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Table 78

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by City, 2017

City Population Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Aberdeen 7,707 30 28 2
Ahoskie 4,970 18 17 1
Albemarle 16,022 56 47 9
Andrews 1,800 6 5 1
Angier 5,227 14 14 0
Apex 49,159 93 77 16
Archdale 11,664 31 25 6
Asheboro 26,253 82 74 8
Asheville 90,103 275 206 69
Atlantic Beach 1,491 17 16 1
Aurora 517 1 1 0
Ayden 5,215 22 18 4
Badin 1,967 4 4 0
Bailey 568 2 2 0
Bakersville 447 1 1 0
Bald Head Island 178 23 21 2
Banner Elk 1,166 8 7 1
Beaufort 4,223 17 16 1
Beech Mountain 321 14 10 4
Belhaven 1,572 8 7 1
Belmont 10,880 41 34 7
Benson 3,764 12 11 1
Bessemer City 5,586 14 13 1
Bethel 1,626 3 3 0
Beulaville 1,326 4 4 0
Biltmore Forest 1,482 14 13 1
Biscoe 1,676 9 8 1
Black Creek 762 2 2 0
Black Mountain 8,477 22 18 4
Bladenboro 1,683 6 6 0
Blowing Rock 1,297 12 11 1
Boiling Spring Lakes 6,026 13 12 1
Boiling Springs 4,715 9 9 0
Boone 19,138 47 36 11
Boonville 1,201 5 5 0
Brevard 7,846 31 24 7
Bridgeton 432 1 1 0
Broadway 1,247 4 4 0
Brookford 373 1 1 0
Bryson City 1,457 9 8 1
Bunn 362 2 2 0
Burgaw 4,135 12 11 1
Burlington 52,986 157 121 36
Burnsville 1,650 8 8 0
Butner 7,718 43 36 7
Candor 831 4 4 0
Canton 4,261 19 14 5
Cape Carteret 2,080 8 8 0
Carolina Beach 6,296 30 28 2
Carrboro 21,553 38 35 3
Carthage 2,463 11 10 1
Cary 166,986 227 187 40
Caswell Beach 435 4 4 0
Chadbourn 1,758 10 9 1
Chapel Hill 59,553 120 91 29
Charlotte-Mecklenburg1 914,609 2,341 1,754 587
Cherryville 6,112 19 14 5
China Grove 4,226 13 13 0
Chocowinity 801 3 3 0
Claremont 1,389 10 9 1
Clayton 21,012 46 43 3
Cleveland 879 2 2 0
Clinton 8,666 31 27 4
Clyde 1,270 5 5 0
Coats 2,487 6 6 0
Columbus 979 11 10 1
Concord 91,756 189 164 25
Conover 8,354 30 28 2
Conway 744 2 2 0
Cooleemee 966 3 3 0
Cornelius 29,153 75 61 14
Cramerton 4,461 16 16 0
Creedmoor 4,563 18 14 4
Dallas 4,780 19 14 5
Davidson 12,723 20 18 2
Dobson 1,591 6 6 0
Drexel 1,872 5 5 0
Duck 386 11 10 1
Dunn 9,965 40 35 5
Durham 269,088 677 505 172
East Bend 592 2 2 0
East Spencer 1,562 10 10 0
Eden 15,321 48 44 4
Edenton 4,823 21 19 2
Elizabeth City 17,802 69 59 10
Elizabethtown 3,529 17 16 1
Elkin 4,120 21 17 4
Elon 10,283 16 15 1
Emerald Isle 3,710 19 18 1
Enfield 2,378 10 9 1
Erwin 5,017 11 10 1
Fair Bluff 899 4 3 1
Fairmont 2,680 11 9 2
Farmville 4,759 22 17 5
Fayetteville 205,432 595 438 157
Fletcher 8,237 18 17 1
Forest City 7,278 33 31 2
Four Oaks 2,118 6 6 0
Foxfire Village 1,013 3 3 0
Franklin 4,008 18 17 1
Franklinton 2,151 9 9 0
Fremont 1,279 4 4 0
Fuquay-Varina 27,429 46 40 6
Garner 29,287 73 64 9
Garysburg 941 2 2 0
Gaston 1,030 3 3 0
Gastonia 76,191 189 166 23
Gibsonville 7,131 18 17 1
Glen Alpine 1,498 4 4 0
