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Table 79

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2011

Area Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument
Bomb Blunt
instrument
Personal
weapons
Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers 1,689 92 18 15 19 663 102 780
NORTHEAST 81 20 1 0 0 45 11 4
New England 16 0 0 0 0 12 0 4
Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maine 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Massachusetts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Hampshire 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Rhode Island 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Vermont 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Middle Atlantic 65 20 1 0 0 33 11 0
New Jersey 5 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
New York 35 1 0 0 0 23 11 0
Pennsylvania 25 19 0 0 0 6 0 0
MIDWEST 175 10 1 0 1 42 10 111
East North Central 73 3 0 0 0 28 10 32
Illinois 13 1 0 0 0 12 0 0
Indiana 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Michigan 34 0 0 0 0 7 9 18
Ohio 7 1 0 0 0 6 0 0
Wisconsin 17 0 0 0 0 2 1 14
West North Central 102 7 1 0 1 14 0 79
Iowa 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kansas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Minnesota 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Missouri 8 6 0 0 0 2 0 0
Nebraska 12 0 1 0 1 6 0 4
North Dakota 38 1 0 0 0 3 0 34
South Dakota 28 0 0 0 0 2 0 26
SOUTH 529 37 5 0 13 294 37 143
South Atlantic 235 14 4 0 3 165 12 37
Delaware 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
District of Columbia 137 4 2 0 3 99 7 22
Florida 57 5 1 0 0 39 0 12
Georgia 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
Maryland 19 1 0 0 0 16 2 0
North Carolina 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
South Carolina 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Virginia 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 1
West Virginia 7 3 1 0 0 3 0 0
East South Central 19 0 1 0 1 9 1 7
Alabama 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 2
Kentucky 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Mississippi 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
Tennessee 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
West South Central 275 23 0 0 9 120 24 99
Arkansas 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louisiana 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
Oklahoma 17 0 0 0 0 9 1 7
Texas 245 22 0 0 9 99 23 92
WEST 896 23 11 15 5 278 42 522
Mountain 544 16 6 0 2 163 30 327
Arizona 361 10 4 0 2 111 24 210
Colorado 16 1 1 0 0 14 0 0
Idaho 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 3
Montana 72 1 0 0 0 9 1 61
Nevada 23 0 0 0 0 10 0 13
New Mexico 46 1 1 0 0 7 1 36
Utah 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
Wyoming 14 0 0 0 0 9 1 4
Pacific 352 7 5 15 3 115 12 195
Alaska 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
California 308 5 5 15 2 90 12 179
Hawaii 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Oregon 13 1 0 0 0 3 0 9
Washington 25 1 0 0 1 17 0 6
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER
OUTLYING AREAS
4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NOT REPORTED 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Not reported 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0