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Table 72

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees1

Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants

by Population Group, 2017

Rate range Total cities2
(8,793 cities;
population
193,187,549)
Group I
(79 cities,
250,000 and
over;
population
60,607,956)
Group II
(198 cities,
100,000 to
249,999;
population
29,257,403)
Group III
(431 cities,
50,000 to
99,999;
population
30,031,331)
Group IV
(775 cities,
25,000 to
49,999;
population
26,916,000)
Group V
(1,609 cities,
10,000 to
24,999;
population
25,660,537)
Group VI
(5,701 cities,
under 10,000;
population
20,714,322)
.1-.5 Number 92 0 0 0 1 4 87
Percent 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.5
.6-1.0 Number 434 0 1 9 28 49 347
Percent 4.9 0.0 0.5 2.1 3.6 3.0 6.1
1.1-1.5 Number 1,201 5 44 101 148 220 683
Percent 13.7 6.3 22.2 23.4 19.1 13.7 12.0
1.6-2.0 Number 1,842 15 61 125 227 414 1,000
Percent 20.9 19.0 30.8 29.0 29.3 25.7 17.5
2.1-2.5 Number 1,636 26 42 104 188 389 887
Percent 18.6 32.9 21.2 24.1 24.3 24.2 15.6
2.6-3.0 Number 1,199 8 29 56 95 284 727
Percent 13.6 10.1 14.6 13.0 12.3 17.7 12.8
3.1-3.5 Number 720 6 14 21 53 114 512
Percent 8.2 7.6 7.1 4.9 6.8 7.1 9.0
3.6-4.0 Number 503 8 6 10 24 69 386
Percent 5.7 10.1 3.0 2.3 3.1 4.3 6.8
4.1-4.5 Number 322 3 1 2 6 23 287
Percent 3.7 3.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.4 5.0
4.6-5.0 Number 201 4 0 1 1 21 174
Percent 2.3 5.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.3 3.1
5.1 and over Number 643 4 0 2 4 22 611
Percent 7.3 5.1 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.4 10.7
Total cities Number 8,793 79 198 431 775 1,609 5,701
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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