Military Active-Duty Personnel, Civilians by State

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

There were a total of 1.3 million active duty military and more than 800,000 reserve forces as of September 2017, according to Defense Department personnel data. Total active duty personnel for the five armed service were approximately 472,000 for the Army, 319,000 for the Navy, 319,000 for the Air Force, 184,000 for the Marine Corps and 41,000 for the Coast Guard. See the 2021 military active-duty personnel, civilian numbers by state.
The states with the most total active duty and reserve members of the military, as of September 2017, were:

• California: 184,540
• Texas: 164,234
• Virginia: 115,280
• North Carolina: 112,951
• Florida: 92,249
• Georgia: 88,089
• Washington: 64,066
• South Carolina: 55,369
• New York: 48,974
• Colorado: 47,636

The following tables list state military personnel totals for active duty, reserve and civilian employees. They exclude those stationed overseas.

Active Duty Military by State

State	Total	Army	Navy	Marine Corps	Air Force	Coast Guard
California	128,373	6,567	44,838	55,101	17,243	4,624
Texas	110,913	63,846	6,170	2,035	37,116	1,746
Virginia	89,303	23,581	39,400	10,799	11,368	4,155
North Carolina	91,175	39,322	4,296	39,924	5,912	1,721
Florida	55,862	5,349	21,216	3,483	21,088	4,726
Georgia	61,322	47,788	3,566	1,235	8,248	485
Washington	45,343	25,642	11,191	684	5,771	2,055
South Carolina	37,507	11,838	6,823	10,582	7,407	857
New York	20,588	16,427	2,148	637	352	1,024
Colorado	34,460	25,039	753	218	8,404	46
Maryland	28,888	8,341	9,741	1,780	8,088	938
Hawaii	36,620	16,313	7,792	6,370	4,937	1,208
Illinois	20,567	928	14,913	362	4,229	135
Kentucky	31,418	30,960	8	80	209	161
Missouri	17,072	11,369	320	1,249	3,934	200
Ohio	6,793	495	274	258	5,358	408
Arizona	18,297	4,271	385	4,331	9,305	5
Oklahoma	19,802	11,447	1,338	434	6,551	32
Pennsylvania	2,580	961	690	379	223	327
Kansas	21,604	18,555	63	84	2,799	103
Louisiana	13,122	5,953	397	669	4,924	1,179
Mississippi	11,554	442	4,569	424	5,788	331
Alabama	8,750	4,579	131	151	2,984	905
New Jersey	7,669	631	446	370	4,274	1,948
Alaska	17,302	8,355	49	19	6,971	1,908
Tennessee	2,095	352	1,294	128	163	158
Indiana	963	547	100	192	87	37
Minnesota	597	160	142	116	50	129
Massachusetts	3,573	372	386	167	1,001	1,647
Nevada	10,322	146	885	51	9,240	0
Michigan	2,088	434	206	228	113	1,107
New Mexico	11,485	299	76	64	11,042	4
Utah	3,979	179	26	96	3,678	0
Wisconsin	976	466	44	105	68	293
District Of Columbia	9,852	1,647	2,536	2,197	1,767	1,705
Arkansas	3,190	121	9	165	2,875	20
Nebraska	5,849	162	382	76	5,212	17
Connecticut	4,641	106	3,780	59	32	664
Iowa	248	94	21	66	32	35
Oregon	1,572	119	164	114	141	1,034
North Dakota	6,583	21	5	15	6,541	1
Idaho	3,367	52	38	29	3,244	4
Delaware	3,196	68	19	16	3,051	42
West Virginia	197	55	5	44	27	66
Rhode Island	3,371	152	2,597	222	72	328
Montana	3,208	59	4	24	3,121	0
South Dakota	2,809	62	1	9	2,737	0
Wyoming	3,102	35	1	8	3,058	0
New Hampshire	757	55	223	77	126	276
Maine	811	41	161	27	10	572
Vermont	168	50	10	12	58	38

