Table 74

 

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees as of October 31, 2004
Percent Male and Female
by Population Group
[2004 estimated population]

Population group Total law enforcement employees Percent law enforcement employees male Percent law enforcement employees female Total officers Percent officers male Percent officers female Total civilians Percent civilians male Percent civilians female
TOTAL AGENCIES: 14,254 agencies;                  
population 278,433,063 970,588 73.1 26.9 675,734 88.4 11.6 294,854 37.9 62.1
TOTAL CITIES: 10,822 cities;                  
population 185,926,671 559,566 75.0 25.0 429,630 88.4 11.6 129,936 30.6 69.4

GROUP I

                  
69 cities, 250,000 and over;                  
population 52,558,631 199,331 70.4 29.6 149,267 83.1 16.9 50,064 32.7 67.3
10 cities, 1,000,000 and over;                  
population 24,789,640 109,306 69.4 30.6 81,580 82.0 18.0 27,726 32.1 67.9
22 cities, 500,000 to 999,999;                  
population 14,537,666 51,312 72.5 27.5 38,880 83.7 16.3 12,432 37.6 62.4
37 cities, 250,000 to 499,999;                  
population 13,231,325 38,713 70.7 29.3 28,807 85.4 14.6 9,906 28.2 71.8

GROUP II

                  
174 cities, 100,000 to 249,999;                  
population 26,030,515 64,358 73.0 27.0 48,435 88.7 11.3 15,923 25.4 74.6

GROUP III

                  
409 cities, 50,000 to 99,999;                  
population 28,064,440 64,078 76.3 23.7 49,335 91.0 9.0 14,743 27.2 72.8

GROUP IV

                  
785 cities, 25,000 to 49,999;                  
population 27,052,123 61,980 78.1 21.9 48,859 91.7 8.3 13,121 27.3 72.7

GROUP V

                  
1,783 cities, 10,000 to 24,999;                  
population 28,246,568 68,725 79.4 20.6 54,814 92.8 7.2 13,911 26.8 73.2

GROUP VI

                  
7,602 cities, under 10,000;                  
population 23,974,394 101,094 79.6 20.4 78,920 91.7 8.3 22,174 36.3 63.7

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES

                  
1,238 agencies;                  
population 64,238,931 282,944 69.7 30.3 168,870 86.7 13.3 114,074 44.5 55.5

NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES

                  
2,194 agencies;                  
population 28,267,461 128,078 72.0 28.0 77,234 91.9 8.1 50,844 41.7 58.3

SUBURBAN AREA1

                  
7,337 agencies;                  
population 119,055,079 442,649 73.1 26.9 294,112 88.8 11.2 148,537 41.9 58.1

1 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.

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