Table 72

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees¹
Range in Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2006

Rate range		Total cities² (9,946 cities; population 189,942,258)	Group I (71 cities, 250,000 and over; population 53,957,412)	Group II (181 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 27,081,536)	Group III (423 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 29,029,089)	Group IV (788 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 27,199,664)	Group V (1,818 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 28,813,877)	Group VI (6,665 cities, under 10,000; population 23,860,680)
.1-.5	Number	81	0	0	1	1	3	76
.1-.5	Percent	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.1
.6-1.0	Number	400	0	1	4	18	39	338
.6-1.0	Percent	4.0	0.0	0.6	0.9	2.3	2.1	5.1
1.1-1.5	Number	1,077	0	13	49	88	187	740
1.1-1.5	Percent	10.8	0.0	7.2	11.6	11.2	10.3	11.1
1.6-2.0	Number	1,920	9	56	142	207	407	1,099
1.6-2.0	Percent	19.3	12.7	30.9	33.6	26.3	22.4	16.5
2.1-2.5	Number	1,969	16	45	114	233	470	1,091
2.1-2.5	Percent	19.8	22.5	24.9	27.0	29.6	25.9	16.4
2.6-3.0	Number	1,447	21	29	57	119	356	865
2.6-3.0	Percent	14.5	29.6	16.0	13.5	15.1	19.6	13.0
3.1-3.5	Number	930	6	18	29	70	172	635
3.1-3.5	Percent	9.4	8.5	9.9	6.9	8.9	9.5	9.5
3.6-4.0	Number	620	5	13	12	34	89	467
3.6-4.0	Percent	6.2	7.0	7.2	2.8	4.3	4.9	7.0
4.1-4.5	Number	389	5	3	6	11	45	319
4.1-4.5	Percent	3.9	7.0	1.7	1.4	1.4	2.5	4.8
4.6-5.0	Number	294	2	3	7	3	27	252
4.6-5.0	Percent	3.0	2.8	1.7	1.7	0.4	1.5	3.8
5.1 and over	Number	819	7	0	2	4	23	783
5.1 and over	Percent	8.2	9.9	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.3	11.7
Total cities	Number	9,946	71	181	423	788	1,818	6,665
Total cities	Percent³	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

¹ Full-time law enforcement employees include civilians.
² The number of agencies used to compile these figures differs from other tables that include data about law enforcement employees because agencies with no resident population are excluded from this table. These agencies include those associated with universities and colleges (see Table 79) and other agencies (see Table 81), as well as some state agencies that have concurrent jurisdiction with other local law enforcement.
³ Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.

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