Table 78
NORTH CAROLINA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by City, 2018
City | Population |
Total law enforcement employees |
Total officers |
Total civilians |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | 7,821 | 30 | 28 | 2 |
Ahoskie | 4,850 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
Albemarle | 15,991 | 52 | 41 | 11 |
Andrews | 1,824 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Angier | 5,203 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Apex | 52,577 | 96 | 78 | 18 |
Archdale | 11,529 | 32 | 26 | 6 |
Asheboro | 25,922 | 80 | 73 | 7 |
Asheville | 93,186 | 283 | 222 | 61 |
Atlantic Beach | 1,493 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Aurora | 511 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ayden | 5,162 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
Badin | 1,958 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Bakersville | 443 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bald Head Island | 179 | 27 | 22 | 5 |
Banner Elk | 1,146 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Beaufort | 4,178 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Beech Mountain | 323 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Belhaven | 1,565 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Belmont | 12,331 | 42 | 35 | 7 |
Benson | 3,795 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Bessemer City | 5,493 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Bethel | 1,616 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Beulaville | 1,317 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Biltmore Forest | 1,432 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Biscoe | 1,675 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Black Creek | 773 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Black Mountain | 8,195 | 23 | 19 | 4 |
Bladenboro | 1,644 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Blowing Rock | 1,267 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Boiling Spring Lakes | 6,126 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Boiling Springs | 4,696 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Boone | 19,524 | 48 | 36 | 12 |
Boonville | 1,164 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Brevard | 7,921 | 31 | 24 | 7 |
Bridgeton | 438 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Broadway | 1,270 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Bryson City | 1,459 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Bunn | 369 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Burgaw | 4,147 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Burlington | 53,385 | 168 | 134 | 34 |
Burnsville | 1,630 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Butner | 7,803 | 42 | 35 | 7 |
Candor | 826 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Canton | 4,283 | 21 | 16 | 5 |
Cape Carteret | 2,071 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Carolina Beach | 6,352 | 33 | 31 | 2 |
Carrboro | 21,841 | 38 | 35 | 3 |
Carthage | 2,488 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Cary | 170,518 | 231 | 190 | 41 |
Caswell Beach | 425 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Chadbourn | 1,730 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Chapel Hill | 60,225 | 105 | 93 | 12 |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg1 | 931,235 | 2,342 | 1,817 | 525 |
Cherryville | 6,012 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
China Grove | 4,209 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Chocowinity | 792 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Claremont | 1,404 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Clayton | 22,258 | 47 | 44 | 3 |
Cleveland | 876 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Clinton | 8,522 | 31 | 27 | 4 |
Clyde | 1,290 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Coats | 2,484 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Columbus | 991 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Concord | 94,022 | 189 | 170 | 19 |
Conover | 8,391 | 29 | 26 | 3 |
Conway | 738 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Cooleemee | 965 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Cornelius | 29,850 | 73 | 59 | 14 |
Cramerton | 4,405 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Creedmoor | 4,576 | 19 | 15 | 4 |
Dallas | 4,732 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
Davidson | 12,954 | 22 | 20 | 2 |
Dobson | 1,552 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Drexel | 1,858 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Duck | 387 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Dunn | 9,793 | 43 | 38 | 5 |
Durham | 273,759 | 641 | 530 | 111 |
East Bend | 576 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
East Spencer | 1,550 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Eden | 14,952 | 50 | 46 | 4 |
Edenton | 4,671 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
Elizabeth City | 17,629 | 63 | 53 | 10 |
Elizabethtown | 3,452 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Elkin | 3,973 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Elon | 10,354 | 21 | 18 | 3 |
Emerald Isle | 3,685 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Enfield | 2,322 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Erwin | 4,991 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Fair Bluff | 889 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Fairmont | 2,604 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Farmville | 4,712 | 23 | 16 | 7 |
Fayetteville | 210,117 | 582 | 428 | 154 |
Fletcher | 8,392 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Forest City | 7,175 | 33 | 31 | 2 |
Four Oaks | 2,106 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Foxfire Village | 1,019 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Franklin | 4,025 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Franklinton | 2,148 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Fremont | 1,266 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Fuquay-Varina | 29,665 | 51 | 44 | 7 |
Garner | 29,309 | 73 | 65 | 8 |
Garysburg | 929 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gaston | 1,034 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gastonia | 77,316 | 193 | 169 | 24 |
Gibsonville | 7,193 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Glen Alpine | 1,476 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Goldsboro | 35,159 | 108 | 96 | 12 |
Graham | 14,886 | 39 | 36 | 3 |
Granite Falls | 4,653 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
