| Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan | County | Total law enforcement employees | Total officers | Total civilians |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Counties | Benton | 27 | 12 | 15 |
| Black Hawk | 135 | 101 | 34 | |
| Bremer | 28 | 12 | 16 | |
| Dallas | 39 | 15 | 24 | |
| Dubuque | 72 | 64 | 8 | |
| Grundy | 16 | 12 | 4 | |
| Guthrie | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| Harrison | 24 | 8 | 16 | |
| Johnson | 89 | 60 | 29 | |
| Jones | 23 | 10 | 13 | |
| Linn | 167 | 108 | 59 | |
| Madison | 15 | 7 | 8 | |
| Mills | 20 | 11 | 9 | |
| Polk | 352 | 152 | 200 | |
| Pottawattamie | 155 | 47 | 108 | |
| Scott | 160 | 41 | 119 | |
| Story | 81 | 31 | 50 | |
| Warren | 34 | 23 | 11 | |
| Washington | 27 | 16 | 11 | |
| Woodbury | 112 | 32 | 80 | |
| Nonmetropolitan Counties | Adair | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Adams | 9 | 4 | 5 | |
| Allamakee | 14 | 8 | 6 | |
| Appanoose | 14 | 7 | 7 | |
| Audubon | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Boone | 27 | 10 | 17 | |
| Buchanan | 26 | 13 | 13 | |
| Buena Vista | 23 | 9 | 14 | |
| Butler | 18 | 10 | 8 | |
| Calhoun | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
| Carroll | 15 | 9 | 6 | |
| Cass | 14 | 7 | 7 | |
| Cedar | 36 | 11 | 25 | |
| Cerro Gordo | 64 | 19 | 45 | |
| Cherokee | 17 | 6 | 11 | |
| Chickasaw | 13 | 8 | 5 | |
| Clarke | 17 | 5 | 12 | |
| Clay | 17 | 10 | 7 | |
| Clayton | 25 | 12 | 13 | |
| Clinton | 39 | 22 | 17 | |
| Crawford | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
| Davis | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| Decatur | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
| Delaware | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
| Des Moines | 48 | 21 | 27 | |
| Dickinson | 17 | 8 | 9 | |
| Emmet | 17 | 8 | 9 | |
| Fayette | 33 | 9 | 24 | |
| Floyd | 17 | 10 | 7 | |
| Franklin | 11 | 8 | 3 | |
| Fremont | 18 | 7 | 11 | |
| Greene | 14 | 7 | 7 | |
| Hamilton | 28 | 9 | 19 | |
| Hancock | 10 | 8 | 2 | |
| Hardin | 27 | 10 | 17 | |
| Henry | 25 | 11 | 14 | |
| Howard | 14 | 7 | 7 | |
| Humboldt | 12 | 9 | 3 | |
| Ida | 16 | 9 | 7 | |
| Iowa | 20 | 11 | 9 | |
| Jackson | 14 | 9 | 5 | |
| Jasper | 45 | 14 | 31 | |
| Jefferson | 29 | 8 | 21 | |
| Keokuk | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Kossuth | 25 | 9 | 16 | |
| Lee | 31 | 15 | 16 | |
| Louisa | 21 | 9 | 12 | |
| Lucas | 13 | 5 | 8 | |
| Lyon | 25 | 12 | 13 | |
| Mahaska | 25 | 9 | 16 | |
| Marion | 27 | 12 | 15 | |
| Mitchell | 15 | 6 | 9 | |
| Monona | 18 | 8 | 10 | |
| Monroe | 13 | 5 | 8 | |
| Muscatine | 23 | 23 | 0 | |
| O'Brien | 30 | 11 | 19 | |
| Osceola | 13 | 8 | 5 | |
| Page | 15 | 8 | 7 | |
| Palo Alto | 15 | 8 | 7 | |
| Plymouth | 27 | 10 | 17 | |
| Pocahontas | 13 | 8 | 5 | |
| Poweshiek | 19 | 12 | 7 | |
| Ringgold | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
| Sac | 18 | 6 | 12 | |
| Shelby | 13 | 7 | 6 | |
| Sioux | 33 | 12 | 21 | |
| Tama | 21 | 12 | 9 | |
| Taylor | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
| Union | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| Van Buren | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| Wapello | 40 | 10 | 30 | |
| Wayne | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| Webster | 20 | 16 | 4 | |
| Winnebago | 13 | 5 | 8 | |
| Winneshiek | 23 | 10 | 13 | |
| Worth | 17 | 7 | 10 | |
| Wright | 19 | 7 | 12 |
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