Table 70, Data Declaration
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees by Geographic Region and Division by Population Group, Number and Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants, 2005
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The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.
General comments
- All information in this table is as of October 31, 2005.
- This table provides the number and rate of sworn law enforcement officers and civilian employees broken down by geographic region, division, and population group.
- The UCR Program defines law enforcement officers as individuals who ordinarily carry a firearm and a badge, have full arrest powers, and are paid from governmental funds set aside specifically for sworn law enforcement representatives.
- Civilian employees include personnel such as clerks, radio dispatchers, meter attendants, stenographers, jailers, correctional officers, and mechanics provided that they are full-time employees of the agency.
- For the data presentation in this table, the totals for full-time law enforcement officers in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan counties are combined.
- Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Regions and divisions
The U.S. Census Bureau has established the four regions of the United States along with their nine subdivisions which are used by the UCR Program compiling the Nation’s crime data. The following table lists the 50 states and the District of Columbia arranged according to the regions and divisions of the United States.
NORTHEASTERN STATES
Middle Atlantic
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
MIDWESTERN STATES
East North Central
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
West North Central
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
SOUTHERN STATES
South Atlantic
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
East South Central
Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
West South Central
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
WESTERN STATES
Mountain
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Pacific
Alaska
California
Hawaii
Oregon
Washington
Population estimation
The FBI calculated 2005 state growth rates using revised 2004 state/national population estimates and 2005 provisional state/national population estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. The FBI then estimated population figures for city and county jurisdictions by applying the 2005 state growth rate to the updated 2004 U.S. Census Bureau data.
If you have questions about this table
Contact the Communications Unit of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division via e-mail at cjis_comm@leo.gov or by telephone at (304) 625-4995.
