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Sworn officers: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Sworn officers. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Law enforcement employees by state (FBI), ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-03
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National value: 772,750 (United States).

Washington: 10,774Idaho: 3,185Montana: 2,064North Dakota: 1,940Minnesota: 10,160Michigan: 18,044Ohio: 19,174Pennsylvania: 26,512New York: 60,498Vermont: 1,099New Hampshire: 2,838Maine: 2,419Arizona: 12,689California: 77,164New Mexico: 4,845Texas: 68,739Louisiana: 14,296Mississippi: 5,906Alabama: 12,118Florida: 44,825Georgia: 25,527South Carolina: 12,033North Carolina: 24,387Virginia: 18,671District of Columbia: 3,667Maryland: 14,848Delaware: 2,382New Jersey: 37,555Connecticut: 7,825Rhode Island: 2,355Massachusetts: 18,092Oregon: 6,627Utah: 5,842Wyoming: 1,394Nevada: 6,784Colorado: 13,088South Dakota: 1,993Nebraska: 3,701Kansas: 7,294Oklahoma: 9,498Iowa: 5,664Missouri: 12,332Wisconsin: 12,345Illinois: 33,286Kentucky: 7,935Arkansas: 7,308Tennessee: 19,247West Virginia: 3,311Indiana: 10,753Alaska: 1,216Hawaii: 2,665

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1,099 to 2,838
  • Group 2: 2,838 to 6,784
  • Group 3: 6,784 to 12,118
  • Group 4: 12,118 to 19,174
  • Highest: 19,174 to 77,164
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Caution against ranking: the FBI warns that rankings based on its Uniform Crime Reporting data “lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions”. Agency participation, reporting practices and local conditions vary, so differences between states partly reflect reporting rather than crime. Source: FBI, Caution Against Ranking (Hate Crime Statistics).

1California77,164
2Texas68,739
3New York60,498
4Florida44,825
5New Jersey37,555
6Illinois33,286
7Pennsylvania26,512
8Georgia25,527
9North Carolina24,387
10Tennessee19,247
11Ohio19,174
12Virginia18,671
13Massachusetts18,092
14Michigan18,044
15Maryland14,848
16Louisiana14,296
17Colorado13,088
18Arizona12,689
19Wisconsin12,345
20Missouri12,332
21Alabama12,118
22South Carolina12,033
23Washington10,774
24Indiana10,753
25Minnesota10,160
26Oklahoma9,498
27Kentucky7,935
28Connecticut7,825
29Arkansas7,308
30Kansas7,294
31Nevada6,784
32Oregon6,627
33Mississippi5,906
34Utah5,842
35Iowa5,664
36New Mexico4,845
37Nebraska3,701
38District of Columbia3,667
39West Virginia3,311
40Idaho3,185
41New Hampshire2,838
42Hawaii2,665
43Maine2,419
44Delaware2,382
45Rhode Island2,355
46Montana2,064
47South Dakota1,993
48North Dakota1,940
49Wyoming1,394
50Alaska1,216
51Vermont1,099

Source: FBI, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer API: Law Enforcement Employees (police employee data, LEOKA program), 2024 (retrieved 2026-11-03). Reference period: 2024.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by sworn officers (2024). Data: FBI, Crime Data Explorer API, police employee (LEOKA) data, 2024, retrieved 2026-11-03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-sworn-officers/

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