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Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2011

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Metropolitan Counties Alamance 264 128 136
Alexander 48 30 18
Anson 59 30 29
Brunswick 197 134 63
Buncombe 350 213 137
Burke 116 87 29
Cabarrus 317 198 119
Caldwell 120 67 53
Catawba 178 129 49
Chatham 101 79 22
Cumberland 533 299 234
Currituck 101 64 37
Davie 79 49 30
Durham 428 168 260
Edgecombe 135 53 82
Forsyth 487 210 277
Franklin 95 58 37
Gaston 208 119 89
Gaston County Police Department 228 134 94
Greene 49 24 25
Guilford 600 252 348
Haywood 95 52 43
Henderson 188 132 56
Hoke 66 58 8
Johnston 179 103 76
Madison 31 20 11
Mecklenburg1 1,201 300 901
Nash 86 81 5
New Hanover 404 307 97
Onslow 260 115 145
Orange 139 105 34
Pender 104 58 46
Person 82 42 40
Pitt 313 121 192
Randolph 217 155 62
Rockingham 138 93 45
Stokes 60 42 18
Union 246 186 60
Wake 848 371 477
Wayne 150 86 64
Yadkin 56 31 25
Nonmetropolitan Counties Alleghany 27 11 16
Ashe 54 24 30
Avery 33 24 9
Beaufort 84 49 35
Bertie 33 24 9
Bladen 67 46 21
Camden 18 17 1
Carteret 82 51 31
Caswell 46 35 11
Cherokee 68 26 42
Chowan 33 15 18
Clay 42 17 25
Cleveland 144 90 54
Columbus 113 63 50
Craven 118 70 48
Dare 142 63 79
Davidson 190 126 64
Duplin 90 66 24
Gates 13 12 1
Graham 22 14 8
Granville 94 53 41
Halifax 90 62 28
Harnett 205 114 91
Hertford 62 22 40
Hyde 15 15 0
Iredell 211 157 54
Jackson 70 48 22
Jones 24 15 9
Lee 86 53 33
Lenoir 105 66 39
Lincoln 154 103 51
Macon 67 48 19
Martin 35 33 2
McDowell 65 43 22
Mitchell 19 17 2
Montgomery 54 32 22
Moore 114 74 40
Northampton 51 25 26
Pamlico 38 15 23
Pasquotank 43 39 4
Perquimans 14 11 3
Polk 35 23 12
Richmond 80 50 30
Robeson 250 138 112
Rowan 163 119 44
Rutherford 127 73 54
Sampson 133 95 38
Scotland 63 37 26
Stanly 88 47 41
Surry 96 56 40
Swain 44 21 23
Transylvania 78 61 17
Tyrrell 16 10 6
Vance 90 43 47
Warren 64 36 28
Washington 40 21 19
Watauga 86 47 39
Wilkes 114 67 47
Wilson 143 86 57
Yancey 33 19 14
  • 1 The employee data presented in this table for Mecklenburg represent only Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office employees and exclude Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department employees.

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