Number and Rate of Full-Time Sworn Police Officers in State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies statistics

Rate is based on U.S. Census Bureau population estimates as of July 1. Based on the Directory Survey of Law Enforcement Agencies; for description, see summary below]


						1992					1996				1996

						Sworn Police Officers								Sworn Police Officers

	POST	5-DIGIT	2-DIGIT		Rate		Type of Agency			Number		Rate		Rate		Type of Agency
State	OFFICE	FIPS	FIPS		per					of	Employees,	per		per
	ABBREV-	CODE	CODE		10,000	Local	State	Sheriff	Special	agencies	total	10,000		10,000	Local	State	Sheriff	Special
	IATION			Number	persons ¹				police			persons ²	Number	persons ¹				police

United States..	US	00000	00	604.0	24	373.1	53.0	136.5	41.4	18,769	921.7	35	663.5	25	411.0	54.6	152.9	43.1

Alabama..	AL	01000	01	8.8	21	5.6	0.6	1.9	0.6	432	14.4	34	9.8	23	6.5	0.6	2.0	0.7
Alaska	AK	02000	02	1.1	18	0.7	0.3	0	0.1	69	1.9	31	1.3	21	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.2
Arizona.	AZ	04000	04	7.9	21	5.2	1.1	1.4	0.2	130	16.8	38	10.1	23	7.0	1.0	1.6	0.6
Arkansas	AR	05000	05	4.5	19	2.5	0.5	1.1	0.4	360	8.0	32	5.8	23	3.2	0.5	1.4	0.6
California	CA	06000	06	65.8	21	33.2	6.1	22.6	4.0	524	104.0	33	69.1	22	35.9	6.2	22.9	4.1
Colorado	CO	08000	08	8.7	25	4.8	0.5	3.0	0.4	247	14.0	37	9.9	26	5.5	0.6	3.3	0.5
Connecticut.	CT	09000	09	7.6	23	6.1	0.9	0.4	0.2	129	10.3	32	8.5	26	6.4	1.0	0.9	0.2
Delaware..	DE	10000	10	1.6	23	0.9	0.5	0	0.2	45	2.1	29	1.7	23	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.2
District of Columbia	DC	11000	11	5.2	89	4.9	0	0	0.3	3	4.7	86	3.9	72	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.3
Florida	FL	12000	12	32.9	24	18.0	1.6	11.8	1.4	385	60.8	42	37.4	26	19.7	1.7	14.1	1.9
Georgia	GA	13000	13	16.8	25	9.4	0.8	5.9	0.8	581	28.2	38	19.1	26	10.2	0.9	6.8	1.2
Hawaii..	HI	15000	15	2.8	24	2.7	0	0	0.1	7	3.7	32	3.0	25	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.2
Idaho..	ID	16000	16	2.2	20	0.9	0.2	1.0	0	124	3.7	31	2.5	21	1.1	0.2	1.1	0.1
Illinois..	IL	17000	17	35.7	31	25.0	2.0	7.8	0.9	963	50.3	42	38.2	32	26.2	2.0	8.4	1.6
Indiana	IN	18000	18	10.0	18	6.0	1.1	2.4	0.6	547	16.4	28	10.9	19	6.4	1.2	2.6	0.7
Iowa..	IA	19000	19	4.7	17	2.9	0.4	1.2	0.2	426	6.8	24	5.0	18	3.0	0.4	1.3	0.2
Kansas.	KS	20000	20	5.6	22	3.2	0.6	1.5	0.3	369	8.7	34	6.2	24	3.6	0.6	1.7	0.3
Kentucky.	KY	21000	21	6.1	16	3.8	1.0	1.0	0.3	391	8.5	22	6.5	17	4.1	1.0	1.1	0.3
Louisiana..	LA	22000	22	15.0	35	5.5	0.7	8.2	0.6	365	19.8	46	16.1	37	5.7	0.9	8.7	0.8
Maine	ME	23000	23	2.3	18	1.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	141	3.5	28	2.3	19	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.2
Maryland.	MD	24000	24	12.6	26	8.3	1.7	1.3	1.3	147	18.4	36	13.8	27	8.9	1.6	1.4	1.8
Massachusetts..	MA	25000	25	16.0	27	12.1	2.1	1.3	0.6	390	24.4	40	17.9	29	13.1	2.6	1.5	0.8
Michigan.	MI	26000	26	19.6	21	13.0	2.0	4.0	0.6	588	27.5	29	20.6	21	13.3	2.2	4.4	0.7
Minnesota	MN	27000	27	7.4	16	4.6	0.5	1.9	0.4	486	11.3	24	8.0	17	5.0	0.5	2.1	0.4
Mississippi.	MS	28000	28	4.7	18	2.7	0.5	1.1	0.3	317	8.6	32	5.8	21	3.3	0.5	1.5	0.5
Missouri.	MO	29000	29	11.3	22	7.9	0.9	2.1	0.4	647	17.9	33	13.0	24	8.8	1.0	2.4	0.7
Montana.	MT	30000	30	1.4	17	0.6	0.2	0.6	0	129	2.5	29	1.7	19	0.7	0.2	0.6	0.2
Nebraska..	NE	31000	31	3.1	19	1.7	0.5	0.8	0.1	266	4.5	27	3.3	20	1.9	0.5	0.8	0.1
Nevada.	NV	32000	32	3.1	23	1.8	0.3	0.8	0.1	58	6.2	39	4.4	27	2.6	0.4	0.9	0.5
New Hampshire.	NH	33000	33	2.1	19	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.7	233	3.0	25	2.3	20	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.1
New Jersey..	NJ	34000	34	26.7	34	19.2	2.6	3.8	1.1	554	34.9	44	28.1	35	19.9	2.7	3.1	2.3
New Mexico.	NM	35000	35	3.4	22	2.1	0.4	0.8	0.1	140	6.2	36	4.1	24	2.5	0.4	0.9	0.3
New York	NY	36000	36	68.2	38	45.8	4.0	5.0	13.3	598	88.3	49	71.2	39	54.7	4.0	5.9	6.7
North Carolina.	NC	37000	37	14.6	21	8.0	1.3	4.6	0.7	503	23.3	32	17.0	23	9.5	1.4	5.3	0.8
North Dakota.	ND	38000	38	1.1	17	0.5	0.1	0.3	0	142	1.5	24	1.1	18	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.1
Ohio..	OH	39000	39	20.9	19	14.7	1.3	3.9	1.1	938	32.7	29	23.8	21	15.9	1.4	5.2	1.3
Oklahoma	OK	40000	40	6.5	20	4.5	0.8	0.8	0.3	459	10.5	32	7.2	22	5.0	0.8	1.0	0.5
Oregon.	OR	41000	41	5.5	18	2.8	0.9	1.7	0.1	184	8.9	28	6.1	19	3.2	0.8	1.9	0.1
Pennsylvania..	PA	42000	42	23.7	20	17.3	4.1	1.1	1.3	1,298	29.5	24	24.9	21	17.7	4.1	1.2	1.9
Rhode Island	RI	44000	44	2.4	24	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	51	3.1	31	2.4	24	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.1
South Carolina.	SC	45000	45	7.8	22	3.5	1.2	2.5	0.6	264	11.5	31	8.7	23	4.0	0.9	3.0	0.7
South Dakota.	SD	46000	46	1.1	16	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.0	191	2.4	32	1.5	20	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.1
Tennessee..	TN	47000	47	10.4	21	6.2	0.8	2.9	0.5	374	18.7	35	12.2	23	7.1	0.8	3.5	0.8
Texas ³	TX	48000	48	41.3	23	24.6	2.8	9.9	4.1	1,861	73.1	38	47.8	25	28.3	2.9	11.3	3.3
Utah..	UT	49000	49	3.0	16	1.5	0.4	0.8	0.3	138	5.1	25	3.7	18	1.9	0.4	1.2	0.3
Vermont	VT	50000	50	1.0	17	0.6	0.3	0.1	0	69	1.3	23	1.0	17	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1
Virginia.	VA	51000	51	16.4	26	8.2	1.6	5.6	1.0	330	23.1	35	18.4	28	8.9	1.7	6.6	1.3
Washington	WA	53000	53	8.2	16	4.7	1.0	2.2	0.2	277	14.1	25	9.3	17	5.4	0.9	2.6	0.4
West Virginia	WV	54000	54	2.6	14	1.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	250	4.1	22	3.0	16	1.4	0.6	0.7	0.2
Wisconsin.	WI	55000	55	11.6	23	7.2	0.5	3.3	0.6	567	16.5	32	12.7	25	7.6	0.5	3.9	0.7
Wyoming.	WY	56000	56	1.2	26	0.6	0.2	0.4	0	82	2.1	45	1.4	29	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.1


