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Table 52

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2005–2014

Area Total 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Number of victim officers 599 67 66 83 68 48 72 53 48 49 45
NORTHEAST 73 7 5 6 11 6 8 8 9 5 8
New England 18 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 4 0 1
Connecticut 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Maine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Massachusetts 12 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 1
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 55 5 4 4 10 4 5 6 5 5 7
New Jersey 16 3 1 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 2
New York 25 1 2 2 3 3 1 5 2 3 3
Pennsylvania 14 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 2 2
MIDWEST 84 13 14 11 5 9 14 7 3 4 4
East North Central 59 9 14 5 5 6 7 3 3 4 3
Illinois 17 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 1
Indiana 14 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1
Michigan 10 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1
Ohio 13 0 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0
Wisconsin 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
West North Central 25 4 0 6 0 3 7 4 0 0 1
Iowa 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kansas 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Minnesota 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missouri 17 4 0 3 0 2 4 3 0 0 1
Nebraska 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
SOUTH 299 30 26 46 32 21 39 27 28 31 19
South Atlantic 130 12 11 22 14 12 16 16 14 9 4
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Florida 27 3 2 8 4 1 4 1 2 1 1
Georgia 30 3 3 3 3 2 3 6 4 2 1
Maryland 13 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 3 0 0
North Carolina 18 1 0 4 2 3 0 4 2 1 1
South Carolina 13 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 0
Virginia 25 2 5 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 1
West Virginia 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
East South Central 50 4 6 6 4 4 6 3 3 7 7
Alabama 17 2 1 3 2 1 0 2 1 3 2
Kentucky 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Mississippi 14 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 2
Tennessee 14 2 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 3
West South Central 119 14 9 18 14 5 17 8 11 15 8
Arkansas 10 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0
Louisiana 21 2 2 4 0 1 3 3 2 3 1
Oklahoma 15 3 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 2
Texas 73 7 5 14 9 2 13 5 7 6 5
WEST 133 14 20 19 17 12 11 10 8 9 13
Mountain 58 3 9 10 6 8 4 4 6 4 4
Arizona 19 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2
Colorado 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
Idaho 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 6 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Nevada 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
New Mexico 11 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 1
Utah 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Wyoming 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pacific 75 11 11 9 11 4 7 6 2 5 9
Alaska 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
California 63 10 9 7 11 3 6 5 0 3 9
Hawaii 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Oregon 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 6 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 10 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 8 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0