COUNTERING MILITARY RECRUITMENT
Articles: Military Recruiting: General
Army Recruiters Target DC, Hawai'i, Rest of Country
Suzanne M. Smith, Peacework
June-July 2005
Peacework
Magazine has obtained demographic data on Army enlistments for fiscal
year 2004 (October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004). Peacework and the
National Priorities Project are working together to analyze these data
and make them accessible to activists across the country.
The National Priorities Project and Peacework will make it possible for
local activists to determine the demographics of the enlistees entering
the Army from each school in their area. These analyses are not yet
available. In the meantime, Peacework is publishing some preliminary
aggregate data.
The table below shows the 17-24 year-old population for each state, the
total number of people recruiters enlisted into the Army Reserves and
Active Duty Army from that state, the number of Army enlistees per
100,000 17-24-year olds in each state, and the rank, with "1" being the
state (Rhode Island) exploited by military recruiters least per capita,
and "52" being the state (or in this case, non-state, DC) exploited
most by military recruiters. Please note the targeting of the
Southeastern region of the US, with no Southeastern state breaking into
the 15 least exploited states, while eight Southeastern states make it
onto the list of the 15 most exploited states. In the year portrayed
here, FY2004, the Army met its recruiting quota. As of the end of May
this year, according to the Department of Defense public affairs
office, the Army is approximately 25% below it's target number of
enlistees.
State
Population 17 to 24 (July 1, 2004)
Army Total
Enlistees/100000YAPop
Rank
Rhode Island
126953
173
136
1
Connecticut
358857
561
156
2
Vermont
71616
113
158
3
Utah
350751
601
171
4
New Jersey
859847
1481
172
5
Massachusetts
681999
1219
179
6
Minnesota
606620
1101
181
7
Michigan
1142914
2281
200
8
New York
2084851
4167
200
8
California
4101911
8313
203
10
Delaware
94813
193
204
11
Wyoming
65283
135
207
12
Illinois
1436131
2986
208
13
Idaho
178356
373
209
14
Puerto Rico
475642
1020
214
15
Nevada
239283
523
219
16
Wisconsin
656851
1466
223
17
North Dakota
86142
193
224
18
Tennessee
655080
1476
225
19
Iowa
359006
812
226
20
Pennsylvania
1358199
3103
228
21
New Mexico
236172
544
230
22
Oregon
398926
924
232
23
Ohio
1290597
3008
233
24
South Dakota
98795
232
235
25
Mississippi
366116
870
238
26
Kentucky
468734
1183
252
27
Indiana
719485
1819
253
28
Georgia
1023597
2613
255
29
Maryland
599350
1550
259
30
Arkansas
318909
829
260
31
Colorado
518402
1370
264
32
Nebraska
216793
588
271
33
Florida
1770171
4873
275
34
New Hampshire
141320
389
275
34
North Carolina
938570
2664
284
36
Texas
2732908
7760
284
36
Washington
722526
2069
286
38
Louisiana
571684
1683
294
39
Arizona
648097
1934
298
40
West Virginia
196305
595
303
41
Missouri
672439
2042
304
42
Virginia
848994
2615
308
43
Alaska
85153
263
309
44
South Carolina
486534
1547
318
45
Oklahoma
436204
1421
326
46
Montana
113407
374
330
47
Maine
143658
477
332
48
Alabama
519808
1748
336
49
Kansas
340250
1145
337
50
Hawaii
142888
488
342
51
District of Columbia
63037
321
509
52
Totals
33820934
82228
Ave
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