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Table 78

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by City, 2012

City Population Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Aberdeen 6,492 29 27 2
Ahoskie 5,039 23 18 5
Albemarle 16,071 55 48 7
Andrews 1,785 5 5 0
Angier 4,572 12 12 0
Apex 39,085 72 59 13
Archdale 11,580 30 24 6
Asheboro 25,535 84 77 7
Asheville 85,295 246 208 38
Atlantic Beach 1,531 18 17 1
Aurora 525 1 1 0
Ayden 5,072 19 15 4
Badin 1,995 5 5 0
Bailey 576 2 2 0
Bakersville 464 1 1 0
Bald Head Island 164 20 14 6
Banner Elk 1,029 10 9 1
Beaufort 4,135 18 17 1
Beech Mountain 324 14 10 4
Belhaven 1,702 12 8 4
Belmont 10,219 42 32 10
Benson 3,416 13 12 1
Bethel 1,623 5 5 0
Beulaville 1,329 5 5 0
Biltmore Forest 1,374 15 12 3
Biscoe 1,710 10 9 1
Black Creek 779 2 2 0
Black Mountain 8,029 22 18 4
Bladenboro 1,754 6 6 0
Blowing Rock 1,258 11 10 1
Boiling Spring Lakes 5,561 8 7 1
Boiling Springs 4,668 9 9 0
Bolton 693 2 1 1
Boone 17,359 44 35 9
Boonville 1,229 5 5 0
Brevard 7,626 29 23 6
Broadway 1,261 4 4 0
Brookford 385 1 1 0
Bryson City 1,444 8 7 1
Bunn 349 3 3 0
Burgaw 3,979 13 12 1
Burlington 51,430 167 123 44
Burnsville 1,702 8 8 0
Butner 7,673 45 39 6
Cameron 292 1 1 0
Candor 845 5 5 0
Canton 4,256 17 12 5
Cape Carteret 1,962 7 7 0
Carolina Beach 5,867 28 26 2
Carrboro 20,087 41 38 3
Carthage 2,255 8 7 1
Cary 141,016 215 180 35
Caswell Beach 412 4 4 0
Catawba 608 1 1 0
Chadbourn 1,862 9 8 1
Chapel Hill 58,586 136 109 27
Charlotte-Mecklenburg1 808,504 2,196 1,717 479
Cherryville 5,842 17 13 4
China Grove 3,588 13 13 0
Chocowinity 827 3 3 0
Claremont 1,365 9 8 1
Clayton 16,635 46 42 4
Cleveland 877 5 5 0
Clinton 8,762 33 29 4
Clyde 1,231 4 4 0
Coats 2,219 6 6 0
Columbus 996 7 7 0
Concord 81,396 182 155 27
Conover 8,237 27 26 1
Conway 835 1 1 0
Cooleemee 978 3 3 0
Cornelius 25,800 68 52 16
Cramerton 4,224 13 13 0
Creedmoor 4,170 16 12 4
Dallas 4,554 17 13 4
Davidson 11,299 18 17 1
Denton 1,649 6 6 0
Dobson 1,602 5 5 0
Drexel 1,875 5 5 0
Duck 377 10 9 1
Dunn 9,732 52 36 16
Durham 235,563 665 537 128
East Bend 616 2 2 0
East Spencer 1,544 4 4 0
Eden 15,628 54 45 9
Edenton 5,073 18 16 2
Elizabeth City 18,883 68 54 14
Elizabethtown 3,592 17 16 1
Elkin 4,042 21 17 4
Elon 9,610 16 15 1
Emerald Isle 3,742 20 17 3
Enfield 2,534 12 11 1
Erwin 4,631 11 10 1
Fair Bluff 952 4 4 0
Fairmont 2,718 15 11 4
Farmville 4,785 20 15 5
Fayetteville 205,966 516 361 155
Fletcher 7,338 16 15 1
Forest City 7,520 33 31 2
Four Oaks 1,982 6 6 0
Foxfire Village 922 2 2 0
Franklin 3,907 18 18 0
Franklinton 2,061 8 8 0
Fremont 1,280 4 4 0
Fuquay-Varina 18,712 39 34 5
Garner 26,852 70 64 6
Garysburg 1,057 2 2 0
Gaston 1,153 3 3 0
Gastonia 72,782 201 174 27
Gibsonville 6,580 15 14 1
