Table 78

NORTH CAROLINA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State by City, 2005

City Total law enforcement employees Total officers Total civilians
Aberdeen 24 22 2
Ahoskie 22 17 5
Albemarle 56 50 6
Andrews 6 6 0
Angier 11 10 1
Apex 56 45 11
Archdale 28 23 5
Asheboro 73 67 6
Asheville 220 175 45
Atlantic Beach 21 16 5
Aulander 1 1 0
Aurora 1 1 0
Ayden 21 17 4
Badin 5 5 0
Bailey 3 3 0
Bald Head Islands 12 11 1
Banner Elk 7 7 0
Beaufort 16 15 1
Beech Mountain 14 10 4
Belhaven 13 9 4
Belmont 38 32 6
Benson 16 15 1
Bethel 5 5 0
Beulaville 5 5 0
Biltmore Forest 13 12 1
Biscoe 9 8 1
Black Creek 2 2 0
Black Mountain 22 18 4
Bladenboro 6 6 0
Blowing Rock 15 11 4
Boiling Spring Lakes 7 6 1
Boiling Springs 7 7 0
Bolton 4 2 2
Boone 43 35 8
Brevard 30 24 6
Broadway 4 4 0
Brookford 1 1 0
Bryson City 6 6 0
Bunn 2 2 0
Burgaw 10 9 1
Burlington 147 106 41
Burnsville 8 8 0
Butner 44 39 5
Cameron 1 1 0
Candor 5 5 0
Canton 17 12 5
Cape Carteret 5 5 0
Carolina Beach 28 25 3
Carrboro 35 32 3
Carthage 9 9 0
Cary 173 143 30
Caswell Beach 4 4 0
Catawba 2 2 0
Chadbourn 9 8 1
Chapel Hill 135 105 30
Charlotte-Mecklenburg1 1,946 1,513 433
Cherryville 21 16 5
China Grove 11 11 0
Chocowinity 3 3 0
Claremont 9 8 1
Clayton 43 37 6
Cleveland 4 4 0
Clinton 35 32 3
Clyde 4 4 0
Coats 6 6 0
Columbus 6 6 0
Concord 154 129 25
Conover 25 24 1
Conway 1 1 0
Cooleemee 3 3 0
Cornelius 51 37 14
Cramerton 10 10 0
Creedmoor 15 10 5
Dallas 16 12 4
Davidson 20 18 2
Denton 6 6 0
Dobson 4 4 0
Drexel 5 5 0
Dunn 52 38 14
Durham 583 435 148
East Bend 2 2 0
East Spencer 6 5 1
Eden 55 47 8
Edenton 17 15 2
Elizabeth City 58 45 13
Elizabethtown 15 14 1
Elkin 21 17 4
Elon 15 14 1
Emerald Isle 21 16 5
Enfield 12 11 1
Erwin 9 8 1
Fair Bluff 1 1 0
Fairmont 13 10 3
Faison 2 2 0
Farmville 20 15 5
Fayetteville 473 315 158
Fletcher 15 14 1
Forest City 36 30 6
Four Oaks 6 6 0
Foxfire Village 2 2 0
Franklin 18 16 2
Franklinton 8 7 1
Fremont 3 3 0
Fuquay-Varina 34 29 5
Garland 3 3 0
Garner 58 52 6
Garysburg 2 2 0
Gaston 2 2 0
Gastonia 186 162 24
Gibsonville 16 14 2
Glen Alpine 2 2 0
Goldsboro 113 103 10
Graham 35 32 3
Granite Falls 14 12 2
Granite Quarry 4 4 0
Greensboro 627 511 116
Greenville 206 162 44
Grifton 7 7 0
Hamlet 22 18 4
Havelock 33 27 6
Haw River 8 8 0
Henderson 61 53 8
Hendersonville 44 34 10
Hertford 8 7 1
Hickory 131 105 26
Highlands 11 10 1
High Point 267 231 36
Hillsborough 29 26 3
Holden Beach 8 8 0
Holly Ridge 6 6 0
Holly Springs 31 24 7
Hope Mills 40 29 11
Hot Springs 1 1 0
Hudson 12 11 1
Huntersville 63 56 7
Indian Beach 4 4 0
Jackson 2 1 1
Jacksonville 121 99 22
Jefferson 3 3 0
Jonesville 11 10 1
Kannapolis 94 71 23
Kenansville 4 4 0
Kenly 9 9 0
Kernersville 79 62 17
Kill Devil Hills 31 25 6
King 20 18 2
Kings Mountain 39 32 7
Kingstown 1 1 0
Kinston 84 73 11
Kitty Hawk 17 15 2
Knightdale 20 19 1
Kure Beach 10 9 1
La Grange 8 8 0
Lake Lure 10 9 1
Lake Royale 5 5 0
Lake Waccamaw 3 3 0
Landis 10 9 1
Laurel Park 6 6 0
Laurinburg 43 37 6
Leland 19 16 3
Lenoir 67 51 16
Lexington 75 64 11
Liberty 11 10 1
Lilesville 1 1 0
Lillington 12 11 1
Lincolnton 31 26 5
Littleton 2 2 0
Locust 6 6 0
Longview 15 15 0
Louisburg 13 12 1
Lowell 8 8 0
Lucama 2 2 0
Lumberton 81 69 12
