Table 1

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Geographic Region, Division, and State, 1998–2007
Area 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
NORTHEAST 46 3 5 0 3 5 3 8 5 7 7
New England 8 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2
Connecticut 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
New Hampshire 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 38 3 3 0 3 4 3 7 4 6 5
New Jersey 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
New York 18 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 3 2
Pennsylvania 13 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 2 2 1
MIDWEST 98 10 6 13 14 12 8 10 10 6 9
East North Central 74 8 4 8 12 10 7 9 3 5 8
Illinois 16 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 0 2 1
Indiana 16 2 1 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 3
Michigan 19 2 1 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 1
Ohio 14 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 2
Wisconsin 9 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1
West North Central 24 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 7 1 1
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
Minnesota 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Missouri 12 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 1
Nebraska 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 271 29 20 32 29 25 28 27 28 22 31
South Atlantic 127 16 10 15 13 11 15 10 13 11 13
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Florida 23 5 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 5
Georgia 25 2 5 6 2 1 1 1 5 2 0
Maryland 13 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 2
North Carolina 20 2 3 2 4 0 2 3 1 0 3
South Carolina 18 1 1 2 1 5 3 1 1 0 3
Virginia 20 3 1 0 1 1 7 0 3 4 0
West Virginia 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
East South Central 56 7 3 3 6 6 7 8 9 4 3
Alabama 16 2 0 0 0 2 3 5 1 2 1
Kentucky 10 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1
Mississippi 15 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 6 1 0
Tennessee 15 0 1 3 1 2 3 3 0 1 1
West South Central 88 6 7 14 10 8 6 9 6 7 15
Arkansas 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Louisiana 23 0 0 3 0 2 3 6 2 2 5
Oklahoma 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Texas 54 5 5 10 9 5 2 3 3 3 9
WEST 108 14 11 4 18 9 13 9 10 11 9
Mountain 39 4 4 1 9 3 3 3 4 4 4
Arizona 15 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 3
Colorado 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
Idaho 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Montana 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nevada 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
New Mexico 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0
Utah 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific 69 10 7 3 9 6 10 6 6 7 5
Alaska 5 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
California 50 7 4 2 6 4 6 5 6 6 4
Hawaii 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Oregon 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 9 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 26 5 0 2 6 5 0 3 2 2 1
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 25 5 0 2 6 5 0 2 2 2 1
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

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