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Summary findings

As of September 2004, Federal agencies employed about 106,000 full-time personnel authorized to make arrests and carry firearms.
Function Number of full-time
Federal officers*

Total 106,354  
Criminal investigation/enforcement 40,408  
Police response and patrol 22,278  
Inspections 17,280  
Corrections/detention 16,530  
Court operations 5,158  
Security/protection 4,524  
Other 176  
 
*Nonmilitary Federal officers authorized to carry firearms and make arrests. Excludes officers in foreign countries.

  • Of all Federal officers, 16.1% were women and 33.2% were members of a racial or ethnic minority.

  • The largest employers of Federal officers, accounting for 63% of the total, were the:

    - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (28,200)
    - Federal Bureau of Prisons (15,361)
    - FBI (12,414)
    - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (10,691)

  • About half of all Federal officers were employed in
    - Texas (14,633)
    - California (13,365)
    - the District of Columbia (9,201)
    - New York (8,159)
    - Florida (6,627)
  • Nationwide, there were 36 Federal officers per 100,000 U.S. residents, including 1,662 per 100,000 residents in the District of Columbia. There were more than 60 per 100,000 residents in Arizona, North Dakota, Vermont, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, and Alaska. There were fewer than 10 per 100,000 in Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Iowa.

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BJS Publications

This list is in order of the most recent publication first. Additional titles are listed on other topical pages and a comprehensive list is contained on the BJS publications page. To see a full abstract of a publication with links to electronic versions of the publication, click on the title below.

Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2004, 08/06. Reports the results of a biennial census of Federal agencies employing personnel with arrest and firearms authority. NCJ 212750

Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2002, 08/03. NCJ 199995
Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2000, 07/01. NCJ 187231
Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 1998, 03/00. NCJ 177607
Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 1996, 12/97. NCJ 164617
Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 1993, 12/94. NCJ 151166

Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, 2002, 02/05. Reports on the organization, functions, budget and expenditures, staffing, workload, and forensic backlog in the Nation's more than 350 publicly funded crime labs. NCJ 207205

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