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Table 73

Agencies with Full-time Law Enforcement Officers as of October 31, 2002

Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group
[2002 estimated population]

Rate range
 
Total cities1
(9,781 cities;
population
182,456,027)
Group I
(70 cities,
250,000
and over;
population
52,879,728)
Group II
(162 cities,
100,000
to 249,999;
population
24,457,039)
Group III
(389 cities,
50,000
to 99,999;
population
26,808,264)
Group IV
(760 cities,
25,000
to 49,999;
population
26,374,112)
Group V
(1,763 cities,
10,000
to 24,999;
population
27,930,903)
Group VI
(6,637 cities,
under
10,000;
population
24,005,981)
.1-.5 Number 105 - - 1 3 9 92
  Percent 1.1 - - 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.4
                 
.6-1.0 Number 524 1 7 21 43 78 374
  Percent 5.4 1.4 4.3 5.4 5.7 4.4 5.6
                 
1.1-1.5 Number 1,811 7 59 138 223 369 1,015
  Percent 18.5 10.0 36.4 35.5 29.3 20.9 15.3
                 
1.6-2.0 Number 2,528 26 40 124 270 655 1,413
  Percent 25.8 37.1 24.7 31.9 35.5 37.2 21.3
                 
2.1-2.5 Number 1,865 13 31 65 135 374 1,247
  Percent 19.1 18.6 19.1 16.7 17.8 21.2 18.8
                 
2.6-3.0 Number 1,070 9 11 22 58 168 802
  Percent 10.9 12.9 6.8 5.7 7.6 9.5 12.1
                 
3.1-3.5 Number 661 4 13 11 21 70 542
  Percent 6.8 5.7 8.0 2.8 2.8 4.0 8.2
                 
3.6-4.0 Number 344 2 1 5 6 24 306
  Percent 3.5 2.9 0.6 1.3 0.8 1.4 4.6
                 
4.1-4.5 Number 239 3 - 1 - 8 227
  Percent 2.4 4.3 - 0.3 - 0.5 3.4
                 
4.6-5.0 Number 150 4 - - - 3 143
  Percent 1.5 5.7 - - - 0.2 2.2
                 
5.1 and over Number 484 1 - 1 1 5 476
  Percent 4.9 1.4 - 0.3 0.1 0.3 7.2
                 
Total Cities Number 9,781 70 162 389 760 1,763 6,637
Percent2 Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0