Glen Alpine 1,533 3 3 0
Goldsboro 37,107 116 105 11
Graham 14,499 39 36 3
Granite Falls 4,732 17 14 3
Granite Quarry 2,949 8 8 0
Greensboro 276,134 757 621 136
Greenville 86,869 232 181 51
Grifton 2,685 7 7 0
Hamlet 6,558 21 17 4
Havelock 21,174 37 29 8
Haw River 2,356 8 8 0
Henderson 15,482 59 48 11
Hendersonville 13,409 49 37 12
Hertford 2,168 8 7 1
Hickory 40,361 142 112 30
Highlands 937 12 11 1
High Point 106,801 260 215 45
Hillsborough 6,236 26 26 0
Holden Beach 595 8 8 0
Holly Ridge 1,297 10 9 1
Holly Springs 25,720 52 43 9
Hope Mills 15,594 40 34 6
Hot Springs 568 1 1 0
Hudson 3,783 12 11 1
Huntersville 48,524 86 77 9
Indian Beach 117 4 4 0
Jackson 514 1 1 0
Jacksonville 71,502 151 121 30
Jefferson 1,620 3 3 0
Jonesville 2,301 11 10 1
Kannapolis 43,670 101 77 24
Kenansville 878 5 5 0
Kenly 1,381 8 8 0
Kernersville 23,643 83 63 20
Kill Devil Hills 6,827 33 27 6
King 6,958 21 18 3
Kings Mountain 10,348 38 31 7
Kinston 21,836 78 69 9
Kitty Hawk 3,342 18 16 2
Knightdale 11,893 28 27 1
Kure Beach 2,068 12 11 1
Lake Lure 1,201 11 10 1
Lake Royale 2,563 6 6 0
Lake Waccamaw 1,487 5 5 0
Landis 3,131 11 10 1
Laurel Park 2,226 7 7 0
Laurinburg 15,988 45 39 6
Leland 14,145 28 26 2
Lenoir 18,270 64 50 14
Lexington 19,099 74 64 10
Liberty 2,694 11 10 1
Lilesville 533 1 1 0
Lillington 3,312 13 12 1
Lincolnton 10,675 35 30 5
Littleton 675 2 2 0
Locust 2,967 13 12 1
Long View 4,913 15 15 0
Louisburg 3,416 15 14 1
Lowell 3,578 9 9 0
Lumberton 21,969 90 80 10
Madison 2,260 16 15 1
Maggie Valley 1,157 11 10 1
Magnolia 964 2 2 0
Maiden 3,340 14 13 1
Manteo 1,465 8 7 1
Marion 7,932 26 25 1
Mars Hill 1,891 5 5 0
Marshall 882 2 2 0
Marshville 2,474 8 8 0
Matthews 28,213 69 57 12
Maxton 2,472 12 8 4
Mayodan 2,493 16 13 3
Maysville 1,015 3 3 0
Mebane 11,677 29 22 7
Middlesex 833 4 4 0
Mint Hill 23,572 36 34 2
Misenheimer 735 5 5 0
Mocksville 5,140 21 19 2
Monroe 33,807 96 84 12
Montreat 735 5 5 0
Mooresville 33,401 86 66 20
Morehead City 8,867 45 39 6
Morganton 17,085 89 58 31
Morrisville 19,374 33 32 1
Morven 510 1 1 0
Mount Airy 10,501 53 40 13
Mount Gilead 1,186 7 7 0
Mount Holly 13,855 38 29 9
Mount Olive 4,670 16 15 1
Murfreesboro 2,842 14 9 5
Murphy 1,629 9 7 2
Nags Head 2,816 23 21 2
Nashville 5,420 16 15 1
Navassa 1,558 2 2 0
New Bern 30,195 101 74 27
Newland 696 5 5 0
Newport 4,243 9 9 0
Newton 13,081 43 34 9
Newton Grove 577 3 3 0
Norlina 1,124 4 4 0
North Topsail Beach 759 12 11 1
Northwest 761 2 2 0
North Wilkesboro 4,267 24 23 1
Norwood 2,406 7 6 1
Oakboro 1,878 7 7 0
Oak Island 7,030 23 21 2
Ocean Isle Beach 575 13 13 0
Old Fort 919 3 3 0
Oxford 8,553 38 32 6
Parkton 445 2 2 0
Pembroke 3,032 15 11 4
Pikeville 691 3 3 0
Pilot Mountain 1,494 9 8 1
Pinebluff 1,367 3 3 0
