Table 73

Full-time Law Enforcement Officers
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2005

Rate range   Total cities1 (9,915 cities; population 187,432,928) Group I
(70 cities, 250,000 and over; population 53,583,154)
Group II
(180 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 27,066,683)
Group III
(411 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 28,032,707)
Group IV
(769 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 26,455,091)
Group V
(1,791 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 28,385,387)
Group VI
(6,694 cities, under 10,000; population 23,909,906)
.1-.5 Number 99 0 0 1 2 8 88
Percent 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.3
.6-1.0 Number 576 1 9 34 42 83 407
Percent 5.8 1.4 5.0 8.3 5.5 4.6 6.1
1.1-1.5 Number 1,868 9 68 139 235 382 1,035
Percent 18.8 12.9 37.8 33.8 30.6 21.3 15.5
1.6-2.0 Number 2,627 24 41 143 274 656 1,489
Percent 26.5 34.3 22.8 34.8 35.6 36.6 22.2
2.1-2.5 Number 1,839 13 35 59 122 383 1,227
Percent 18.5 18.6 19.4 14.4 15.9 21.4 18.3
2.6-3.0 Number 1,048 9 17 16 65 170 771
Percent 10.6 12.9 9.4 3.9 8.5 9.5 11.5
3.1-3.5 Number 646 3 9 13 23 65 533
Percent 6.5 4.3 5.0 3.2 3.0 3.6 8.0
3.6-4.0 Number 352 5 1 4 3 30 309
Percent 3.6 7.1 0.6 1.0 0.4 1.7 4.6
4.1-4.5 Number 206 2 0 1 1 5 197
Percent 2.1 2.9 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 2.9
4.6-5.0 Number 179 3 0 0 0 4 172
Percent 1.8 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.6
5.1 and over Number 475 1 0 1 2 5 466
Percent 4.8 1.4 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 7.0
Total cities Number 9,915 70 180 411 769 1,791 6,694
Percent2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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