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Table 5: Top 100 Counties Ranked by Army Recruits per 1000 Youth, 2007

The table below shows the top 100 counties in the U.S. ranked according to active-duty Army recruitment rates (recruits per 1000 youth). The data and statistics are for counties with five or more recruits in fiscal year 2007. Perceived ties are due to rounding.

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.

Rate
Rank		 Location Total Army
Recruits
per
1000 Youth		 Total
Recruits
- U.S. States and abroad 1.6 67,398
1 Edwards County, Texas 14.7 5
2 Dixie County, Florida 11.8 21
3 Galax city, Virginia 11.1 8
4 Turner County, Georgia 10.6 14
5 Dallam County, Texas 9.3 8
6 Dale County, Alabama 8.8 54
7 Hoke County, North Carolina 8.5 50
8 Cumberland County, North Carolina 8.3 399
9 Coffee County, Alabama 8.3 49
10 Izard County, Arkansas 8.1 13
11 Churchill County, Nevada 7.9 27
12 Geary County, Kansas 7.8 29
13 Coleman County, Texas 7.7 8
14 Lee County, North Carolina 7.6 55
15 Menominee County, Wisconsin 7.3 6
16 Sullivan County, Pennsylvania 7.3 7
17 Haskell County, Texas 7.1 5
18 Tucker County, West Virginia 7.1 5
19 Bell County, Texas 7.0 255
20 Hopewell city, Virginia 7.0 20
21 Runnels County, Texas 6.9 10
22 Dillon County, South Carolina 6.7 28
23 Roosevelt County, Montana 6.7 12
24 Clinch County, Georgia 6.6 6
25 Modoc County, California 6.5 9
26 Wilkinson County, Georgia 6.5 9
27 Chowan County, North Carolina 6.4 12
28 Hardin County, Kentucky 6.4 92
29 Osceola County, Michigan 6.2 20
30 Oscoda County, Michigan 6.2 7
31 Howell County, Missouri 6.1 31
32 Transylvania County, North Carolina 6.1 23
33 Searcy County, Arkansas 6.1 6
34 Atkinson County, Georgia 5.9 6
35 Dallas County, Alabama 5.9 38
36 Powell County, Montana 5.9 6
37 Vernon Parish, Louisiana 5.8 44
38 Comanche County, Oklahoma 5.8 103
39 Effingham County, Illinois 5.7 28
40 Levy County, Florida 5.7 28
41 Union County, Kentucky 5.7 17
42 Page County, Virginia 5.6 15
43 Okaloosa County, Florida 5.6 124
44 Henderson County, Texas 5.6 57
45 Edmonson County, Kentucky 5.6 8
46 Calhoun County, Alabama 5.5 88
47 Coosa County, Alabama 5.5 7
48 Anderson County, Texas 5.5 41
49 Richland County, Illinois 5.5 12
50 Marshall County, Alabama 5.5 56
51 Presque Isle County, Michigan 5.4 9
52 Beaverhead County, Montana 5.4 9
53 Butler County, Missouri 5.4 27
54 Camp County, Texas 5.4 9
55 Ford County, Illinois 5.3 10
56 Crosby County, Texas 5.3 5
57 Fayette County, Alabama 5.3 12
58 Burleson County, Texas 5.3 12
59 McIntosh County, Oklahoma 5.3 13
60 Liberty County, Georgia 5.3 71
61 Baraga County, Michigan 5.3 6
62 Bradford County, Pennsylvania 5.2 40
63 Putnam County, Florida 5.2 49
64 Wright County, Missouri 5.2 12
65 Callahan County, Texas 5.1 10
66 Wilcox County, Georgia 5.1 6
67 Meigs County, Tennessee 5.1 7
68 Montgomery County, Tennessee 5.1 110
69 Crenshaw County, Alabama 5.0 9
70 Montmorency County, Michigan 5.0 6
71 Douglas County, Nevada 5.0 29
72 Harrison County, Ohio 5.0 9
73 Lemhi County, Idaho 5.0 5
74 Union County, Georgia 5.0 12
74 Tillman County, Oklahoma 5.0 6
76 Goliad County, Texas 5.0 5
77 Pulaski County, Missouri 4.9 54
78 Leavenworth County, Kansas 4.9 51
79 Howard County, Arkansas 4.9 9
80 Carson County, Texas 4.9 5
81 Brown County, Texas 4.9 30
82 Angelina County, Texas 4.9 56
83 Macon County, North Carolina 4.9 17
84 Morgan County, Ohio 4.8 9
85 Van Buren County, Arkansas 4.8 9
86 Covington County, Alabama 4.8 22
87 Anderson County, Kentucky 4.8 12
88 Lincoln County, Montana 4.8 12
89 Petersburg city, Virginia 4.8 20
90 Mayes County, Oklahoma 4.8 25
91 Mitchell County, Georgia 4.8 17
92 Gonzales County, Texas 4.7 13
93 Wheeler County, Georgia 4.7 5
94 De Witt County, Illinois 4.7 10
95 Wabash County, Illinois 4.7 8
96 McCreary County, Kentucky 4.7 11
97 Long County, Georgia 4.7 7
98 Somerset County, Maine 4.7 30
99 Polk County, Texas 4.7 27
100 Aransas County, Texas 4.6 14
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