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Table 78

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by City, 2015

City Population Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Aberdeen 7,332 30 28 2
Ahoskie 4,955 22 17 5
Albemarle 15,995 56 48 8
Andrews 1,756 7 7 0
Angier 4,957 13 13 0
Apex 45,593 84 68 16
Archdale 11,569 29 23 6
Asheboro 26,041 78 70 8
Asheville 89,003 247 201 46
Atlantic Beach 1,507 18 17 1
Aurora 520 2 2 0
Ayden 5,092 22 18 4
Badin 1,977 5 5 0
Bailey 567 2 2 0
Bakersville 453 1 1 0
Bald Head Island 170 15 14 1
Banner Elk 1,137 9 8 1
Beaufort 4,230 15 14 1
Beech Mountain 319 14 10 4
Belhaven 1,594 11 7 4
Belmont 10,510 35 25 10
Benson 3,592 15 14 1
Bessemer City 5,521 10 9 1
Bethel 1,632 4 4 0
Beulaville 1,352 4 4 0
Biltmore Forest 1,442 14 13 1
Biscoe 1,682 9 8 1
Black Creek 764 2 2 0
Black Mountain 8,221 22 18 4
Bladenboro 1,729 6 6 0
Blowing Rock 1,232 12 11 1
Boiling Spring Lakes 5,767 13 12 1
Boiling Springs 4,575 9 9 0
Boone 18,394 45 35 10
Boonville 1,210 5 5 0
Brevard 7,695 30 23 7
Broadway 1,273 4 4 0
Brookford 375 1 1 0
Bryson City 1,440 9 7 2
Bunn 360 2 2 0
Burgaw 4,107 10 10 0
Burlington 52,006 150 119 31
Burnsville 1,668 8 8 0
Butner 7,747 39 32 7
Candor 832 4 4 0
Canton 4,148 19 14 5
Cape Carteret 2,073 8 8 0
Carolina Beach 6,124 30 28 2
Carrboro 21,340 36 33 3
Carthage 2,392 11 10 1
Cary 160,291 226 189 37
Caswell Beach 422 4 4 0
Chadbourn 1,792 8 7 1
Chapel Hill 59,870 123 103 20
Charlotte-Mecklenburg1 877,817 2,329 1,840 489
Cherryville 5,943 19 14 5
China Grove 4,175 13 13 0
Chocowinity 818 3 3 0
Claremont 1,362 9 8 1
Clayton 19,024 46 43 3
Cleveland 871 5 5 0
Clinton 8,820 32 28 4
Clyde 1,238 3 3 0
Coats 2,440 6 6 0
Columbus 991 10 9 1
Concord 87,167 192 165 27
Conover 8,223 24 22 2
Conway 765 2 2 0
Cooleemee 965 3 3 0
Cornelius 28,139 72 56 16
Cramerton 4,307 14 14 0
Creedmoor 4,437 18 14 4
Dallas 4,599 17 13 4
Davidson 12,247 17 16 1
Dobson 1,575 7 7 0
Drexel 1,864 5 5 0
Duck 380 9 9 0
Dunn 9,809 40 36 4
Durham 257,911 696 512 184
East Bend 600 2 2 0
East Spencer 1,547 4 4 0
Eden 15,335 49 45 4
Edenton 4,897 21 19 2
Elizabeth City 17,891 68 56 12
Elizabethtown 3,602 17 16 1
Elkin 3,995 21 17 4
Elon 9,684 15 14 1
Emerald Isle 3,729 18 17 1
Enfield 2,429 9 8 1
Erwin 4,661 11 10 1
Fair Bluff 914 4 4 0
Farmville 4,797 21 16 5
Fayetteville 204,731 579 377 202
Fletcher 7,560 16 15 1
Forest City 7,288 33 31 2
Four Oaks 2,056 6 6 0
Foxfire Village 972 2 2 0
Franklin 3,899 18 17 1
Franklinton 2,124 9 8 1
Fremont 1,286 4 4 0
Fuquay-Varina 23,920 40 34 6
Garner 28,320 69 62 7
Garysburg 967 2 2 0
Gaston 1,058 3 3 0
Gastonia 74,196 184 162 22
Gibsonville 6,765 16 15 1
