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

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.

The table below shows the top 100 counties ranked by the number of
active-duty Army recruits in 2004 (not reserves or National Guard).

The table below shows the distribution of military recruits according to race and ethnicity for 2005.  Note that Hispanic recruits may be of any race, and a recruit from any race group may also be Hispanic. Recruitment data were obtained from the Department of Defense through a FOIA request submitted by NPP.

Please note that data for Marines includes a very large percentage of enlistees who  "declined to respond."  Thus the numbers for all races and Hispanic ethnicity should not be treated as an accurate representation of the makeup of the Marines.  However, that the Marines does not accurately collect this data should be noted. (The quality of the data varied by recruiting station).