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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Comments

Ranking the trends

Fri, 01/25/2008 - 21:25 — George Grider (not verified)

Hello NPP Folks,

I wonder if you could calculate and rank the 2006-2007 trend in recruits by county?

For example, Shelby County, Tennessee, showed a drop in recruits from 237 to 182 in that one year period, a deline of 23.2 percent.

We in the counter-recruitment community would like to think that drop came as a result of our agressive leafleting outside the 25 Memphis high schools, and intense lobbying of the school board. Or, perhaps, it's all on account of the war. A ranking of national counties would help us get a better picture.

Thank you for your help.

George Grider
Director, Alternatives to the Military Project (AMP)
Mid-South Peace & Justice Center
Telephone: 901-278-7492