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Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2014

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Metropolitan Counties Alamance 256 117 139
Alexander 74 39 35
Brunswick 259 165 94
Buncombe 383 250 133
Burke 108 85 23
Cabarrus 324 200 124
Caldwell 111 72 39
Catawba 190 139 51
Chatham 125 93 32
Craven 124 74 50
Cumberland 620 312 308
Currituck 98 63 35
Davidson 195 131 64
Davie 86 55 31
Durham 441 175 266
Edgecombe 128 51 77
Forsyth 490 205 285
Franklin 106 70 36
Gaston 215 124 91
Gaston County Police Department 221 130 91
Gates 17 16 1
Guilford 637 255 382
Haywood 111 55 56
Henderson 195 135 60
Hoke 115 61 54
Iredell 218 162 56
Johnston 190 114 76
Jones 25 16 9
Lincoln 155 105 50
Madison 44 21 23
Mecklenburg1 1,215 318 897
Nash 80 76 4
New Hanover 473 361 112
Onslow 243 123 120
Orange 139 105 34
Pamlico 48 15 33
Pender 111 63 48
Person 83 45 38
Pitt 304 126 178
Randolph 208 152 56
Rockingham 150 96 54
Rowan 185 130 55
Stokes 66 48 18
Union 270 192 78
Wake 943 381 562
Wayne 168 98 70
Yadkin 74 41 33
Nonmetropolitan Counties Alleghany 29 13 16
Anson 62 32 30
Ashe 64 31 33
Avery 49 26 23
Beaufort 89 55 34
Bertie 40 26 14
Bladen 68 50 18
Camden 21 18 3
Carteret 89 60 29
Caswell 55 35 20
Cherokee 62 25 37
Chowan 37 17 20
Clay 43 16 27
Cleveland 170 95 75
Columbus 115 79 36
Dare 139 63 76
Duplin 102 75 27
Graham 17 15 2
Granville 102 52 50
Greene 48 23 25
Halifax 89 62 27
Harnett 216 120 96
Hertford 55 22 33
Hyde 20 15 5
Jackson 73 49 24
Lee 104 68 36
Lenoir 129 68 61
Macon 69 50 19
Martin 38 36 2
McDowell 63 43 20
Mitchell 18 17 1
Montgomery 54 30 24
Moore 133 71 62
Northampton 54 32 22
Pasquotank 67 44 23
Perquimans 16 14 2
Polk 39 29 10
Richmond 68 57 11
Robeson 227 132 95
Rutherford 130 80 50
Sampson 133 92 41
Scotland 63 36 27
Stanly 91 55 36
Surry 103 62 41
Swain 47 27 20
Transylvania 79 60 19
Tyrrell 16 10 6
Vance 106 43 63
Warren 67 36 31
Washington 41 21 20
Watauga 75 45 30
Wilkes 122 72 50
Wilson 164 92 72
Yancey 36 15 21
  • 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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