The table below shows the total number of active-duty Army recruits,
and the recruitment rate (number of recruits per 1000 youth), for fiscal year
2006 and 2007 for each state. States are ranked according to recruits
per 1000 youth.
These statistics are part of an analysis of recruiting data obtained by NPP from the Department of Defense through a Freedom of Information Act request.
| Rank in 2007 | Location | Number of Recruits FY 2007 |
Total Army Recruits per 1000 Youth FY 2007 |
Total Army Recruits per 1000 Youth FY 2006 |
Percentage Change in Rate |
| - | U.S. States | 66,456 | 1.59 | 1.63 | -2.52% |
| 1 | Alabama | 1,626 | 2.51 | 2.35 | 6.94% |
| 2 | Montana | 323 | 2.37 | 2.39 | -0.91% |
| 3 | Maine | 402 | 2.34 | 2.37 | -1.35% |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 1,216 | 2.32 | 2.44 | -4.88% |
| 5 | Arkansas | 892 | 2.30 | 2.47 | -6.83% |
| 6 | Texas | 7,897 | 2.25 | 2.38 | -5.64% |
| 7 | Nevada | 678 | 2.13 | 1.81 | 18.00% |
| 8 | North Carolina | 2,564 | 2.13 | 2.13 | -0.05% |
| 9 | South Carolina | 1,296 | 2.12 | 2.13 | -0.63% |
| 10 | Alaska | 222 | 2.10 | 2.13 | -1.06% |
| 11 | Florida | 4,829 | 2.09 | 1.87 | 11.90% |
| 12 | Georgia | 2,729 | 2.05 | 1.92 | 6.45% |
| 13 | Missouri | 1,661 | 2.02 | 2.00 | 0.83% |
| 14 | West Virginia | 463 | 1.97 | 1.94 | 1.51% |
| 15 | Kansas | 810 | 1.95 | 2.07 | -5.75% |
| 16 | Arizona | 1,624 | 1.90 | 1.85 | 2.92% |
| 17 | Virginia | 1,944 | 1.83 | 1.80 | 1.73% |
| 18 | Wyoming | 139 | 1.81 | 1.53 | 17.98% |
| 19 | Idaho | 389 | 1.79 | 1.73 | 3.59% |
| 20 | Kentucky | 988 | 1.77 | 1.71 | 2.99% |
| 21 | Oregon | 864 | 1.75 | 1.87 | -6.56% |
| 22 | Hawaii | 304 | 1.72 | 1.94 | -11.15% |
| 23 | Tennessee | 1,368 | 1.70 | 1.79 | -4.99% |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 1,335 | 1.66 | 1.72 | -3.29% |
| 25 | Ohio | 2,566 | 1.61 | 1.62 | -0.82% |
| 26 | Michigan | 2,309 | 1.60 | 1.79 | -10.63% |
| 27 | New Mexico | 470 | 1.59 | 1.81 | -11.85% |
| 28 | Colorado | 1,026 | 1.56 | 1.72 | -9.10% |
| 29 | Indiana | 1,386 | 1.55 | 1.96 | -20.89% |
| 30 | Nebraska | 413 | 1.55 | 1.68 | -7.67% |
| 31 | Louisiana | 967 | 1.49 | 1.32 | 13.31% |
| 32 | Washington | 1,269 | 1.44 | 1.55 | -7.25% |
| 33 | New Hampshire | 248 | 1.39 | 1.61 | -13.38% |
| 34 | Iowa | 604 | 1.37 | 1.53 | -10.38% |
| 35 | Mississippi | 583 | 1.33 | 1.31 | 1.99% |
| 36 | Illinois | 2,423 | 1.32 | 1.41 | -6.21% |
| 37 | Pennsylvania | 2,211 | 1.28 | 1.20 | 6.09% |
| 38 | Maryland | 914 | 1.17 | 1.45 | -19.36% |
| 39 | South Dakota | 138 | 1.17 | 1.52 | -22.95% |
| 40 | New York | 3,042 | 1.10 | 1.23 | -10.11% |
| 41 | California | 5,808 | 1.07 | 1.21 | -11.86% |
| 42 | Rhode Island | 160 | 1.00 | 0.95 | 5.65% |
| 43 | Minnesota | 674 | 0.90 | 0.99 | -8.97% |
| 44 | Massachusetts | 773 | 0.86 | 0.91 | -5.52% |
| 45 | New Jersey | 946 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.68% |
| 46 | Vermont | 73 | 0.82 | 0.92 | -11.39% |
| 47 | Delaware | 97 | 0.82 | 0.89 | -8.85% |
| 48 | Connecticut | 364 | 0.77 | 0.83 | -6.58% |
| 49 | Utah | 321 | 0.73 | 0.91 | -20.42% |
| 50 | North Dakota | 69 | 0.64 | 1.02 | -37.63% |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 39 | 0.43 | 0.89 | -51.74% |