U.S. stationing of active duty Armed Forces personnel 2022, by state

In 2022, there were around 1.13 million active duty U.S. Armed Forces personnel stationed within the United States. In that year, there were 158,754 U.S. Armed Forces personnel stationed in California, the most of any state.

Geographic stationing of active duty United States Armed Forces personnel in 2022, by U.S. state

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CharacteristicNumber of U.S. Armed Forces personnel
California158,754
Virginia125,162
Texas112,583
North Carolina94,540
Georgia63,414
Florida62,177
Washington60,603
Hawaii39,267
Colorado37,934
South Carolina37,238
Kentucky34,457
Maryland28,767
Illinois22,586
Oklahoma21,103
Kansas20,495
Alaska18,500
New York18,417
Arizona17,479
Missouri14,200
Louisiana13,793
New Mexico13,439
Nevada12,273
Mississippi10,820
District of Columbia8,983
Alabama7,349
North Dakota7,273
Nebraska6,506
Ohio6,480
New Jersey6,175
Connecticut5,537
Utah4,502
Arkansas3,725
Idaho3,507
Delaware3,457
South Dakota3,388
Rhode Island3,361
Montana3,251
Wyoming3,148
Tennessee2,237
Pennsylvania2,172
Massachusetts2,044
New Hampshire1,070
Indiana1,014
Michigan857
Wisconsin705
Oregon555
Minnesota463
Maine287
Iowa212
Vermont118
West Virginia117
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