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Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2012

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Metropolitan Counties Alamance 277 121 156
Alexander 49 30 19
Brunswick 207 141 66
Buncombe 367 228 139
Burke 114 85 29
Cabarrus 320 194 126
Caldwell 103 67 36
Catawba 178 130 48
Chatham 110 85 25
Craven 124 72 52
Cumberland 542 297 245
Currituck 101 64 37
Davidson 192 127 65
Davie 55 48 7
Durham 443 169 274
Edgecombe 135 53 82
Forsyth 487 206 281
Franklin 103 65 38
Gaston 214 124 90
Gaston County Police Department 207 131 76
Gates 12 11 1
Guilford 649 253 396
Haywood 94 52 42
Henderson 184 129 55
Hoke 112 60 52
Iredell 227 160 67
Johnston 179 103 76
Jones 25 15 10
Lincoln 154 101 53
Madison 40 23 17
Mecklenburg1 1,179 330 849
Nash 134 77 57
New Hanover 432 325 107
Onslow 253 119 134
Orange 139 105 34
Pamlico 44 15 29
Pender 110 61 49
Person 83 43 40
Pitt 318 124 194
Randolph 225 163 62
Rockingham 141 99 42
Rowan 182 132 50
Stokes 63 43 20
Union 246 183 63
Wake 917 381 536
Wayne 155 90 65
Yadkin 58 32 26
Nonmetropolitan Counties Alleghany 26 11 15
Anson 62 32 30
Ashe 56 25 31
Avery 49 26 23
Beaufort 80 46 34
Bertie 36 24 12
Bladen 73 47 26
Camden 20 18 2
Carteret 83 47 36
Caswell 55 34 21
Cherokee 63 26 37
Chowan 33 16 17
Clay 41 15 26
Cleveland 162 90 72
Columbus 116 66 50
Dare 121 63 58
Duplin 90 66 24
Graham 23 15 8
Granville 92 54 38
Greene 49 23 26
Halifax 68 63 5
Harnett 215 119 96
Hertford 55 22 33
Hyde 21 16 5
Jackson 74 48 26
Lee 86 52 34
Lenoir 111 63 48
Macon 66 47 19
Martin 36 34 2
McDowell 60 45 15
Mitchell 18 17 1
Montgomery 56 30 26
Moore 116 74 42
Northampton 50 25 25
Pasquotank 48 42 6
Perquimans 14 11 3
Polk 37 28 9
Richmond 82 51 31
Robeson 232 132 100
Rutherford 127 75 52
Sampson 129 92 37
Scotland 65 38 27
Stanly 88 63 25
Surry 99 57 42
Swain 45 23 22
Transylvania 78 59 19
Tyrrell 16 10 6
Vance 75 37 38
Warren 64 36 28
Washington 42 21 21
Watauga 74 44 30
Wilkes 116 69 47
Wilson 135 82 53
Yancey 35 20 15
  • 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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