Table 48

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Geographic Region, Division, and State, 1998–2007

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Area	Total	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of victim officers	759	81	65	83	76	75	81	82	67	66	83
NORTHEAST	70	3	6	13	5	5	10	10	7	5	6
New England	19	1	2	6	2	0	3	0	2	1	2
Connecticut	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Maine	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Massachusetts	10	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rhode Island	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vermont	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Middle Atlantic	51	2	4	7	3	5	7	10	5	4	4
New Jersey	15	0	2	1	1	1	3	1	3	1	2
New York	22	2	1	4	0	3	2	5	1	2	2
Pennsylvania	14	0	1	2	2	1	2	4	1	1	0
MIDWEST	126	9	11	19	12	10	12	15	13	14	11
East North Central	85	8	5	14	7	4	7	12	9	14	5
Illinois	23	0	0	3	0	2	3	5	3	6	1
Indiana	21	3	3	2	3	1	0	2	3	2	2
Michigan	17	0	2	4	1	0	2	3	3	2	0
Ohio	15	2	0	2	3	1	1	1	0	3	2
Wisconsin	9	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
West North Central	41	1	6	5	5	6	5	3	4	0	6
Iowa	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Kansas	5	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Minnesota	7	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
Missouri	23	1	2	0	5	4	2	2	4	0	3
Nebraska	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Dakota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Dakota	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
SOUTH	369	41	36	35	39	39	38	39	30	26	46
South Atlantic	168	18	18	16	16	21	18	16	12	11	22
Delaware	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
District of Columbia	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Florida	49	6	7	2	7	2	4	8	3	2	8
Georgia	28	3	2	4	0	2	5	3	3	3	3
Maryland	17	3	0	5	0	3	2	2	0	0	2
North Carolina	30	2	3	2	6	6	4	2	1	0	4
South Carolina	18	1	3	2	0	5	2	0	3	1	1
Virginia	17	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	2	5	2
West Virginia	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
East South Central	69	5	8	9	8	6	8	9	4	6	6
Alabama	17	1	2	0	1	2	1	4	2	1	3
Kentucky	7	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
Mississippi	13	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	2
Tennessee	32	2	5	6	5	2	4	4	2	2	0
West South Central	132	18	10	10	15	12	12	14	14	9	18
Arkansas	15	7	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	0
Louisiana	29	4	6	4	1	1	4	1	2	2	4
Oklahoma	12	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	0
Texas	76	4	3	3	12	9	6	13	7	5	14
WEST	172	22	11	15	19	19	18	15	14	20	19
Mountain	66	9	3	5	9	9	4	5	3	9	10
Arizona	25	5	2	2	1	3	1	3	2	4	2
Colorado	9	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	2
Idaho	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Montana	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
Nevada	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
New Mexico	11	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	4
Utah	7	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Wyoming	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Pacific	106	13	8	10	10	10	14	10	11	11	9
Alaska	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
California	78	11	4	9	5	6	10	7	10	9	7
Hawaii	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0
Oregon	8	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1
Washington	12	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS	22	6	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	1
American Samoa	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	19	4	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	0
U.S. Virgin Islands	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0