Table 72

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees¹
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2008

Rate range		Total cities² (9,927 cities; population 193,548,068)	Group I (75 cities, 250,000 and over; population 55,781,739)	Group II (189 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 27,940,012)	Group III (437 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 29,817,070)	Group IV (807 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,597,191)	Group V (1,807 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 28,634,261)	Group VI (6,612 cities, under 10,000; population 23,777,795)
.1-.5	Number	99	0	0	0	1	5	93
.1-.5	Percent	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.4
.6-1.0	Number	444	0	0	5	21	42	376
.6-1.0	Percent	4.5	0.0	0.0	1.1	2.6	2.3	5.7
1.1-1.5	Number	1,068	1	15	60	92	189	711
1.1-1.5	Percent	10.8	1.3	7.9	13.7	11.4	10.5	10.8
1.6-2.0	Number	1,825	10	58	125	203	383	1,046
1.6-2.0	Percent	18.4	13.3	30.7	28.6	25.2	21.2	15.8
2.1-2.5	Number	1,971	20	45	126	249	470	1,061
2.1-2.5	Percent	19.9	26.7	23.8	28.8	30.9	26.0	16.0
2.6-3.0	Number	1,434	19	34	58	116	328	879
2.6-3.0	Percent	14.4	25.3	18.0	13.3	14.4	18.2	13.3
3.1-3.5	Number	968	6	17	32	68	207	638
3.1-3.5	Percent	9.8	8.0	9.0	7.3	8.4	11.5	9.6
3.6-4.0	Number	593	6	12	12	30	81	452
3.6-4.0	Percent	6.0	8.0	6.3	2.7	3.7	4.5	6.8
4.1-4.5	Number	442	4	5	12	17	55	349
4.1-4.5	Percent	4.5	5.3	2.6	2.7	2.1	3.0	5.3
4.6-5.0	Number	283	1	2	2	6	25	247
4.6-5.0	Percent	2.9	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.4	3.7
5.1 and over	Number	800	8	1	5	4	22	760
5.1 and over	Percent	8.1	10.7	0.5	1.1	0.5	1.2	11.5
Total cities	Number	9,927	75	189	437	807	1,807	6,612
Total cities	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. 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.
³ Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
NOTE: No 2008 police employee data were received for the state of West Virginia.

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