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Table 48

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2002–2011

Area Total 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of victim officers 695 75 81 82 67 66 83 68 48 72 53
NORTHEAST 76 5 10 10 7 5 6 11 6 8 8
New England 16 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 2
Connecticut 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Maine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Massachusetts 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 60 5 7 10 5 4 4 10 4 5 6
New Jersey 18 1 3 1 3 1 2 2 0 4 1
New York 27 3 2 5 1 2 2 3 3 1 5
Pennsylvania 15 1 2 4 1 1 0 5 1 0 0
MIDWEST 110 10 12 15 13 14 11 5 9 14 7
East North Central 72 4 7 12 9 14 5 5 6 7 3
Illinois 23 2 3 5 3 6 1 0 0 3 0
Indiana 16 1 0 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 0
Michigan 13 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 1
Ohio 14 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 2
Wisconsin 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
West North Central 38 6 5 3 4 0 6 0 3 7 4
Iowa 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Kansas 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Minnesota 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Missouri 24 4 2 2 4 0 3 0 2 4 3
Nebraska 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
SOUTH 337 39 38 39 30 26 46 32 21 39 27
South Atlantic 158 21 18 16 12 11 22 14 12 16 16
Delaware 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Florida 37 2 4 8 3 2 8 4 1 4 1
Georgia 33 2 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 6
Maryland 17 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 3 2
North Carolina 26 6 4 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 4
South Carolina 18 5 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 2 1
Virginia 21 2 1 0 2 5 2 1 3 3 2
West Virginia 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
East South Central 56 6 8 9 4 6 6 4 4 6 3
Alabama 18 2 1 4 2 1 3 2 1 0 2
Kentucky 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
Mississippi 12 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0
Tennessee 20 2 4 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 1
West South Central 123 12 12 14 14 9 18 14 5 17 8
Arkansas 9 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0
Louisiana 21 1 4 1 2 2 4 0 1 3 3
Oklahoma 10 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 1 0
Texas 83 9 6 13 7 5 14 9 2 13 5
WEST 155 19 18 15 14 20 19 17 12 11 10
Mountain 62 9 4 5 3 9 10 6 8 4 4
Arizona 21 3 1 3 2 4 2 2 1 1 2
Colorado 5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Idaho 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Montana 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
Nevada 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0
New Mexico 11 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 1 0
Utah 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Wyoming 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Pacific 93 10 14 10 11 11 9 11 4 7 6
Alaska 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
California 74 6 10 7 10 9 7 11 3 6 5
Hawaii 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Oregon 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Washington 9 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER
OUTLYING AREAS
17 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 0 0 1
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 15 2 3 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0