Table 72

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees¹
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2007

Rate range		Total cities² (10,153 cities; population 192,561,315)	Group I (71 cities, 250,000 and over; population 53,815,350)	Group II (181 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 27,270,252)	Group III (441 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 30,331,106)	Group IV (806 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,684,136)	Group V (1,826 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 28,984,708)	Group VI (6,828 cities, under 10,000; population 24,475,763)
.1-.5	Number	111	0	0	2	1	4	104
.1-.5	Percent	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.5
.6-1.0	Number	464	0	0	4	17	49	394
.6-1.0	Percent	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.9	2.1	2.7	5.8
1.1-1.5	Number	1,103	0	10	55	96	191	751
1.1-1.5	Percent	10.9	0.0	5.5	12.5	11.9	10.5	11.0
1.6-2.0	Number	1,893	10	57	141	206	385	1,094
1.6-2.0	Percent	18.6	14.1	31.5	32.0	25.6	21.1	16.0
2.1-2.5	Number	2,074	17	46	122	247	481	1,161
2.1-2.5	Percent	20.4	23.9	25.4	27.7	30.6	26.3	17.0
2.6-3.0	Number	1,382	19	29	58	108	337	831
2.6-3.0	Percent	13.6	26.8	16.0	13.2	13.4	18.5	12.2
3.1-3.5	Number	986	5	20	29	77	193	662
3.1-3.5	Percent	9.7	7.0	11.0	6.6	9.6	10.6	9.7
3.6-4.0	Number	605	6	12	13	32	91	451
3.6-4.0	Percent	6.0	8.5	6.6	2.9	4.0	5.0	6.6
4.1-4.5	Number	417	3	2	10	14	47	341
4.1-4.5	Percent	4.1	4.2	1.1	2.3	1.7	2.6	5.0
4.6-5.0	Number	271	4	4	3	3	23	234
4.6-5.0	Percent	2.7	5.6	2.2	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.4
5.1 and over	Number	847	7	1	4	5	25	805
5.1 and over	Percent	8.3	9.9	0.6	0.9	0.6	1.4	11.8
Total cities	Number	10,153	71	181	441	806	1,826	6,828
Total cities	Percent³	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

¹ Full-time law enforcement employees include civilians.
² The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from other tables that include data about law enforcement employees because agencies with no resident population are excluded from this table. These agencies include those associated with universities and colleges (see Table 79) and other agencies (see Table 81), as well as some state agencies that have concurrent jurisdiction with other local law enforcement.
³ Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.

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