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Table 71
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Full-time Law Enforcement Officers as of October 31, 2004
Number and Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Geographic Region and Division by Population Group
[2004 estimated population]
| Geographic region/division |
Total
(10,822 cities; population 185,926,671) |
Group I
(69 cities, 250,000 and over; population 52,558,631) |
Group II
(174 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 26,030,515) |
Group III
(409 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 28,064,440) |
Group IV
(785 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,052,123) |
Group V
(1,783 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 28,246,568) |
Group VI
(7,602 cities, under 10,000; population 23,974,394) |
| TOTAL CITIES: 10,822 cities; population 185,926,671: |
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| Number of officers |
429,630 |
149,267 |
48,435 |
49,335 |
48,859 |
54,814 |
78,920 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.3 |
2.8 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
3.3 |
| New England: 767 cities; population 12,575,681: |
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| Number of officers |
26,811 |
2,036 |
3,974 |
4,936 |
5,686 |
5,900 |
4,279 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.1 |
3.5 |
2.8 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
| Middle Atlantic: 1,530 cities; population 30,228,151: |
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| Number of officers |
88,738 |
45,260 |
4,289 |
7,724 |
9,851 |
10,333 |
11,281 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.9 |
4.3 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
| NORTHEAST: 2,297 cities; population 42,803,832: |
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| Number of officers |
115,549 |
47,296 |
8,263 |
12,660 |
15,537 |
16,233 |
15,560 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.7 |
4.3 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
| East North Central: 2,021 cities; population 30,785,159: |
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| Number of officers |
70,557 |
22,943 |
5,641 |
8,429 |
9,766 |
11,332 |
12,446 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.3 |
3.8 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
| West North Central: 1,222 cities; population 12,827,343: |
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| Number of officers |
24,889 |
5,416 |
2,636 |
3,093 |
2,940 |
4,016 |
6,788 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
1.9 |
2.5 |
1.8 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
| MIDWEST: 3,243 cities; population 43,612,502: |
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| Number of officers |
95,446 |
28,359 |
8,277 |
11,522 |
12,706 |
15,348 |
19,234 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.2 |
3.5 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
| South Atlantic: 1,740 cities; population 22,271,779: |
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| Number of officers |
67,218 |
15,942 |
10,053 |
8,324 |
6,674 |
8,801 |
17,424 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
3.0 |
3.3 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
5.5 |
| East South Central: 941 cities; population 9,130,741: |
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| Number of officers |
25,159 |
5,406 |
3,216 |
1,529 |
3,106 |
3,939 |
7,963 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.8 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
4.1 |
| West South Central: 1,267 cities; population 22,437,128: |
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| Number of officers |
48,873 |
18,141 |
5,994 |
5,510 |
3,784 |
5,346 |
10,098 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.2 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
3.6 |
| SOUTH: 3,948 cities; population 53,839,648: |
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| Number of officers |
141,250 |
39,489 |
19,263 |
15,363 |
13,564 |
18,086 |
35,485 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
4.5 |
| Mountain: 578 cities; population 13,946,410: |
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| Number of officers |
25,785 |
10,243 |
4,328 |
2,823 |
2,277 |
2,075 |
4,039 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
3.1 |
| Pacific: 756 cities; population 31,724,279: |
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| Number of officers |
51,600 |
23,880 |
8,304 |
6,967 |
4,775 |
3,072 |
4,602 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
1.6 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
| WEST: 1,334 cities; population 45,670,689: |
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| Number of officers |
77,385 |
34,123 |
12,632 |
9,790 |
7,052 |
5,147 |
8,641 |
| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
1.7 |
1.9 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
3.3 |
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| Suburban Area:1 7,337 agencies; population 119,055,079: |
| Number of officers |
294,112 |
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| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.5 |
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| County:2 3,432 agencies; population 92,506,392: |
| Number of officers |
246,104 |
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| Average number of officers per 1,000 inhabitants |
2.7 |
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1 Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (see Appendix III). Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
2 The designation county is a combination of both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties.
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