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Table 73

Full-time Law Enforcement Officers

Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants

by Population Group, 2017

Rate range Total cities1
(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 104 0 0 1 3 4 96
Percent 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 1.7
.6-1.0 Number 683 5 34 79 77 96 392
Percent 7.8 6.3 17.2 18.3 9.9 6.0 6.9
1.1-1.5 Number 1,817 15 69 140 265 415 913
Percent 20.7 19.0 34.8 32.5 34.2 25.8 16.0
1.6-2.0 Number 2,199 26 48 131 241 565 1,188
Percent 25.0 32.9 24.2 30.4 31.1 35.1 20.8
2.1-2.5 Number 1,535 13 27 57 119 317 1,002
Percent 17.5 16.5 13.6 13.2 15.4 19.7 17.6
2.6-3.0 Number 893 7 15 14 53 125 679
Percent 10.2 8.9 7.6 3.2 6.8 7.8 11.9
3.1-3.5 Number 540 5 4 7 13 52 459
Percent 6.1 6.3 2.0 1.6 1.7 3.2 8.1
3.6-4.0 Number 291 2 1 0 1 22 265
Percent 3.3 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.1 1.4 4.6
4.1-4.5 Number 188 4 0 1 0 7 176
Percent 2.1 5.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 3.1
4.6-5.0 Number 129 1 0 1 1 1 125
Percent 1.5 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 2.2
5.1 and over Number 414 1 0 0 2 5 406
Percent 4.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 7.1
Total cities Number 8,793 79 198 431 775 1,609 5,701
Percent2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 1 The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from other tables that include data about law enforcement officers 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.
  • 2 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.

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