Table 2: Active-duty Army - Hispanic Recruitment Rates by State and Region 07- 08

State

 

07 Recruitment Rate

08 Recruitment Rate

Difference 07-08

US

 

0.91

0.92

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

Northeast

 

0.90

0.89

-0.01

 

Connecticut

0.63

0.83

0.20

 

Maine

2.78

2.56

-0.22

 

Massachusetts

0.91

0.91

0.00

 

New Hampshire

0.39

1.43

1.04

 

New Jersey

0.82

0.92

0.10

 

New York

0.98

0.83

-0.15

 

Pennsylvania

0.98

1.15

0.17

 

Rhode Island

0.14

0.80

0.66

 

Vermont

1.26

1.19

-0.08

 

 

 

 

 

Midwest

 

0.72

0.67

-0.05

 

Illinois

0.66

0.52

-0.14

 

Indiana

0.87

0.68

-0.19

 

Iowa

1.06

0.61

-0.45

 

Kansas

0.96

0.76

-0.20

 

Michigan

0.93

0.94

0.01

 

Minnesota

0.44

0.69

0.25

 

Missouri

1.19

1.01

-0.17

 

Nebraska

0.56

0.67

0.11

 

North Dakota

0.42

0.77

0.35

 

Ohio

0.92

1.01

0.09

 

South Dakota

0.00

0.33

0.33

 

Wisconsin

0.16

0.69

0.53

 

 

 

 

 

South

 

1.30

1.26

-0.04

 

Alabama

1.68

0.90

-0.77

 

Arkansas

0.99

0.53

-0.46

 

Delaware

0.82

1.05

0.23

 

District of Columbia

0.00

0.13

0.13

 

Florida

1.33

1.43

0.11

 

Georgia

0.59

0.82

0.23

 

Kentucky

0.96

1.05

0.09

 

Louisiana

0.63

0.59

-0.05

 

Maryland

0.85

0.91

0.06

 

Mississippi

0.94

1.18

0.24

 

North Carolina

0.97

1.15

0.18

 

Oklahoma

0.85

0.83

-0.02

 

South Carolina

1.23

1.00

-0.24

 

Tennessee

0.78

0.86

0.08

 

Texas

1.43

1.33

-0.10

 

Virginia

0.96

1.05

0.09

 

West Virginia

17.22

0.62

-16.60

 

 

 

 

 

West

 

0.66

0.73

0.07

 

Alaska

1.07

0.99

-0.08

 

Arizona

0.85

1.17

0.32

 

California

0.61

0.65

0.04

 

Colorado

0.63

0.57

-0.06

 

Hawaii

0.71

0.78

0.07

 

Idaho

0.80

0.68

-0.12

 

Montana

1.38

1.73

0.35

 

Nevada

0.88

1.03

0.15

 

New Mexico

0.93

1.08

0.15

 

Oregon

0.62

0.65

0.03

 

Utah

0.27

0.66

0.39

 

Washington

0.75

0.63

-0.12

 

Wyoming

1.23

1.38

0.15