South Carolina Ranked as 45th Worst State to Be a Police Officer in New Study

May 14, 2017 Charleston Daily 0

Currently, there are over 900,000 uniformed police officers in the United States. In the last 10 years, over 1500 have died in the line of duty including 143 in 2016. This is a noble profession, but one that comes with high risk. WalletHub just released a study on the best and worst states to be a police officer. Our own South Carolina ranked as the 45th worst state to be a police officer.

Below is the breakdown of the 50 states including methodology and analysis.

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Best and Worst States to Be a Cop

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	‘Opportunity & Competition’ Rank	‘Job Hazards & Protections’ Rank	‘Quality of Life’ Rank
1	North Dakota	63.05	12	6	1
2	Connecticut	59.56	31	1	10
3	New York	58.57	2	25	12
4	Illinois	58.04	5	11	16
5	Minnesota	56.66	16	4	29
6	New Hampshire	56.29	48	5	2
7	New Jersey	55.32	6	8	34
8	Texas	54.50	3	27	21
9	Maine	54.13	49	2	19
10	South Dakota	54.01	38	13	4
11	Delaware	53.46	29	10	14
12	Rhode Island	52.73	43	3	25
13	Pennsylvania	52.13	9	15	37
13	Washington	52.13	18	12	33
15	Maryland	52.05	13	33	5
16	District of Columbia	51.93	1	48	22
17	Indiana	51.91	19	18	20
18	Hawaii	51.40	26	23	11
19	Massachusetts	51.27	17	9	41
20	Florida	51.19	40	21	8
21	California	50.86	8	28	31
22	Wisconsin	50.47	21	17	32
23	Virginia	49.84	11	14	47
24	Michigan	49.79	10	30	30
25	Vermont	48.95	41	7	40
26	Kansas	48.45	42	39	3
27	North Carolina	48.20	20	16	46
28	Utah	48.18	51	22	7
29	Wyoming	48.11	14	32	24
30	Colorado	47.98	7	43	23
31	Ohio	47.83	24	20	38
32	West Virginia	47.75	36	35	9
33	Iowa	47.56	23	29	27
34	Arizona	47.46	15	31	35
35	Montana	46.40	32	40	15
36	Oregon	46.16	44	24	26
37	Nevada	45.25	39	44	6
38	Oklahoma	44.78	28	46	13
39	Nebraska	44.15	27	36	36
40	Alabama	43.43	45	38	17
41	Mississippi	43.23	25	47	18
42	Idaho	43.05	47	19	43
43	Georgia	42.12	35	26	51
44	Missouri	41.72	34	34	42
45	South Carolina	40.44	37	42	39
46	Tennessee	38.49	30	45	48
47	Kentucky	38.46	50	36	44
48	New Mexico	38.06	4	50	45
49	Alaska	37.36	22	51	28
50	Arkansas	35.88	46	41	50
51	Louisiana	33.14	33	49	49

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