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Table 48

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2010–2019

Area Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of victim officers 503 72 53 48 49 45 45 52 48 50 41
NORTHEAST 62 8 8 9 5 8 5 5 6 5 3
New England 14 3 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
Connecticut 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Maine 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Massachusetts 7 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 48 5 6 5 5 7 5 4 5 4 2
New Jersey 16 4 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 2 0
New York 22 1 5 2 3 3 0 2 3 1 2
Pennsylvania 10 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 0
MIDWEST 78 14 7 3 4 4 6 12 9 11 8
East North Central 51 7 3 3 4 3 4 8 6 8 5
Illinois 18 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3
Indiana 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Michigan 11 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 0
Ohio 11 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1
Wisconsin 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
West North Central 27 7 4 0 0 1 2 4 3 3 3
Iowa 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Kansas 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Minnesota 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Missouri 13 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0
Nebraska 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
North Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
South Dakota 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOUTH 273 39 27 28 31 19 29 24 27 27 22
South Atlantic 112 16 16 14 9 4 12 8 14 13 6
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 25 4 1 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3
Georgia 27 3 6 4 2 1 5 2 2 1 1
Maryland 12 3 2 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
North Carolina 16 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 6 1
South Carolina 13 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 4 1 1
Virginia 17 3 2 3 3 1 1 0 3 1 0
West Virginia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
East South Central 54 6 3 3 7 7 9 1 5 5 8
Alabama 13 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1
Kentucky 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
Mississippi 15 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 2 2
Tennessee 19 3 1 1 0 3 3 1 2 0 5
West South Central 107 17 8 11 15 8 8 15 8 9 8
Arkansas 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0
Louisiana 24 3 3 2 3 1 2 5 1 3 1
Oklahoma 12 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 1
Texas 65 13 5 7 6 5 5 9 4 5 6
WEST 85 11 10 8 9 13 5 9 6 6 8
Mountain 37 4 4 6 4 4 2 5 2 1 5
Arizona 12 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2
Colorado 11 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 2
Idaho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nevada 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
New Mexico 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
Utah 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wyoming 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific 48 7 6 2 5 9 3 4 4 5 3
Alaska 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
California 38 6 5 0 3 9 2 4 4 4 1
Hawaii 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Washington 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 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 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0