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.

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