Pinehurst 15,008 28 23 5
Pine Knoll Shores 1,370 6 6 0
Pine Level 1,756 5 5 0
Pinetops 1,374 8 5 3
Pineville 7,754 49 38 11
Pink Hill 556 2 2 0
Pittsboro 3,818 13 13 0
Plymouth 3,843 13 13 0
Polkton 3,391 2 1 1
Princeton 1,232 4 4 0
Raeford 4,874 15 14 1
Raleigh 420,594 858 743 115
Ramseur 1,716 6 6 0
Randleman 4,171 14 14 0
Ranlo 3,484 7 7 0
Red Springs 3,496 18 17 1
Reidsville 14,616 56 48 8
Richlands 1,554 6 6 0
Rich Square 959 2 2 0
River Bend 3,189 5 5 0
Roanoke Rapids 15,756 43 39 4
Robbins 1,123 5 5 0
Robersonville 1,484 8 8 0
Rockingham 9,648 37 32 5
Rockwell 2,122 5 5 0
Rocky Mount 58,002 188 152 36
Rolesville 3,950 11 10 1
Rose Hill 1,671 3 3 0
Rowland 1,057 7 6 1
Roxboro 8,480 35 31 4
Rutherfordton 4,240 15 14 1
Salisbury 33,919 95 78 17
Saluda 712 4 4 0
Sanford 28,801 106 85 21
Scotland Neck 2,060 9 8 1
Selma 6,271 25 23 2
Seven Devils 195 6 6 0
Shallotte 3,801 14 13 1
Sharpsburg 2,048 8 8 0
Shelby 20,402 85 72 13
Siler City 8,051 26 21 5
Smithfield 11,305 43 41 2
Southern Pines 12,611 41 32 9
Southern Shores 2,772 12 11 1
Southport 2,928 12 11 1
Sparta 1,772 6 6 0
Spencer 3,290 13 12 1
Spindale 4,347 12 12 0
Spring Hope 1,337 5 5 0
Spring Lake 12,285 28 27 1
Spruce Pine 2,179 11 11 0
Stallings 14,263 23 20 3
Stanfield 1,502 3 3 0
Stanley 3,608 11 10 1
Stantonsburg 793 4 4 0
Star 880 4 4 0
Statesville 25,044 95 76 19
Stoneville 1,064 4 4 0
St. Pauls 2,077 18 13 5
Sugar Mountain 197 5 5 0
Sunset Beach 3,697 14 14 0
Surf City 1,923 18 17 1
Swansboro 2,722 10 10 0
Sylva 2,614 14 13 1
Tabor City 2,520 10 9 1
Tarboro 11,427 35 29 6
Taylorsville 2,114 11 11 0
Taylortown 738 1 1 0
Thomasville 26,994 73 67 6
Topsail Beach 381 8 7 1
Trent Woods 4,250 5 5 0
Troutman 2,433 14 14 0
Troy 3,208 12 11 1
Tryon 1,641 9 7 2
Valdese 4,537 12 11 1
Vanceboro 1,028 1 1 0
Vass 736 3 3 0
Wadesboro 5,797 31 26 5
Wagram 841 1 1 0
Wake Forest 31,381 67 56 11
Wallace 3,988 18 15 3
Walnut Cove 1,435 6 6 0
Walnut Creek 851 2 2 0
Warrenton 864 6 5 1
Warsaw 3,136 13 11 2
Washington 9,826 41 33 8
Waxhaw 10,167 21 19 2
Waynesville 9,939 42 34 8
Weaverville 3,752 15 14 1
Weldon 1,651 9 9 0
Wendell 6,095 17 16 1
West Jefferson 1,306 7 7 0
Whispering Pines 2,993 9 8 1
Whitakers 748 2 2 0
White Lake 804 6 6 0
Whiteville 5,413 27 24 3
Wilkesboro 3,431 23 21 2
Williamston 5,494 21 20 1
Wilmington 109,370 304 253 51
Wilson 49,785 133 118 15
Wilson's Mills 2,349 4 4 0
Windsor 3,613 9 9 0
Wingate 3,578 8 8 0
Winston-Salem 234,687 705 547 158
Winterville 9,533 17 16 1
Woodfin 6,257 14 14 0
Woodland 809 2 2 0
Wrightsville Beach 2,546 26 24 2
Yadkinville 2,982 13 12 1
Youngsville 1,180 10 9 1
Zebulon 4,619 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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