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Table 128

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2016

Area1 Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument 		Bomb Blunt
instrument 		Personal
weapons 		Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers 1,340 88 35 0 25 576 90 526
NORTHEAST 63 3 2 0 0 41 3 14
New England 21 1 0 0 0 9 3 8
Connecticut 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 6
Maine 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Massachusetts 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 1
New Hampshire 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Vermont 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Middle Atlantic 42 2 2 0 0 32 0 6
New Jersey 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
New York 29 0 2 0 0 22 0 5
Pennsylvania 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
MIDWEST 285 18 7 0 0 37 6 217
East North Central 30 9 2 0 0 16 1 2
Illinois 15 5 0 0 0 10 0 0
Indiana 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Ohio 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 2
Wisconsin 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
West North Central 255 9 5 0 0 21 5 215
Iowa 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Kansas 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
Minnesota 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 3
Missouri 9 2 0 0 0 7 0 0
Nebraska 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
North Dakota 103 0 2 0 0 4 1 96
South Dakota 127 2 2 0 0 5 3 115
SOUTH 424 37 9 0 6 214 39 119
South Atlantic 142 12 4 0 4 81 5 36
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 73 3 3 0 4 41 3 19
Florida 38 2 1 0 0 18 0 17
Georgia 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maryland 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
North Carolina 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
South Carolina 7 3 0 0 0 4 0 0
Virginia 8 1 0 0 0 7 0 0
West Virginia 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
East South Central 31 6 3 0 0 8 7 7
Alabama 9 1 0 0 0 3 5 0
Kentucky 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mississippi 9 1 0 0 0 3 0 5
Tennessee 10 1 3 0 0 2 2 2
West South Central 251 19 2 0 2 125 27 76
Arkansas 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Louisiana 8 4 0 0 0 2 0 2
Oklahoma 11 0 0 0 0 7 1 3
Texas 229 15 2 0 2 113 26 71
WEST 559 30 17 0 19 283 41 169
Mountain 404 21 9 0 11 245 32 86
Arizona 244 11 6 0 9 147 24 47
Colorado 8 1 0 0 0 6 1 0
Idaho 25 0 0 0 0 23 1 1
Montana 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
Nevada 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
New Mexico 95 8 1 0 2 42 5 37
Utah 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 0
Wyoming 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 1
Pacific 155 9 8 0 8 38 9 83
Alaska 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
California 124 7 4 0 8 33 9 63
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 14
Washington 15 2 4 0 0 3 0 6
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  • 1Location data for 107 victim officers were not reported by the National Park Service.