The table below shows the percentage of each state's active-duty Army recruits in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007 that held a regular high school diploma or above, otherwise known as 'tier 1' by the

In spite of efforts by the Pentagon to aggressively recruit youth into the Army, the Army missed its benchmarks once again in 2007. NPP releases its analysis of 2007 recruiting and provides access to data by state, county and ZIP Code.

The table below shows the top 100 counties in the U.S. ranked according to the number of active-duty Army recruits in fiscal year 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

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.

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 table below shows active-duty Army recruitment rates (recruits per 1,000 youth) by region for fiscal year 2007.

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