Table 72

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees1
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2005

Rate range   Total cities2 (9,915 cities; population 187,432,928) Group I
(70 cities, 250,000 and over; population 53,583,154)
Group II
(180 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 27,066,683)
Group III
(411 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 28,032,707)
Group IV
(769 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 26,455,091)
Group V
(1,791 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 28,385,387)
Group VI
(6,694 cities, under 10,000; population 23,909,906)
.1-.5 Number 92 0 0 1 1 8 82
Percent 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.2
.6-1.0 Number 408 0 0 5 15 35 353
Percent 4.1 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.0 2.0 5.3
1.1-1.5 Number 1,045 0 12 51 85 167 730
Percent 10.5 0.0 6.7 12.4 11.1 9.3 10.9
1.6-2.0 Number 1,923 9 57 134 205 401 1,117
Percent 19.4 12.9 31.7 32.6 26.7 22.4 16.7
2.1-2.5 Number 1,966 15 44 112 223 481 1,091
Percent 19.8 21.4 24.4 27.3 29.0 26.9 16.3
2.6-3.0 Number 1,471 20 27 60 133 343 888
Percent 14.8 28.6 15.0 14.6 17.3 19.2 13.3
3.1-3.5 Number 927 8 24 22 64 180 629
Percent 9.3 11.4 13.3 5.4 8.3 10.1 9.4
3.6-4.0 Number 596 2 10 12 23 93 456
Percent 6.0 2.9 5.6 2.9 3.0 5.2 6.8
4.1-4.5 Number 389 6 2 5 14 39 323
Percent 3.9 8.6 1.1 1.2 1.8 2.2 4.8
4.6-5.0 Number 295 3 4 7 2 23 256
Percent 3.0 4.3 2.2 1.7 0.3 1.3 3.8
5.1 and over Number 803 7 0 2 4 21 769
Percent 8.1 10.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.2 11.5
Total cities Number 9,915 70 180 411 769 1,791 6,694
Percent3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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