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Table 2

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Population Group/Agency Type, 2009–2018

Population group/agency type Total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number of victim officers 510 48 55 72 49 27 51 41 66 46 55
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 95 15 12 13 6 4 8 10 12 8 7
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 41 3 3 9 4 2 6 2 8 2 2
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 33 4 3 9 2 2 2 1 2 4 4
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 34 1 6 4 2 3 2 4 6 2 4
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 35 3 2 5 3 2 4 2 5 2 7
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 58 6 5 10 4 3 5 5 8 8 4
Metropolitan counties 106 8 9 14 11 6 11 5 15 7 20
Nonmetropolitan counties 38 4 6 4 5 3 4 2 3 5 2
State agencies 32 1 5 0 5 2 4 4 4 4 3
Federal agencies 12 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1
Puerto Rico and other outlying areas 26 2 3 2 6 0 4 4 2 2 1