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Table 75

Full-time Civilian Law Enforcement Employees

by Population Group

Percent of Total, 2010

Population group Percent
civilian
employees
Number
of
agencies
2010
estimated
population
TOTAL AGENCIES: 30.4 14,744 291,414,594
TOTAL CITIES 22.3 11,356 197,172,429
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 23.3 74 56,581,538
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) 24.4 10 25,823,829
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) 21.5 24 16,642,397
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) 22.4 40 14,115,312
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 23.5 193 28,908,827
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 22.6 437 29,978,412
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 20.7 812 27,951,300
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 19.6 1,853 29,350,253
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 22.2 7,987 24,402,099
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 41.6 1,254 66,864,768
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES 40.5 2,134 27,377,397
SUBURBAN AREAS1 34.5 7,675 124,334,967
  • 1 Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (see Data Declaration). Suburban areas exclude all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.

Overview

Full-time Civilian Law Enforcement Employees, by Population Group, Percent of Total, 2010

  • In 2010, 30.4 percent of the Nation’s full-time law enforcement employees were civilians.
  • Among the Nation’s cities, 22.3 percent of full-time law enforcement employees were civilians.
  • The highest percentages of full-time civilian law enforcement employees were in metropolitan counties (41.6 percent) and nonmetropolitan counties (40.5 percent).