Table 73

Full-time Law Enforcement Officers
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2006

Rate range		Total cities¹ (9,946 cities; population 189,942,258)	Group I (71 cities, 250,000 and over; population 53,957,412)	Group II (181 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 27,081,536)	Group III (423 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 29,029,089)	Group IV (788 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,199,664)	Group V (1,818 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 28,813,877)	Group VI (6,665 cities, under 10,000; population 23,860,680)
.1-.5	Number	95	0	1	1	1	3	89
.1-.5	Percent	1.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.3
.6-1.0	Number	594	1	12	35	47	91	408
.6-1.0	Percent	6.0	1.4	6.6	8.3	6.0	5.0	6.1
1.1-1.5	Number	1,868	12	65	144	231	406	1,010
1.1-1.5	Percent	18.8	16.9	35.9	34.0	29.3	22.3	15.2
1.6-2.0	Number	2,610	21	43	139	283	651	1,473
1.6-2.0	Percent	26.2	29.6	23.8	32.9	35.9	35.8	22.1
2.1-2.5	Number	1,825	14	35	63	128	385	1,200
2.1-2.5	Percent	18.3	19.7	19.3	14.9	16.2	21.2	18.0
2.6-3.0	Number	1,044	9	12	20	71	155	777
2.6-3.0	Percent	10.5	12.7	6.6	4.7	9.0	8.5	11.7
3.1-3.5	Number	658	5	12	12	19	82	528
3.1-3.5	Percent	6.6	7.0	6.6	2.8	2.4	4.5	7.9
3.6-4.0	Number	357	2	1	6	5	29	314
3.6-4.0	Percent	3.6	2.8	0.6	1.4	0.6	1.6	4.7
4.1-4.5	Number	219	2	0	2	1	5	209
4.1-4.5	Percent	2.2	2.8	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.3	3.1
4.6-5.0	Number	188	4	0	0	0	6	178
4.6-5.0	Percent	1.9	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.7
5.1 and over	Number	488	1	0	1	2	5	479
5.1 and over	Percent	4.9	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	7.2
Total cities	Number	9,946	71	181	423	788	1,818	6,665
Total cities	Percent²	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

¹ The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from other tables that include data about law enforcement officers because agencies with no resident population are excluded from this table. These agencies include those 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.
² Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.

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