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Table 78

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by City, 2013

City Population Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Aberdeen 6,760 29 27 2
Ahoskie 4,988 19 14 5
Albemarle 15,946 55 49 6
Andrews 1,743 5 5 0
Angier 4,635 12 12 0
Apex 41,356 76 61 15
Archdale 11,524 30 25 5
Asheboro 25,665 82 75 7
Asheville 86,445 249 213 36
Atlantic Beach 1,491 18 17 1
Aurora 518 2 2 0
Ayden 5,065 22 18 4
Badin 1,979 5 5 0
Bailey 572 2 2 0
Bakersville 454 1 1 0
Bald Head Island 163 15 14 1
Banner Elk 1,117 10 9 1
Beaufort 4,107 16 15 1
Beech Mountain 319 13 9 4
Belhaven 1,624 12 8 4
Belmont 10,319 40 32 8
Benson 3,452 14 13 1
Bethel 1,625 5 5 0
Beulaville 1,346 5 5 0
Biltmore Forest 1,393 15 14 1
Biscoe 1,694 10 9 1
Black Creek 774 2 2 0
Black Mountain 8,012 22 18 4
Bladenboro 1,735 6 6 0
Blowing Rock 1,234 11 10 1
Boiling Spring Lakes 5,546 10 10 0
Boiling Springs 4,610 9 9 0
Bolton 682 2 1 1
Boone 17,998 43 34 9
Boonville 1,215 5 5 0
Brevard 7,536 30 23 7
Broadway 1,280 4 4 0
Brookford 378 1 1 0
Bryson City 1,446 8 7 1
Bunn 350 3 3 0
Burgaw 4,005 13 13 0
Burlington 51,401 167 124 43
Burnsville 1,667 8 8 0
Butner 7,661 37 31 6
Cameron 293 1 1 0
Candor 838 5 5 0
Canton 4,164 18 13 5
Cape Carteret 1,928 6 6 0
Carolina Beach 5,937 28 27 1
Carrboro 20,709 39 37 2
Carthage 2,321 11 10 1
Cary 148,905 222 184 38
Caswell Beach 404 4 4 0
Catawba 605 1 1 0
Chadbourn 1,835 9 8 1
Chapel Hill 58,744 131 105 26
Charlotte-Mecklenburg1 837,638 1,979 1,587 392
Cherryville 5,818 19 14 5
China Grove 4,154 12 12 0
Chocowinity 812 3 3 0
Claremont 1,355 9 8 1
Clayton 17,315 46 42 4
Cleveland 870 5 5 0
Clinton 8,774 33 29 4
Clyde 1,222 3 3 0
Coats 2,318 6 6 0
Columbus 983 7 7 0
Concord 82,899 181 156 25
Conover 8,168 30 28 2
Conway 800 1 1 0
Cooleemee 965 3 3 0
Cornelius 26,683 69 53 16
Cramerton 4,212 13 13 0
Creedmoor 4,254 16 12 4
Dallas 4,537 16 12 4
Davidson 11,657 18 17 1
Denton 1,645 7 6 1
Dobson 1,586 6 6 0
Drexel 1,863 5 5 0
Duck 375 10 9 1
Dunn 9,672 49 34 15
Durham 242,865 621 517 104
East Bend 604 2 2 0
East Spencer 1,533 6 6 0
Eden 15,282 52 44 8
Edenton 4,994 19 17 2
Elizabeth City 18,395 69 55 14
Elizabethtown 3,603 14 13 1
Elkin 4,024 21 17 4
Elon 9,627 16 15 1
Emerald Isle 3,669 19 16 3
Enfield 2,485 11 10 1
Erwin 4,620 13 12 1
Fair Bluff 936 4 4 0
Fairmont 2,714 13 11 2
Farmville 4,767 19 14 5
Fayetteville 202,524 540 362 178
Fletcher 7,320 16 15 1
Forest City 7,394 33 31 2
Four Oaks 1,980 6 6 0
Foxfire Village 936 2 2 0
Franklin 3,894 18 18 0
Franklinton 2,060 9 9 0
Fremont 1,277 4 4 0
Fuquay-Varina 20,562 37 32 5
Garner 27,021 69 63 6
Garysburg 1,012 2 2 0
Gaston 1,105 3 3 0
Gastonia 73,049 192 170 22
