Army recruits, total and per 1000 youth by state, 2005-2006

 

The table below shows the total number of active-duty Army recruits, and the number of recruits per 1000 youth population, for fiscal year 2005 and 2006 for each state.  States are ranked according to recruits per 1000 youth.   Youth population numbers are for 2005 and are not yet available for 2006. 

Rank in 2006 Location 15-24 Youth Population 2005 Number of Army Recruits FY 2006 Total Army Recruits per 1000 youth FY 2006 Total Army Recruits per 1000 youth FY 2005 Change
- U.S. States 42,076,849 68,556 1.63 1.57 3.78%
1 Arkansas 397,584 981 2.47 2.22 11.14%
2 Oklahoma 530,591 1,296 2.44 2.41 1.35%
3 Montana 140,307 335 2.39 2.52 -5.25%
4 Texas 3,445,669 8,214 2.38 2.27 5.02%
5 Maine 182,012 432 2.37 2.09 13.56%
6 Alabama 645,504 1,518 2.35 2.17 8.37%
7 South Carolina 609,057 1,298 2.13 1.92 11.00%
8 North Carolina 1,189,267 2,533 2.13 1.92 10.93%
9 Alaska 111,905 238 2.13 2.1 1.28%
10 Kansas 416,292 863 2.07 1.84 12.67%
11 Missouri 838,180 1,676 2.00 1.89 5.80%
12 Indiana 897,927 1,763 1.96 1.72 14.15%
13 West Virginia 237,617 462 1.94 1.97 -1.30%
14 Hawaii 178,457 346 1.94 1.48 31.00%
15 Georgia 1,313,523 2,525 1.92 1.72 11.76%
16 Oregon 503,834 943 1.87 1.67 12.07%
17 Florida 2,305,802 4,301 1.87 1.68 11.03%
18 Arizona 842,203 1,554 1.85 1.82 1.38%
19 New Mexico 297,450 538 1.81 1.47 23.04%
20 Nevada 319,074 577 1.81 1.67 8.28%
21 Virginia 1,071,442 1,925 1.80 1.85 -2.88%
22 Tennessee 818,639 1,468 1.79 1.51 18.76%
23 Michigan 1,447,779 2,595 1.79 1.54 16.39%
24 Idaho 224,678 388 1.73 1.59 8.61%
25 Colorado 659,158 1,134 1.72 1.79 -3.89%
26 Wisconsin 813,851 1,396 1.72 1.54 11.38%
27 Kentucky 577,390 990 1.71 1.66 3.29%
28 Nebraska 266,513 447 1.68 1.75 -4.16%
29 Ohio 1,614,620 2,615 1.62 1.56 3.82%
30 New Hampshire 182,332 293 1.61 1.46 10.07%
31 Washington 912,151 1,414 1.55 1.58 -1.89%
32 Wyoming 78,872 121 1.53 1.83 -16.17%
33 Iowa 433,548 663 1.53 1.55 -1.34%
34 South Dakota 120,734 183 1.52 1.97 -23.06%
35 Maryland 781,675 1,135 1.45 1.37 5.99%
36 Illinois 1,803,088 2,534 1.41 1.37 2.58%
37 Louisiana 699,069 921 1.32 1.61 -18.17%
38 Mississippi 445,425 582 1.31 1.36 -3.93%
39 New York 2,620,399 3,219 1.23 1.13 8.71%
40 California 5,221,565 6,339 1.21 1.31 -7.33%
41 Pennsylvania 1,709,867 2,058 1.20 1.24 -2.94%
42 North Dakota 101,072 103 1.02 1.44 -29.23%
43 Minnesota 757,328 751 0.99 1.03 -3.72%
44 Rhode Island 152,255 144 0.95 0.85 11.27%
45 Vermont 91,002 84 0.92 0.97 -4.84%
46 Massachusetts 850,675 777 0.91 0.98 -6.80%
47 Utah 433,818 396 0.91 0.96 -4.91%
48 Delaware 117,394 105 0.89 1.01 -11.44%
49 District of Columbia 68,534 61 0.89 0.71 25.36%
50 New Jersey 1,132,000 936 0.83 0.9 -8.13%
51 Connecticut 467,721 386 0.83 0.81 1.89%
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