Posted on 03/02/2003 8:52:35 AM PST by chance33_98
UNIT CALL-UPS STATE BY STATE
By THOMAS HARGROVE
Scripps Howard News Service
The following chart shows how many men and women in reserve and guard units have been called up by each state. The second number shows this number divided by the state's population. That is, 1 out of every 462 people in the state of North Dakota has been called to active duty during the Iraq buildup.
North Dakota 1,391 ...... 462
Dist. of Columbia 1,233 ...... 464
Mississippi 4,138 ...... 687
Alabama 6,120 ...... 727
Utah 3,018 ...... 740
South Dakota 938 ...... 805
West Virginia 1,986 ...... 911
Delaware 807 ...... 971
South Carolina 3,929 .... 1,021
Nebraska 1,669 .... 1,025
Louisiana 4,219 .... 1,059
Rhode Island 989 .... 1,060
Oklahoma 3,109 .... 1,110
Kansas 1,950 .... 1,379
Wyoming 328 .... 1,505
Oregon 2,229 .... 1,535
New Hampshire 798 .... 1,549
Iowa 1,885 .... 1,552
Montana 575 .... 1,569
Arkansas 1,686 .... 1,586
Kentucky 2,533 .... 1,596
Maryland 3,232 .... 1,639
Tennessee 3,444 .... 1,652
Georgia 4,795 .... 1,707
Massachusetts 3,671 .... 1,730
Virginia 4,043 .... 1,751
Pennsylvania 6,510 .... 1,886
Connecticut 1,803 .... 1,889
Maine 670 .... 1,903
New Mexico 941 .... 1,933
Indiana 3,093 .... 1,966
Arizona 2,555 .... 2,008
Florida 7,897 .... 2,024
Nevada 953.... 2,097
North Carolina 3,794 .... 2,122
Colorado 1,951 .... 2,205
Vermont 275 .... 2,214
Washington 2,314 .... 2,547
Texas 8,025 .... 2,598
Wisconsin 1,949 .... 2,752
Idaho 467 .... 2,771
Minnesota 1,755 .... 2,803
Illinois 4,315 .... 2,878
Missouri 1,741 .... 3,214
Ohio 3,434 .... 3,306
New York 4,857 .... 3,907
Michigan 2,532 .... 3,925
New Jersey 2,107 .... 3,994
California 7,765 .... 4,362
Alaska 85 .... 7,376
Hawaii 161.... 7,525
Source: Scripps Howard News Service analysis of reserve activation information provided by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Naaah ... then we'd lose the left coast for staging.
Oh well ... back to the drawing board.
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