Granite Quarry | 2,987 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Greensboro | 293,298 | 781 | 630 | 151 |
Greenville | 93,235 | 232 | 187 | 45 |
Grifton | 2,669 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Hamlet | 6,278 | 23 | 19 | 4 |
Havelock | 19,870 | 34 | 24 | 10 |
Haw River | 2,497 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Henderson | 14,780 | 44 | 39 | 5 |
Hendersonville | 14,081 | 57 | 42 | 15 |
Hertford | 2,121 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Hickory | 40,701 | 138 | 106 | 32 |
Highlands | 942 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
High Point | 112,526 | 289 | 237 | 52 |
Hillsborough | 7,323 | 29 | 27 | 2 |
Holden Beach | 647 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Holly Ridge | 2,584 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Holly Springs | 37,008 | 67 | 52 | 15 |
Hope Mills | 16,219 | 44 | 39 | 5 |
Hot Springs | 576 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hudson | 3,690 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Huntersville | 57,677 | 100 | 92 | 8 |
Indian Beach | 117 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Jackson | 460 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jacksonville | 71,715 | 154 | 121 | 33 |
Jefferson | 1,519 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Jonesville | 2,226 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Kannapolis | 49,750 | 103 | 76 | 27 |
Kenansville | 837 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Kenly | 1,544 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Kernersville | 24,571 | 83 | 66 | 17 |
Kill Devil Hills | 7,179 | 34 | 28 | 6 |
King | 6,911 | 24 | 21 | 3 |
Kings Mountain | 10,808 | 39 | 32 | 7 |
Kinston | 20,341 | 73 | 58 | 15 |
Kitty Hawk | 3,529 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
Knightdale | 16,588 | 34 | 32 | 2 |
Kure Beach | 2,118 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Lake Lure | 1,148 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Lake Royale | 2,730 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Lake Waccamaw | 1,400 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Landis | 3,119 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Laurel Park | 2,338 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Laurinburg | 15,052 | 43 | 41 | 2 |
Leland | 21,008 | 34 | 32 | 2 |
Lenoir | 17,904 | 66 | 48 | 18 |
Lewiston Woodville | 491 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lexington | 18,754 | 65 | 55 | 10 |
Liberty | 2,659 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Lilesville | 481 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lillington | 3,639 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Lincolnton | 10,839 | 36 | 32 | 4 |
Littleton | 603 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Locust | 3,214 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Long View | 4,889 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Louisburg | 3,549 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Lowell | 3,672 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Lumberton | 20,966 | 97 | 88 | 9 |
Madison | 2,119 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Maggie Valley | 1,208 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Magnolia | 950 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Maiden | 3,431 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Manteo | 1,451 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Marion | 7,582 | 27 | 25 | 2 |
Marshall | 907 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Mars Hill | 2,157 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Marshville | 2,728 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Matthews | 32,873 | 79 | 59 | 20 |
Maxton | 2,375 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
Mayodan | 2,399 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Maysville | 950 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Mebane | 15,566 | 39 | 35 | 4 |
Micro | 515 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Middlesex | 824 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Mint Hill | 27,375 | 32 | 29 | 3 |
Misenheimer | 669 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Mocksville | 5,303 | 23 | 22 | 1 |
Monroe | 35,393 | 103 | 88 | 15 |
Montreat | 766 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Mooresville | 38,340 | 108 | 84 | 24 |
Morehead City | 9,393 | 43 | 38 | 5 |
Morganton | 16,478 | 88 | 54 | 34 |
Morrisville | 27,799 | 36 | 34 | 2 |
Mount Airy | 10,208 | 51 | 40 | 11 |
Mount Gilead | 1,159 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Mount Holly | 15,940 | 37 | 31 | 6 |
Mount Olive | 4,656 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Murfreesboro | 2,984 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Murphy | 1,640 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Nags Head | 2,925 | 20 | 18 | 2 |
Nashville | 5,485 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Navassa | 1,963 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
New Bern | 29,600 | 107 | 83 | 24 |
Newland | 683 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Newport | 4,691 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Newton | 13,121 | 44 | 35 | 9 |
Newton Grove | 562 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Norlina | 1,055 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
North Topsail Beach | 723 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Northwest | 785 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
North Wilkesboro | 4,277 | 26 | 25 | 1 |
Norwood | 2,413 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Oakboro | 1,878 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Oak Island | 7,939 | 24 | 22 | 2 |
Ocean Isle Beach | 624 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Old Fort | 916 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Oriental | 856 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Oxford | 8,793 | 29 | 27 | 2 |
Parkton | 420 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pembroke | 3,011 | 18 | 14 | 4 |
Pikeville | 677 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Pilot Mountain | 1,427 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Pinebluff | 1,515 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Pinehurst | 16,213 | 30 | 25 | 5 |
Pine Knoll Shores | 1,330 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Pine Level | 1,962 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Pinetops | 1,259 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Pineville | 8,939 | 50 | 39 | 11 |
