[bourbon]

Population Representation in the Military Services.

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Excerpt:
Geographic Representation. During the last 15 years, the percentage of recruits from the Northeast and North Central regions has decreased with a corresponding increase in the percentage of recruits from the South and West regions. The geographic distribution of enlisted active accessions for FY 2000 shows that the South, and in particular the South Atlantic and West South Central Divisions of this region, continued to have the greatest representation. More than two-fifths of NPS accessions hailed from the South. In fact, this was the only region to be slightly overrepresented among enlisted accessions compared to its proportion of 18-24 year-olds. The representation ratio (percentage of accessions divided by percentage of 18-24 year-olds from the region) for NPS active accessions from the South was 1.2, compared to 0.8 for the Northeast and North Central and 1.0 for the West.

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A more detailed report on geographic representation in the U.S. Military.

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[stainlessbanner]

Many thanks for your research. I had no idea the South's contribution was that high! Shameful to think those folks are protecting our country while some posters on FR take cheap shots at them.

[justshutupandtakeit]

That graph illustrates the different educational levels affect on elistment. Well educated men generally don't join while those with less do and gain an opportunity to further their education.

[brianl703]

Over those years, there has been a population shift from the northeast and north central regions to the south and the west regions.