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.
| Rank in 2006 | Location | 15-24 Youth Population 2005 | Number of Army Recruits FY 2006 | Total Army Recruits per 1000 youth FY 2006 | Total Army Recruits per 1000 youth FY 2005 | Change | |
| - | U.S. States | 42,076,849 | 68,556 | 1.63 | 1.57 | 3.78% | |
| 1 | Arkansas | 397,584 | 981 | 2.47 | 2.22 | 11.14% | |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 530,591 | 1,296 | 2.44 | 2.41 | 1.35% | |
| 3 | Montana | 140,307 | 335 | 2.39 | 2.52 | -5.25% | |
| 4 | Texas | 3,445,669 | 8,214 | 2.38 | 2.27 | 5.02% | |
| 5 | Maine | 182,012 | 432 | 2.37 | 2.09 | 13.56% | |
| 6 | Alabama | 645,504 | 1,518 | 2.35 | 2.17 | 8.37% | |
| 7 | South Carolina | 609,057 | 1,298 | 2.13 | 1.92 | 11.00% | |
| 8 | North Carolina | 1,189,267 | 2,533 | 2.13 | 1.92 | 10.93% | |
| 9 | Alaska | 111,905 | 238 | 2.13 | 2.1 | 1.28% | |
| 10 | Kansas | 416,292 | 863 | 2.07 | 1.84 | 12.67% | |
| 11 | Missouri | 838,180 | 1,676 | 2.00 | 1.89 | 5.80% | |
| 12 | Indiana | 897,927 | 1,763 | 1.96 | 1.72 | 14.15% | |
| 13 | West Virginia | 237,617 | 462 | 1.94 | 1.97 | -1.30% | |
| 14 | Hawaii | 178,457 | 346 | 1.94 | 1.48 | 31.00% | |
| 15 | Georgia | 1,313,523 | 2,525 | 1.92 | 1.72 | 11.76% | |
| 16 | Oregon | 503,834 | 943 | 1.87 | 1.67 | 12.07% | |
| 17 | Florida | 2,305,802 | 4,301 | 1.87 | 1.68 | 11.03% | |
| 18 | Arizona | 842,203 | 1,554 | 1.85 | 1.82 | 1.38% | |
| 19 | New Mexico | 297,450 | 538 | 1.81 | 1.47 | 23.04% | |
| 20 | Nevada | 319,074 | 577 | 1.81 | 1.67 | 8.28% | |
| 21 | Virginia | 1,071,442 | 1,925 | 1.80 | 1.85 | -2.88% | |
| 22 | Tennessee | 818,639 | 1,468 | 1.79 | 1.51 | 18.76% | |
| 23 | Michigan | 1,447,779 | 2,595 | 1.79 | 1.54 | 16.39% | |
| 24 | Idaho | 224,678 | 388 | 1.73 | 1.59 | 8.61% | |
| 25 | Colorado | 659,158 | 1,134 | 1.72 | 1.79 | -3.89% | |
| 26 | Wisconsin | 813,851 | 1,396 | 1.72 | 1.54 | 11.38% | |
| 27 | Kentucky | 577,390 | 990 | 1.71 | 1.66 | 3.29% | |
| 28 | Nebraska | 266,513 | 447 | 1.68 | 1.75 | -4.16% | |
| 29 | Ohio | 1,614,620 | 2,615 | 1.62 | 1.56 | 3.82% | |
| 30 | New Hampshire | 182,332 | 293 | 1.61 | 1.46 | 10.07% | |
| 31 | Washington | 912,151 | 1,414 | 1.55 | 1.58 | -1.89% | |
| 32 | Wyoming | 78,872 | 121 | 1.53 | 1.83 | -16.17% | |
| 33 | Iowa | 433,548 | 663 | 1.53 | 1.55 | -1.34% | |
| 34 | South Dakota | 120,734 | 183 | 1.52 | 1.97 | -23.06% | |
| 35 | Maryland | 781,675 | 1,135 | 1.45 | 1.37 | 5.99% | |
| 36 | Illinois | 1,803,088 | 2,534 | 1.41 | 1.37 | 2.58% | |
| 37 | Louisiana | 699,069 | 921 | 1.32 | 1.61 | -18.17% | |
| 38 | Mississippi | 445,425 | 582 | 1.31 | 1.36 | -3.93% | |
| 39 | New York | 2,620,399 | 3,219 | 1.23 | 1.13 | 8.71% | |
| 40 | California | 5,221,565 | 6,339 | 1.21 | 1.31 | -7.33% | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania | 1,709,867 | 2,058 | 1.20 | 1.24 | -2.94% | |
| 42 | North Dakota | 101,072 | 103 | 1.02 | 1.44 | -29.23% | |
| 43 | Minnesota | 757,328 | 751 | 0.99 | 1.03 | -3.72% | |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 152,255 | 144 | 0.95 | 0.85 | 11.27% | |
| 45 | Vermont | 91,002 | 84 | 0.92 | 0.97 | -4.84% | |
| 46 | Massachusetts | 850,675 | 777 | 0.91 | 0.98 | -6.80% | |
| 47 | Utah | 433,818 | 396 | 0.91 | 0.96 | -4.91% | |
| 48 | Delaware | 117,394 | 105 | 0.89 | 1.01 | -11.44% | |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 68,534 | 61 | 0.89 | 0.71 | 25.36% | |
| 50 | New Jersey | 1,132,000 | 936 | 0.83 | 0.9 | -8.13% | |
| 51 | Connecticut | 467,721 | 386 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 1.89% |