2021 Military Active-Duty Personnel, Civilians by State

There were a total of 1.195 million active-duty military and more than 778,000 reserve forces according to September 2021 data from the Department of Defense. Total active-duty members for the five armed services were 426,624 for the Army, 306,272 for the Navy, 147,846 for the Marine Corps, 275,298 for the Air Force/Space Force and 39,029 for the Coast Guard.

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In the year ending in October 2021, there was a 0.24 percent year-to-year decrease in total armed services, dropping to a strength of 1.38 million. As of Nov. 30, 2021, there were a total of 1,341,609 active-duty personnel across all services within the Department of Defense (not including 41,231 U.S. Coast Guard personnel), 17.48 percent of which were female. Only 15 percent of the Coast Guard is female, as of March 8, 2021.

Numbers of U.S. military service members are mostly driven by workforce levels at large bases. The five states with the most total active-duty and reserve members of the military, as of September 2021, were:

• 217,889 in California
• 174,598 in Texas
• 156,475 in Virginia
• 122,214 in North Carolina
• 107,385 in Florida

These states were also the top five in September 2017.

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

DUTY STATE / COUNTRY	ARMY	NAVY	MARINE CORPS	AIR FORCE	COAST GUARD	TOTAL
ALABAMA	4,536	81	161	3,001	933	8,712
ALASKA	10,193	43	25	8,673	1,781	20,715
ARIZONA	4,506	383	3,246	10,876	6	19,017
ARKANSAS	135	10	109	3,562	17	3,833
CALIFORNIA	7,617	77,353	54,048	18,602	4,742	162,362
COLORADO	27,661	765	254	9,349	57	38,086
CONNECTICUT	114	6,174	61	36	675	7,060
DELAWARE	72	16	21	3,514	38	3,661
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	1,832	2,495	2,251	2,360	2,001	10,939
FLORIDA	5,973	30,551	3,768	24,007	4,991	69,290
GEORGIA	52,576	6,340	1,232	9,224	462	69,834
HAWAII	15,493	12,571	6,940	5,534	1,277	41,815
IDAHO	57	33	41	3,477	4	3,612
ILLINOIS	993	15,760	380	4,392	121	21,646
INDIANA	639	131	172	86	31	1,059
IOWA	109	20	69	33	34	265
KANSAS	18,327	115	103	3,114	75	21,734
KENTUCKY	34,675	53	89	233	165	35,215
LOUISIANA	8,078	398	761	5,130	1,180	15,547
MAINE	59	108	25	9	581	782
MARYLAND	8,459	9,723	2,163	8,891	876	30,112
MASSACHUSETTS	396	334	209	1,214	1,264	3,417
MICHIGAN	489	202	180	93	1,088	2,052
MINNESOTA	191	152	121	53	125	642
MISSISSIPPI	458	4,742	447	5,778	259	11,684
MISSOURI	9,658	233	1,440	4,226	221	15,778
MONTANA	68	3	26	3,258	0	3,355
NEBRASKA	155	278	75	5,843	2	6,353
NEVADA	201	1,208	105	10,859	2	12,375
NEW HAMPSHIRE	55	1,039	52	28	159	1,333
NEW JERSEY	661	446	389	4,965	1,866	8,327
NEW MEXICO	365	69	66	12,198	4	12,702
NEW YORK	17,635	740	697	435	1,005	20,512
NORTH CAROLINA	46,994	4,576	41,334	6,214	1,555	100,673
NORTH DAKOTA	17	2	14	7,480	0	7,513
OHIO	500	255	287	5,560	389	6,991
OKLAHOMA	11,918	1,647	558	7,294	18	21,435
OREGON	105	504	115	155	1,047	1,926
PENNSYLVANIA	1,009	542	385	261	311	2,508
RHODE ISLAND	144	2,801	242	75	319	3,581
SOUTH CAROLINA	9,480	8,582	10,259	9,142	1,013	38,476
SOUTH DAKOTA	155	4	14	3,315	0	3,488
TENNESSEE	394	1,634	150	165	150	2,493
TEXAS	73,152	6,164	2,282	35,316	1,777	118,691
UTAH	165	50	92	4,332	2	4,641
VERMONT	48	6	8	65	30	157
VIRGINIA	21,118	81,098	11,492	12,802	4,347	130,857
WASHINGTON	28,454	25,765	740	6,798	1,670	63,427
WEST VIRGINIA	68	3	24	19	72	186
WISCONSIN	445	68	116	118	287	1,034
WYOMING	32	2	8	3,134	0	3,176

