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 [1] data purchased by NPP. Population numbers are from the 2005 U.S. Census Bureau population estimates [2]. Perceived ties are due to rounding.
| Rate Rank | Location | Total Army Recruits per 1000 youth | Total Recruits |
| - | U.S. States | 1.6 | 68,556 |
| 1 | Edmonson County, Kentucky | 11.4 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallam County, Texas | 9.3 | 8 |
| 3 | Pope County, Illinois | 8.9 | 6 |
| 4 | Izard County, Arkansas | 8.6 | 14 |
| 5 | Liberty County, Georgia | 8.5 | 90 |
| 6 | Ogemaw County, Michigan | 8.3 | 23 |
| 7 | Geary County, Kansas | 8.3 | 29 |
| 8 | Craig County, Oklahoma | 8.1 | 16 |
| 9 | Fulton County, Arkansas | 7.9 | 11 |
| 10 | Wayne County, Missouri | 7.8 | 13 |
| 11 | Gogebic County, Michigan | 7.8 | 18 |
| 12 | Dale County, Alabama | 7.8 | 49 |
| 13 | Cumberland County, North Carolina | 7.7 | 390 |
| 14 | Menominee County, Wisconsin | 7.5 | 6 |
| 15 | Roosevelt County, Montana | 7.3 | 13 |
| 16 | Bell County, Texas | 7.1 | 260 |
| 17 | Coffee County, Alabama | 7.0 | 41 |
| 18 | Brown County, Indiana | 6.9 | 13 |
| 19 | Alcona County, Michigan | 6.8 | 8 |
| 20 | Cumberland County, Illinois | 6.8 | 10 |
| 21 | Kiowa County, Oklahoma | 6.6 | 9 |
| 22 | Hamilton County, Texas | 6.5 | 7 |
| 23 | Dillon County, South Carolina | 6.5 | 29 |
| 24 | Gates County, North Carolina | 6.5 | 10 |
| 25 | Effingham County, Illinois | 6.5 | 31 |
| 26 | Refugio County, Texas | 6.5 | 7 |
| 27 | Monroe County, Wisconsin | 6.4 | 38 |
| 28 | Oregon County, Missouri | 6.1 | 8 |
| 29 | Bland County, Virginia | 6.0 | 5 |
| 30 | Tillman County, Oklahoma | 5.9 | 7 |
| 31 | Dickinson County, Kansas | 5.9 | 15 |
| 32 | Searcy County, Arkansas | 5.8 | 6 |
| 33 | Lampasas County, Texas | 5.8 | 16 |
| 34 | Lee County, North Carolina | 5.7 | 40 |
| 35 | Pushmataha County, Oklahoma | 5.7 | 9 |
| 36 | Doniphan County, Kansas | 5.6 | 7 |
| 37 | Lake County, Oregon | 5.6 | 5 |
| 38 | Hardin County, Kentucky | 5.6 | 84 |
| 39 | Lee County, Illinois | 5.5 | 27 |
| 40 | Coosa County, Alabama | 5.5 | 7 |
| 41 | Marion County, Texas | 5.5 | 7 |
| 42 | Morgan County, West Virginia | 5.5 | 9 |
| 43 | Schoolcraft County, Michigan | 5.4 | 6 |
| 44 | Richland County, Illinois | 5.4 | 11 |
| 45 | Polk County, Arkansas | 5.3 | 14 |
| 46 | Atkinson County, Georgia | 5.2 | 6 |
| 47 | Glacier County, Montana | 5.2 | 13 |
| 48 | Dent County, Missouri | 5.1 | 10 |
| 49 | Sullivan County, Pennsylvania | 5.1 | 5 |
| 50 | Burnet County, Texas | 5.1 | 26 |
| 51 | Walker County, Alabama | 5.0 | 42 |
| 52 | Phelps County, Nebraska | 5.0 | 6 |
| 53 | Butte County, South Dakota | 5.0 | 7 |
| 54 | Lincoln County, Montana | 5.0 | 13 |
| 55 | Hutchinson County, Texas | 4.9 | 16 |
| 56 | Marion County, Arkansas | 4.9 | 10 |
| 57 | Dearborn County, Indiana | 4.9 | 32 |
| 58 | Butts County, Georgia | 4.9 | 14 |
| 59 | Benewah County, Idaho | 4.9 | 6 |
| 60 | Comanche County, Oklahoma | 4.9 | 94 |
| 61 | Robeson County, North Carolina | 4.9 | 92 |
| 62 | Hoke County, North Carolina | 4.9 | 29 |
| 63 | Dixie County, Florida | 4.8 | 9 |
| 64 | Montgomery County, Tennessee | 4.8 | 108 |
| 65 | Mathews County, Virginia | 4.8 | 5 |
| 66 | Summers County, West Virginia | 4.7 | 7 |
| 67 | Moody County, South Dakota | 4.7 | 5 |
| 68 | Pike County, Georgia | 4.7 | 11 |
| 69 | San Augustine County, Texas | 4.7 | 5 |
| 70 | Vernon Parish, Louisiana | 4.7 | 36 |
| 71 | Green Lake County, Wisconsin | 4.7 | 11 |
| 72 | Red River County, Texas | 4.6 | 8 |
| 73 | Newport News city, Virginia | 4.6 | 111 |
| 74 | Madison County, Florida | 4.6 | 13 |
| 75 | Mineral County, West Virginia | 4.6 | 15 |
| 76 | Brown County, Texas | 4.6 | 29 |
| 77 | Blaine County, Montana | 4.6 | 5 |
| 78 | Autauga County, Alabama | 4.5 | 32 |
| 79 | Howell County, Missouri | 4.5 | 23 |
| 80 | Petersburg city, Virginia | 4.5 | 19 |
| 81 | Ottawa County, Oklahoma | 4.5 | 22 |
| 82 | Mariposa County, California | 4.5 | 12 |
| 82 | Gulf County, Florida | 4.5 | 8 |
| 84 | Crawford County, Iowa | 4.5 | 11 |
| 85 | Miami County, Indiana | 4.5 | 20 |
| 86 | Churchill County, Nevada | 4.5 | 15 |
| 87 | Pope County, Minnesota | 4.5 | 7 |
| 88 | Nolan County, Texas | 4.5 | 10 |
| 89 | Lee County, Iowa | 4.5 | 19 |
| 90 | Levy County, Florida | 4.5 | 22 |
| 91 | Titus County, Texas | 4.4 | 19 |
| 92 | Gloucester County, Virginia | 4.4 | 23 |
| 93 | Jenkins County, Georgia | 4.4 | 6 |
| 94 | Colonial Heights city, Virginia | 4.4 | 10 |
| 95 | Cochise County, Arizona | 4.4 | 83 |
| 96 | Kershaw County, South Carolina | 4.4 | 32 |
| 97 | Moniteau County, Missouri | 4.4 | 9 |
| 98 | St. Clair County, Missouri | 4.4 | 5 |
| 99 | Iosco County, Michigan | 4.4 | 14 |
| 100 | Franklin County, Arkansas | 4.3 | 11 |