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Table 47

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2007–2016

Area Total 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of victim officers 563 83 68 48 72 53 48 49 45 45 52
NORTHEAST 71 6 11 6 8 8 9 5 8 5 5
New England 16 2 1 2 3 2 4 0 1 0 1
Connecticut 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maine 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 11 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 1
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 55 4 10 4 5 6 5 5 7 5 4
New Jersey 17 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 3 2
New York 24 2 3 3 1 5 2 3 3 0 2
Pennsylvania 14 0 5 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 0
MIDWEST 75 11 5 9 14 7 3 4 4 6 12
East North Central 48 5 5 6 7 3 3 4 3 4 8
Illinois 11 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 2
Indiana 9 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Michigan 9 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 2
Ohio 13 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3
Wisconsin 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
West North Central 27 6 0 3 7 4 0 0 1 2 4
Iowa 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Kansas 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Minnesota 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missouri 15 3 0 2 4 3 0 0 1 2 0
Nebraska 1 0 0 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOUTH 296 46 32 21 39 27 28 31 19 29 24
South Atlantic 127 22 14 12 16 16 14 9 4 12 8
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 27 8 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 4
Georgia 31 3 3 2 3 6 4 2 1 5 2
Maryland 17 2 3 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 1
North Carolina 18 4 2 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 1
South Carolina 11 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 0
Virginia 19 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 1 1 0
West Virginia 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
East South Central 50 6 4 4 6 3 3 7 7 9 1
Alabama 16 3 2 1 0 2 1 3 2 2 0
Kentucky 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
Mississippi 15 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0
Tennessee 14 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 3 3 1
West South Central 119 18 14 5 17 8 11 15 8 8 15
Arkansas 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1
Louisiana 24 4 0 1 3 3 2 3 1 2 5
Oklahoma 12 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0
Texas 75 14 9 2 13 5 7 6 5 5 9
WEST 113 19 17 12 11 10 8 9 13 5 9
Mountain 53 10 6 8 4 4 6 4 4 2 5
Arizona 15 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 2
Colorado 10 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1
Idaho 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nevada 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
New Mexico 11 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
Utah 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Wyoming 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific 60 9 11 4 7 6 2 5 9 3 4
Alaska 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
California 50 7 11 3 6 5 0 3 9 2 4
Hawaii 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Oregon 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Washington 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 8 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0