DATA

Law Enforcement Officers Per Capita for Cities, Local Departments

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The following table shows the number of total full-time law enforcement employees and officers per agency in 2010, as reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Per capita rates represent the number of police employees and officers per 10,000 residents.

Employee totals for the most populous 100 localities reporting data are listed.

City	State	Population	All Law Enforcement Employees	Total Officers	Employees / 10K Pop.	Officers / 10K Pop.

New York	New York	8,336,002	50,068	34,817	60.1	41.8
Los Angeles	California	3,841,707	12,754	9,858	33.2	25.7
Chicago	Illinois	2,833,649	13,318	12,515	47.0	44.2
Houston	Texas	2,280,859	7,054	5,351	30.9	23.5
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,558,378	7,532	6,734	48.3	43.2
Phoenix	Arizona	1,544,427	4,198	3,146	27.2	20.4
Las Vegas Metro Police	Nevada	1,416,401	5,130	2,696	36.2	19.0
San Antonio	Texas	1,392,198	2,949	2,303	21.2	16.5
San Diego	California	1,313,433	2,516	1,863	19.2	14.2
Dallas	Texas	1,306,775	4,241	3,666	32.5	28.1
San Jose	California	970,252	1,624	1,259	16.7	13.0
Honolulu	Hawaii	950,268	2,554	2,066	26.9	21.7
Detroit	Michigan	899,447	3,210	2,890	35.7	32.1
Indianapolis	Indiana	825,072	1,913	1,648	23.2	20.0
Jacksonville	Florida	822,414	3,310	1,751	40.2	21.3
San Francisco	California	818,594	2,629	2,250	32.1	27.5
Charlotte-Mecklenburg	North Carolina	797,733	2,187	1,696	27.4	21.3
Austin	Texas	796,310	2,141	1,605	26.9	20.2
Fort Worth	Texas	746,433	1,918	1,505	25.7	20.2
Memphis	Tennessee	673,650	2,775	2,335	41.2	34.7
Boston	Massachusetts	644,064	2,680	2,094	41.6	32.5
Baltimore	Maryland	639,929	3,503	2,960	54.7	46.3
Louisville Metro	Kentucky	637,428	1,379	1,211	21.6	19.0
El Paso	Texas	624,322	1,279	1,078	20.5	17.3
Seattle	Washington	620,195	1,861	1,344	30.0	21.7
Nashville	Tennessee	616,366	1,584	1,289	25.7	20.9
Denver	Colorado	607,051	1,705	1,470	28.1	24.2
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	605,921	2,663	1,936	43.9	32.0
Washington	District Of Columbia	601,723	4,477	3,945	74.4	65.6
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	571,865	1,254	1,015	21.9	17.7
Portland	Oregon	564,392	1,186	957	21.0	17.0
Albuquerque	New Mexico	545,389	1,441	1,055	26.4	19.3
Atlanta	Georgia	536,472	1,973	1,612	36.8	30.0
Tucson	Arizona	527,107	1,295	974	24.6	18.5
Fresno	California	484,734	1,007	793	20.8	16.4
Kansas City	Missouri	483,191	1,993	1,404	41.2	29.1
Sacramento	California	472,469	1,019	696	21.6	14.7
Omaha	Nebraska	464,628	918	789	19.8	17.0
Long Beach	California	462,267	1,252	889	27.1	19.2
Mesa	Arizona	452,725	1,186	776	26.2	17.1
Miami	Florida	440,482	1,453	1,098	33.0	24.9
Virginia Beach	Virginia	435,873	938	775	21.5	17.8
Cleveland	Ohio	426,042	1,805	1,559	42.4	36.6
Raleigh	North Carolina	419,700	883	770	21.0	18.3
Oakland	California	409,723	935	674	22.8	16.5
Colorado Springs	Colorado	397,886	894	617	22.5	15.5
Tulsa	Oklahoma	393,412	822	736	20.9	18.7
Minneapolis	Minnesota	385,704	1,009	880	26.2	22.8
Arlington	Texas	383,715	817	629	21.3	16.4
Wichita	Kansas	376,880	802	630	21.3	16.7
New Orleans	Louisiana	356,317	1,715	1,452	48.1	40.8
St. Louis	Missouri	355,151	1,920	1,363	54.1	38.4
Tampa	Florida	347,830	1,245	952	35.8	27.4
Santa Ana	California	340,240	623	353	18.3	10.4
Anaheim	California	338,492	548	389	16.2	11.5
Bakersfield	California	333,458	469	349	14.1	10.5
Cincinnati	Ohio	332,365	1,214	1,090	36.5	32.8
Aurora	Colorado	323,483	765	644	23.6	19.9
Toledo	Ohio	315,647	677	566	21.4	17.9
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	312,737	954	887	30.5	28.4
Riverside	California	301,859	512	361	17.0	12.0
Lexington	Kentucky	300,069	623	544	20.8	18.1
Stockton	California	292,047	532	342	18.2	11.7
Anchorage	Alaska	290,334	526	373	18.1	12.8
Corpus Christi	Texas	287,559	657	445	22.8	15.5
St. Paul	Minnesota	281,166	773	592	27.5	21.1
Newark	New Jersey	280,379	1,666	1,308	59.4	46.7
Plano	Texas	278,244	495	332	17.8	11.9
Buffalo	New York	265,128	918	768	34.6	29.0
Henderson	Nevada	264,280	550	346	20.8	13.1
Lincoln	Nebraska	259,672	410	325	15.8	12.5
Greensboro	North Carolina	257,237	746	641	29.0	24.9
Fort Wayne	Indiana	257,009	493	458	19.2	17.8
Mobile	Alabama	255,178	766	523	30.0	20.5
Glendale	Arizona	245,387	553	408	22.5	16.6
Jersey City	New Jersey	244,201	984	831	40.3	34.0
St. Petersburg	Florida	243,666	774	538	31.8	22.1
Chandler	Arizona	241,826	478	320	19.8	13.2
Orlando	Florida	240,222	939	719	39.1	29.9
Madison	Wisconsin	238,224	548	443	23.0	18.6
North Las Vegas	Nevada	238,004	468	308	19.7	12.9
Norfolk	Virginia	234,100	842	759	36.0	32.4
Durham	North Carolina	233,790	598	485	25.6	20.7
Winston-Salem	North Carolina	232,928	688	528	29.5	22.7
Birmingham	Alabama	231,009	1,163	858	50.3	37.1
Laredo	Texas	230,674	501	419	21.7	18.2
Scottsdale	Arizona	230,496	676	423	29.3	18.4
Chula Vista	California	229,060	312	230	13.6	10.0
Lubbock	Texas	227,867	513	382	22.5	16.8
Baton Rouge	Louisiana	226,001	832	728	36.8	32.2
Chesapeake	Virginia	225,627	484	365	21.5	16.2
Reno	Nevada	222,242	392	323	17.6	14.5
Garland	Texas	221,921	448	323	20.2	14.6
Hialeah	Florida	217,995	401	342	18.4	15.7
Irvine	California	217,193	289	200	13.3	9.2
Gilbert	Arizona	215,215	320	214	14.9	9.9
Savannah-Chatham Metro	Georgia	210,744	808	579	38.3	27.5
Fayetteville	North Carolina	208,263	518	366	24.9	17.6
Irving	Texas	206,308	503	339	24.4	16.4
Boise	Idaho	205,902	364	296	17.7	14.4