Table 78
NORTH CAROLINA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by City, 2010
City | Population |
Total law enforcement employees |
Total officers |
Total civilians |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | 6,116 | 28 | 26 | 2 |
Ahoskie | 4,617 | 22 | 17 | 5 |
Albemarle | 15,446 | 53 | 47 | 6 |
Andrews | 1,610 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Angier | 4,555 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Apex | 35,709 | 68 | 54 | 14 |
Archdale | 9,344 | 31 | 25 | 6 |
Asheboro | 25,017 | 85 | 78 | 7 |
Asheville | 77,067 | 268 | 193 | 75 |
Atlantic Beach | 1,855 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
Aurora | 575 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Ayden | 5,078 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
Badin | 1,329 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Bailey | 691 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Bakersville | 342 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bald Head Island | 309 | 19 | 13 | 6 |
Banner Elk | 944 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Beaufort | 4,368 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Beech Mountain | 348 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Belhaven | 2,050 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
Belmont | 9,601 | 42 | 32 | 10 |
Benson | 3,632 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Bethel | 1,759 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Beulaville | 1,133 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Biltmore Forest | 1,576 | 14 | 12 | 2 |
Biscoe | 1,685 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Black Creek | 709 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Black Mountain | 7,953 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
Bladenboro | 1,659 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Blowing Rock | 1,484 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
Boiling Spring Lakes | 5,012 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Boiling Springs | 3,959 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Boone | 14,209 | 43 | 35 | 8 |
Boonville | 1,098 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Brevard | 6,722 | 29 | 23 | 6 |
Broadway | 1,194 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Brookford | 431 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bryson City | 1,348 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Bunn | 421 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Burgaw | 4,478 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Burlington | 52,210 | 160 | 117 | 43 |
Burnsville | 1,674 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Butner | 6,389 | 46 | 41 | 5 |
Cameron | 310 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Candor | 843 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Canton | 3,841 | 18 | 12 | 6 |
Cape Carteret | 1,429 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Carolina Beach | 5,968 | 30 | 28 | 2 |
Carrboro | 18,448 | 42 | 39 | 3 |
Carthage | 2,080 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Cary | 141,461 | 201 | 165 | 36 |
Caswell Beach | 483 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Catawba | 836 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Chadbourn | 2,043 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Chapel Hill | 54,164 | 139 | 113 | 26 |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg1 | 797,733 | 2,187 | 1,696 | 491 |
Cherryville | 5,862 | 21 | 16 | 5 |
China Grove | 3,772 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Chocowinity | 720 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Claremont | 1,163 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Clayton | 17,472 | 45 | 41 | 4 |
Cleveland | 846 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Clinton | 8,753 | 35 | 31 | 4 |
Clyde | 1,282 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Coats | 2,218 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Columbus | 1,056 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Concord | 68,461 | 178 | 154 | 24 |
Conover | 7,503 | 26 | 25 | 1 |
Conway | 640 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Cooleemee | 990 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Cornelius | 26,180 | 67 | 52 | 15 |
Cramerton | 3,184 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Creedmoor | 3,898 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Dallas | 3,899 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
Davidson | 10,958 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Denton | 1,669 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Dobson | 1,452 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Drexel | 1,865 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Duck | 504 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Dunn | 10,272 | 50 | 35 | 15 |
Durham | 233,790 | 598 | 485 | 113 |
East Bend | 657 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
East Spencer | 1,801 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Eden | 15,310 | 54 | 46 | 8 |
Edenton | 5,052 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
Elizabeth City | 20,801 | 74 | 61 | 13 |
Elizabethtown | 3,677 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Elkin | 4,117 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Elon | 7,198 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Emerald Isle | 3,719 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
Enfield | 2,319 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Erwin | 4,954 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Fair Bluff | 1,140 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Fairmont | 2,625 | 15 | 12 | 3 |
Farmville | 4,679 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Fayetteville | 208,263 | 518 | 366 | 152 |
Fletcher | 4,819 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Forest City | 6,913 | 34 | 32 | 2 |
Four Oaks | 2,146 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Foxfire Village | 496 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Franklin | 3,980 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Franklinton | 2,041 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Fremont | 1,420 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Fuquay-Varina | 19,387 | 33 | 28 | 5 |
Garner | 28,620 | 69 | 64 | 5 |
Garysburg | 1,093 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gaston | 852 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gastonia | 73,533 | 201 | 173 | 28 |
