Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty, by State
The table below shows the number of police deaths by state in the United States. Each row represents a state or territory, and the second column displays the count of police deaths for that state or territory.
As we can see, the table shows that there were 2,252 police deaths in Texas, 1,958 in New York, and 1,804 in California. The state with the highest number of police deaths is Texas, while the state with the lowest number of police deaths is Vermont, with 30.
| State | Total Deaths |
| Texas | 2252 |
| New York | 1958 |
| California | 1804 |
| Illinois | 1182 |
| Pennsylvania | 1118 |
| Florida | 996 |
| Kentucky | 955 |
| Ohio | 919 |
| Georgia | 878 |
| Tennessee | 740 |
| Missouri | 731 |
| Michigan | 665 |
| North Carolina | 645 |
| Alabama | 628 |
| Virginia | 568 |
| Louisiana | 564 |
| Oklahoma | 564 |
| New Jersey | 555 |
| Indiana | 489 |
| South Carolina | 437 |
| Massachusetts | 420 |
| Puerto Rico | 398 |
| Arkansas | 366 |
| Colorado | 352 |
| Maryland | 350 |
| Mississippi | 338 |
| Washington | 330 |
| Kansas | 324 |
| Arizona | 317 |
| Wisconsin | 306 |
| Minnesota | 277 |
| West Virginia | 229 |
| Iowa | 222 |
| Oregon | 194 |
| New Mexico | 178 |
| Connecticut | 161 |
| Utah | 144 |
| Nevada | 138 |
| District of Columbia | 136 |
| Montana | 134 |
| Nebraska | 123 |
| Maine | 98 |
| Idaho | 75 |
| Wyoming | 63 |
| Hawaii | 59 |
| North Dakota | 59 |
| South Dakota | 58 |
| Rhode Island | 54 |
| Alaska | 52 |
| New Hampshire | 52 |
| Delaware | 49 |
| Vermont | 30 |