Table 71
Full-time Law Enforcement Officers
by Region and Geographic Division by Population Group
Number and Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants, 2013
| Region/geographic division |
Total (9,894 cities; population 179,802,240) |
Group I (73 cities, 250,000 and over; population 51,744,651) |
Group II (193 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 28,587,514) |
Group III (405 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 27,923,876) |
Group IV (719 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 24,881,626) |
Group V (1,597 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 25,483,611) |
Group VI (6,907 cities, under 10,000; population 21,180,962) |
Total city agencies |
2013 estimated city population |
County2 (3,157 agencies; population 88,882,540) |
Total city and county agencies |
2013 estimated total agency population |
Suburban Areas3 (6,969 agencies; population 117,915,697) |
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| TOTAL | Number of officers | 389,934 | 133,309 | 48,284 | 44,972 | 42,624 | 47,120 | 73,625 | 9,894 | 179,802,240 | 237,008 | 13,051 | 268,684,780 | 287,855 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | |||||
| NORTHEAST | Number of officers | 111,953 | 46,840 | 7,165 | 12,023 | 14,343 | 15,317 | 16,265 | 2,511 | 43,905,307 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.5 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | |||||||
| NEW ENGLAND | Number of officers | 28,083 | 2,131 | 3,808 | 5,208 | 5,722 | 5,818 | 5,396 | 796 | 13,004,141 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.0 | |||||||
| MIDDLE ATLANTIC | Number of officers | 83,870 | 44,709 | 3,357 | 6,815 | 8,621 | 9,499 | 10,869 | 1,715 | 30,901,166 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.7 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.4 | |||||||
| MIDWEST | Number of officers | 65,308 | 16,190 | 6,756 | 8,888 | 8,287 | 10,706 | 14,481 | 2,418 | 33,568,819 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.7 | |||||||
| EAST NORTH CENTRAL | Number of officers | 39,878 | 11,017 | 3,749 | 5,587 | 5,755 | 6,315 | 7,455 | 1,247 | 20,345,551 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.6 | |||||||
| WEST NORTH CENTRAL | Number of officers | 25,430 | 5,173 | 3,007 | 3,301 | 2,532 | 4,391 | 7,026 | 1,171 | 13,223,268 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.7 | |||||||
| SOUTH | Number of officers | 135,928 | 36,010 | 20,666 | 14,103 | 14,065 | 16,308 | 34,776 | 3,683 | 53,170,268 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 4.9 | |||||||
| SOUTH ATLANTIC | Number of officers | 68,956 | 17,098 | 11,439 | 7,514 | 7,184 | 8,023 | 17,698 | 1,644 | 23,704,335 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 6.0 | |||||||
| EAST SOUTH CENTRAL | Number of officers | 24,843 | 5,965 | 3,486 | 1,971 | 2,884 | 3,379 | 7,158 | 824 | 9,149,063 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.5 | |||||||
| WEST SOUTH CENTRAL | Number of officers | 42,129 | 12,947 | 5,741 | 4,618 | 3,997 | 4,906 | 9,920 | 1,215 | 20,316,870 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.9 | |||||||
| WEST | Number of officers | 76,745 | 34,269 | 13,697 | 9,958 | 5,929 | 4,789 | 8,103 | 1,282 | 49,157,846 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | |||||||
| MOUNTAIN | Number of officers | 24,845 | 10,128 | 4,794 | 2,590 | 2,172 | 1,642 | 3,519 | 519 | 14,532,260 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3.2 | |||||||
| PACIFIC | Number of officers | 51,900 | 24,141 | 8,903 | 7,368 | 3,757 | 3,147 | 4,584 | 763 | 34,625,586 | ||||
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
- 1 The designation county is a combination of both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties.
- 2 Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (see Data Declaration). Suburban areas exclude all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
Data Declaration
Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.
Overview
Full-time Law Enforcement Officers, by Region and Geographic Division by Population Group, Number and Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants, 2013
- In the nation’s cities in 2013, the average number of full-time law enforcement officers was 2.2 per 1,000 residents.
- Law enforcement agencies in in the South had a rate of 2.6 full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 inhabitants.
- In the Northeast, the rate of full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents was 2.5.
- In cities in the Midwest, the rate of full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents was 1.9.
- The rate of full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 inhabitants was 1.6 in cities in the West.
