Table 1

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2000–2009
Area Total 2000 20011 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Number of victim officers 536 51 70 56 52 57 55 48 58 41 48
NORTHEAST 48 0 3 5 3 8 5 7 7 3 7
New England 6 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0
Connecticut 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
New Hampshire 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Rhode Island 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 42 0 3 4 3 7 4 6 5 3 7
New Jersey 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1
New York 15 0 0 2 2 4 2 3 2 0 0
Pennsylvania 21 0 2 2 0 3 2 2 1 3 6
MIDWEST 96 13 14 12 8 10 10 6 9 9 5
East North Central 70 8 12 10 7 9 3 5 8 6 2
Illinois 18 1 6 2 0 1 0 2 1 3 2
Indiana 13 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 3 0 0
Michigan 17 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 0
Ohio 15 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 0
Wisconsin 7 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
West North Central 26 5 2 2 1 1 7 1 1 3 3
Iowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Minnesota 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Missouri 13 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 0
Nebraska 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SOUTH 264 32 29 25 28 27 28 22 32 20 21
South Atlantic 122 15 13 11 15 10 13 11 14 13 7
Delaware 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
District of Columbia 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Florida 25 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 6 3 3
Georgia 20 6 2 1 1 1 5 2 0 2 0
Maryland 14 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
North Carolina 20 2 4 0 2 3 1 0 3 2 3
South Carolina 18 2 1 5 3 1 1 0 3 2 0
Virginia 19 0 1 1 7 0 3 4 0 3 0
West Virginia 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
East South Central 53 3 6 6 7 8 9 4 3 2 5
Alabama 18 0 0 2 3 5 1 2 1 0 4
Kentucky 8 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
Mississippi 11 0 3 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0
Tennessee 16 3 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 1
West South Central 89 14 10 8 6 9 6 7 15 5 9
Arkansas 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Louisiana 25 3 0 2 3 6 2 2 5 2 0
Oklahoma 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Texas 53 10 9 5 2 3 3 3 9 3 6
WEST 105 4 18 9 13 9 10 11 9 9 13
Mountain 35 1 9 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2
Arizona 13 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 3 2 0
Colorado 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Idaho 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Montana 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nevada 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
New Mexico 7 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
Utah 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific 70 3 9 6 10 6 6 7 5 7 11
Alaska 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
California 47 2 6 4 6 5 6 6 4 3 5
Hawaii 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Oregon 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Washington 15 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 6
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 23 2 6 5 0 3 2 2 1 0 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 22 2 6 5 0 2 2 2 1 0 2
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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