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Sworn officers per 1,000 residents, by type and size

FBI-reported sworn officers divided by the population the census records for the jurisdiction, in each agency's latest reported year. Staffing intensity is a resourcing fact, not a performance measure in either direction.

Computed by this site

UnitsPer 1,000 residents: a staffing rate against census-reported population. Each bar counts agencies in a value range; the medians and ranges are computed by this site.

Metric definitionSworn count and population from the same LEE census row, each agency's latest reported year. Agencies the census does not cover, or that carry no population (county and state agencies, structurally), are not listed; absence is not a zero claim.^[1]

Each chart has its own scaleA distribution is drawn to its own group and its own value range, so a bar in one group cannot be read against a bar in another. Correctional agencies do not have the volume pattern of municipal police, and neither group is the benchmark for the other.

Groups under 8 are omittedA group with fewer than 8 reporting agencies is dropped rather than drawn, the same floor the report-card engine uses. Every group below states its n.

Compare two or more groups

Per 1,000 residents, a staffing rate against census-reported population.

Pick two or more groups above to compare them side by side.

Municipal police, 1-14 officersn=350

Peer group: Municipal police, 1-14 officers (n=350)

Sworn officers per 1,000 residents: Municipal police, 1-14 officers
Range	Agencies
0–5	314
5–10	22
10–15	7
15–20	4
20–25	2
25–30	1

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Median 2.4 · range 0.0–29.1 · n=350 agencies

Municipal police, 15-29 officersn=58

Peer group: Municipal police, 15-29 officers (n=58)

Sworn officers per 1,000 residents: Municipal police, 15-29 officers
Range	Agencies
0–2	26
2–4	29
4–6	1
6–8	2

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Median 2.1 · range 0.0–7.7 · n=58 agencies

Municipal police, 30-59 officersn=38

Peer group: Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=38)

Sworn officers per 1,000 residents: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
Range	Agencies
0–1	1
1–2	11
2–3	22
3–4	3
4–5	0
5–6	1

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Median 2.3 · range 0.0–5.6 · n=38 agencies

Municipal police, 60+ officersn=14

Peer group: Municipal police, 60+ officers (n=14)

Sworn officers per 1,000 residents: Municipal police, 60+ officers
Range	Agencies
0–2	2
2–4	9
4–6	2
6–8	1

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Median 2.6 · range 0.0–7.5 · n=14 agencies

Sources

[1]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. Retrieved 2026-07-04. ↩