Gibsonville 6,632 15 14 1
Glen Alpine 1,512 3 3 0
Goldsboro 37,230 113 102 11
Graham 14,270 39 36 3
Granite Falls 4,647 16 13 3
Granite Quarry 2,935 8 8 0
Greensboro 279,343 808 666 142
Greenville 88,018 228 177 51
Grifton 2,682 7 7 0
Hamlet 6,625 24 20 4
Havelock 20,765 33 26 7
Haw River 2,344 8 8 0
Henderson 15,309 58 50 8
Hendersonville 13,342 51 39 12
Hertford 2,175 8 7 1
Hickory 40,109 147 112 35
Highlands 923 11 10 1
High Point 107,261 251 216 35
Hillsborough 6,329 26 26 0
Holden Beach 598 8 8 0
Holly Ridge 1,654 10 9 1
Holly Springs 27,557 55 43 12
Hope Mills 15,699 40 35 5
Hot Springs 555 1 1 0
Hudson 3,720 12 11 1
Huntersville 50,162 87 77 10
Indian Beach 114 4 4 0
Jackson 494 1 1 0
Jacksonville 68,709 153 122 31
Jefferson 1,589 3 3 0
Jonesville 2,266 11 10 1
Kannapolis 44,150 102 79 23
Kenansville 885 4 4 0
Kenly 1,394 8 8 0
Kernersville 23,553 82 63 19
Kill Devil Hills 6,869 33 27 6
King 6,860 21 18 3
Kings Mountain 10,646 39 32 7
Kinston 21,619 74 64 10
Kitty Hawk 3,348 17 15 2
Knightdale 13,153 26 25 1
Kure Beach 2,078 11 10 1
Lake Lure 1,190 10 9 1
Lake Royale 2,589 6 6 0
Lake Waccamaw 1,482 5 5 0
Landis 3,090 11 11 0
Laurel Park 2,243 7 7 0
Laurinburg 15,740 44 38 6
Leland 15,535 29 27 2
Lenoir 17,926 66 50 16
Lexington 18,939 69 61 8
Liberty 2,672 11 10 1
Lilesville 519 1 1 0
Lillington 3,391 13 12 1
Lincolnton 10,686 37 32 5
Littleton 661 2 2 0
Locust 2,948 13 12 1
Long View 4,867 17 17 0
Louisburg 3,426 12 11 1
Lowell 3,563 9 9 0
Lumberton 21,828 90 80 10
Madison 2,214 14 13 1
Maggie Valley 1,137 11 10 1
Magnolia 970 2 2 0
Maiden 3,340 15 14 1
Manteo 1,353 9 8 1
Marion 7,945 25 24 1
Marshall 867 2 2 0
Mars Hill 2,061 5 5 0
Marshville 2,513 8 8 0
Matthews 29,178 69 57 12
Maxton 2,470 13 9 4
Mayodan 2,471 15 12 3
Maysville 1,036 3 3 0
Mebane 13,129 33 26 7
Middlesex 822 4 4 0
Mint Hill 24,350 37 34 3
Misenheimer 670 5 5 0
Mocksville 5,097 20 19 1
Monroe 33,895 94 82 12
Montreat 673 4 4 0
Mooresville 33,676 95 73 22
Morehead City 9,159 44 38 6
Morganton 16,852 93 63 30
Morrisville 21,229 32 31 1
Mount Airy 10,450 54 41 13
Mount Gilead 1,181 8 8 0
Mount Holly 13,814 38 30 8
Mount Olive 4,672 16 15 1
Murfreesboro 2,807 15 10 5
Murphy 1,592 9 7 2
Nags Head 2,827 23 21 2
Nashville 5,382 17 16 1
Navassa 1,536 2 2 0
New Bern 30,514 106 76 30
Newland 683 5 5 0
Newport 4,778 9 9 0
Newton 12,980 43 34 9
Norlina 1,088 4 4 0
North Topsail Beach 735 12 11 1
North Wilkesboro 4,256 25 24 1
Northwest 762 1 1 0
Norwood 2,386 7 6 1
Oakboro 1,865 6 6 0
Oak Island 7,064 22 21 1
Ocean Isle Beach 572 13 13 0
Old Fort 908 3 3 0
Oxford 8,607 38 32 6
Parkton 443 2 2 0
Pembroke 3,027 16 12 4
Pikeville 690 2 2 0
Pilot Mountain 1,477 9 8 1
Pinebluff 1,382 4 4 0
