Table 77

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State, 2005

State Total law enforcement employees Total officers Total civilians Number of Agencies 2005 estimated population
Male Female Male Female
ALABAMA 12,786 8,058 689 1,524 2,515 282 3,984,466
ALASKA 1,838 1,058 116 201 463 41 662,033
ARIZONA 20,560 10,364 1,208 4,091 4,897 99 5,815,860
ARKANSAS 8,172 4,871 564 1,030 1,707 265 2,779,961
CALIFORNIA 111,062 63,540 9,313 13,579 24,630 451 31,138,193
COLORADO 15,449 9,245 1,338 1,519 3,347 227 4,397,035
CONNECTICUT 9,628 7,138 692 677 1,121 101 3,510,297
DELAWARE 3,183 2,020 287 323 553 53 843,524
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
4,811 3,210 957 260 384 3 550,521
FLORIDA 71,146 36,447 5,995 10,747 17,957 402 17,661,970
GEORGIA 28,811 17,924 2,872 2,730 5,285 459 8,209,878
HAWAII 3,568 2,547 275 212 534 4 1,275,194
IDAHO 3,679 2,362 161 193 963 107 1,426,766
ILLINOIS 51,390 30,964 5,572 7,003 7,851 761 12,720,852
INDIANA 16,701 9,839 778 2,813 3,271 244 6,043,427
IOWA 7,557 4,641 368 914 1,634 234 2,966,334
KANSAS 10,412 6,471 614 1,264 2,063 342 2,698,592
KENTUCKY 10,219 7,317 589 871 1,442 395 4,167,174
LOUISIANA 16,901 11,067 2,555 873 2,406 179 3,713,890
MAINE 2,886 2,084 129 285 388 131 1,320,239
MARYLAND 19,745 12,885 2,047 1,854 2,959 148 5,599,201
MASSACHUSETTS 19,579 14,940 1,346 1,363 1,930 331 6,213,692
MICHIGAN 26,634 17,001 2,681 2,951 4,001 617 10,006,482
MINNESOTA 12,795 7,367 941 1,751 2,736 317 4,992,123
MISSISSIPPI 8,502 4,718 418 1,357 2,009 178 2,441,159
MISSOURI 18,588 11,671 1,248 2,241 3,428 526 5,607,484
MONTANA 2,796 1,505 108 471 712 109 933,609
NEBRASKA 4,613 3,017 369 313 914 156 1,687,588
NEVADA 8,538 4,445 521 1,345 2,227 36 2,414,807
NEW HAMPSHIRE 3,098 2,175 173 213 537 139 1,124,982
NEW JERSEY 40,810 29,346 2,531 3,217 5,716 532 8,447,923
NEW MEXICO 5,537 3,672 364 456 1,045 95 1,809,415
NEW YORK 83,625 52,544 8,351 7,380 15,350 409 17,905,562
NORTH CAROLINA 30,132 18,656 2,417 4,012 5,047 509 8,586,228
NORTH DAKOTA 1,591 1,079 95 132 285 96 634,904
OHIO 31,100 19,889 2,383 3,420 5,408 554 10,491,311
OKLAHOMA 10,957 6,454 538 1,672 2,293 298 3,547,884
OREGON 7,454 4,726 536 524 1,668 152 3,321,523
PENNSYLVANIA 27,474 20,451 2,613 1,695 2,715 786 8,268,941
RHODE ISLAND 3,206 2,372 179 308 347 43 1,069,926
SOUTH CAROLINA 15,164 9,832 1,208 1,584 2,540 373 4,185,868
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,271 1,310 85 406 470 151 774,216
TENNESSEE 24,188 13,680 1,481 3,736 5,291 445 5,958,488
TEXAS 80,720 44,446 5,236 13,472 17,566 1,003 22,763,951
UTAH 7,283 4,268 373 1,195 1,447 126 2,468,942
VERMONT 1,562 1,066 92 139 265 69 371,547
VIRGINIA 22,316 15,406 1,927 1,386 3,597 279 7,566,489
WASHINGTON 14,144 9,152 978 1,305 2,709 247 6,278,257
WEST VIRGINIA 4,096 3,122 98 332 544 353 1,800,849
WISCONSIN 18,001 11,223 1,847 1,690 3,241 369 5,535,323
WYOMING 1,792 1,194 111 98 389 65 505,737

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