The following chart shows the percentage of federal individual income and corporate taxes as a percentage of total federal revenues. 

 The following pie chart illustrates proposed total federal spending for fiscal year 2008. Fiscal year 2008 runs from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008.

 
The  table below shows the percentage of each state's active-duty Army recruits in fiscal year 2005 and 2006 that held a regular high school diploma or above, otherwise known as 'tier 1' by the Department of Defense.  The Department of Defense has a goal of 90% of new recruits holding a regular high school diploma and 2005 is the first time in at least 20 years that the Army has not met the goal. In 2006, the proportion of new recruits with a regular high school diploma dropped for every state and nationally, with the exception of North Dakota.

These statistics are from an analysis of the recruiting data that was obtained by NPP through a FOIA.

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. 

The table below shows the top 100 counties in the U.S. according to active-duty Army recruits per 1000 youth.  The data and statistics are for counties with five or more recruits in fiscal year 2006.  Recruits according to ZIP code were obtained from the Army through a FOIA request submitted by NPP, and were placed into counties using Claritas data purchased by NPP.  Population numbers are from the 2005 U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. Perceived ties are due to rounding.

The chart below shows the number of active-duty Army recruits per 1000 youth according to urbanity and rurality in 2005.  The Army recruits were put into counties based on each recruit's ZIP code using Claritas data purchased by NPP.  The recruits by counties were then organized into the urban-rural continuum produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Counties with no recruits were excluded. There are nine continuum codes with the first three defining metropolitan counties.  Metro counties include all counties that are part of the Census-defined Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSAs).  There are 280 MSAs in the country accounting for about 85% of the population.  Metro counties are basically urban and suburban areas.  Non-metropolitan (or rural) counties have been displayed on the graph in two bars - non-metro (codes four through seven) and (completely) rural (codes eight and nine).  Completely rural counties have urban populations of fewer than 2,500.  Click here for more details on the rural-urban continuum.

The chart below shows the number of active-duty Army recruits per 1000 youth from the Midwest according to urbanity and rurality in 2005.  The Army recruits from the Midwest were put into counties based on each recruit's ZIP code using Claritas data purchased by NPP.  The recruits by counties were then organized into the urban-rural continuum produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Counties with no recruits were excluded. There are nine continuum codes with the first three defining metropolitan counties.  Metro counties include all counties that are part of the Census-defined Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSAs).  There are 280 MSAs in the country accounting for about 85% of the population.  Metro counties are basically urban and suburban areas.  Non-metropolitan (or rural) counties have been displayed on the graph in two bars - non-metro (codes four through seven) and (completely) rural (codes eight and nine).  Completely rural counties have urban populations of fewer than 2,500.  Click here for more details on the rural-urban continuum.

The chart below indicates the population representation of recruits for each state in the Northeast region.  Each bar represents a ratio of two proportions: the state's share of total active-duty Army recruits over the state's share of the total youth population. A score of one or more means that the state is over-represented in the Army. A score of less than one means that the state is under-represented in the Army for the fiscal year.

The chart below indicates the population representation of recruits for each state in the Southern region.  Each bar represents a ratio of two proportions: the state's share of total active-duty Army recruits over the state's share of the total youth population. A score of one or more means that the state is over-represented in the Army. A score of less than one means that the state is under-represented in the Army for the fiscal year.

Since the South has so many states, this region was broken up into two charts according to Census regions, Atlantic and Central.

The chart below shows the number of active-duty Army recruits per 1000 youth from the South according to urbanity and rurality in 2005.  The Army recruits from the South were put into counties based on each recruit's ZIP code using Claritas data purchased by NPP.  The recruits by counties were then organized into the urban-rural continuum produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Counties with no recruits were excluded. There are nine continuum codes with the first three defining metropolitan counties.  Metro counties include all counties that are part of the Census-defined Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSAs).  There are 280 MSAs in the country accounting for about 85% of the population.  Metro counties are basically urban and suburban areas.  Non-metropolitan (or rural) counties have been displayed on the graph in two bars - non-metro (codes four through seven) and (completely) rural (codes eight and nine).  Completely rural counties have urban populations of fewer than 2,500.  Click here for more details on the rural-urban continuum.