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Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2019

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Metropolitan Counties Alamance 296 136 160
Alexander 81 41 40
Anson 61 33 28
Brunswick 302 179 123
Buncombe 385 234 151
Burke 125 93 32
Cabarrus 337 202 135
Caldwell 92 83 9
Camden 20 17 3
Catawba 203 144 59
Chatham 138 100 38
Craven 86 79 7
Cumberland 541 281 260
Currituck 98 62 36
Davidson 177 123 54
Davie 96 60 36
Durham 459 190 269
Edgecombe 127 53 74
Forsyth 561 220 341
Franklin 120 84 36
Gaston 216 116 100
Gaston County Police Department 226 128 98
Gates 15 14 1
Granville 114 57 57
Guilford 572 232 340
Harnett 254 155 99
Haywood 126 65 61
Henderson 231 155 76
Hoke 122 69 53
Iredell 258 182 76
Johnston 193 126 67
Jones 28 18 10
Lincoln 175 120 55
Madison 48 19 29
Mecklenburg1 1,083 282 801
Nash 132 84 48
New Hanover 547 377 170
Onslow 267 137 130
Orange 152 97 55
Pamlico 49 22 27
Pender 116 70 46
Person 88 51 37
Pitt 307 120 187
Randolph 244 184 60
Rockingham 144 96 48
Rowan 195 124 71
Stokes 78 52 26
Union 311 219 92
Wake 921 368 553
Wayne 135 128 7
Yadkin 76 40 36
Nonmetropolitan Counties Alleghany 41 24 17
Ashe 75 32 43
Avery 52 28 24
Beaufort 96 56 40
Bertie 43 26 17
Bladen 97 53 44
Carteret 100 67 33
Caswell 52 36 16
Cherokee 74 31 43
Chowan 28 18 10
Clay 37 17 20
Cleveland 182 98 84
Columbus 123 83 40
Dare 147 68 79
Duplin 91 62 29
Graham 35 18 17
Greene 30 22 8
Halifax 102 71 31
Hertford 56 24 32
Hyde 15 13 2
Jackson 79 55 24
Lee 84 40 44
Lenoir 106 61 45
Macon 79 57 22
Martin 42 38 4
McDowell 69 50 19
Mitchell 20 19 1
Montgomery 57 31 26
Moore 159 80 79
Northampton 55 31 24
Pasquotank 52 46 6
Perquimans 19 17 2
Polk 60 33 27
Richmond 88 57 31
Robeson 146 131 15
Rutherford 131 75 56
Sampson 134 93 41
Scotland 65 41 24
Stanly 96 53 43
Surry 134 83 51
Swain 48 28 20
Transylvania 84 58 26
Tyrrell 14 12 2
Vance 88 40 48
Warren 49 33 16
Washington 18 17 1
Watauga 82 49 33
Wilkes 136 76 60
Wilson 153 92 61
Yancey 43 23 20
  • 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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