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Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2017

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Metropolitan Counties Alamance 250 127 123
Alexander 71 36 35
Brunswick 284 177 107
Buncombe 394 244 150
Burke 108 89 19
Cabarrus 319 181 138
Caldwell 109 69 40
Catawba 195 147 48
Chatham 139 105 34
Craven 133 78 55
Cumberland 583 299 284
Currituck 95 61 34
Davidson 167 116 51
Davie 89 54 35
Durham 468 187 281
Edgecombe 133 54 79
Forsyth 475 197 278
Franklin 124 83 41
Gaston 211 111 100
Gaston County Police Department 221 126 95
Gates 13 12 1
Guilford 615 258 357
Haywood 123 61 62
Henderson 210 140 70
Hoke 119 63 56
Iredell 219 150 69
Johnston 187 114 73
Jones 26 18 8
Lincoln 170 117 53
Madison 42 24 18
Mecklenburg1 1,081 281 800
Nash 138 86 52
New Hanover 512 356 156
Onslow 264 131 133
Orange 145 98 47
Pamlico 52 23 29
Pender 115 72 43
Person 89 47 42
Pitt 315 135 180
Randolph 222 165 57
Rockingham 147 98 49
Rowan 192 124 68
Stokes 69 47 22
Union 293 205 88
Wake 946 370 576
Wayne 130 123 7
Yadkin 50 38 12
Nonmetropolitan Counties Alleghany 33 17 16
Anson 61 32 29
Ashe 65 32 33
Avery 50 25 25
Beaufort 89 51 38
Bertie 41 27 14
Bladen 93 55 38
Camden 19 16 3
Carteret 91 59 32
Caswell 56 36 20
Cherokee 67 32 35
Chowan 38 18 20
Clay 41 18 23
Cleveland 183 108 75
Columbus 108 69 39
Dare 142 63 79
Duplin 106 70 36
Graham 27 15 12
Granville 108 51 57
Greene 45 22 23
Halifax 97 65 32
Harnett 229 127 102
Hertford 58 23 35
Hyde 16 14 2
Jackson 75 51 24
Lee 105 66 39
Lenoir 117 70 47
Macon 76 49 27
Martin 39 37 2
McDowell 64 43 21
Mitchell 18 17 1
Montgomery 55 30 25
Moore 151 81 70
Northampton 45 33 12
Pasquotank 52 47 5
Perquimans 17 15 2
Polk 47 36 11
Richmond 94 60 34
Robeson 224 133 91
Rutherford 130 77 53
Sampson 130 90 40
Scotland 65 41 24
Stanly 91 49 42
Surry 101 72 29
Swain 46 27 19
Transylvania 81 61 20
Tyrrell 14 12 2
Vance 91 44 47
Warren 67 33 34
Washington 49 23 26
Watauga 72 42 30
Wilkes 129 72 57
Wilson 153 92 61
Yancey 40 19 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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