Pinehurst 15,100 28 23 5
Pine Knoll Shores 1,344 7 7 0
Pine Level 1,774 5 5 0
Pinetops 1,355 9 6 3
Pineville 8,027 46 35 11
Pink Hill 548 2 2 0
Pittsboro 3,933 12 12 0
Plymouth 3,711 10 9 1
Polkton 3,317 1 1 0
Princeton 1,246 4 4 0
Raeford 4,894 18 17 1
Raleigh 428,993 870 773 97
Ramseur 1,703 5 5 0
Randleman 4,144 13 13 0
Ranlo 3,468 7 7 0
Red Springs 3,469 17 17 0
Reidsville 14,286 54 49 5
Richlands 1,643 6 6 0
Rich Square 926 2 2 0
River Bend 3,175 6 6 0
Roanoke Rapids 15,686 39 35 4
Robbins 1,140 5 5 0
Robersonville 1,447 8 8 0
Rockingham 9,480 38 33 5
Rockwell 2,112 5 5 0
Rocky Mount 57,021 193 146 47
Rolesville 4,424 13 12 1
Rose Hill 1,687 4 4 0
Rowland 1,052 7 6 1
Roxboro 8,310 37 33 4
Rutherfordton 4,206 15 14 1
Salisbury 33,626 83 76 7
Saluda 699 4 4 0
Sanford 29,390 104 83 21
Scotland Neck 2,021 8 7 1
Selma 6,217 25 23 2
Seven Devils 196 6 6 0
Shallotte 3,837 14 13 1
Sharpsburg 2,029 8 8 0
Shelby 20,261 82 69 13
Siler City 8,243 26 21 5
Smithfield 11,451 43 41 2
Snow Hill 1,592 4 4 0
Southern Pines 12,846 42 33 9
Southern Shores 2,782 12 11 1
Southport 3,085 11 11 0
Sparta 1,724 6 6 0
Spencer 3,262 13 12 1
Spindale 4,296 12 12 0
Spring Hope 1,325 4 4 0
Spring Lake 13,639 30 27 3
Spruce Pine 2,149 12 12 0
Stallings 14,544 25 22 3
Stanfield 1,487 4 4 0
Stanley 3,599 10 9 1
Stantonsburg 789 4 4 0
Star 873 3 3 0
Statesville 25,199 96 77 19
Stoneville 1,045 5 5 0
St. Pauls 2,440 18 13 5
Sugar Mountain 196 5 5 0
Sunset Beach 3,669 14 14 0
Surf City 2,005 21 18 3
Swansboro 2,924 10 9 1
Sylva 2,744 15 15 0
Tabor City 3,969 10 9 1
Tarboro 11,297 34 28 6
Taylorsville 2,067 11 11 0
Thomasville 26,866 73 67 6
Topsail Beach 388 8 7 1
Trent Woods 4,230 5 5 0
Troutman 2,446 15 15 0
Troy 3,488 12 11 1
Tryon 1,615 10 8 2
Valdese 4,493 12 11 1
Vanceboro 1,015 2 2 0
Vass 726 3 3 0
Wadesboro 5,673 29 24 5
Wagram 823 2 2 0
Wake Forest 33,852 72 59 13
Wallace 4,015 18 14 4
Walnut Creek 854 2 2 0
Warrenton 840 5 4 1
Warsaw 3,172 15 13 2
Washington 9,761 43 33 10
Waxhaw 10,481 22 20 2
Waynesville 9,776 42 34 8
Weaverville 3,814 15 14 1
Weldon 1,621 8 8 0
Wendell 6,248 15 14 1
West Jefferson 1,291 8 8 0
Whispering Pines 3,045 9 8 1
Whitakers 739 2 2 0
White Lake 793 6 6 0
Whiteville 5,466 25 22 3
Wilkesboro 3,431 23 21 2
Williamston 5,390 21 20 1
Wilmington 110,985 319 255 64
Wilson 49,737 134 119 15
Wilson's Mills 2,374 5 5 0
Windsor 3,564 9 9 0
Wingate 3,702 6 6 0
Winston-Salem 235,811 693 544 149
Winterville 9,539 19 18 1
Woodfin 6,178 14 14 0
Woodland 771 2 2 0
Wrightsville Beach 2,551 26 24 2
Yadkinville 2,949 14 13 1
Youngsville 1,177 11 10 1
Zebulon 4,664 21 20 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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