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) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .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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