Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2008

From the Bureau of Justice Statistics

In September 2008, federal agencies employed approximately 120,000 full-time law enforcement officers who were authorized to make arrests and carry firearms in the United States. This was the equivalent of 40 officers per 100,000 residents. The number of federal officers in the United States increased by about 15,000, or 14%, between 2004 and 2008. Federal agencies also employed nearly 1,600 officers in the U.S. territories in 2008, primarily in Puerto Rico.

Justice Expenditure & Employment Extracts

From the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Presents data from the Census Bureau's Annual Government Finance Survey and Annual Survey of Public Employment. This series includes national, federal, and state-level estimates of government expenditures and employment for the following justice categories: police protection, all judicial functions (including prosecution, courts, and public defense), and corrections. Data for large local governments (counties with populations of 500,000 or more and cities with populations of 300,000 or more) are also included.

Justice Expenditure & Employment Extracts, 2007 - Revised
Justice Expenditure & Employment Extracts, 2008 - Final
Justice Expenditure & Employment Extracts, 2009 - Preliminary

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Capital Punishment, 2010 - Statistical Tables
• Census of Jail Facilities, 2006
• Correctional Population in the United States, 2010
• Federal Justice Statistics, 2009
• Federal Justice Statistics, 2009 - Statistical Tables
• Justice Expenditures and Employment, 1982-2007 - Statistical Tables
• Prisoners in 2010
• Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2011 Edition)