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Table 66

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group, 2011

Population group Total Rate per
100
officers 		Assaults
with
injury 		Rate per
100
officers 		Number of
reporting
agencies 		Population
covered 		Number of
officers
employed
Number of victim officers 54,774 10.2 14,578 2.7 11,944 251,004,326 535,651
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 13,536 13.7 3,165 3.2 66 42,249,781 98,626
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 7,755 16.9 2,161 4.7 189 28,234,779 45,893
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 5,906 14.0 1,671 4.0 405 28,133,876 42,075
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 4,557 11.5 1,210 3.1 695 24,211,899 39,640
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 3,802 8.9 1,092 2.6 1,453 22,965,249 42,564
Group VI (cities under 10,000)1 3,810 5.7 1,149 1.7 5,873 18,840,644 66,975
Metropolitan counties1 13,004 8.4 3,463 2.2 1,288 62,183,588 153,964
Nonmetropolitan counties1 2,404 5.2 667 1.5 1,975 24,184,510 45,914
  • 1Includes universities and colleges, state police agencies, and/or other agencies to which no population is attributed.