Pink Hill | 514 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pittsboro | 4,289 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Plymouth | 3,448 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Polkton | 3,099 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Princeton | 1,355 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Raeford | 4,976 | 19 | 17 | 2 |
Raleigh | 473,765 | 855 | 732 | 123 |
Ramseur | 1,690 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Randleman | 4,133 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
Ranlo | 3,623 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Red Springs | 3,397 | 16 | 14 | 2 |
Reidsville | 13,774 | 49 | 43 | 6 |
Richlands | 1,719 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Rich Square | 842 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
River Bend | 3,057 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Roanoke Rapids | 14,664 | 43 | 36 | 7 |
Robbins | 1,212 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Robersonville | 1,359 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Rockingham | 8,754 | 39 | 34 | 5 |
Rockwell | 2,146 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Rocky Mount | 54,085 | 188 | 152 | 36 |
Rolesville | 8,481 | 20 | 19 | 1 |
Rose Hill | 1,636 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Rowland | 1,010 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Roxboro | 8,284 | 37 | 29 | 8 |
Rutherfordton | 4,014 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Salisbury | 33,901 | 93 | 86 | 7 |
Saluda | 695 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Sanford | 29,483 | 102 | 80 | 22 |
Scotland Neck | 1,880 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Seagrove | 227 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Selma | 6,776 | 25 | 23 | 2 |
Seven Devils | 206 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Shallotte | 4,183 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Sharpsburg | 2,016 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Shelby | 19,978 | 88 | 75 | 13 |
Siler City | 8,225 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Smithfield | 12,507 | 41 | 37 | 4 |
Snow Hill | 1,516 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Southern Pines | 14,271 | 49 | 41 | 8 |
Southern Shores | 2,907 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Southport | 3,856 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Sparta | 1,741 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Spencer | 3,254 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Spindale | 4,203 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Spring Hope | 1,305 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Spring Lake | 12,744 | 30 | 27 | 3 |
Spruce Pine | 2,130 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Stallings | 15,927 | 26 | 23 | 3 |
Stanfield | 1,521 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Stanley | 3,727 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Stantonsburg | 780 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Star | 855 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Statesville | 26,975 | 96 | 74 | 22 |
Stoneville | 1,243 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
St. Pauls | 2,344 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Sugar Mountain | 197 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Sunset Beach | 3,943 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Surf City | 2,412 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
Swansboro | 3,292 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Sylva | 2,691 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Tabor City | 3,909 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Tarboro | 10,780 | 35 | 29 | 6 |
Taylorsville | 2,192 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Taylortown | 838 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Thomasville | 26,591 | 74 | 68 | 6 |
Topsail Beach | 428 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Trent Woods | 4,064 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Troutman | 2,714 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Troy | 3,275 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Tryon | 1,612 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
Valdese | 4,427 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Vanceboro | 977 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Vass | 783 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Wadesboro | 5,207 | 25 | 21 | 4 |
Wagram | 780 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Wake Forest | 44,318 | 91 | 71 | 20 |
Wallace | 3,923 | 18 | 14 | 4 |
Walnut Creek | 867 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Warrenton | 838 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Warsaw | 3,106 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
Washington | 9,532 | 40 | 31 | 9 |
Waxhaw | 16,112 | 24 | 22 | 2 |
Waynesville | 9,991 | 44 | 34 | 10 |
Weaverville | 3,946 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Weldon | 1,510 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Wendell | 7,485 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
West Jefferson | 1,287 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Whispering Pines | 3,348 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Whitakers | 708 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
White Lake | 762 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Whiteville | 5,401 | 26 | 25 | 1 |
Wilkesboro | 3,482 | 25 | 23 | 2 |
Williamston | 5,243 | 20 | 19 | 1 |
Wilmington | 120,920 | 333 | 268 | 65 |
Wilson | 49,367 | 127 | 111 | 16 |
Wilson's Mills | 2,678 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Windsor | 3,259 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Wingate | 4,034 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Winston-Salem | 246,759 | 686 | 502 | 184 |
Winterville | 9,712 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
Woodfin | 6,541 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Woodland | 709 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Wrightsville Beach | 2,558 | 22 | 20 | 2 |
Yadkinville | 2,879 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Youngsville | 1,331 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Zebulon | 5,396 | 22 | 21 | 1 |
- 1 The employee data presented in this table for Charlotte-Mecklenburg represent only Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and exclude Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office.
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