Gibsonville | 4,905 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Glen Alpine | 1,079 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Goldsboro | 38,179 | 122 | 111 | 11 |
Graham | 14,826 | 38 | 35 | 3 |
Granite Falls | 4,571 | 17 | 14 | 3 |
Granite Quarry | 2,314 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Greensboro | 257,237 | 746 | 641 | 105 |
Greenville | 84,044 | 238 | 187 | 51 |
Grifton | 2,265 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Hamlet | 5,725 | 23 | 19 | 4 |
Havelock | 21,934 | 35 | 28 | 7 |
Haw River | 2,050 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Henderson | 15,730 | 63 | 54 | 9 |
Hendersonville | 12,311 | 50 | 38 | 12 |
Hertford | 2,170 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Hickory | 41,892 | 140 | 110 | 30 |
Highlands | 964 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
High Point | 105,278 | 250 | 215 | 35 |
Hillsborough | 5,831 | 29 | 27 | 2 |
Holden Beach | 859 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Holly Ridge | 1,000 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Holly Springs | 23,506 | 51 | 41 | 10 |
Hope Mills | 14,008 | 34 | 31 | 3 |
Hot Springs | 634 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hudson | 3,013 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Huntersville | 47,537 | 89 | 80 | 9 |
Indian Beach | 95 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Jackson | 626 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Jacksonville | 82,254 | 142 | 114 | 28 |
Jefferson | 1,341 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Jonesville | 2,233 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Kannapolis | 44,084 | 94 | 75 | 19 |
Kenansville | 1,168 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Kenly | 2,028 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Kernersville | 23,695 | 83 | 64 | 19 |
Kill Devil Hills | 6,929 | 35 | 29 | 6 |
King | 7,092 | 23 | 20 | 3 |
Kings Mountain | 11,243 | 36 | 30 | 6 |
Kinston | 21,900 | 93 | 84 | 9 |
Kitty Hawk | 3,351 | 17 | 15 | 2 |
Knightdale | 10,686 | 26 | 25 | 1 |
Kure Beach | 2,642 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Lake Lure | 1,001 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Lake Royale | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
Lake Waccamaw | 1,435 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Landis | 3,130 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Laurel Park | 2,185 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Laurinburg | 15,325 | 47 | 40 | 7 |
Leland | 6,165 | 32 | 29 | 3 |
Lenoir | 17,840 | 67 | 52 | 15 |
Lexington | 20,255 | 75 | 67 | 8 |
Liberty | 2,738 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Lilesville | 415 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lillington | 3,489 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Lincolnton | 11,017 | 36 | 31 | 5 |
Littleton | 633 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Locust | 2,705 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Long View | 5,005 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Louisburg | 3,755 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Lowell | 2,817 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Lumberton | 22,019 | 86 | 76 | 10 |
Madison | 2,245 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Maggie Valley | 906 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Magnolia | 988 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Maiden | 3,521 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Manteo | 1,503 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Marion | 7,015 | 28 | 23 | 5 |
Marshall | 827 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Mars Hill | 1,803 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Marshville | 3,389 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Matthews | 27,989 | 69 | 57 | 12 |
Maxton | 2,727 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
Mayodan | 2,625 | 15 | 12 | 3 |
Maysville | 947 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Mebane | 11,196 | 26 | 20 | 6 |
Middlesex | 872 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Mint Hill | 21,032 | 31 | 29 | 2 |
Misenheimer | 702 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Mocksville | 4,683 | 23 | 21 | 2 |
Monroe | 34,132 | 100 | 89 | 11 |
Montreat | 718 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Mooresville | 22,430 | 78 | 58 | 20 |
Morehead City | 9,888 | 46 | 36 | 10 |
Morganton | 17,001 | 95 | 63 | 32 |
Morrisville | 15,446 | 34 | 33 | 1 |
Mount Airy | 10,612 | 51 | 38 | 13 |
Mount Gilead | 1,403 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Mount Holly | 10,228 | 35 | 27 | 8 |
Mount Olive | 4,344 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Murfreesboro | 2,413 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Murphy | 1,526 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Nags Head | 3,097 | 22 | 20 | 2 |
Nashville | 4,582 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Navassa | 1,977 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
New Bern | 29,657 | 125 | 82 | 43 |
Newland | 648 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Newport | 4,492 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Newton | 13,676 | 43 | 34 | 9 |
Newton Grove | 626 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Norlina | 1,006 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
North Topsail Beach | 982 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Northwest | 1,013 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
North Wilkesboro | 4,133 | 25 | 23 | 2 |
Norwood | 2,451 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Oakboro | 1,166 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Oak Island | 8,487 | 31 | 24 | 7 |
Ocean Isle Beach | 540 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Old Fort | 961 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Oxford | 8,699 | 39 | 32 | 7 |
Parkton | 434 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pembroke | 2,752 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
Pikeville | 715 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Pilot Mountain | 1,260 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Pinebluff | 1,447 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Pinehurst | 12,749 | 28 | 24 | 4 |
Pine Knoll Shores | 1,569 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Pine Level | 1,854 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Pinetops | 1,228 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Pineville | 7,313 | 49 | 38 | 11 |
