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Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2018

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Metropolitan Counties Alamance 279 138 141
Alexander 71 37 34
Anson 58 32 26
Brunswick 296 183 113
Buncombe 375 225 150
Burke 109 86 23
Cabarrus 320 181 139
Caldwell 122 81 41
Camden 20 17 3
Catawba 192 142 50
Chatham 140 99 41
Craven 132 74 58
Cumberland 560 301 259
Currituck 98 63 35
Davidson 172 122 50
Davie 91 54 37
Durham 442 180 262
Edgecombe 127 56 71
Forsyth 510 208 302
Franklin 125 85 40
Gaston 214 111 103
Gaston County Police Department 222 131 91
Gates 13 12 1
Granville 62 56 6
Guilford 614 257 357
Harnett 259 160 99
Haywood 140 66 74
Henderson 211 142 69
Hoke 104 57 47
Iredell 210 145 65
Johnston 184 117 67
Jones 29 18 11
Lincoln 169 115 54
Madison 41 24 17
Mecklenburg1 1,093 279 814
Nash 137 89 48
New Hanover 511 360 151
Onslow 259 129 130
Orange 133 88 45
Pamlico 49 22 27
Pender 115 70 45
Person 86 49 37
Pitt 321 136 185
Randolph 242 182 60
Rockingham 141 93 48
Rowan 192 126 66
Stokes 73 52 21
Union 299 207 92
Wake 992 375 617
Wayne 131 124 7
Yadkin 76 40 36
Nonmetropolitan Counties Alleghany 35 20 15
Ashe 63 29 34
Avery 52 31 21
Beaufort 90 52 38
Bertie 44 23 21
Bladen 100 54 46
Carteret 99 60 39
Caswell 56 37 19
Cherokee 71 31 40
Chowan 38 19 19
Clay 35 19 16
Cleveland 183 109 74
Columbus 119 76 43
Dare 143 67 76
Duplin 94 65 29
Graham 28 15 13
Greene 45 22 23
Halifax 92 62 30
Hertford 53 24 29
Hyde 15 13 2
Jackson 83 58 25
Lee 100 69 31
Lenoir 70 62 8
Macon 73 53 20
Martin 43 40 3
McDowell 65 42 23
Mitchell 19 18 1
Montgomery 57 30 27
Moore 151 80 71
Northampton 59 35 24
Pasquotank 51 46 5
Perquimans 19 17 2
Polk 35 35 0
Richmond 91 58 33
Robeson 207 121 86
Rutherford 132 77 55
Sampson 132 90 42
Scotland 63 36 27
Stanly 89 48 41
Surry 120 74 46
Swain 48 28 20
Transylvania 84 61 23
Tyrrell 14 12 2
Vance 102 47 55
Warren 64 34 30
Washington 46 24 22
Watauga 73 43 30
Wilkes 130 72 58
Wilson 153 92 61
Yancey 38 19 19
  • 1 The employee data presented in this table for Mecklenburg represent only Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office employees and exclude Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department employees.

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