Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2007

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan	County	Total law enforcement employees	Total officers	Total civilians
Metropolitan Counties	Alamance	210	108	102
	Alexander	48	29	19
	Anson	32	28	4
	Brunswick	159	108	51
	Buncombe	355	225	130
	Burke	109	82	27
	Cabarrus	192	174	18
	Caldwell	105	55	50
	Catawba	169	119	50
	Chatham	92	73	19
	Cumberland	538	304	234
	Currituck	58	55	3
	Davie	70	42	28
	Durham	428	158	270
	Edgecombe	123	51	72
	Forsyth	280	222	58
	Franklin	58	53	5
	Gaston	208	118	90
	Gaston County Police Department	204	127	77
	Greene	32	24	8
	Guilford	521	245	276
	Haywood	88	50	38
	Henderson	178	124	54
	Hoke	79	48	31
	Johnston	187	107	80
	Madison	31	19	12
	Mecklenburg¹	1,176	300	876
	Nash	129	75	54
	New Hanover	391	275	116
	Onslow	147	104	43
	Orange	140	82	58
	Pender	83	49	34
	Person	42	40	2
	Pitt	269	119	150
	Randolph	218	155	63
	Rockingham	138	95	43
	Stokes	61	40	21
	Union	231	165	66
	Wake	780	346	434
	Wayne	143	80	63
	Yadkin	58	35	23
Nonmetropolitan Counties	Alleghany	27	12	15
	Ashe	42	24	18
	Avery	32	24	8
	Beaufort	69	45	24
	Bertie	23	17	6
	Bladen	74	48	26
	Camden	18	17	1
	Carteret	87	44	43
	Caswell	49	26	23
	Cherokee	44	24	20
	Chowan	39	18	21
	Clay	24	15	9
	Cleveland	126	83	43
	Columbus	109	59	50
	Craven	120	60	60
	Dare	140	62	78
	Davidson	192	128	64
	Duplin	80	60	20
	Gates	12	11	1
	Graham	23	14	9
	Granville	84	45	39
	Halifax	75	49	26
	Harnett	161	104	57
	Hertford	63	31	32
	Hyde	18	13	5
	Iredell	220	156	64
	Jackson	71	46	25
	Jones	17	8	9
	Lee	74	43	31
	Lenoir	98	61	37
	Lincoln	155	89	66
	Macon	64	45	19
	Martin	32	30	2
	McDowell	61	38	23
	Mitchell	16	14	2
	Montgomery	44	32	12
	Moore	113	74	39
	Northampton	42	26	16
	Pamlico	15	13	2
	Pasquotank	50	43	7
	Perquimans	13	11	2
	Polk	33	24	9
	Richmond	62	54	8
	Robeson	206	98	108
	Rowan	171	121	50
	Rutherford	116	70	46
	Sampson	120	72	48
	Scotland	61	38	23
	Stanly	78	43	35
	Surry	95	68	27
	Swain	30	16	14
	Transylvania	63	48	15
	Tyrrell	15	8	7
	Vance	92	40	52
	Warren	58	28	30
	Washington	43	24	19
	Watauga	77	38	39
	Wilkes	110	67	43
	Wilson	134	83	51
	Yancey	23	12	11

¹ The 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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