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Table 54
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Region and Geographic Division, 2002
Area	Total[1]	Rate per 100 officers	Assaults with injury	Rate per 100 officers	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Total	58,066	12.0	16,494	3.4	9,987	216,342,701	482,762
NORTHEAST	7,564	10.2	2,498	3.4	1,790	29,544,738	73,853
New England	1,754	10.9	596	3.7	424	7,226,097	16,111
Middle Atlantic	5,810	10.1	1,902	3.3	1,366	22,318,641	57,742
MIDWEST	8,930	10.8	2,658	3.2	2,798	41,763,937	82,934
East North Central	4,167	8.5	1,515	3.1	1,266	24,138,342	48,751
West North Central	4,763	13.9	1,143	3.3	1,532	17,625,595	34,183
SOUTH	28,321	13.9	7,850	3.8	3,945	88,095,750	204,172
South Atlantic	17,114	16.1	4,369	4.1	1,590	44,693,378	106,009
East South Central	3,213	10.8	992	3.4	775	12,291,204	28,939
West South Central	8,084	11.7	2,489	3.6	1,580	31,111,168	69,224
WEST	13,251	10.9	3,488	2.9	1,454	56,938,276	121,803
Mountain	4,537	13.6	993	3.0	642	16,552,694	33,430
Pacifc	8,714	9.9	2,495	2.8	812	40,385,582	88,373
Regional and divisional totals do not include data for Illinois, Montana, Vermont, and West Virginia, which were not available for inclusion in this table.

Table 55
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Population group of Victim Officer's Agency, 2002
Population group	Total	Rate per 100 officers	Assaults with injury	Rate per 100 officers
Total	58,066	12.0	16,494	3.4
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	16,111	16.9	4,092	4.3
Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999)	7,040	17.5	2,230	5.6
Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999)	6,279	15.7	1,676	4.2
Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999)	4,204	10.2	1,207	2.9
Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999)	4,325	7.2	1,391	2.3
Suburban counties	13,214	10.3	3,819	3.0
Rural counties	2,391	5.9	708	1.7