Glen Alpine 1,496 3 3 0
Goldsboro 36,034 105 94 11
Graham 14,519 38 35 3
Granite Falls 4,661 17 14 3
Granite Quarry 2,990 8 8 0
Greensboro 285,950 781 671 110
Greenville 91,114 236 185 51
Grifton 2,693 6 6 0
Hamlet 6,498 21 17 4
Havelock 20,689 35 29 6
Haw River 2,387 8 8 0
Henderson 15,235 55 46 9
Hendersonville 13,783 53 41 12
Hertford 2,138 11 10 1
Hickory 40,162 143 109 34
Highlands 927 13 12 1
High Point 109,669 273 226 47
Hillsborough 6,460 25 24 1
Holden Beach 630 8 8 0
Holly Ridge 2,143 10 9 1
Holly Springs 31,640 60 47 13
Hope Mills 16,466 42 37 5
Hot Springs 564 1 1 0
Hudson 3,715 13 12 1
Huntersville 52,786 91 84 7
Indian Beach 117 5 5 0
Jackson 476 1 1 0
Jacksonville 68,614 145 114 31
Jefferson 1,597 3 3 0
Jonesville 2,261 10 9 1
Kannapolis 45,905 104 80 24
Kenansville 881 3 3 0
Kenly 1,440 8 8 0
Kernersville 23,888 87 66 21
Kill Devil Hills 6,991 34 28 6
King 6,883 22 19 3
Kings Mountain 10,644 41 33 8
Kinston 21,325 85 77 8
Kitty Hawk 3,425 18 16 2
Knightdale 14,528 29 27 2
Kure Beach 2,097 12 11 1
Lake Lure 1,184 10 9 1
Lake Royale 2,641 5 5 0
Lake Waccamaw 1,473 5 5 0
Landis 3,112 12 12 0
Laurel Park 2,303 7 7 0
Laurinburg 15,507 42 40 2
Lenoir 17,844 64 48 16
Lexington 19,340 64 54 10
Liberty 2,685 11 10 1
Lilesville 509 1 1 0
Lillington 3,512 13 12 1
Lincolnton 10,790 35 30 5
Littleton 648 2 2 0
Locust 2,961 12 12 0
Long View 4,882 23 16 7
Lowell 3,635 9 9 0
Lumberton 21,746 91 81 10
Madison 2,181 17 16 1
Maggie Valley 1,273 11 10 1
Magnolia 964 2 2 0
Maiden 3,363 16 15 1
Manteo 1,377 9 8 1
Marion 7,849 24 23 1
Marshall 878 2 2 0
Mars Hill 2,300 4 3 1
Marshville 2,642 7 7 0
Matthews 30,723 70 57 13
Maxton 2,460 13 9 4
Mayodan 2,461 16 13 3
Maysville 1,011 3 3 0
Mebane 13,781 32 28 4
Micro 481 1 1 0
Middlesex 815 4 4 0
Mint Hill 25,664 32 29 3
Mocksville 5,114 22 21 1
Monroe 34,701 94 83 11
Montreat 693 5 5 0
Mooresville 35,702 93 72 21
Morehead City 9,401 43 38 5
Morganton 16,644 83 59 24
Morrisville 23,891 34 33 1
Morven 478 1 1 0
Mount Airy 10,378 45 32 13
Mount Gilead 1,171 7 7 0
Mount Holly 14,109 40 31 9
Mount Olive 4,743 17 16 1
Murfreesboro 2,892 12 8 4
Murphy 1,610 10 8 2
Nags Head 2,860 24 22 2
Nashville 5,464 17 16 1
Navassa 1,556 3 3 0
New Bern 30,433 103 78 25
Newland 691 5 5 0
Newport 4,833 8 8 0
Newton 13,014 45 37 8
Newton Grove 580 3 3 0
North Topsail Beach 732 12 11 1
Northwest 771 2 2 0
North Wilkesboro 4,232 24 23 1
Norwood 2,392 7 6 1
Oakboro 1,872 6 6 0
Oak Island 7,481 23 21 2
Ocean Isle Beach 592 12 11 1
Old Fort 911 3 3 0
Oriental 894 1 1 0
Oxford 8,771 33 31 2
Parkton 441 1 1 0
Pembroke 3,019 17 14 3
Pikeville 697 4 4 0
Pilot Mountain 1,467 9 8 1
Pinebluff 1,444 3 3 0
