Table 74

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by Population Group
Percent Male and Female, 2007

Population group	Total law enforcement employees	Percent law enforcement employees		Total officers	Percent officers		Total civilians	Percent civilians		Number of agencies	2007 estimated population
Population group	Total law enforcement employees	Male	Female	Total officers	Male	Female	Total civilians	Male	Female	Number of agencies	2007 estimated population
TOTAL AGENCIES:	1,017,954	72.8	27.2	699,850	88.3	11.7	318,104	38.5	61.5	14,676	285,866,466
TOTAL CITIES	581,888	74.8	25.2	446,669	88.2	11.8	135,219	30.6	69.4	11,112	192,561,315
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	203,771	70.2	29.8	152,594	83.0	17.0	51,177	32.1	67.9	71	53,815,350
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	113,693	68.5	31.5	83,852	81.7	18.3	29,841	31.3	68.7	10	25,220,230
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	51,812	73.2	26.8	40,163	84.0	16.0	11,649	35.9	64.1	23	15,276,719
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	38,266	71.4	28.6	28,579	85.4	14.6	9,687	30.1	69.9	38	13,318,401
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	69,425	72.9	27.1	52,329	88.0	12.0	17,096	26.5	73.5	181	27,270,252
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	68,944	76.0	24.0	53,271	90.4	9.6	15,673	27.0	73.0	441	30,331,106
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	64,503	77.9	22.1	50,728	91.4	8.6	13,775	27.9	72.1	806	27,684,136
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	70,372	79.1	20.9	56,134	92.3	7.7	14,238	26.9	73.1	1,826	28,984,708
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	104,873	79.3	20.7	81,613	91.6	8.4	23,260	36.3	63.7	7,787	24,475,763
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	301,088	69.2	30.8	173,546	86.8	13.2	127,542	45.3	54.7	1,333	65,514,896
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	134,978	72.0	28.0	79,635	92.6	7.4	55,343	42.3	57.7	2,231	27,790,255
SUBURBAN AREA¹	471,974	72.5	27.5	302,867	88.8	11.2	169,107	43.3	56.7	7,594	121,917,604

¹ Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (see Data Declaration). Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.

Nationwide in 2007, 88.3 percent of full-time law enforcement officers were males.
Nationwide, 61.5 percent of full-time civilian law enforcement employees were females.
Of the city population groups, cities with populations of 10,000 to 24,999 inhabitants employed the highest percentage (92.3) of male officers.
Cities with populations of 1 million and over employed the highest percentage (18.3) of full-time female officers.
Cities with populations of 100,000 to 249,999 inhabitants had the highest percentage (73.5) of female civilian law enforcement employees.
Metropolitan county agencies had the highest percentage (45.3) of full-time male civilian law enforcement employees.