Federal Law Enforcement Statistics

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Summary findings

As of June 2002, Federal agencies employed more than 93,000 full-time personnel authorized to make arrests and carry firearms.

• Of all Federal officers, 14.8% were women and 32.4% were members of a racial or ethnic minority.
  
  
• The largest employers of Federal officers, accounting for 60% of the total, were the:

  - Immigration and Naturalization Service (19,101)
  - Federal Bureau of Prisons (14,305)
  - U.S. Customs Service (11,634)
  - FBI (11,248)

• About half of all Federal officers were employed in

  - Texas (13,374)
  - California (12,315)
  - the District of Columbia (8,114)
  - New York (7,202)
  - Florida (5,963)

• Nationwide, there were 32 Federal officers per 100,000 U.S. residents, including 1,421 per 100,000 residents in the District of Columbia. There were more than 50 per 100,000 residents in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Alaska, Hawaii, and Vermont. There were fewer than 10 per 100,000 in Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Iowa.

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BJS Publications

This list is in order of the most recent publication first. Additional titles are listed on other topical pages and a comprehensive list is contained on the BJS publications page. To see a full abstract of a publication with links to electronic versions of the publication, click on the title below.

Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2002, 08/03. Provides national data on Federal officers with authority to make arrests and carry firearms as of June 2002, based on a census of Federal agencies. NCJ 199995

Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2000, 07/01. NCJ 187231
Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 1998, 03/00. NCJ 177607
Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 1996, 12/97. NCJ 164617
Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 1993, 12/94. NCJ 151166

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Related sites

Department of Justice

• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Drug Enforcement Administration
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• U. S. Marshals Service
  
  See also the Department of Justice Proposal, Responding to the Executive Memorandum on Fairness in Law Enforcement

Department of Homeland Security

• U.S. Customs & Border Security
• U.S. Secret Service
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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