The table below shows the percentage of each state's active-duty Army recruits in fiscal year 2005 that held a regular high school diploma. The Department of Defense has a goal of 90% of new recruits holding a regular high school diploma and 2005 is the first time in at least 20 years that the Army has not met the goal.
| Percent of Recruits with a Regular High School Credential or Higher |
| |
All Recruits |
|
Native American or Alaskan Native |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
Black or African American |
White |
| U.S. States |
86.1% |
|
85.9% |
92.8% |
90.9% |
84.9% |
| Mississippi |
77.9% |
|
100.0% |
100.0% |
88.8% |
71.6% |
| Arkansas |
78.7% |
|
75.0% |
100.0% |
91.5% |
76.6% |
| Tennessee |
79.3% |
|
80.0% |
100.0% |
88.4% |
77.3% |
| Kentucky |
80.4% |
|
100.0% |
100.0% |
85.4% |
79.7% |
| Virginia |
80.7% |
|
81.8% |
87.0% |
85.8% |
78.2% |
| Maine |
80.8% |
|
66.7% |
66.7% |
62.5% |
81.4% |
| New York |
81.1% |
|
72.2% |
85.6% |
84.4% |
79.9% |
| Indiana |
81.8% |
|
100.0% |
100.0% |
88.9% |
81.0% |
| Alabama |
81.9% |
|
75.0% |
87.5% |
91.9% |
76.9% |
| Louisiana |
82.2% |
|
75.0% |
92.9% |
92.0% |
76.7% |
| West Virginia |
82.2% |
|
75.0% |
100.0% |
91.7% |
81.9% |
| New Hampshire |
82.4% |
|
0.0% |
100.0% |
80.0% |
82.5% |
| Florida |
82.6% |
|
71.4% |
90.8% |
91.1% |
80.5% |
| Vermont |
83.0% |
|
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
83.0% |
| New Mexico |
83.0% |
|
92.9% |
66.7% |
94.4% |
81.1% |
| Idaho |
83.2% |
|
100.0% |
100.0% |
75.0% |
82.9% |
| Georgia |
83.4% |
|
100.0% |
82.5% |
92.7% |
77.4% |
| Oregon |
83.8% |
|
88.4% |
84.6% |
66.7% |
83.8% |
| Montana |
84.1% |
|
90.9% |
50.0% |
100.0% |
83.6% |
| Rhode Island |
84.5% |
|
100.0% |
66.7% |
100.0% |
83.8% |
| Utah |
84.7% |
|
66.7% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
84.3% |
| Colorado |
84.7% |
|
80.0% |
94.7% |
91.6% |
83.8% |
| Alaska |
85.1% |
|
85.2% |
91.3% |
91.3% |
83.3% |
| South Carolina |
85.3% |
|
40.0% |
63.6% |
94.3% |
80.3% |
| Wyoming |
85.4% |
|
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
84.7% |
| South Dakota |
85.7% |
|
86.2% |
100.0% |
80.0% |
85.6% |
| Nevada |
85.7% |
|
83.3% |
86.5% |
87.8% |
85.5% |
| Michigan |
86.3% |
|
69.2% |
92.9% |
83.9% |
86.6% |
| Massachusetts |
86.7% |
|
100.0% |
94.7% |
87.9% |
86.0% |
| Washington |
86.9% |
|
68.2% |
93.1% |
92.9% |
86.4% |
| Maryland |
87.1% |
|
83.3% |
97.1% |
91.1% |
83.9% |
| Arizona |
87.1% |
|
95.7% |
96.3% |
92.0% |
86.2% |
| Oklahoma |
87.2% |
|
89.6% |
93.8% |
96.4% |
85.9% |
| Illinois |
87.2% |
|
60.0% |
92.9% |
88.5% |
86.9% |
| Minnesota |
87.5% |
|
80.0% |
95.0% |
97.2% |
86.9% |
| Pennsylvania |
87.6% |
|
75.0% |
94.3% |
91.6% |
87.1% |
| Ohio |
87.9% |
|
71.4% |
100.0% |
91.6% |
87.4% |
| Texas |
88.1% |
|
83.8% |
90.8% |
92.5% |
87.5% |
| Delaware |
88.1% |
|
100.0% |
100.0% |
89.2% |
87.3% |
| North Carolina |
88.4% |
|
96.8% |
89.5% |
94.7% |
85.2% |
| Kansas |
88.5% |
|
100.0% |
92.3% |
98.4% |
87.5% |
| Iowa |
89.1% |
|
0.0% |
88.9% |
93.3% |
89.2% |
| Missouri |
89.2% |
|
71.4% |
100.0% |
90.9% |
89.0% |
| Hawaii |
90.2% |
|
66.7% |
95.2% |
90.0% |
81.6% |
| New Jersey |
90.2% |
|
100.0% |
94.5% |
93.6% |
88.5% |
| Wisconsin |
90.8% |
|
92.3% |
100.0% |
87.2% |
90.9% |
| North Dakota |
91.1% |
|
93.8% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
90.3% |
| California |
91.1% |
|
84.3% |
94.8% |
94.1% |
90.4% |
| Nebraska |
92.1% |
|
66.7% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
91.6% |
| Connecticut |
92.6% |
|
100.0% |
100.0% |
96.5% |
91.8% |
| District Of Columbia |
95.9% |
|
100.0% |
100.0% |
95.3% |
100.0% |
