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Table 1

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2001–2010

Area Total 20011 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of victim officers 541 70 56 52 57 55 48 58 41 48 56
NORTHEAST 51 3 5 3 8 5 7 7 3 7 3
New England 7 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1
Connecticut 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
New Hampshire 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 44 3 4 3 7 4 6 5 3 7 2
New Jersey 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
New York 15 0 2 2 4 2 3 2 0 0 0
Pennsylvania 23 2 2 0 3 2 2 1 3 6 2
MIDWEST 93 14 12 8 10 10 6 9 9 5 10
East North Central 70 12 10 7 9 3 5 8 6 2 8
Illinois 21 6 2 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 4
Indiana 11 2 0 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 0
Michigan 18 3 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 3
Ohio 14 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 1
Wisconsin 6 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
West North Central 23 2 2 1 1 7 1 1 3 3 2
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
Minnesota 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2
Missouri 10 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 0
Nebraska 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
SOUTH 254 29 25 28 27 28 22 32 20 21 22
South Atlantic 118 13 11 15 10 13 11 14 13 7 11
Delaware 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
District of Columbia 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Florida 28 1 1 2 3 2 3 6 3 3 4
Georgia 19 2 1 1 1 5 2 0 2 0 5
Maryland 12 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1
North Carolina 19 4 0 2 3 1 0 3 2 3 1
South Carolina 16 1 5 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 0
Virginia 19 1 1 7 0 3 4 0 3 0 0
West Virginia 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
East South Central 54 6 6 7 8 9 4 3 2 5 4
Alabama 19 0 2 3 5 1 2 1 0 4 1
Kentucky 8 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
Mississippi 14 3 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 3
Tennessee 13 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 0
West South Central 82 10 8 6 9 6 7 15 5 9 7
Arkansas 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
Louisiana 25 0 2 3 6 2 2 5 2 0 3
Oklahoma 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Texas 45 9 5 2 3 3 3 9 3 6 2
WEST 119 18 9 13 9 10 11 9 9 13 18
Mountain 45 9 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 11
Arizona 17 1 2 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 5
Colorado 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1
Idaho 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Montana 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nevada 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
New Mexico 7 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
Utah 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific 74 9 6 10 6 6 7 5 7 11 7
Alaska 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
California 50 6 4 6 5 6 6 4 3 5 5
Hawaii 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Oregon 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Washington 14 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 6 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER
OUTLYING AREAS
24 6 5 0 3 2 2 1 0 2 3
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 23 6 5 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 3
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 1The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.