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Table 1

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2008–2017

Area Total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of victim officers 496 41 48 55 72 49 27 51 41 66 46
NORTHEAST 50 3 7 3 10 6 2 8 4 4 3
New England 6 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0
Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
New Hampshire 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 44 3 7 2 10 4 1 7 4 3 3
New Jersey 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
New York 17 0 0 0 4 2 1 5 2 1 2
Pennsylvania 23 3 6 2 4 2 0 1 2 2 1
MIDWEST 92 9 5 10 21 6 4 8 5 13 11
East North Central 55 6 2 8 12 2 3 5 3 6 8
Illinois 14 3 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
Indiana 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1
Michigan 14 1 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 2
Ohio 14 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 2 2
Wisconsin 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
West North Central 37 3 3 2 9 4 1 3 2 7 3
Iowa 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
Kansas 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0
Minnesota 7 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
Missouri 11 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1
Nebraska 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
North Dakota 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
South Dakota 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOUTH 219 20 21 22 29 22 15 17 19 30 24
South Atlantic 98 13 7 11 18 10 5 10 3 13 8
Delaware 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 28 3 3 4 6 2 2 4 1 0 3
Georgia 22 2 0 5 3 1 0 2 1 7 1
Maryland 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
North Carolina 14 2 3 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0
South Carolina 8 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
Virginia 11 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 1
West Virginia 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
East South Central 35 2 5 4 6 5 3 0 5 4 1
Alabama 8 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Mississippi 11 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 1
Tennessee 11 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0
West South Central 86 5 9 7 5 7 7 7 11 13 15
Arkansas 9 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2
Louisiana 23 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 6 4 4
Oklahoma 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Texas 50 3 6 2 4 5 6 5 4 8 7
WEST 110 9 13 17 10 9 6 14 9 17 6
Mountain 51 2 2 10 5 5 1 7 7 8 4
Arizona 17 2 0 4 3 2 0 3 0 2 1
Colorado 10 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 1
Idaho 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Montana 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Nevada 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1
New Mexico 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Utah 7 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific 59 7 11 7 5 4 5 7 2 9 2
Alaska 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
California 38 3 5 5 3 2 5 5 2 6 2
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Washington 11 2 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 25 0 2 3 2 6 0 4 4 2 2
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 24 0 2 3 2 5 0 4 4 2 2
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0