Table 71

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2009

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Area	Total	Firearm	Knife or other cutting instrument	Other dangerous weapon	Personal weapons	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Number of victim officers	57,268	1,994	880	7,801	46,593	11,451	243,764,224	556,155
NORTHEAST	8,118	332	123	888	6,775	2,239	35,470,553	92,416
New England	1,837	12	6	177	1,642	437	7,804,496	18,693
Connecticut	787	6	5	85	691	102	3,518,288	8,593
Maine	202	0	0	13	189	129	1,303,843	1,907
Massachusetts	113	3	0	19	91	33	843,970	3,035
New Hampshire	271	0	1	22	248	75	785,536	1,549
Rhode Island	429	1	0	35	393	48	1,053,209	2,554
Vermont	35	2	0	3	30	50	299,650	1,055
Middle Atlantic	6,281	320	117	711	5,133	1,802	27,666,057	73,723
New Jersey	2,262	43	29	256	1,934	537	8,415,289	28,317
New York	849	13	17	76	743	410	10,249,571	25,750
Pennsylvania	3,170	264	71	379	2,456	855	9,001,197	19,656
MIDWEST	7,628	222	107	946	6,353	2,679	39,788,048	79,622
East North Central	4,027	104	46	459	3,418	1,287	23,229,114	46,301
Illinois¹
Indiana	1,146	12	4	96	1,034	186	5,201,725	9,019
Michigan	1,155	61	34	217	843	586	9,712,995	18,496
Ohio	366	18	3	38	307	149	2,745,084	5,842
Wisconsin	1,360	13	5	108	1,234	366	5,569,310	12,944
West North Central	3,601	118	61	487	2,935	1,392	16,558,934	33,321
Iowa	426	6	7	77	336	230	2,967,887	4,586
Kansas	532	8	10	59	455	52	740,404	1,991
Minnesota	148	1	4	4	139	317	4,798,265	7,970
Missouri	2,121	100	35	307	1,679	530	5,626,157	14,203
Nebraska	147	2	3	22	120	64	1,089,082	2,309
North Dakota	85	0	0	5	80	88	619,242	1,078
South Dakota	142	1	2	13	126	111	717,897	1,184
SOUTH	26,736	930	428	3,766	21,612	4,884	103,674,235	243,685
South Atlantic	17,181	448	243	2,352	14,138	2,055	54,594,581	133,909
Delaware	490	14	11	106	359	53	883,981	2,295
District of Columbia²	969	21	17	86	845	2	599,657	4,473
Florida	7,056	170	89	1,202	5,595	358	17,627,893	42,374
Georgia	1,032	36	16	120	860	355	8,514,535	22,246
Maryland	3,578	76	49	313	3,140	130	5,519,662	14,169
North Carolina	2,214	75	35	182	1,922	361	8,422,452	20,035
South Carolina	308	24	3	46	235	262	3,736,815	9,421
Virginia	1,125	19	16	230	860	272	7,697,396	16,010
West Virginia	409	13	7	67	322	262	1,592,190	2,886
East South Central	3,524	174	76	643	2,631	1,209	16,663,171	37,727
Alabama	249	6	5	49	189	349	4,587,633	11,245
Kentucky	1,177	36	11	159	971	301	3,963,437	6,319
Mississippi	172	6	6	24	136	116	1,974,231	4,522
Tennessee	1,926	126	54	411	1,335	443	6,137,870	15,641
West South Central	6,031	308	109	771	4,843	1,620	32,416,483	72,049
Arkansas	145	8	1	19	117	238	2,693,075	5,315
Louisiana	367	7	3	50	307	86	1,570,613	5,055
Oklahoma	844	46	19	180	599	307	3,617,361	6,995
Texas	4,675	247	86	522	3,820	989	24,535,434	54,684
WEST	14,786	510	222	2,201	11,853	1,649	64,831,388	140,432
Mountain	5,205	182	94	779	4,150	787	21,441,145	43,114
Arizona	2,086	74	38	329	1,645	86	6,392,116	12,645
Colorado	752	34	14	152	552	214	4,956,814	11,635
Idaho	247	9	2	30	206	105	1,535,762	2,663
Montana	218	5	3	30	180	96	942,810	1,430
Nevada	644	25	12	84	523	34	2,597,792	5,314
New Mexico	612	30	10	81	491	72	1,729,953	3,977
Utah	584	4	13	64	503	117	2,746,398	4,211
Wyoming	62	1	2	9	50	63	539,500	1,239
Pacific	9,581	328	128	1,422	7,703	862	43,390,243	97,318
Alaska	315	26	5	64	220	33	689,711	1,240
California	7,804	259	94	1,179	6,272	455	31,673,791	79,167
Hawaii	297	0	4	33	260	3	1,150,076	2,661
Oregon	397	19	6	46	326	149	3,732,976	5,312
Washington	768	24	19	100	625	222	6,143,689	8,938

¹Data for Illinois were not available for inclusion in this table.
²The figures represent the number of assaults on officers reported by the Metro Transit Police and the Metropolitan Police Department.