Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2005

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan	County	Total law enforcement employees	Total officers	Total civilians
Metropolitan Counties	Alamance	197	97	100
	Alexander	43	27	16
	Anson	31	27	4
	Brunswick	127	95	32
	Buncombe	301	188	113
	Burke	104	80	24
	Cabarrus	168	162	6
	Caldwell	112	73	39
	Catawba	113	104	9
	Chatham	83	66	17
	Cumberland	534	292	242
	Currituck	84	54	30
	Davie	58	31	27
	Durham	411	159	252
	Edgecombe	118	50	68
	Forsyth	494	208	286
	Franklin	97	41	56
	Gaston¹	205	115	90
	Gaston County Police Department¹	218	133	85
	Greene	40	23	17
	Guilford	470	231	239
	Haywood	83	49	34
	Henderson	168	130	38
	Hoke	66	43	23
	Johnston	175	99	76
	Madison	30	19	11
	Mecklenburg²	1,274	328	946
	Nash	125	67	58
	New Hanover	367	278	89
	Onslow	148	101	47
	Orange	113	102	11
	Pender	81	48	33
	Person	66	38	28
	Pitt	241	108	133
	Randolph	213	147	66
	Rockingham	129	88	41
	Stokes	61	41	20
	Union	200	159	41
	Wake	679	333	346
	Wayne	146	83	63
	Yadkin	56	33	23
Nonmetropolitan Counties	Alleghany	26	10	16
	Ashe	37	19	18
	Avery	29	21	8
	Beaufort	68	43	25
	Bertie	30	21	9
	Bladen	77	48	29
	Camden	17	15	2
	Carteret	83	41	42
	Caswell	39	25	14
	Cherokee	44	23	21
	Chowan	35	17	18
	Clay	19	11	8
	Cleveland	125	83	42
	Columbus	101	61	40
	Craven	117	59	58
	Dare	139	58	81
	Davidson	181	122	59
	Duplin	80	60	20
	Gates	16	10	6
	Graham	10	9	1
	Granville	74	39	35
	Halifax	73	47	26
	Harnett	143	94	49
	Hertford	55	21	34
	Hyde	18	13	5
	Iredell	187	143	44
	Jackson	57	38	19
	Jones	15	8	7
	Lee	69	38	31
	Lenoir	77	52	25
	Lincoln	145	76	69
	Martin	30	27	3
	McDowell	62	42	20
	Mitchell	14	13	1
	Montgomery	41	29	12
	Moore	106	67	39
	Northampton	46	22	24
	Pamlico	19	13	6
	Pasquotank	40	37	3
	Perquimans	10	9	1
	Polk	38	24	14
	Richmond	71	44	27
	Robeson	207	104	103
	Rowan	168	110	58
	Rutherford	102	66	36
	Sampson	92	64	28
	Scotland	55	32	23
	Stanly	64	45	19
	Surry	92	51	41
	Swain	16	15	1
	Transylvania	57	42	15
	Tyrrell	13	7	6
	Vance	83	41	42
	Warren	51	24	27
	Washington	32	15	17
	Watauga	69	36	33
	Wilson	117	71	46
	Yancey	23	13	10
¹The employee data are listed separately for both Gaston County and Gaston County Police Department, North Carolina. However, Gaston County reports its crime figures combined with those of the Gaston County Police Department; they can be found in Table 10 under Gaston County Police Department.
²The 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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