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Table 48

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2008–2017

Area Total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of victim officers 527 68 48 72 53 48 49 45 45 52 47
NORTHEAST 70 11 6 8 8 9 5 8 5 5 5
New England 15 1 2 3 2 4 0 1 0 1 1
Connecticut 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maine 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Massachusetts 9 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 55 10 4 5 6 5 5 7 5 4 4
New Jersey 15 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 3 2 0
New York 25 3 3 1 5 2 3 3 0 2 3
Pennsylvania 15 5 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1
MIDWEST 73 5 9 14 7 3 4 4 6 12 9
East North Central 49 5 6 7 3 3 4 3 4 8 6
Illinois 12 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 2
Indiana 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Michigan 11 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2
Ohio 12 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1
Wisconsin 7 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
West North Central 24 0 3 7 4 0 0 1 2 4 3
Iowa 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Kansas 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Missouri 13 0 2 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 1
Nebraska 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOUTH 277 32 21 39 27 28 31 19 29 24 27
South Atlantic 119 14 12 16 16 14 9 4 12 8 14
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 23 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 4 4
Georgia 30 3 2 3 6 4 2 1 5 2 2
Maryland 15 3 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 1 0
North Carolina 14 2 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 0
South Carolina 14 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 4
Virginia 20 1 3 3 2 3 3 1 1 0 3
West Virginia 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
East South Central 49 4 4 6 3 3 7 7 9 1 5
Alabama 14 2 1 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 1
Kentucky 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1
Mississippi 14 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1
Tennessee 16 1 1 3 1 1 0 3 3 1 2
West South Central 109 14 5 17 8 11 15 8 8 15 8
Arkansas 9 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1
Louisiana 21 0 1 3 3 2 3 1 2 5 1
Oklahoma 14 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 2
Texas 65 9 2 13 5 7 6 5 5 9 4
WEST 100 17 12 11 10 8 9 13 5 9 6
Mountain 45 6 8 4 4 6 4 4 2 5 2
Arizona 13 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 0
Colorado 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0
Idaho 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nevada 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
New Mexico 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
Utah 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Wyoming 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific 55 11 4 7 6 2 5 9 3 4 4
Alaska 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
California 47 11 3 6 5 0 3 9 2 4 4
Hawaii 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Washington 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
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 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0