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Table 1

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2003–2012

Area Total 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Number of victim officers 535 52 57 55 48 58 41 48 56 72 48
NORTHEAST 59 3 8 5 7 7 3 7 3 10 6
New England 8 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2
Connecticut 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
New Hampshire 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
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 51 3 7 4 6 5 3 7 2 10 4
New Jersey 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0
New York 19 2 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 4 2
Pennsylvania 25 0 3 2 2 1 3 6 2 4 2
MIDWEST 94 8 10 10 6 9 9 5 10 21 6
East North Central 62 7 9 3 5 8 6 2 8 12 2
Illinois 14 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 4 1 0
Indiana 11 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0
Michigan 17 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 4 1
Ohio 15 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 4 1
Wisconsin 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
West North Central 32 1 1 7 1 1 3 3 2 9 4
Iowa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kansas 7 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2
Minnesota 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1
Missouri 12 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 1
Nebraska 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
South Dakota 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
SOUTH 251 28 27 28 22 32 20 21 22 29 22
South Atlantic 122 15 10 13 11 14 13 7 11 18 10
Delaware 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
District of Columbia 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 34 2 3 2 3 6 3 3 4 6 2
Georgia 20 1 1 5 2 0 2 0 5 3 1
Maryland 6 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
North Carolina 20 2 3 1 0 3 2 3 1 2 3
South Carolina 13 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1
Virginia 20 7 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 3 0
West Virginia 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
East South Central 53 7 8 9 4 3 2 5 4 6 5
Alabama 20 3 5 1 2 1 0 4 1 1 2
Kentucky 6 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Mississippi 12 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
Tennessee 15 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 1
West South Central 76 6 9 6 7 15 5 9 7 5 7
Arkansas 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0
Louisiana 25 3 6 2 2 5 2 0 3 0 2
Oklahoma 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Texas 40 2 3 3 3 9 3 6 2 4 5
WEST 110 13 9 10 11 9 9 13 18 10 8
Mountain 42 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 11 5 4
Arizona 18 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 5 3 1
Colorado 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1
Idaho 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Nevada 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
New Mexico 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Utah 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific 68 10 6 6 7 5 7 11 7 5 4
Alaska 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
California 45 6 5 6 6 4 3 5 5 3 2
Hawaii 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
Washington 14 2 1 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 2
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 21 0 3 2 2 1 0 2 3 2 6
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 19 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 3 2 5
U.S. Virgin Islands 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1