Table 73

Full-time Law Enforcement Officers
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2007

Rate range		Total cities¹ (10,153 cities; population 192,561,315)	Group I (71 cities, 250,000 and over; population 53,815,350)	Group II (181 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 27,270,252)	Group III (441 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 30,331,106)	Group IV (806 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,684,136)	Group V (1,826 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 28,984,708)	Group VI (6,828 cities, under 10,000; population 24,475,763)
.1-.5	Number	128	0	0	2	1	5	120
.1-.5	Percent	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.8
.6-1.0	Number	646	0	9	35	52	95	455
.6-1.0	Percent	6.4	0.0	5.0	7.9	6.5	5.2	6.7
1.1-1.5	Number	1,892	13	63	147	231	415	1,023
1.1-1.5	Percent	18.6	18.3	34.8	33.3	28.7	22.7	15.0
1.6-2.0	Number	2,599	22	51	146	283	631	1,466
1.6-2.0	Percent	25.6	31.0	28.2	33.1	35.1	34.6	21.5
2.1-2.5	Number	1,901	14	32	68	136	382	1,269
2.1-2.5	Percent	18.7	19.7	17.7	15.4	16.9	20.9	18.6
2.6-3.0	Number	1,053	6	12	21	74	175	765
2.6-3.0	Percent	10.4	8.5	6.6	4.8	9.2	9.6	11.2
3.1-3.5	Number	667	7	10	11	20	84	535
3.1-3.5	Percent	6.6	9.9	5.5	2.5	2.5	4.6	7.8
3.6-4.0	Number	363	3	3	6	6	22	323
3.6-4.0	Percent	3.6	4.2	1.7	1.4	0.7	1.2	4.7
4.1-4.5	Number	239	2	0	4	1	7	225
4.1-4.5	Percent	2.4	2.8	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.4	3.3
4.6-5.0	Number	159	3	0	0	0	5	151
4.6-5.0	Percent	1.6	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.2
5.1 and over	Number	506	1	1	1	2	5	496
5.1 and over	Percent	5.0	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.3	7.3
Total cities	Number	10,153	71	181	441	806	1,826	6,828
Total cities	Percent²	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

¹ The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from other tables that include data about law enforcement officers because agencies with no resident population are excluded from this table. These agencies include those associated with universities and colleges (see Table 79) and other agencies (see Table 81), as well as some state agencies that have concurrent jurisdiction with other local law enforcement.
² Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.

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