Top 20 Counties by Recruitment Rate

The table below shows the top 20 counties in the U.S. according to highest military recruitment rates. The recruitment rate is the number of military recruits per 1,000 of the 18-24 year old population. Branches include Army, Navy and Air Force Active Duty and Army Reserves. Other branches did not provide data and the Marines did not provide adequate data by location of recruit. Numbers are for FY2004.

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






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State County Number of
Recruits		 Recruitment
Rate (per thousand of 18-24 year olds		 Median
Household Income		 Child Poverty
Rate		 Poverty Rate
Texas Terrell County 4 46.5 $27,032 22.1% 17.4%
Colorado Jackson County 4 29.6 $31,369 18.2% 13.6%
Kansas Geary County 66 28.0 $31,986 17.1% 10.4%
Pennsylvania Sullivan County 16 24.5 $30,572 14.9% 11.5%
Montana Mineral County 9 24.3 $29,100 29.0% 18.2%
Georgia Taliaferro County 4 22.5 $22,558 30.7% 23.3%
Virginia Martinsville city 27 22.4 $27,692 24.5% 17.5%
Nebraska Greeley County 5 21.7 $29,285 17.7% 13.8%
Virginia Galax city 12 21.7 $28,059 26.0% 17.7%
Texas Cochran County 8 20.4 $26,810 31.5% 21.7%
Mississippi Montgomery County 23 19.6 $25,098 32.4% 22.8%
Illinois Pope County 10 18.6 $30,160 18.0% 15.0%
Iowa Monroe County 13 17.9 $35,219 13.6% 11.5%
Virginia Covington city 9 17.6 $31,566 18.0% 12.4%
North Dakota Grant County 4 17.4 $24,035 25.7% 18.2%
Texas Sabine County 14 17.2 $27,836 27.1% 17.7%
Missouri Iron County 17 16.8 $26,492 24.9% 17.0%
Missouri Knox County 6 16.5 $27,285 23.1% 16.2%
Kansas Wabaunsee County 12 16.5 $41,902 8.8% 7.9%
Kentucky Hancock County 12 16.5 $40,324 13.3% 9.9%

Data were obtained from the individual branches of the military through FOIA requests submitted by Peacework Magazine.

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