Reserve Forces Military by State

DUTY STATE / COUNTRY	ARMY NATIONAL GUARD	ARMY RESERVE	NAVY RESERVE	MARINE CORPS RESERVE	AIR NATIONAL GUARD	AIR FORCE RESERVE	COAST GUARD RESERVE	TOTAL
ALABAMA	9,821	4,386	278	652	2,432	1,416	97	19,082
ALASKA	1,643	346	81	58	2,201	369	42	4,740
ARIZONA	5,284	3,415	1,044	535	2,656	2,641	0	15,575
ARKANSAS	6,777	1,630	133	126	1,954	393	0	11,013
CALIFORNIA	13,349	16,065	8,072	4,886	4,922	7,475	768	55,537
COLORADO	3,847	3,889	1,014	488	1,784	3,297	13	14,332
CONNECTICUT	3,663	1,276	428	205	1,180	1	109	6,862
DELAWARE	1,687	517	162	147	1,041	1,593	5	5,152
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	1,204	442	54	551	1,198	239	241	3,929
FLORIDA	10,134	10,253	6,231	1,417	2,203	7,044	813	38,095
GEORGIA	11,290	7,663	1,326	763	2,916	3,407	66	27,431
HAWAII	3,048	2,516	722	255	2,313	782	124	9,760
IDAHO	3,276	639	188	0	1,330	30	0	5,463
ILLINOIS	10,504	5,871	2,484	1,122	2,952	1,590	56	24,579
INDIANA	10,695	2,680	383	570	1,994	1,506	11	17,839
IOWA	7,003	1,911	125	132	1,968	0	0	11,139
KANSAS	4,628	2,296	117	183	2,181	833	28	10,266
KENTUCKY	6,659	3,990	295	128	1,209	4	46	12,331
LOUISIANA	9,917	1,689	1,109	1,127	1,523	1,310	217	16,892
MAINE	1,874	407	103	124	1,074	0	64	3,646
MARYLAND	4,649	5,863	3,965	633	1,838	1,875	169	18,992
MASSACHUSETTS	5,943	3,025	242	825	2,047	2,162	353	14,597
MICHIGAN	8,417	2,740	854	734	2,526	1	97	15,369
MINNESOTA	10,604	2,991	567	399	2,298	1,462	23	18,344
MISSISSIPPI	8,575	1,609	673	84	2,685	1,606	126	15,358
MISSOURI	9,379	4,704	1,087	653	2,228	1,035	76	19,162
MONTANA	2,350	624	124	92	953	22	0	4,165
NEBRASKA	3,309	1,069	251	111	1,025	317	0	6,082
NEVADA	3,339	1,459	602	177	1,212	1,291	0	8,080
NEW HAMPSHIRE	1,649	874	279	145	1,112	1	6	4,066
NEW JERSEY	6,152	3,989	1,178	1,180	2,375	2,284	230	17,388
NEW MEXICO	2,900	654	196	4	1,021	242	0	5,017
NEW YORK	10,702	7,179	1,717	1,803	5,884	1,290	348	28,923
NORTH CAROLINA	9,797	6,143	1,203	1,161	1,497	1,529	211	21,541
NORTH DAKOTA	3,052	173	72	63	1,180	42	0	4,582
OHIO	11,163	5,474	1,195	899	5,003	3,515	209	27,458
OKLAHOMA	6,525	1,740	469	300	2,245	1,892	0	13,171
OREGON	5,490	475	490	310	2,338	116	72	9,291
PENNSYLVANIA	13,601	7,001	879	1,110	4,055	1,405	119	28,170
RHODE ISLAND	2,076	541	579	78	1,015	2	47	4,338
SOUTH CAROLINA	9,227	3,863	636	426	1,324	2,227	162	17,865
SOUTH DAKOTA	3,127	320	69	0	1,142	23	0	4,681
TENNESSEE	8,972	3,368	1,301	562	3,539	11	36	17,789
TEXAS	18,976	18,085	5,595	3,303	3,421	6,210	317	55,907
UTAH	5,715	2,839	400	212	1,461	1,330	0	11,957
VERMONT	2,145	197	49	0	1,051	0	0	3,442
VIRGINIA	7,222	7,610	4,990	1,772	1,517	2,032	475	25,618
WASHINGTON	5,704	5,050	2,122	545	2,036	1,769	339	17,565
WEST VIRGINIA	4,005	1,345	62	94	2,147	0	5	7,658
WISCONSIN	7,069	3,659	347	432	2,365	0	66	13,938
WYOMING	1,572	75	57	0	1,282	54	0	3,040

