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Table 48

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2009–2018

Area Total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number of victim officers 511 48 72 53 48 49 45 45 52 48 51
NORTHEAST 65 6 8 8 9 5 8 5 5 6 5
New England 15 2 3 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 1
Connecticut 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Maine 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Massachusetts 9 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 50 4 5 6 5 5 7 5 4 5 4
New Jersey 16 0 4 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 2
New York 23 3 1 5 2 3 3 0 2 3 1
Pennsylvania 11 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 1
MIDWEST 79 9 14 7 3 4 4 6 12 9 11
East North Central 52 6 7 3 3 4 3 4 8 6 8
Illinois 15 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 3
Indiana 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Michigan 13 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 2
Ohio 11 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1
Wisconsin 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
West North Central 27 3 7 4 0 0 1 2 4 3 3
Iowa 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Kansas 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Missouri 15 2 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 2
Nebraska 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
North Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
South Dakota 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOUTH 272 21 39 27 28 31 19 29 24 27 27
South Atlantic 118 12 16 16 14 9 4 12 8 14 13
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 23 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 4 4 4
Georgia 28 2 3 6 4 2 1 5 2 2 1
Maryland 12 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 1 0 0
North Carolina 18 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 6
South Carolina 14 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 4 1
Virginia 20 3 3 2 3 3 1 1 0 3 1
West Virginia 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
East South Central 50 4 6 3 3 7 7 9 1 5 5
Alabama 13 1 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 1
Kentucky 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2
Mississippi 15 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 2
Tennessee 15 1 3 1 1 0 3 3 1 2 0
West South Central 104 5 17 8 11 15 8 8 15 8 9
Arkansas 7 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0
Louisiana 24 1 3 3 2 3 1 2 5 1 3
Oklahoma 12 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 1
Texas 61 2 13 5 7 6 5 5 9 4 5
WEST 90 12 11 10 8 9 13 5 9 6 7
Mountain 40 8 4 4 6 4 4 2 5 2 1
Arizona 11 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0
Colorado 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 1
Idaho 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nevada 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
New Mexico 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Utah 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Wyoming 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific 50 4 7 6 2 5 9 3 4 4 6
Alaska 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
California 41 3 6 5 0 3 9 2 4 4 5
Hawaii 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Washington 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1
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 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1
U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0