Table 73

Full-time Law Enforcement Officers
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2008

Rate range		Total cities¹ (9,927 cities; population 193,548,068)	Group I (75 cities, 250,000 and over; population 55,781,739)	Group II (189 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 27,940,012)	Group III (437 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 29,817,070)	Group IV (807 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,597,191)	Group V (1,807 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 28,634,261)	Group VI (6,612 cities, under 10,000; population 23,777,795)
.1-.5	Number	113	0	0	0	1	5	107
.1-.5	Percent	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.6
.6-1.0	Number	619	0	11	36	55	84	433
.6-1.0	Percent	6.2	0.0	5.8	8.2	6.8	4.6	6.5
1.1-1.5	Number	1,814	13	68	141	223	394	975
1.1-1.5	Percent	18.3	17.3	36.0	32.3	27.6	21.8	14.7
1.6-2.0	Number	2,562	27	53	151	292	650	1,389
1.6-2.0	Percent	25.8	36.0	28.0	34.6	36.2	36.0	21.0
2.1-2.5	Number	1,817	12	30	68	132	375	1,200
2.1-2.5	Percent	18.3	16.0	15.9	15.6	16.4	20.8	18.1
2.6-3.0	Number	1,091	9	13	23	73	174	799
2.6-3.0	Percent	11.0	12.0	6.9	5.3	9.0	9.6	12.1
3.1-3.5	Number	651	4	10	10	21	74	532
3.1-3.5	Percent	6.6	5.3	5.3	2.3	2.6	4.1	8.0
3.6-4.0	Number	392	3	4	3	7	35	340
3.6-4.0	Percent	3.9	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	5.1
4.1-4.5	Number	241	1	0	4	1	7	228
4.1-4.5	Percent	2.4	1.3	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.4	3.4
4.6-5.0	Number	152	4	0	0	0	5	143
4.6-5.0	Percent	1.5	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.2
5.1 and over	Number	475	2	0	1	2	4	466
5.1 and over	Percent	4.8	2.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	7.0
Total cities	Number	9,927	75	189	437	807	1,807	6,612
Total cities	Percent²	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

¹ The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from other tables that include data about law enforcement officers because agencies with no resident population are excluded from this table. These agencies include those associated with universities and colleges (see Table 79) and other agencies (see Table 81), as well as some state agencies that have concurrent jurisdiction with other local law enforcement.
² Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
NOTE: No 2008 police employee data were received for the state of West Virginia.

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