Pinehurst 15,617 26 21 5
Pine Knoll Shores 1,371 6 6 0
Pine Level 1,847 5 5 0
Pinetops 1,329 9 6 3
Pineville 8,428 47 36 11
Pink Hill 540 2 2 0
Pittsboro 4,137 12 12 0
Plymouth 3,674 10 9 1
Polkton 3,107 2 2 0
Princeton 1,274 4 4 0
Raeford 4,839 17 16 1
Raleigh 448,722 856 761 95
Ramseur 1,708 6 6 0
Randleman 4,156 14 14 0
Red Springs 3,456 15 14 1
Reidsville 13,983 54 49 5
Richlands 1,709 7 7 0
Rich Square 897 1 1 0
River Bend 3,181 6 6 0
Roanoke Rapids 15,443 40 37 3
Robbins 1,185 5 5 0
Robersonville 1,417 8 8 0
Rockingham 9,209 39 34 5
Rockwell 2,140 5 5 0
Rocky Mount 55,978 199 158 41
Rolesville 6,433 18 17 1
Rose Hill 1,692 3 3 0
Rowland 1,055 7 6 1
Roxboro 8,293 36 32 4
Rutherfordton 4,158 15 14 1
Salisbury 33,761 82 75 7
Saluda 704 4 4 0
Sanford 29,360 101 81 20
Scotland Neck 1,975 8 7 1
Seagrove 229 1 1 0
Selma 6,300 25 23 2
Seven Devils 199 6 6 0
Shallotte 3,830 14 13 1
Sharpsburg 2,005 7 7 0
Shelby 20,269 87 74 13
Siler City 8,368 24 19 5
Smithfield 11,924 41 39 2
Snow Hill 1,579 4 4 0
Southern Pines 13,453 45 37 8
Southern Shores 2,843 13 12 1
Southport 3,381 9 9 0
Sparta 1,723 6 6 0
Spencer 3,290 13 13 0
Spindale 4,262 9 9 0
Spring Hope 1,315 6 6 0
Spring Lake 13,726 34 31 3
Spruce Pine 2,117 10 10 0
Stallings 15,258 23 20 3
Stanfield 1,489 4 4 0
Stanley 3,664 12 11 1
Stantonsburg 788 2 2 0
Star 867 3 3 0
Statesville 26,010 87 69 18
Stoneville 1,032 4 4 0
St. Pauls 2,428 18 13 5
Sugar Mountain 198 5 5 0
Sunset Beach 3,796 12 12 0
Surf City 2,185 18 17 1
Sylva 2,605 14 14 0
Tabor City 3,886 11 10 1
Tarboro 11,281 31 24 7
Taylorsville 2,087 11 11 0
Thomasville 27,056 70 64 6
Topsail Beach 407 9 8 1
Trent Woods 4,233 6 6 0
Troutman 2,524 14 14 0
Troy 3,373 12 11 1
Tryon 1,630 11 9 2
Valdese 4,449 11 10 1
Vanceboro 1,012 1 1 0
Vass 749 3 3 0
Wadesboro 5,574 28 22 6
Wagram 807 1 1 0
Wake Forest 38,477 81 67 14
Wallace 4,029 19 15 4
Walnut Creek 865 2 2 0
Warrenton 863 6 5 1
Warsaw 3,221 16 14 2
Washington 9,800 41 32 9
Waxhaw 13,593 28 26 2
Waynesville 9,740 43 34 9
Weaverville 3,952 15 14 1
Weldon 1,580 11 10 1
Wendell 6,259 17 16 1
West Jefferson 1,313 7 7 0
Whispering Pines 3,151 9 8 1
White Lake 785 6 6 0
Whiteville 5,661 27 24 3
Wilkesboro 3,557 22 20 2
Williamston 5,275 22 21 1
Wilmington 115,434 325 258 67
Wilson 49,442 125 110 15
Wilson's Mills 2,467 5 5 0
Windsor 3,483 8 8 0
Winfall 603 1 1 0
Wingate 4,014 6 6 0
Winston-Salem 241,631 723 556 167
Winterville 9,570 19 18 1
Woodfin 6,342 14 14 0
Woodland 737 1 1 0
Wrightsville Beach 2,566 21 19 2
Yadkinville 2,922 14 13 1
Youngsville 1,210 11 10 1
Zebulon 4,828 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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