | 380 | 420 | 988 | 160 | 1,812,244 |
NEVADA | 9,447 | 5,139 | 539 | 1,345 | 2,424 | 53 | 2,758,931 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | 3,436 | 2,413 | 216 | 225 | 582 | 156 | 1,204,043 |
NEW JERSEY | 37,881 | 26,339 | 2,609 | 3,372 | 5,561 | 541 | 8,566,377 |
NEW MEXICO | 6,023 | 3,919 | 442 | 576 | 1,086 | 106 | 1,966,211 |
NEW YORK | 79,358 | 51,100 | 8,105 | 7,134 | 13,019 | 409 | 18,350,544 |
NORTH CAROLINA | 33,353 | 20,524 | 2,614 | 4,814 | 5,401 | 517 | 9,749,062 |
NORTH DAKOTA | 1,968 | 1,294 | 150 | 174 | 350 | 104 | 698,507 |
OHIO | 19,288 | 13,218 | 1,631 | 1,558 | 2,881 | 373 | 7,466,543 |
OKLAHOMA | 12,445 | 7,362 | 591 | 2,061 | 2,431 | 346 | 3,814,820 |
OREGON | 9,918 | 5,473 | 584 | 1,706 | 2,155 | 219 | 3,862,840 |
PENNSYLVANIA | 30,203 | 22,824 | 2,596 | 1,848 | 2,935 | 1,003 | 9,815,035 |
RHODE ISLAND | 3,045 | 2,283 | 175 | 254 | 333 | 49 | 1,050,292 |
SOUTH CAROLINA | 15,135 | 9,593 | 1,241 | 1,673 | 2,628 | 320 | 4,594,608 |
SOUTH DAKOTA | 2,820 | 1,490 | 105 | 543 | 682 | 143 | 830,046 |
TENNESSEE | 26,268 | 14,842 | 1,552 | 4,615 | 5,259 | 445 | 6,445,821 |
TEXAS | 72,877 | 40,996 | 5,311 | 12,260 | 14,310 | 984 | 23,778,955 |
UTAH | 7,042 | 4,576 | 354 | 888 | 1,224 | 137 | 2,855,287 |
VERMONT | 1,677 | 1,097 | 136 | 144 | 300 | 72 | 379,426 |
VIRGINIA | 23,625 | 16,405 | 2,204 | 1,335 | 3,681 | 281 | 8,183,013 |
WASHINGTON | 14,212 | 9,192 | 936 | 1,548 | 2,536 | 256 | 6,880,100 |
WEST VIRGINIA | 4,475 | 3,397 | 131 | 359 | 588 | 355 | 1,843,496 |
WISCONSIN | 18,638 | 10,949 | 1,691 | 2,491 | 3,507 | 388 | 5,687,485 |
WYOMING | 2,074 | 1,346 | 114 | 161 | 453 | 68 | 574,786 |
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