Table 1

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Region, Geographic Division, and State, 1997-2006

Area Total 1997 1998 1999 2000 20011 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of victim officers 562 70 61 42 51 70 56 52 57 55 48
NORTHEAST 47 8 3 5 0 3 5 3 8 5 7
New England 9 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
Connecticut 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
New Hampshire 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 38 5 3 3 0 3 4 3 7 4 6
New Jersey 7 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
New York 19 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 3
Pennsylvania 12 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 2 2
MIDWEST 100 11 10 6 13 14 12 8 10 10 6
East North Central 75 9 8 4 8 12 10 7 9 3 5
Illinois 16 1 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 0 2
Indiana 17 4 2 1 2 2 0 3 2 0 1
Michigan 18 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 4 1 1
Ohio 16 4 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 1
Wisconsin 8 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0
West North Central 25 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 7 1
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 8 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
Minnesota 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
Missouri 11 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 3 0
Nebraska 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOUTH 272 32 29 20 32 29 25 28 27 28 22
South Atlantic 128 14 16 10 15 13 11 15 10 13 11
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 8 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Florida 19 1 5 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 3
Georgia 27 2 2 5 6 2 1 1 1 5 2
Maryland 12 1 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 0
North Carolina 22 5 2 3 2 4 0 2 3 1 0
South Carolina 17 2 1 1 2 1 5 3 1 1 0
Virginia 20 0 3 1 0 1 1 7 0 3 4
West Virginia 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
East South Central 64 11 7 3 3 6 6 7 8 9 4
Alabama 17 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 5 1 2
Kentucky 10 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0
Mississippi 20 5 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 6 1
Tennessee 17 3 0 1 3 1 2 3 3 0 1
West South Central 80 7 6 7 14 10 8 6 9 6 7
Arkansas 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Louisiana 19 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 6 2 2
Oklahoma 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
Texas 48 3 5 5 10 9 5 2 3 3 3
WEST 113 14 14 11 4 18 9 13 9 10 11
Mountain 39 4 4 4 1 9 3 3 3 4 4
Arizona 12 0 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 0
Colorado 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Idaho 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Montana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nevada 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
New Mexico 8 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 1
Utah 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific 74 10 10 7 3 9 6 10 6 6 7
Alaska 6 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
California 53 7 7 4 2 6 4 6 5 6 6
Hawaii 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Oregon 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Washington 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 30 5 5 0 2 6 5 0 3 2 2
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 29 5 5 0 2 6 5 0 2 2 2
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

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