Military Civilians by State

DUTY STATE / COUNTRY	ARMY	NAVY	MARINE CORPS	AIR FORCE	4TH ESTATE (DOD)	TOTAL
ALABAMA	18,194	118	6	2,235	3,656	24,209
ALASKA	2,350	8	0	2,490	259	5,107
ARIZONA	3,878	173	475	3,415	1,136	9,077
ARKANSAS	2,335	10	0	1,031	97	3,473
CALIFORNIA	9,165	35,109	4,477	10,019	5,523	64,293
COLORADO	4,333	131	5	5,865	1,290	11,624
CONNECTICUT	547	1,245	0	162	577	2,531
DELAWARE	236	4	2	1,005	111	1,358
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	1,211	10,608	29	755	790	13,393
FLORIDA	4,149	13,668	323	13,209	2,237	33,586
GEORGIA	12,290	2,613	1,883	15,099	2,860	34,745
HAWAII	5,121	11,464	663	1,254	1,214	19,716
IDAHO	696	76	0	663	46	1,481
ILLINOIS	7,187	1,022	29	2,909	1,274	12,421
INDIANA	2,058	4,223	312	738	4,387	11,718
IOWA	1,014	9	1	286	78	1,388
KANSAS	5,592	8	0	943	278	6,821
KENTUCKY	8,637	25	3	232	897	9,794
LOUISIANA	3,418	611	242	1,584	232	6,087
MAINE	294	7,427	0	184	769	8,674
MARYLAND	16,800	18,046	299	3,034	9,157	47,336
MASSACHUSETTS	2,212	155	7	3,341	766	6,481
MICHIGAN	7,319	35	10	661	1,500	9,525
MINNESOTA	1,474	29	2	695	157	2,357
MISSISSIPPI	4,017	2,657	0	2,463	271	9,408
MISSOURI	5,630	60	127	1,173	691	7,681
MONTANA	505	6	0	735	41	1,287
NEBRASKA	1,300	32	5	2,574	108	4,019
NEVADA	476	314	0	1,789	174	2,753
NEW HAMPSHIRE	452	17	2	251	176	898
NEW JERSEY	5,550	2,485	7	1,974	531	10,547
NEW MEXICO	2,318	140	0	3,793	392	6,643
NEW YORK	7,185	113	32	2,022	1,956	11,308
NORTH CAROLINA	7,963	4,945	2,938	1,187	5,502	22,535
NORTH DAKOTA	497	4	1	1,080	65	1,647
OHIO	1,622	135	5	15,935	9,265	26,962
OKLAHOMA	5,562	163	7	18,039	1,823	25,594
OREGON	2,236	26	2	370	26	2,660
PENNSYLVANIA	8,394	7,777	23	922	8,387	25,503
RHODE ISLAND	213	4,652	2	140	111	5,118
SOUTH CAROLINA	3,535	3,858	778	2,012	690	10,873
SOUTH DAKOTA	516	3	0	698	46	1,263
TENNESSEE	3,349	1,389	2	939	525	6,204
TEXAS	24,593	1,527	28	17,628	4,624	48,400
UTAH	1,950	62	2	12,565	1,306	15,885
VERMONT	227	3	0	172	30	432
VIRGINIA	17,554	43,302	5,423	6,449	25,637	98,365
WASHINGTON	8,525	20,131	6	1,398	1,260	31,320
WEST VIRGINIA	1,306	7	0	332	41	1,686
WISCONSIN	1,931	80	3	309	116	2,439
WYOMING	258	2	0	770	39	1,069

Data current as of Sept. 30, 2021. Figures reflect personnel paid for by federal appropriated funding. Source: Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center.