The budget for military recruiting exceeds $4 billion per year.  That amount includes $1.5 billion in advertising and maintaining the recruiting stations, and the pay and benefits of more than 22,000 military recruiters.  Enlistment bonuses (used to attract new recruits) in the active-duty Army alone amounted to $166 million.

The graph below shows the distribution of active-duty Army recruits for 2004 according to race/ethnicity and the median household income of each recruits' ZIP code.  (Data is not available for th

The charts below show the racial composition of the 15-24 year-old population as compared to the racial composition of active-duty Army recruits. Army data were obtained from the U.S.

The graph below shows the representation of active-duty Army recruits for 2004 according to the median household income of their ZIP code.  (Data are not available for the individual recruits'

The following pie chart shows what total federal spending for fiscal year 2007 would be under the administration's proposed budget.

The following pie chart shows federal discretionary spending in fiscal year 2004.The discretionary budget refers to the part of the federal budget which Congress debates and decides every year.

The graph below shows representation of Army, Navy, Air Force Active Duty and Army Reserve recruits by income range. Each bar represents the ratio of two proportions: the share of total recruits living in zip code areas whose median household income fall within the range over the share of the total population living in such zip codes. A score of more than one means the income range is over-represented in the army. A score of less than one means the range is under-represented. Note that the peak of the bars falls in the range of $25,000 - $54,999. In other words, neighborhoods with low to middle median household incomes are over-represented. Neighborhoods with high median household incomes are under-represented.



Data and statistics are available by zip code, school, county, and state on the NPP Database.

The following chart indicates army recruitment rates according to the level of urbanization of the county in which the recruit lived when enlisting in the Army Active Duty or Reserves. The recruitment rate is the number of military recruits per 1,000 of the 18-24 year old population. Recruitment data are FY2004.



As can be seen from the graph, urban areas (all counties classified as metropolitan together) have a lower recruitment rate that nonmetropolitan areas. Completely rural counties have the highest recruitment rate. However, the vast majority of recruits come from urban areas as that is where the vast majority of Americans live.



Data and statistics are available at zip code, school, county and state level on the NPP Database.

The following pie chart illustrates federal discretionary spending in fiscal year 2006.The discretionary budget refers to the part of the federal budget proposed by the President, and debated and d