Madison 14 13 1
Maggie Valley 7 6 1
Magnolia 2 2 0
Maiden 16 15 1
Manteo 9 8 1
Marion 25 20 5
Marshall 2 2 0
Mars Hill 5 5 0
Marshville 8 8 0
Matthews 63 52 11
Maxton 15 10 5
Mayodan 15 13 2
Maysville 2 2 0
McAdenville 4 3 1
Mebane 20 17 3
Middlesex 5 5 0
Mint Hill 27 25 2
Mocksville 18 16 2
Monroe 86 76 10
Montreat 3 3 0
Mooresville 61 49 12
Morehead City 45 36 9
Morganton 93 62 31
Morrisville 30 28 2
Mount Airy 51 38 13
Mount Gilead 5 5 0
Mount Holly 41 34 7
Mount Olive 16 15 1
Murfreesboro 13 9 4
Murphy 14 10 4
Nags Head 22 20 2
Nashville 14 13 1
Navassa 3 3 0
New Bern 122 85 37
Newland 7 6 1
Newport 7 7 0
Newton 44 36 8
Newton Grove 3 3 0
Norlina 5 5 0
North Topsail Beach 12 11 1
Northwest 2 2 0
North Wilkesboro 27 23 4
Norwood 8 7 1
Oakboro 4 4 0
Oak Island 28 24 4
Ocean Isle Beach 12 12 0
Old Fort 6 5 1
Oxford 37 31 6
Parkton 3 3 0
Pembroke 16 12 4
Pikeville 2 2 0
Pilot Mountain 10 9 1
Pinebluff 3 3 0
Pinehurst 28 23 5
Pine Knoll Shores 8 8 0
Pine Level 4 4 0
Pinetops 8 6 2
Pineville 46 36 10
Pink Hill 1 1 0
Pittsboro 11 10 1
Plymouth 11 11 0
Princeton 4 4 0
Raeford 14 13 1
Raleigh 809 681 128
Ramseur 8 8 0
Randleman 12 12 0
Ranlo 7 7 0
Red Springs 21 16 5
Reidsville 50 41 9
Richlands 4 4 0
Rich Square 2 2 0
River Bend 5 5 0
Roanoke Rapids 43 40 3
Robbins 6 6 0
Robersonville 6 6 0
Rockingham 35 30 5
Rockwell 4 4 0
Rocky Mount 189 147 42
Rolesville 7 7 0
Roseboro 3 3 0
Rose Hill 4 4 0
Rowland 7 6 1
Roxboro 36 32 4
Rutherfordton 14 14 0
Salemburg 1 1 0
Salisbury 94 76 18
Saluda 4 4 0
Sanford 100 79 21
Scotland Neck 8 7 1
Selma 29 24 5
Seven Devils 5 5 0
Shallotte 11 10 1
Sharpsburg 9 8 1
Shelby 82 67 15
Siler City 23 18 5
Smithfield 40 36 4
Southern Pines 36 30 6
Southern Shores 11 10 1
Southport 10 9 1
Sparta 6 6 0
Spencer 14 13 1
Spindale 13 13 0
Spring Hope 6 6 0
Spring Lake 21 16 5
Spruce Pine 10 10 0
Stanfield 3 3 0
Stanley 16 12 4
Stantonsburg 5 5 0
Star 4 4 0
Statesville 86 67 19
Stoneville 4 4 0
St. Pauls 18 13 5
Sugar Mountain 5 5 0
Sunset Beach 12 12 0
Surf City 14 13 1
Swansboro 6 6 0
Sylva 13 12 1
Tabor City 9 8 1
Tarboro 34 28 6
Taylorsville 11 11 0
Taylortown 1 1 0
Thomasville 74 67 7
Topsail Beach 8 7 1
Trent Woods 4 4 0
Troutman 7 7 0
Troy 10 9 1
Tryon 10 7 3
Valdese 13 12 1
Vanceboro 2 2 0
Vass 3 3 0
Wadesboro 23 18 5
Wagram 2 2 0
Wake Forest 46 39 7
Wallace 16 13 3
Walnut Cove 6 6 0
Walnut Creek 2 2 0
Warrenton 5 4 1
Warsaw 14 10 4
Washington 46 36 10
Waxhaw 16 14 2
Waynesville 36 31 5
Weaverville 12 11 1
Weldon 7 7 0
Wendell 18 15 3
West Jefferson 8 8 0
Whispering Pines 8 7 1
Whitakers 4 4 0
White Lake 5 5 0
Whiteville 25 21 4
Wilkesboro 23 21 2
Williamston 21 20 1
Wilmington 282 241 41
Wilson 128 109 19
Windsor 8 8 0
Wingate 7 7 0
Winston-Salem 605 457 148
Winterville 17 16 1
Winton 1 1 0
Woodfin 11 11 0
Woodland 1 1 0
Wrightsville Beach 26 21 5
Yadkinville 12 11 1
Yanceyville 5 5 0
Youngsville 9 8 1
Zebulon 19 18 1
1The employee data presented in this table for Charlotte-Mecklenburg represent only Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department employees and exclude Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office employees.

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