¹Based on resident population as of July 1.
²For 1996, Texas includes sworn personnel of constable offices, not shown separately.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 1992, series NCJ 142972, July 1993; and
Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 1996, series NCJ 164618, June 1998.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/lawenf.htm

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These findings resulted from the 1996 Directory Survey, a census
of the Nation's State and local law enforcement agencies
sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).


The BJS Directory Survey of Law Enforcement Agencies

To ensure an accurate sampling frame for its Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey, the Bureau of Justice Statistics periodically sponsors a census of the Nation's State and local law enforcement agencies. This census, known as the Directory Survey of Law Enforcement Agencies, includes State and local agencies employing one or more persons with general arrest powers. This report summarizes the findings from the most recent Directory Survey, begun in 1996.

As in 1992, the Directory Survey in 1996 collected data on the number of sworn and nonsworn personnel, including both full-time and part-time employees. Data were provided by all 18,769 agencies that were known to have employed sworn personnel at the time of the census. The reference period for all data is the pay period that included June 28, 1996.

Number of State and local law enforcement agencies, 1996

Total 18,769

Local police 13,578 Sheriff 3,088 Primary State police 49 Special police 1,316 Texas constable 738

* Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 1992

This BJS Bulletin reports on a census conducted for the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics program that provides the number of employees of the Nation's State and local law enforcement agencies. In 1992 more than 17,000 agencies employed about 604,000 full-time sworn officers with general arrest powers and 237,000 nonsworn civilians. 7/93. NCJ 142972

Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 1996

Based on a census of the Nation's State and local law enforcement agencies, this report presents data on the number of sworn and civilian employees, both full-time and part-time, in each agency as of June 1996. The number of full-time State and local law enforcement officers whose regularly assigned duties included responding to calls for service grew by more than 68,000 men and women -- from 354,000 to 423,000 officers (19%) -- between 1992 and 1996. As of June 1996 the total number of full-time State and local officers with arrest powers was 663,535, an increase of 59,000 officers since 1992. Civilian support staff employment increased during the 4-year period by 21,000 to reach 258,443. 6/98. NCJ 164618

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http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/353_number_and_rate_of_full_time.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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