Goldsboro 35,824 102 92 10
Graham 14,771 39 36 3
Granite Falls 4,680 17 14 3
Granite Quarry 3,006 8 8 0
Greensboro 290,051 749 656 93
Greenville 92,630 228 183 45
Grifton 2,667 5 5 0
Hamlet 6,361 21 18 3
Havelock 20,157 32 24 8
Haw River 2,467 8 8 0
Henderson 15,131 50 41 9
Hendersonville 13,967 56 43 13
Hertford 2,122 8 7 1
Hickory 40,653 141 105 36
Highlands 944 13 12 1
High Point 112,368 279 232 47
Hillsborough 6,640 28 27 1
Holden Beach 656 8 8 0
Holly Ridge 2,466 11 10 1
Holly Springs 34,897 63 49 14
Hope Mills 16,325 41 36 5
Hot Springs 568 1 1 0
Hudson 3,717 15 13 2
Huntersville 56,279 95 87 8
Indian Beach 114 5 5 0
Jackson 466 1 1 0
Jacksonville 67,293 146 118 28
Jefferson 1,542 4 4 0
Jonesville 2,240 10 8 2
Kannapolis 48,754 108 81 27
Kenansville 867 3 3 0
Kenly 1,518 8 8 0
Kernersville 24,222 89 70 19
Kill Devil Hills 7,194 34 28 6
King 7,046 24 21 3
Kings Mountain 10,824 40 32 8
Kinston 20,791 71 62 9
Kitty Hawk 3,507 18 16 2
Knightdale 15,423 33 31 2
Kure Beach 2,125 13 12 1
Lake Lure 1,178 10 9 1
Lake Royale 2,701 3 3 0
Lake Waccamaw 1,440 5 5 0
Landis 3,127 10 10 0
Laurel Park 2,344 6 6 0
Laurinburg 15,398 43 41 2
Leland 19,786 36 34 2
Lenoir 17,932 66 50 16
Lewiston Woodville 486 1 1 0
Lexington 19,135 67 59 8
Liberty 2,694 11 10 1
Lilesville 496 1 1 0
Lillington 3,648 14 13 1
Lincolnton 10,823 35 30 5
Littleton 620 3 3 0
Locust 3,090 12 12 0
Long View 4,900 15 15 0
Louisburg 3,576 15 13 2
Lowell 3,727 9 9 0
Lumberton 21,484 98 87 11
Madison 2,173 17 16 1
Maggie Valley 1,316 12 11 1
Magnolia 947 2 2 0
Maiden 3,403 15 14 1
Manteo 1,421 9 8 1
Marion 7,819 26 25 1
Marshall 892 3 3 0
Mars Hill 2,239 4 4 0
Marshville 2,692 8 8 0
Matthews 32,255 70 55 15
Maxton 2,434 13 9 4
Mayodan 2,445 15 15 0
Maysville 973 3 3 0
Mebane 14,619 35 31 4
Micro 509 1 1 0
Middlesex 826 4 4 0
Mint Hill 26,868 34 31 3
Misenheimer 666 5 5 0
Mocksville 5,302 23 22 1
Monroe 35,153 95 85 10
Montreat 794 4 4 0
Mooresville 37,049 106 83 23
Morehead City 9,520 45 40 5
Morganton 16,630 88 54 34
Morrisville 25,904 40 38 2
Mount Airy 10,338 53 40 13
Mount Gilead 1,169 6 6 0
Mount Holly 14,640 40 31 9
Mount Olive 4,760 21 19 2
Murfreesboro 3,057 9 8 1
Murphy 1,648 11 9 2
Nags Head 2,943 25 23 2
Nashville 5,530 17 16 1
Navassa 1,841 2 2 0
New Bern 30,191 111 86 25
Newland 682 4 4 0
Newport 4,776 8 8 0
Newton 13,059 43 35 8
Newton Grove 565 2 2 0
Norlina 1,050 5 5 0
North Topsail Beach 732 12 11 1
Northwest 783 2 2 0
North Wilkesboro 4,228 24 23 1
Norwood 2,401 9 8 1
Oakboro 1,865 6 6 0
Oak Island 7,883 25 23 2
Ocean Isle Beach 627 14 13 1
Oriental 879 1 1 0
Oxford 8,887 31 26 5
Parkton 437 1 1 0
Pembroke 3,014 18 14 4
Pikeville 695 4 4 0
Pilot Mountain 1,438 8 7 1
Pinebluff 1,491 3 3 0
Pinehurst 16,145 30 25 5
