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Table 2

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Population Group/Agency Type, 2002–2011

Population group/agency type Total 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of victim officers 543 56 52 57 55 48 58 41 48 56 72
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 115 6 9 15 12 8 12 12 15 13 13
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 51 6 4 6 6 4 9 1 3 3 9
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 38 3 3 4 4 2 5 1 4 3 9
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 31 1 5 2 2 3 2 5 1 6 4
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 33 5 2 5 2 3 3 3 3 2 5
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 57 6 5 7 10 3 5 0 6 5 10
Metropolitan counties 101 11 10 8 6 15 11 9 8 9 14
Nonmetropolitan counties 50 8 9 4 4 3 4 4 4 6 4
State agencies 36 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 1 5 0
Federal agencies 12 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 2
Puerto Rico and other
outlying areas
19 4 0 3 2 2 1 0 2 3 2