Table 80

LOUISIANA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2008

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Counties	County	Total law enforcement employees	Total officers	Total civilians
Metropolitan Counties	Ascension	260	226	34
	Bossier	369	300	69
	Caddo	642	437	205
	Calcasieu	797	697	100
	Cameron	72	47	25
	De Soto	99	83	16
	East Baton Rouge	821	821	0
	East Feliciana	63	63	0
	Grant	64	51	13
	Iberville	130	77	53
	Jefferson	1,449	1,005	444
	Lafayette	645	425	220
	Lafourche	336	233	103
	Livingston	302	302	0
	Ouachita	393	393	0
	Plaquemines	188	185	3
	Pointe Coupee	94	94	0
	Rapides	498	389	109
	St. Bernard	246	216	30
	St. Charles	374	279	95
	St. Helena	46	19	27
	St. Martin	164	117	47
	St. Tammany	700	297	403
	Terrebonne	282	223	59
	Union	48	31	17
	West Baton Rouge	174	119	55
	West Feliciana	80	58	22
Nonmetropolitan Counties	Acadia	108	108	0
	Allen	54	29	25
	Assumption	78	52	26
	Avoyelles	377	377	0
	Beauregard	72	54	18
	Bienville	44	26	18
	Caldwell	29	29	0
	Catahoula	110	13	97
	Claiborne	103	41	62
	Concordia	258	258	0
	Evangeline	53	18	35
	Iberia	310	134	176
	Jackson	102	102	0
	Jefferson Davis	56	43	13
	La Salle	43	43	0
	Lincoln	61	45	16
	Madison	68	68	0
	Morehouse	158	40	118
	Natchitoches	83	52	31
	Red River	36	19	17
	Richland	149	129	20
	Sabine	71	71	0
	St. James	95	52	43
	St. Landry	197	96	101
	St. Mary	184	165	19
	Tangipahoa	245	105	140
	Tensas	37	32	5
	Vermilion	134	66	68
	Vernon	148	106	42
	Washington	110	61	49
	Webster	135	44	91
	West Carroll	17	17	0
	Winn	32	32	0

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