States Spending the Most per Person on Police

50. Kentucky
> Annual state & local police funding: $181 per resident ($818 million total)
> Police spending as a share of total state & local expenditures: 1.6% (the lowest)
> Police officers in state: 215 per 100,000 people – 6th fewest (9,680 total)
> Violent crime rate: 259 crimes per 100,000 people – 11th lowest
> Population: 4,509,394 – 25th smallest

49. Indiana
> Annual state & local police funding: $235 per resident ($1.6 billion total)
> Police spending as a share of total state & local expenditures: 2.3% (9th lowest)
> Police officers in state: 230 per 100,000 people – 11th fewest (15,633 total)
> Violent crime rate: 358 crimes per 100,000 people – 24th lowest
> Population: 6,805,985 – 17th largest

48. Maine
> Annual state & local police funding: $239 per resident ($328 million total)
> Police spending as a share of total state & local expenditures: 2.2% (2nd lowest)
> Police officers in state: 215 per 100,000 people – 7th fewest (2,957 total)
> Violent crime rate: 109 crimes per 100,000 people – the lowest
> Population: 1,372,247 – 9th smallest

47. Arkansas
> Annual state & local police funding: $243 per resident ($737 million total)
> Police spending as a share of total state & local expenditures: 2.5% (18th lowest)
> Police officers in state: 294 per 100,000 people – 9th most (8,902 total)
> Violent crime rate: 672 crimes per 100,000 people – 4th highest
> Population: 3,025,891 – 18th smallest

46. West Virginia
> Annual state & local police funding: $255 per resident ($455 million total)
> Police spending as a share of total state & local expenditures: 2.2% (5th lowest)
> Police officers in state: 219 per 100,000 people – 9th fewest (3,901 total)
> Violent crime rate: 356 crimes per 100,000 people – 23rd lowest
> Population: 1,782,959 – 12th smallest