Table 46

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Region, Geographic Division, and State, 1997-2006

Area Total 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of victim officers 739 63 81 65 83 76 75 81 82 67 66
NORTHEAST 72 8 3 6 13 5 5 10 10 7 5
New England 19 2 1 2 6 2 0 3 0 2 1
Connecticut 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Maine 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 9 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 0
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 53 6 2 4 7 3 5 7 10 5 4
New Jersey 15 2 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 1
New York 22 2 2 1 4 0 3 2 5 1 2
Pennsylvania 16 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 1
MIDWEST 129 14 9 11 19 12 10 12 15 13 14
East North Central 90 10 8 5 14 7 4 7 12 9 14
Illinois 27 5 0 0 3 0 2 3 5 3 6
Indiana 21 2 3 3 2 3 1 0 2 3 2
Michigan 18 1 0 2 4 1 0 2 3 3 2
Ohio 14 1 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 3
Wisconsin 10 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1
West North Central 39 4 1 6 5 5 6 5 3 4 0
Iowa 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kansas 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Minnesota 6 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Missouri 23 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 2 4 0
Nebraska 2 0 0 2 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 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
SOUTH 346 23 41 36 35 39 39 38 39 30 26
South Atlantic 152 6 18 18 16 16 21 18 16 12 11
Delaware 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
District of Columbia 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Florida 45 4 6 7 2 7 2 4 8 3 2
Georgia 26 1 3 2 4 0 2 5 3 3 3
Maryland 15 0 3 0 5 0 3 2 2 0 0
North Carolina 27 1 2 3 2 6 6 4 2 1 0
South Carolina 17 0 1 3 2 0 5 2 0 3 1
Virginia 15 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 5
West Virginia 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
East South Central 68 5 5 8 9 8 6 8 9 4 6
Alabama 15 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 4 2 1
Kentucky 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Mississippi 12 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 1
Tennessee 34 2 2 5 6 5 2 4 4 2 2
West South Central 126 12 18 10 10 15 12 12 14 14 9
Arkansas 18 3 7 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1
Louisiana 27 2 4 6 4 1 1 4 1 2 2
Oklahoma 13 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1
Texas 68 6 4 3 3 12 9 6 13 7 5
WEST 169 16 22 11 15 19 19 18 15 14 20
Mountain 61 5 9 3 5 9 9 4 5 3 9
Arizona 23 0 5 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 4
Colorado 8 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
Idaho 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Montana 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Nevada 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
New Mexico 8 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1
Utah 8 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
Wyoming 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pacific 108 11 13 8 10 10 10 14 10 11 11
Alaska 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
California 78 7 11 4 9 5 6 10 7 10 9
Hawaii 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1
Oregon 10 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
Washington 11 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 23 2 6 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 1
American Samoa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 21 2 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 1
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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