Table 70

 

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees1 as of October 31, 2004
Number and Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Geographic Region and Division by Population Group
[2004 estimated population]

Geographic region/division Total
(10,822 cities; population 185,926,671)
Group I
(69 cities, 250,000 and over; population 52,558,631)
Group II
(174 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 26,030,515)
Group III
(409 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 28,064,440)
Group IV (785 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,052,123) Group V (1,783 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 28,246,568) Group VI
(7,602 cities, under 10,000; population 23,974,394)
TOTAL CITIES: 10,822 cities; population 185,926,671:              
Number of employees 559,566 199,331 64,358 64,078 61,980 68,725 101,094
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 3.0 3.8 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.4 4.2
New England: 767 cities; population 12,575,681:              
Number of employees 32,731 2,673 4,754 5,785 6,830 7,261 5,428
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 2.6 4.6 3.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 3.0
Middle Atlantic: 1,530 cities; population 30,228,151:              
Number of employees 114,976 63,473 5,159 9,375 11,710 12,114 13,145
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 3.8 6.1 3.2 2.6 2.4 2.2 3.2
NORTHEAST: 2,297 cities; population 42,803,832:              
Number of employees 147,707 66,146 9,913 15,160 18,540 19,375 18,573
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 3.5 6.0 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 3.1
East North Central: 2,021 cities; population 30,785,159:              
Number of employees 86,640 27,108 6,852 10,657 12,459 14,267 15,297
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 2.8 4.5 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.3 3.2
West North Central: 1,222 cities; population 12,827,343:              
Number of employees 31,660 7,407 3,364 3,899 3,741 5,029 8,220
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 2.5 3.4 2.3 1.8 2.0 2.2 3.1
MIDWEST: 3,243 cities; population 43,612,502:              
Number of employees 118,300 34,515 10,216 14,556 16,200 19,296 23,517
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 2.7 4.2 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.2 3.1
South Atlantic: 1,740 cities; population 22,271,779:              
Number of employees 88,208 21,154 13,479 11,113 8,553 11,154 22,755
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 4.0 4.4 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.3 7.2
East South Central: 941 cities; population 9,130,741:              
Number of employees 32,936 7,402 4,395 1,994 3,865 5,109 10,171
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 3.6 3.1 3.6 3.1 2.9 3.1 5.3
West South Central: 1,267 cities; population 22,437,128:              
Number of employees 63,929 22,631 8,009 7,174 5,014 6,935 14,166
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.6 5.0
SOUTH: 3,948 cities; population 53,839,648:              
Number of employees 185,073 51,187 25,883 20,281 17,432 23,198 47,092
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.8 3.0 5.9
Mountain: 578 cities; population 13,946,410:              
Number of employees 36,765 15,164 6,262 3,926 3,150 2,735 5,528
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.5 4.3
Pacific: 756 cities; population 31,724,279:              
Number of employees 71,721 32,319 12,084 10,155 6,658 4,121 6,384
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 2.3 2.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.0 4.9
WEST: 1,334 cities; population 45,670,689:              
Number of employees 108,486 47,483 18,346 14,081 9,808 6,856 11,912
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 2.4 2.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 4.6
 
Suburban Area:2 7,337 agencies; population 119,055,079:
Number of employees 442,649        
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 3.7        
 
County:3 3,432 agencies; population 92,506,392:
Number of employees 411,022        
Average number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants 4.4        

1 Full-time law enforcement employees include civilians.

2 Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (see Appendix III). Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.

3 The designation county is a combination of both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties.

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