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Military Active-Duty Personnel, Civilians by State

Numbers of military service members vary by state, driven mostly by workforce levels at large bases.

The following are national active-duty military totals for each department, current as of August 2013:

Air Force: 329,104
Army: 529,441
Coast Guard: 40,564
Marine Corps: 195,054
Navy: 319,289

The table below lists military personnel numbers by state. Statistics for active-duty military were provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center and are current as of Aug, 30, 2013. Civilian worker totals were obtained from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, last updated in March.

State	Total Active Duty Military	Total Military Civilians	Army Active Duty	Army Civilians	Navy Active Duty	Navy Civilians	Air Force Active Duty	Air Force Civilians	Marines Active Duty	Coast Guard Active Duty	Defense Deptartment Civilians

Alabama	9,020	25499	4,702	19514	154	99	3,049	2373	158	957	3513
Alaska	22,929	5103	13,400	2399	43	28	7,565	2363	9	1,912	313
Arizona	19,399	9313	4,917	4390	380	657	10,287	3104	3,807	8	1162
Arkansas	5,730	3750	116	2536	10	9	5,443	1103	140	21	102
California	168,820	61986	7,890	9530	68,860	35457	19,994	10550	67,206	4,870	6449
Colorado	37,285	12142	26,972	4345	713	73	9,320	6283	230	50	1441
Connecticut	7,140	2458	93	443	6,276	1143	30	227	28	713	645
Delaware	3,713	1544	44	312	21	3	3,598	1158	11	39	71
District Of Columbia	10,256	12816	1,914	1538	2,597	10162	1,903	358	2,387	1,455	758
Florida	65,155	30244	6,144	4011	26,275	11956	23,165	12184	4,639	4,932	2093
Georgia	72,617	35679	55,689	12803	5,510	4467	9,501	15445	1,409	508	2964
Hawaii	50,578	18814	21,779	5630	14,804	10323	5,297	1811	7,389	1,309	1050
Idaho	3,630	1583	46	754	36	57	3,522	709	22	4	63
Illinois	22,032	13759	995	7576	15,972	1294	4,658	3672	259	148	1217
Indiana	825	10702	468	1837	86	3692	61	889	169	41	4284
Iowa	268	1523	100	953	17	9	26	510	88	37	51
Kansas	24,669	7553	21,168	6080	91	6	3,235	1106	62	113	361
Kentucky	41,222	10342	40,728	9104	10	20	235	261	101	148	957
Louisiana	17,604	6589	9,271	3709	582	882	5,668	1710	786	1,297	288
Maine	740	6820	58	342	51	5498	9	255	13	609	725
Maryland	28,939	45658	8,882	18258	9,397	15824	8,093	3076	1,699	868	8500
Massachusetts	3,784	6558	310	2403	369	152	1,175	3137	208	1,722	866
Michigan	2,063	9860	364	7340	219	51	92	810	245	1,143	1659
Minnesota	750	2378	296	1367	148	25	39	803	132	135	183
Mississippi	12,811	8695	476	3398	5,239	2610	6,350	2368	466	280	319
Missouri	17,263	7947	10,604	5902	330	165	4,264	1206	1,861	204	674
Montana	3,474	1323	58	463	4	3	3,405	804	7	0	53
Nebraska	6,054	4359	174	1382	423	38	5,390	2834	49	18	105
Nevada	11,383	2432	202	457	882	309	10,267	1499	28	4	167
New Hampshire	1,146	937	43	490	589	14	145	263	95	274	170
New Jersey	7,697	10446	665	5602	467	2139	4,709	2061	347	1,509	644
New Mexico	13,012	6708	820	2592	78	61	12,026	3636	85	3	419
New York	24,306	11461	19,980	7013	2,184	159	327	2266	698	1,117	2023
North Carolina	114,654	22030	48,382	10458	4,696	7506	7,016	1440	52,995	1,565	2626
North Dakota	7,317	1662	17	521	11	3	7,282	1070	7	0	68
Ohio	7,218	25320	446	1537	292	99	5,839	14244	210	431	9440
Oklahoma	21,913	23182	12,130	5584	1,326	96	7,922	15829	488	47	1673
Oregon	1,462	2880	104	2226	167	28	52	610	110	1,029	16
Pennsylvania	2,622	24435	961	9036	688	5866	228	1032	392	353	8501
Rhode Island	3,540	4372	132	253	2,799	3828	73	196	220	316	95
South Carolina	37,647	11094	10,908	3935	6,732	4106	8,537	2276	10,819	651	777
South Dakota	3,417	1360	52	487	2	3	3,363	822	0	0	48
Tennessee	2,199	6925	297	3683	1,410	1224	165	1110	156	171	908
Texas	124,796	50253	80,830	28643	6,337	1504	33,878	16338	1,980	1,771	3768
Utah	4,057	14234	257	2126	18	43	3,677	10999	104	1	1066
Vermont	110	545	38	300	6	4	32	211	6	28	30
Virginia	129,699	94506	23,737	20411	77,209	43851	13,168	6556	11,281	4,304	23688
Washington	64,072	29378	33,339	10323	21,335	16347	6,641	1547	684	2,073	1161
West Virginia	429	1890	52	1191	161	97	43	587	101	72	15
Wisconsin	806	2582	268	1911	43	42	58	514	121	316	115
Wyoming	3,243	1076	29	262	0	1	3,214	771	0	0	42

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