Data current as of Sept. 30, 2017
SOURCE: DoD Defense Manpower Data Center

Reserve Forces Military by State

State	Total	Air Force	Air National Guard	Army	Army National Guard	Navy	Marine Corps	Coast Guard
Alabama	18,802	1,217	2,246	4,641	9,640	275	689	94
Alaska	4,593	350	2,007	361	1,731	57	49	38
Arizona	14,968	2,145	2,486	3,511	5,305	905	616	0
Arkansas	10,275	448	1,840	1,703	5,994	147	143	0
California	56,167	7,466	4,509	15,910	14,242	7,791	5,423	826
Colorado	13,176	2,966	1,479	3,660	3,766	894	405	6
Connecticut	6,613	1	1,028	1,331	3,501	405	273	74
Delaware	4,972	1,562	1,111	481	1,532	123	157	6
District Of Columbia	4,239	261	1,265	491	1,336	103	635	148
Florida	36,387	6,578	2,077	10,042	9,634	5,570	1,632	854
Georgia	26,767	3,045	2,690	7,761	11,049	1,388	763	71
Hawaii	9,402	722	2,144	2,472	3,053	611	281	119
Idaho	5,434	26	1,351	734	3,053	157	113	0
Illinois	24,399	1,448	3,011	6,476	9,836	2,271	1,305	52
Indiana	18,863	1,534	1,831	2,840	11,637	381	631	9
Iowa	10,775	0	1,659	2,026	6,810	152	128	0
Kansas	9,664	604	1,985	2,578	4,179	107	189	22
Kentucky	12,568	3	1,241	4,227	6,529	250	257	61
Louisiana	16,994	1,428	1,481	1,960	9,554	1,166	1,226	179
Maine	3,804	0	1,078	431	1,967	98	174	56
Maryland	18,596	1,826	1,843	6,206	4,489	3,497	570	165
Massachusetts	15,059	2,187	2,216	3,298	5,897	269	823	369
Michigan	14,934	1	2,142	2,853	8,022	859	963	94
Minnesota	18,541	1,338	2,041	3,176	10,913	593	454	26
Mississippi	16,200	1,522	2,647	1,795	9,471	598	76	91
Missouri	18,467	1,112	2,263	4,757	8,364	1,134	749	88
Montana	4,434	23	989	699	2,552	104	67	0
Nebraska	6,296	297	1,002	1,231	3,344	274	148	0
Nevada	7,648	1,249	1,118	1,430	3,266	393	192	0
New Hampshire	4,097	1	962	1,066	1,622	241	198	7
New Jersey	16,973	2,303	2,207	3,935	5,927	1,201	1,212	188
New Mexico	5,133	222	988	761	2,871	211	79	1
New York	28,386	1,323	5,571	7,635	10,082	1,655	1,773	347
North Carolina	21,776	1,707	1,479	5,938	10,276	1,143	1,056	177
North Dakota	4,212	29	900	241	2,927	62	53	0
Ohio	27,208	3,602	4,916	5,406	10,810	1,199	1,026	249
Oklahoma	13,031	1,630	2,158	2,007	6,457	453	325	1
Oregon	9,432	74	2,253	567	5,609	459	372	98
Pennsylvania	30,244	996	3,848	7,526	15,514	868	1,379	113
Rhode Island	4,273	2	1,044	489	1,994	590	108	46
South Carolina	17,862	2,050	1,307	4,091	9,253	604	412	145
South Dakota	4,555	22	951	342	3,154	86	0	0
Tennessee	18,206	3	3,302	3,522	9,438	1,176	733	32
Texas	53,321	5,676	3,269	18,144	17,519	5,026	3,316	371
Utah	11,735	1,359	1,386	3,048	5,312	377	253	0
Vermont	3,707	0	987	161	2,511	48	0	0
Virginia	25,977	1,924	1,254	7,609	7,248	5,467	1,987	488
Washington	18,723	1,789	1,953	5,812	6,040	2,163	630	336
West Virginia	7,882	0	1,985	1,536	4,195	73	78	15
Wisconsin	14,000	0	1,944	3,920	7,198	376	489	73
Wyoming	2,908	32	1,186	81	1,541	68	0	0

Data current as of Sept. 30, 2017
SOURCE: DoD Defense Manpower Data Center

Military Civilians by State

State	Total	Army	Navy	Marine Corps	Air Force	DoD Field Activities
Alabama	23,399	17,467	111	5	2,367	3,449
Alaska	4,782	2,169	5	0	2,302	306
Arizona	8,859	3,797	183	456	3,258	1,165
Arkansas	3,320	2,209	7	0	998	106
California	61,519	8,818	32,549	4,333	9,790	6,029
Colorado	11,279	4,267	59	3	5,472	1,478
Connecticut	2,500	518	1,125	0	224	633
Delaware	1,370	214	2	2	1,037	115
District Of Columbia	12,632	1,316	10,195	27	328	766
Florida	30,598	3,722	12,353	261	12,105	2,157
Georgia	32,822	11,542	2,385	1,833	14,160	2,902
Hawaii	18,739	5,137	10,071	611	1,674	1,246
Idaho	1,472	682	69	0	670	51
Illinois	12,522	6,842	1,026	28	3,436	1,190
Indiana	10,877	1,904	3,573	232	831	4,337
Iowa	1,431	936	5	1	426	63
Kansas	6,760	5,424	5	1	999	331
Kentucky	9,949	8,646	18	3	303	979
Louisiana	5,843	3,240	526	221	1,589	267
Maine	7,789	286	6,439	0	277	787
Maryland	44,082	16,258	16,467	105	3,060	8,192
Massachusetts	6,292	2,224	159	4	3,098	807
Michigan	9,155	6,775	32	7	718	1,623
Minnesota	2,286	1,320	16	1	781	168
Mississippi	8,840	3,715	2,413	0	2,393	319
Missouri	7,424	5,352	54	117	1,235	666
Montana	1,290	454	1	0	787	48
Nebraska	4,081	1,308	44	4	2,623	102
Nevada	2,401	436	295	0	1,503	167
New Hampshire	953	451	11	3	309	179
New Jersey	9,985	5,172	2,310	9	1,907	587
New Mexico	6,263	2,245	98	1	3,531	388
New York	10,659	6,502	106	31	2,103	1,917
North Carolina	21,133	10,240	4,566	2,769	1,166	2,392
North Dakota	1,589	449	4	1	1,060	75
Ohio	25,510	1,444	103	2	14,379	9,582
Oklahoma	23,831	5,112	116	5	16,883	1,715
Oregon	2,922	2,254	21	3	625	19
Pennsylvania	23,537	8,018	6,549	20	1,008	7,942
Rhode Island	4,728	214	4,203	1	209	101
South Carolina	10,044	3,360	3,263	738	1,952	731
South Dakota	1,278	474	1	0	758	45
Tennessee	5,763	2,974	1,211	3	1,042	533
Texas	46,666	24,830	1,355	31	16,003	4,447
Utah	14,876	1,797	48	1	11,968	1,062
Vermont	574	271	2	0	272	29
Virginia	92,819	17,739	40,466	5,043	5,899	23,672
Washington	31,018	9,316	19,020	3	1,461	1,218
West Virginia	1,735	1,212	2	1	474	46
Wisconsin	2,424	1,857	65	1	392	109
Wyoming	1,064	220	2	0	804	38

Data current as of Sept. 30, 2017. Figures reflect personnel paid for by federal appropriated funding.
SOURCE: DoD Defense Manpower Data Center