Pine Knoll Shores 1,359 7 7 0
Pine Level 1,922 5 5 0
Pinetops 1,291 6 6 0
Pineville 8,788 43 33 10
Pink Hill 520 2 2 0
Pittsboro 4,355 13 12 1
Plymouth 3,551 14 13 1
Polkton 3,461 2 2 0
Princeton 1,327 4 4 0
Raeford 5,057 16 15 1
Raleigh 468,261 869 713 156
Ramseur 1,713 6 6 0
Randleman 4,174 15 15 0
Ranlo 3,657 9 8 1
Red Springs 3,417 13 12 1
Reidsville 13,900 52 46 6
Richlands 1,702 8 8 0
Rich Square 873 1 1 0
River Bend 3,128 3 3 0
Roanoke Rapids 15,083 42 37 5
Robbins 1,189 5 5 0
Robersonville 1,402 7 7 0
Rockingham 9,005 38 33 5
Rockwell 2,148 6 6 0
Rocky Mount 55,098 198 160 38
Rolesville 7,709 19 18 1
Rose Hill 1,660 5 5 0
Rowland 1,043 7 6 1
Roxboro 8,348 32 28 4
Rutherfordton 4,134 14 13 1
Salisbury 34,085 77 71 6
Saluda 705 4 4 0
Sanford 29,295 105 81 24
Scotland Neck 1,919 9 7 2
Seagrove 229 1 1 0
Selma 6,678 26 24 2
Seven Devils 203 6 6 0
Shallotte 4,050 15 14 1
Sharpsburg 1,990 10 9 1
Shelby 20,254 83 70 13
Siler City 8,531 25 19 6
Smithfield 12,489 45 41 4
Snow Hill 1,551 5 5 0
Southern Pines 14,025 45 39 6
Southern Shores 2,919 13 12 1
Southport 3,774 11 11 0
Sparta 1,720 6 6 0
Spencer 3,315 12 11 1
Spindale 4,236 11 11 0
Spring Hope 1,313 6 6 0
Spring Lake 13,369 29 25 4
Spruce Pine 2,095 10 10 0
Stallings 15,656 26 23 3
Stanfield 1,489 5 5 0
Stanley 3,769 13 12 1
Stantonsburg 784 3 3 0
Star 867 4 4 0
Statesville 26,847 101 80 21
Stoneville 1,027 4 4 0
St. Pauls 2,402 16 11 5
Sugar Mountain 197 5 5 0
Sunset Beach 3,958 14 14 0
Surf City 2,342 19 18 1
Swansboro 3,261 12 11 1
Sylva 2,653 14 14 0
Tabor City 4,225 11 10 1
Tarboro 10,924 34 28 6
Taylorsville 2,103 10 10 0
Taylortown 826 3 3 0
Thomasville 27,071 70 64 6
Topsail Beach 428 10 9 1
Trent Woods 4,162 5 5 0
Troutman 2,610 14 14 0
Troy 3,399 12 11 1
Tryon 1,618 8 6 2
Valdese 4,477 13 12 1
Vanceboro 993 2 2 0
Vass 775 4 4 0
Wadesboro 5,413 27 20 7
Wagram 795 1 1 0
Wake Forest 42,019 85 69 16
Wallace 3,946 15 11 4
Walnut Creek 867 2 2 0
Warrenton 845 5 4 1
Warsaw 3,160 16 14 2
Washington 9,793 35 28 7
Waxhaw 15,089 25 23 2
Waynesville 9,977 44 34 10
Weaverville 4,034 15 14 1
Weldon 1,563 13 12 1
Wendell 6,901 18 17 1
West Jefferson 1,305 8 8 0
Whispering Pines 3,342 9 8 1
Whitakers 718 2 2 0
White Lake 767 6 6 0
Whiteville 5,534 24 23 1
Wilkesboro 3,554 24 22 2
Williamston 5,438 20 19 1
Wilmington 119,422 345 270 75
Wilson 49,686 123 108 15
Wilson's Mills 2,597 5 5 0
Windsor 3,795 9 9 0
Wingate 3,993 7 7 0
Winston-Salem 244,278 671 511 160
Winterville 9,476 19 18 1
Woodfin 6,444 13 13 0
Woodland 717 2 2 0
Wrightsville Beach 2,574 26 24 2
Yadkinville 2,918 14 13 1
Youngsville 1,317 11 10 1
Zebulon 5,288 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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