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Home LEOKA 2015 Tables Table 47

Table 47

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2006–2015

Area Total 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Number of victim officers 577 66 83 68 48 72 53 48 49 45 45
NORTHEAST 71 5 6 11 6 8 8 9 5 8 5
New England 16 1 2 1 2 3 2 4 0 1 0
Connecticut 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Maine 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 10 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 0
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 55 4 4 10 4 5 6 5 5 7 5
New Jersey 16 1 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 3
New York 24 2 2 3 3 1 5 2 3 3 0
Pennsylvania 15 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 2 2 2
MIDWEST 77 14 11 5 9 14 7 3 4 4 6
East North Central 54 14 5 5 6 7 3 3 4 3 4
Illinois 15 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1
Indiana 11 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Michigan 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2
Ohio 13 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
Wisconsin 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
West North Central 23 0 6 0 3 7 4 0 0 1 2
Iowa 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kansas 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missouri 15 0 3 0 2 4 3 0 0 1 2
Nebraska 1 0 0 0 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0
SOUTH 298 26 46 32 21 39 27 28 31 19 29
South Atlantic 130 11 22 14 12 16 16 14 9 4 12
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 25 2 8 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 1
Georgia 32 3 3 3 2 3 6 4 2 1 5
Maryland 16 0 2 3 0 3 2 3 0 0 3
North Carolina 17 0 4 2 3 0 4 2 1 1 0
South Carolina 12 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 2
Virginia 24 5 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 1 1
West Virginia 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
East South Central 55 6 6 4 4 6 3 3 7 7 9
Alabama 17 1 3 2 1 0 2 1 3 2 2
Kentucky 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Mississippi 16 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 2
Tennessee 15 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 3 3
West South Central 113 9 18 14 5 17 8 11 15 8 8
Arkansas 8 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
Louisiana 21 2 4 0 1 3 3 2 3 1 2
Oklahoma 13 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 1
Texas 71 5 14 9 2 13 5 7 6 5 5
WEST 124 20 19 17 12 11 10 8 9 13 5
Mountain 57 9 10 6 8 4 4 6 4 4 2
Arizona 17 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0
Colorado 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2
Idaho 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 6 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nevada 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
New Mexico 11 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0
Utah 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Wyoming 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Pacific 67 11 9 11 4 7 6 2 5 9 3
Alaska 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
California 55 9 7 11 3 6 5 0 3 9 2
Hawaii 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Oregon 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Washington 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 7 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0