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Table 60
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2002—Continued.
Area	Total	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other dangerous weapon	Personal weapons	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
South Atlantic—Continued
Virginia	1,304	33	23	390	858	261	7,234,485	14,529
West Virginia[1]
East South Central	3,123	172	89	712	2,150	775	12,291,204	28,939
Alabama	370	13	11	54	292	224	3,586,846	7,787
Kentucky	327	14	11	37	265	17	1,289,107	2,418
Mississippi	290	13	4	48	225	99	1,629,539	3,562
Tennessee	2,136	132	63	573	1,368	435	5,785,712	15,172
West South Central	8,084	327	142	934	6,681	1,580	31,111,168	69,224
Arkansas	295	20	11	70	194	174	2,423,110	4,706
Louisiana	1,884	31	13	88	1,752	154	3,607,093	13,739
Oklahoma	843	44	14	132	653	301	3,493,714	6,305
Texas	5,062	232	104	644	4,082	951	21,587,251	44,474
WEST	13,251	482	253	1,840	10,676	1,454	56,938,276	121,803
Mountain	4,537	204	102	692	3,539	642	16,552,694	33,430
Arizona	2,164	112	51	318	1,683	84	5,143,638	10,451
Colorado	845	35	23	147	640	177	4,132,248	9,378
Idaho	191	6	6	31	148	113	1,309,851	2,355
Montana[1]
Nevada	452	15	4	48	385	29	1,787,535	3,255
New Mexico	571	27	15	125	404	66	1,398,142	2,797
Utah	240	8	2	16	214	11	2,393,988	4,144
Wyoming	74	1	1	7	65	62	487,292	1,050
Pacific	8,714	278	151	1,148	7,137	812	40,385,582	88,373
Alaska	115	7	6	19	83	30	598,264	1,058
California	6,893	230	115	936	5,612	456	30,390,046	72,948
Hawaii	223	8	7	26	182	3	1,092,127	2,414
Oregon	354	4	6	40	304	98	2,396,207	3,423
Washington	1,129	29	17	127	956	225	5,908,938	8,530
Data for Illinois, Montana, Vermont, and West Virginia were not available for inclusion in this table.