Table 70
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees1
by Region and Geographic Division by Population Group
Number and Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants, 2018
Region/geographic division |
Total (10,420 cities; population 197,821,036) |
Group I (84 cities, 250,000 and over; population 62,552,350) |
Group II (202 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 30,038,031) |
Group III (442 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 30,878,709) |
Group IV (787 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,144,313) |
Group V (1,634 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 25,900,835) |
Group VI (7,271 cities, under 10,000; population 21,306,798) |
Total city agencies |
2018 estimated city population |
County2 (3,077 agencies; population 89,881,260) |
Total city and county agencies |
2018 estimated total agency population |
Suburban Areas3 (7,234 agencies; population 121,529,639) |
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TOTAL | Number of employees | 558,583 | 208,397 | 64,905 | 63,808 | 57,819 | 60,082 | 103,572 | 10,420 | 197,821,036 | 416,722 | 13,497 | 287,702,296 | 453,018 |
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | |||||
NORTHEAST | Number of employees | 152,527 | 66,776 | 8,440 | 16,041 | 18,642 | 18,864 | 23,764 | 2,641 | 45,277,838 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 3.4 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.7 | |||||||
NEW ENGLAND | Number of employees | 34,420 | 2,715 | 4,416 | 6,435 | 7,369 | 7,046 | 6,439 | 794 | 13,036,890 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.8 | |||||||
MIDDLE ATLANTIC | Number of employees | 118,107 | 64,061 | 4,024 | 9,606 | 11,273 | 11,818 | 17,325 | 1,847 | 32,240,948 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 3.7 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.7 | |||||||
MIDWEST | Number of employees | 102,771 | 37,023 | 6,894 | 13,010 | 12,947 | 13,739 | 19,158 | 2,656 | 39,761,438 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.6 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.3 | |||||||
EAST NORTH CENTRAL | Number of employees | 69,456 | 29,472 | 4,016 | 8,502 | 9,649 | 8,139 | 9,678 | 1,439 | 25,931,951 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.7 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |||||||
WEST NORTH CENTRAL | Number of employees | 33,315 | 7,551 | 2,878 | 4,508 | 3,298 | 5,600 | 9,480 | 1,217 | 13,829,487 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.7 | |||||||
SOUTH | Number of employees | 187,857 | 54,512 | 29,281 | 19,406 | 17,453 | 20,766 | 46,439 | 3,723 | 59,379,495 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 6.8 | |||||||
SOUTH ATLANTIC | Number of employees | 91,937 | 22,718 | 15,012 | 11,053 | 9,233 | 9,961 | 23,960 | 1,708 | 26,360,842 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 8.0 | |||||||
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL | Number of employees | 32,470 | 6,601 | 4,977 | 2,486 | 4,046 | 4,317 | 10,043 | 892 | 9,498,849 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 5.9 | |||||||
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL | Number of employees | 63,450 | 25,193 | 9,292 | 5,867 | 4,174 | 6,488 | 12,436 | 1,123 | 23,519,804 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 5.9 | |||||||
WEST | Number of employees | 115,428 | 50,086 | 20,290 | 15,351 | 8,777 | 6,713 | 14,211 | 1,400 | 53,402,265 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 6.1 | |||||||
MOUNTAIN | Number of employees | 41,073 | 16,482 | 6,693 | 4,681 | 3,504 | 2,457 | 7,256 | 630 | 17,094,219 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 6.0 | |||||||
PACIFIC | Number of employees | 74,355 | 33,604 | 13,597 | 10,670 | 5,273 | 4,256 | 6,955 | 770 | 36,308,046 | ||||
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 6.2 |
- 1 Full-time law enforcement employees include civilians.
- 2 The designation county is a combination of both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties.
- 3 Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban areas exclude all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
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