Table 77

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State, 2007
State Total law
enforcement
employees
Total officers Total civilians Number of
agencies
2007
estimated
population
Male Female Male Female
ALABAMA 16,347 9,919 752 2,048 3,628 363 4,533,379
ALASKA 1,888 1,088 116 235 449 40 681,180
ARIZONA 22,144 11,041 1,313 4,469 5,321 94 6,054,541
ARKANSAS 8,455 5,006 580 1,107 1,762 272 2,832,708
CALIFORNIA 120,976 68,521 9,995 15,269 27,191 459 31,683,834
COLORADO 16,756 9,939 1,448 1,754 3,615 228 4,807,287
CONNECTICUT 9,873 7,262 711 783 1,117 101 3,502,309
DELAWARE 3,125 1,952 284 337 552 53 853,364
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5,021 3,320 982 291 428 3 588,292
FLORIDA 74,562 38,409 6,251 11,046 18,856 461 18,251,243
GEORGIA 28,979 17,594 3,391 2,508 5,486 350 7,708,266
HAWAII 3,678 2,596 285 237 560 4 1,283,388
IDAHO 4,068 2,484 174 424 986 107 1,496,944
ILLINOIS 53,537 31,524 5,778 7,748 8,487 757 12,813,230
INDIANA 16,163 9,944 766 2,460 2,993 242 5,961,949
IOWA 7,812 4,760 394 995 1,663 234 2,976,754
KANSAS 10,532 6,567 654 1,295 2,016 330 2,691,761
KENTUCKY 10,301 7,524 545 844 1,388 377 4,210,320
LOUISIANA 20,981 12,577 2,556 2,018 3,830 185 3,983,159
MAINE 3,012 2,125 136 339 412 132 1,294,381
MARYLAND 20,600 13,396 2,069 1,957 3,178 130 5,439,792
MASSACHUSETTS 20,325 15,479 1,348 1,421 2,077 333 6,366,891
MICHIGAN 26,318 16,835 2,645 2,990 3,848 624 10,018,999
MINNESOTA 13,514 7,676 1,038 1,999 2,801 320 5,065,797
MISSISSIPPI 8,651 4,782 440 1,303 2,126 170 2,375,636
MISSOURI 19,951 12,740 1,382 2,187 3,642 576 5,835,175
MONTANA 2,741 1,625 109 454 553 108 957,619
NEBRASKA 4,621 2,988 361 343 929 158 1,700,074
NEVADA 9,537 5,718 677 747 2,395 37 2,565,382
NEW HAMPSHIRE 3,256 2,287 179 248 542 148 1,167,387
NEW JERSEY 41,672 29,733 2,674 3,395 5,870 529 8,405,701
NEW MEXICO 5,644 3,710 373 499 1,062 95 1,850,280
NEW YORK 86,952 53,742 8,579 8,019 16,612 427 18,883,746
NORTH CAROLINA 30,631 19,098 2,405 3,932 5,196 496 9,036,361
NORTH DAKOTA 1,664 1,090 110 181 283 99 638,897
OHIO 30,950 19,591 2,299 3,547 5,513 625 10,072,335
OKLAHOMA 11,266 6,735 548 1,657 2,326 294 3,617,316
OREGON 10,022 5,349 623 1,680 2,370 202 3,712,636
PENNSYLVANIA 29,582 22,245 2,696 1,771 2,870 997 9,052,251
RHODE ISLAND 3,240 2,392 186 305 357 47 1,057,832
SOUTH CAROLINA 14,999 9,739 1,295 1,384 2,581 379 4,406,102
SOUTH DAKOTA 2,220 1,323 97 346 454 142 792,578
TENNESSEE 24,698 13,898 1,448 4,349 5,003 446 6,150,558
TEXAS 84,403 45,425 5,552 14,424 19,002 995 23,413,736
UTAH 7,827 4,315 315 1,579 1,618 131 2,644,187
VERMONT 1,481 1,019 88 123 251 63 342,945
VIRGINIA 23,306 15,987 2,094 1,444 3,781 280 7,710,724
WASHINGTON 14,637 9,394 973 1,423 2,847 248 6,459,529
WEST VIRGINIA 4,212 3,189 110 351 562 345 1,799,090
WISCONSIN 18,732 11,175 1,795 2,119 3,643 373 5,598,633
WYOMING 2,092 1,280 124 179 509 67 519,988

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