Table 72
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees1
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2015
| Rate range |
Total cities2 (8,830 cities; population 187,551,939) |
Group I (76 cities, 250,000 and over; population 56,116,904) |
Group II (195 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 28,956,838) |
Group III (419 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 29,206,031) |
Group IV (764 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 26,443,466) |
Group V (1,612 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 25,662,681) |
Group VI (5,764 cities, under 10,000; population 21,166,019) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .1-.5 | Number | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 93 |
| Percent | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.6 | |
| .6-1.0 | Number | 462 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 50 | 369 |
| Percent | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 6.4 | |
| 1.1-1.5 | Number | 1,287 | 4 | 47 | 101 | 145 | 254 | 736 |
| Percent | 14.6 | 5.3 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 19.0 | 15.8 | 12.8 | |
| 1.6-2.0 | Number | 1,805 | 20 | 54 | 128 | 214 | 407 | 982 |
| Percent | 20.4 | 26.3 | 27.7 | 30.5 | 28.0 | 25.2 | 17.0 | |
| 2.1-2.5 | Number | 1,654 | 19 | 43 | 97 | 183 | 394 | 918 |
| Percent | 18.7 | 25.0 | 22.1 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 24.4 | 15.9 | |
| 2.6-3.0 | Number | 1,204 | 9 | 26 | 53 | 107 | 250 | 759 |
| Percent | 13.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 13.2 | |
| 3.1-3.5 | Number | 715 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 45 | 132 | 500 |
| Percent | 8.1 | 14.5 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 8.7 | |
| 3.6-4.0 | Number | 481 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 60 | 373 |
| Percent | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 6.5 | |
| 4.1-4.5 | Number | 294 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 256 |
| Percent | 3.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 4.4 | |
| 4.6-5.0 | Number | 200 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 178 |
| Percent | 2.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.1 | |
| 5.1 and over | Number | 626 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 600 |
| Percent | 7.1 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 10.4 | |
| Total cities | Number | 8,830 | 76 | 195 | 419 | 764 | 1,612 | 5,764 |
| Percent3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
- 1 Full-time law enforcement employees include civilians.
- 2 The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from other tables that include data about law enforcement employees because agencies with no resident population are excluded from this table. Agencies not included in this table are associated with universities and colleges (see Table 79) and other agencies (see Table 81), as well as some state agencies that have concurrent jurisdiction with other local law enforcement.
- 3 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
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