Table 48

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Geographic Region, Division, and State, 1998–2007
Area Total 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Number of victim officers 759 81 65 83 76 75 81 82 67 66 83
NORTHEAST 70 3 6 13 5 5 10 10 7 5 6
New England 19 1 2 6 2 0 3 0 2 1 2
Connecticut 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Maine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 10 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 51 2 4 7 3 5 7 10 5 4 4
New Jersey 15 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 2
New York 22 2 1 4 0 3 2 5 1 2 2
Pennsylvania 14 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 1 0
MIDWEST 126 9 11 19 12 10 12 15 13 14 11
East North Central 85 8 5 14 7 4 7 12 9 14 5
Illinois 23 0 0 3 0 2 3 5 3 6 1
Indiana 21 3 3 2 3 1 0 2 3 2 2
Michigan 17 0 2 4 1 0 2 3 3 2 0
Ohio 15 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 3 2
Wisconsin 9 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
West North Central 41 1 6 5 5 6 5 3 4 0 6
Iowa 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Kansas 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Minnesota 7 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
Missouri 23 1 2 0 5 4 2 2 4 0 3
Nebraska 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
SOUTH 369 41 36 35 39 39 38 39 30 26 46
South Atlantic 168 18 18 16 16 21 18 16 12 11 22
Delaware 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
District of Columbia 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Florida 49 6 7 2 7 2 4 8 3 2 8
Georgia 28 3 2 4 0 2 5 3 3 3 3
Maryland 17 3 0 5 0 3 2 2 0 0 2
North Carolina 30 2 3 2 6 6 4 2 1 0 4
South Carolina 18 1 3 2 0 5 2 0 3 1 1
Virginia 17 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 5 2
West Virginia 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
East South Central 69 5 8 9 8 6 8 9 4 6 6
Alabama 17 1 2 0 1 2 1 4 2 1 3
Kentucky 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1
Mississippi 13 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 2
Tennessee 32 2 5 6 5 2 4 4 2 2 0
West South Central 132 18 10 10 15 12 12 14 14 9 18
Arkansas 15 7 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 0
Louisiana 29 4 6 4 1 1 4 1 2 2 4
Oklahoma 12 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0
Texas 76 4 3 3 12 9 6 13 7 5 14
WEST 172 22 11 15 19 19 18 15 14 20 19
Mountain 66 9 3 5 9 9 4 5 3 9 10
Arizona 25 5 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 4 2
Colorado 9 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2
Idaho 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Montana 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1
Nevada 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
New Mexico 11 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 4
Utah 7 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Wyoming 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pacific 106 13 8 10 10 10 14 10 11 11 9
Alaska 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
California 78 11 4 9 5 6 10 7 10 9 7
Hawaii 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0
Oregon 8 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
Washington 12 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 22 6 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1
American Samoa 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 19 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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