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Home LEOKA 2010 Tables Table 48

Table 48

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2001–2010

Area Total 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of victim officers 718 76 75 81 82 67 66 83 68 48 72
NORTHEAST 73 5 5 10 10 7 5 6 11 6 8
New England 16 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 3
Connecticut 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 57 3 5 7 10 5 4 4 10 4 5
New Jersey 18 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 2 0 4
New York 22 0 3 2 5 1 2 2 3 3 1
Pennsylvania 17 2 1 2 4 1 1 0 5 1 0
MIDWEST 115 12 10 12 15 13 14 11 5 9 14
East North Central 76 7 4 7 12 9 14 5 5 6 7
Illinois 23 0 2 3 5 3 6 1 0 0 3
Indiana 19 3 1 0 2 3 2 2 2 2 2
Michigan 13 1 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 0
Ohio 15 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1
Wisconsin 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
West North Central 39 5 6 5 3 4 0 6 0 3 7
Iowa 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kansas 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Minnesota 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Missouri 26 5 4 2 2 4 0 3 0 2 4
Nebraska 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SOUTH 349 39 39 38 39 30 26 46 32 21 39
South Atlantic 158 16 21 18 16 12 11 22 14 12 16
Delaware 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Florida 43 7 2 4 8 3 2 8 4 1 4
Georgia 27 0 2 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 3
Maryland 15 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 3
North Carolina 28 6 6 4 2 1 0 4 2 3 0
South Carolina 17 0 5 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 2
Virginia 20 1 2 1 0 2 5 2 1 3 3
West Virginia 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
East South Central 61 8 6 8 9 4 6 6 4 4 6
Alabama 17 1 2 1 4 2 1 3 2 1 0
Kentucky 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Mississippi 14 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2
Tennessee 24 5 2 4 4 2 2 0 1 1 3
West South Central 130 15 12 12 14 14 9 18 14 5 17
Arkansas 10 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0
Louisiana 19 1 1 4 1 2 2 4 0 1 3
Oklahoma 11 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 1
Texas 90 12 9 6 13 7 5 14 9 2 13
WEST 164 19 19 18 15 14 20 19 17 12 11
Mountain 67 9 9 4 5 3 9 10 6 8 4
Arizona 20 1 3 1 3 2 4 2 2 1 1
Colorado 7 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Idaho 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Montana 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0
Nevada 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
New Mexico 15 4 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 1
Utah 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Wyoming 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Pacific 97 10 10 14 10 11 11 9 11 4 7
Alaska 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
California 74 5 6 10 7 10 9 7 11 3 6
Hawaii 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Oregon 6 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Washington 10 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER
OUTLYING AREAS
17 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 0 0
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 15 1 2 3 3 3 1 0 2 0 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0