Pink Hill | 524 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pittsboro | 2,820 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Plymouth | 3,768 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Princeton | 1,347 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Raeford | 4,149 | 19 | 17 | 2 |
Raleigh | 419,700 | 883 | 770 | 113 |
Ramseur | 1,772 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Randleman | 3,692 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Ranlo | 2,335 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Red Springs | 3,503 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Reidsville | 14,739 | 58 | 50 | 8 |
Richlands | 964 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Rich Square | 972 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
River Bend | 3,161 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Roanoke Rapids | 16,121 | 43 | 39 | 4 |
Robbins | 1,248 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Robersonville | 1,520 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Rockingham | 8,727 | 37 | 32 | 5 |
Rockwell | 2,024 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Rocky Mount | 59,688 | 207 | 165 | 42 |
Rolesville | 3,512 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Rose Hill | 1,399 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Rowland | 1,154 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Roxboro | 8,683 | 36 | 32 | 4 |
Rutherfordton | 4,050 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Salisbury | 31,106 | 101 | 86 | 15 |
Saluda | 590 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Sanford | 30,679 | 105 | 84 | 21 |
Scotland Neck | 2,122 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Selma | 7,172 | 25 | 23 | 2 |
Seven Devils | 175 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Shallotte | 2,260 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Sharpsburg | 2,412 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Shelby | 21,430 | 85 | 71 | 14 |
Siler City | 8,938 | 28 | 23 | 5 |
Smithfield | 13,448 | 49 | 45 | 4 |
Southern Pines | 13,060 | 40 | 31 | 9 |
Southern Shores | 2,668 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Southport | 3,339 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Sparta | 1,760 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Spencer | 3,408 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Spindale | 3,809 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Spring Hope | 1,310 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Spring Lake | 12,303 | 25 | 23 | 2 |
Spruce Pine | 1,947 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Stallings | 9,612 | 21 | 19 | 2 |
Stanfield | 1,118 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Stanley | 3,228 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
Stantonsburg | 726 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Star | 796 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Statesville | 26,994 | 93 | 72 | 21 |
Stoneville | 969 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
St. Pauls | 2,036 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
Sugar Mountain | 208 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Sunset Beach | 2,721 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Surf City | 2,132 | 19 | 17 | 2 |
Swansboro | 2,071 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Sylva | 2,460 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Tabor City | 2,773 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Tarboro | 9,930 | 33 | 27 | 6 |
Taylorsville | 1,815 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Taylortown | 901 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Thomasville | 26,850 | 71 | 65 | 6 |
Topsail Beach | 593 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Trent Woods | 4,007 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Troutman | 2,024 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Troy | 3,458 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Tryon | 1,705 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
Valdese | 4,530 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Vanceboro | 857 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Vass | 815 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Wadesboro | 5,145 | 31 | 26 | 5 |
Wagram | 761 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Wake Forest | 30,155 | 63 | 53 | 10 |
Wallace | 3,589 | 17 | 14 | 3 |
Walnut Cove | 1,604 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Walnut Creek | 847 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Warrenton | 827 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Warsaw | 3,193 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
Washington | 10,228 | 47 | 36 | 11 |
Waxhaw | 4,355 | 21 | 19 | 2 |
Waynesville | 10,261 | 42 | 34 | 8 |
Weaverville | 3,118 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Weldon | 1,641 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Wendell | 5,612 | 20 | 18 | 2 |
West Jefferson | 1,132 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Whispering Pines | 2,180 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Whitakers | 766 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
White Lake | 606 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Whiteville | 5,231 | 25 | 22 | 3 |
Wilkesboro | 3,123 | 23 | 21 | 2 |
Williamston | 5,313 | 21 | 19 | 2 |
Wilmington | 102,649 | 315 | 261 | 54 |
Wilson | 49,134 | 134 | 117 | 17 |
Wilson's Mills | 1,757 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Windsor | 3,131 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Wingate | 4,186 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Winston-Salem | 232,928 | 688 | 528 | 160 |
Winterville | 4,886 | 21 | 19 | 2 |
Woodfin | 5,861 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Woodland | 739 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Wrightsville Beach | 2,660 | 25 | 23 | 2 |
Yadkinville | 2,825 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Youngsville | 798 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Zebulon | 4,964 | 23 | 22 | 1 |
- 1 The employee data presented in this table for Charlotte-Mecklenburg represent only Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and exclude Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office.
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