Table 72

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees¹
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2009

Rate range		Total cities² (10,127 cities; population 195,945,107)	Group I (75 cities, 250,000 and over; population 56,942,042)	Group II (188 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 27,843,405)	Group III (439 cities; 50,000 to 99,999; population 29,972,217)	Group IV (815 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,953,975)	Group V (1,839 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 29,047,897)	Group VI (6,771 cities, under 10,000; population 24,185,571)
.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	458	0	0	8	18	44	388
.6-1.0	Percent	4.5	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.2	2.4	5.7
1.1-1.5	Number	1,171	1	24	60	113	205	768
1.1-1.5	Percent	11.6	1.3	12.8	13.7	13.9	11.1	11.3
1.6-2.0	Number	1,937	12	54	132	208	422	1,109
1.6-2.0	Percent	19.1	16.0	28.7	30.1	25.5	22.9	16.4
2.1-2.5	Number	1,968	21	48	123	242	450	1,084
2.1-2.5	Percent	19.4	28.0	25.5	28.0	29.7	24.5	16.0
2.6-3.0	Number	1,420	14	29	58	118	314	887
2.6-3.0	Percent	14.0	18.7	15.4	13.2	14.5	17.1	13.1
3.1-3.5	Number	920	8	16	29	64	197	606
3.1-3.5	Percent	9.1	10.7	8.5	6.6	7.9	10.7	8.9
3.6-4.0	Number	666	7	7	14	30	102	506
3.6-4.0	Percent	6.6	9.3	3.7	3.2	3.7	5.5	7.5
4.1-4.5	Number	421	5	8	9	10	49	340
4.1-4.5	Percent	4.2	6.7	4.3	2.1	1.2	2.7	5.0
4.6-5.0	Number	252	2	2	1	6	28	213
4.6-5.0	Percent	2.5	2.7	1.1	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.1
5.1 and over	Number	801	5	0	5	5	23	763
5.1 and over	Percent	7.9	6.7	0.0	1.1	0.6	1.3	11.3
Total cities	Number	10,127	75	188	439	815	1,839	6,771
Total cities	Percent³	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

¹ Full-time law enforcement employees include civilians.
² The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from other tables that include data about law enforcement employees because agencies with no resident population are excluded from this table. Agencies not included in this table are 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.
³ Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.

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