Peter Robinson at Ricochet directs attention to a study by the Heritage Foundation of military enlistment to population ratios by region. It tells us that, generally speaking, folks from Red States are much more inclined to serve in the military than folks from Blue States.
The most over-represented region consists of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. The most under-represented region is the Northeast from Pennsylvania upwards.
The Mountain West Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico is over-represented. So is Southeast.
Read more of this interesting piece @ Who serves in the military? | Power Line
And the study shows that the majority of volunteers ARE NOT from poor or disadvantaged backgrounds!!! One of the things that worried me with the end of the Draft was the military turning into bands of mercenaries from the disadvantaged of the nation. I'm so happy and proud to see that is far from what happened.