Table 3: 'High Quality' Army Recruits, 2007

The following table shows the percentage of non-prior service active-duty Army recruits who are defined as 'high quality.' The Department of Defense (DoD) defines 'high quality' as those recruits who are both tier 1 (have a regular high school diploma or above) AND have scored in upper half of the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT). The DoD norms the scores of the test through its wide administration of the test on youth across the country in high schools and elsewhere.

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		 State Total Army
Recruits in 2007		 Percent
'High Quality'
in 2007		 Percent
'High Quality'
in 2006
- U.S. and abroad 67,398 44.61 46.58
- U.S. 66,456 44.82 46.83
47 Alabama 1,626 36.65 36.63
23 Alaska 222 45.95 42.44
26 Arizona 1,624 45.75 51.35
48 Arkansas 892 35.54 38.02
30 California 5,808 44.71 48.11
7 Colorado 1,026 51.75 51.68
9 Connecticut 364 51.37 55.44
45 Delaware 97 39.18 44.76
22 District of Columbia 39 46.15 44.26
38 Florida 4,829 41.52 43.11
46 Georgia 2,729 38.88 39.68
35 Hawaii 304 43.42 41.04
19 Idaho 389 47.56 47.16
17 Illinois 2,423 47.83 47.83
21 Indiana 1,386 46.18 48.10
10 Iowa 604 51.32 56.26
15 Kansas 810 49.38 51.80
29 Kentucky 988 45.04 41.72
50 Louisiana 967 33.30 38.98
13 Maine 402 50.25 42.59
42 Maryland 914 40.92 48.63
12 Massachusetts 773 51.10 54.05
25 Michigan 2,309 45.78 49.21
1 Minnesota 674 55.79 51.93
51 Mississippi 583 31.56 35.05
27 Missouri 1,661 45.45 48.27
40 Montana 323 41.18 43.58
8 Nebraska 413 51.57 57.94
49 Nevada 678 33.63 39.17
2 New Hampshire 248 55.24 54.95
28 New Jersey 946 45.24 46.79
39 New Mexico 470 41.49 42.94
36 New York 3,042 42.70 45.54
18 North Carolina 2,564 47.78 46.94
4 North Dakota 69 53.62 59.22
11 Ohio 2,566 51.17 53.77
43 Oklahoma 1,216 40.79 42.90
34 Oregon 864 43.63 43.80
14 Pennsylvania 2,211 50.16 53.64
33 Rhode Island 160 43.75 40.97
44 South Carolina 1,296 40.20 40.99
3 South Dakota 138 54.35 53.01
32 Tennessee 1,368 43.86 41.14
20 Texas 7,897 46.32 47.88
41 Utah 321 41.12 45.96
5 Vermont 73 53.42 51.19
37 Virginia 1,944 42.34 43.90
24 Washington 1,269 45.86 49.72
31 West Virginia 463 44.06 43.94
6 Wisconsin 1,335 52.13 55.52
16 Wyoming 139 48.20 41.32

 

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