Table 80

NORTH CAROLINA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2009

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Counties	County	Total law enforcement employees	Total officers	Total civilians
Metropolitan Counties	Alamance	276	126	150
	Alexander	46	27	19
	Anson	44	29	15
	Brunswick	199	125	74
	Buncombe	367	225	142
	Burke	116	87	29
	Cabarrus	224	185	39
	Caldwell	117	67	50
	Catawba	177	126	51
	Chatham	97	75	22
	Cumberland	534	297	237
	Currituck	99	64	35
	Davie	77	47	30
	Durham	426	160	266
	Edgecombe	127	51	76
	Forsyth	507	207	300
	Franklin	99	60	39
	Gaston	212	122	90
	Gaston County Police Department	226	136	90
	Greene	40	24	16
	Guilford	558	252	306
	Haywood	92	51	41
	Henderson	187	134	53
	Hoke	59	53	6
	Johnston	172	95	77
	Madison	29	17	12
	Mecklenburg¹	1,275	294	981
	Nash	134	76	58
	New Hanover	386	287	99
	Orange	141	107	34
	Pender	97	57	40
	Person	82	42	40
	Pitt	316	132	184
	Randolph	222	160	62
	Rockingham	134	93	41
	Stokes	64	43	21
	Union	242	175	67
	Wake	808	350	458
	Wayne	148	83	65
	Yadkin	64	36	28
Nonmetropolitan Counties	Alleghany	19	12	7
	Avery	34	26	8
	Beaufort	77	46	31
	Bertie	31	22	9
	Bladen	84	56	28
	Camden	18	17	1
	Carteret	91	47	44
	Caswell	47	35	12
	Cherokee	63	28	35
	Chowan	37	17	20
	Clay	41	15	26
	Cleveland	126	84	42
	Columbus	111	65	46
	Craven	122	69	53
	Dare	123	63	60
	Davidson	191	125	66
	Duplin	90	59	31
	Gates	13	12	1
	Graham	20	13	7
	Granville	84	45	39
	Halifax	84	58	26
	Harnett	187	107	80
	Hertford	60	21	39
	Hyde	19	14	5
	Iredell	206	150	56
	Jackson	72	47	25
	Jones	22	13	9
	Lee	77	47	30
	Lenoir	101	64	37
	Lincoln	151	104	47
	Macon	64	46	18
	Martin	36	34	2
	McDowell	62	41	21
	Mitchell	16	14	2
	Montgomery	62	31	31
	Moore	114	74	40
	Northampton	51	26	25
	Pamlico	36	14	22
	Pasquotank	46	40	6
	Perquimans	16	13	3
	Polk	35	22	13
	Richmond	74	49	25
	Robeson	242	128	114
	Rowan	186	131	55
	Rutherford	127	76	51
	Sampson	130	82	48
	Scotland	68	41	27
	Stanly	91	49	42
	Surry	103	67	36
	Swain	34	14	20
	Transylvania	79	57	22
	Tyrrell	16	10	6
	Vance	93	45	48
	Warren	60	32	28
	Washington	42	22	20
	Watauga	81	44	37
	Wilkes	117	70	47
	Wilson	137	88	49
	Yancey	30	14	16

¹ The employee data presented in this table for Mecklenburg represent only Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office and exclude Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

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