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Table 72

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees1

Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants

by Population Group, 2010

Rate range Total cities2 (10,204 cities; population 197,172,429) Group I
(74 cities, 250,000 and over; population 56,581,538)
Group II
(193 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 28,908,827)
Group III
(437 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 29,978,412)
Group IV
(812 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,951,300)
Group V
(1,853 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 29,350,253)
Group VI
(6,835 cities, under 10,000; population 24,402,099)
.1-.5 Number 123 0 0 0 2 5 116
Percent 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.7
.6-1.0 Number 523 0 1 7 21 51 443
Percent 5.1 0.0 0.5 1.6 2.6 2.8 6.5
1.1-1.5 Number 1,206 1 29 68 111 214 783
Percent 11.8 1.4 15.0 15.6 13.7 11.5 11.5
1.6-2.0 Number 1,992 12 57 134 227 436 1,126
Percent 19.5 16.2 29.5 30.7 28.0 23.5 16.5
2.1-2.5 Number 1,992 20 44 121 220 486 1,101
Percent 19.5 27.0 22.8 27.7 27.1 26.2 16.1
2.6-3.0 Number 1,368 14 28 53 116 306 851
Percent 13.4 18.9 14.5 12.1 14.3 16.5 12.5
3.1-3.5 Number 908 7 17 33 74 165 612
Percent 8.9 9.5 8.8 7.6 9.1 8.9 9.0
3.6-4.0 Number 620 6 9 10 25 95 475
Percent 6.1 8.1 4.7 2.3 3.1 5.1 6.9
4.1-4.5 Number 426 6 6 5 6 49 354
Percent 4.2 8.1 3.1 1.1 0.7 2.6 5.2
4.6-5.0 Number 260 3 2 2 5 22 226
Percent 2.5 4.1 1.0 0.5 0.6 1.2 3.3
5.1 and over Number 786 5 0 4 5 24 748
Percent 7.7 6.8 0.0 0.9 0.6 1.3 10.9
Total cities Number 10,204 74 193 437 812 1,853 6,835
Percent3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 1 Full-time law enforcement employees include civilians.
  • 2 The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from other tables that include data about law enforcement employees because agencies with no resident population are excluded from this table. Agencies not included in this table are associated with universities and colleges (see Table 79) and other agencies (see Table 81), as well as some state agencies that have concurrent jurisdiction with other local law enforcement.
  • 3 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.

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