Table 11

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Race and Sex of Victim Officer, 1998–2007

Victim officer		Total	1998	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of victim officers		549	61	42	51	70	56	52	57	55	48	57
Race	White	462	53	37	40	62	51	41	46	47	38	47
	Black	72	7	3	11	8	4	8	10	8	5	8
	Asian/Pacific Islander	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1
	American Indian/Alaskan Native	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
	Not reported	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Sex	Male	519	55	39	50	67	48	50	54	54	45	57
Sex	Female	30	6	3	1	3	8	2	3	1	3	0

¹The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.