Southerners are More Likely to Serve in Military

 

As this New York Times article documents, Southerners are more likely to volunteer for military service.  Those “who sign up overwhelmingly come from counties in the South and a scattering of communities” close to military bases like Colorado Springs.

“The South . . . produces 20 percent more recruits than would be expected, based on its youth population. The states in the Northeast . . . produce 20 percent fewer. Fayetteville, N.C. . . . provided more than twice as many military enlistment contracts as Manhattan, even though Manhattan has eight times as many people.”  Contrary to the politically correct expectations “African-Americans are [only] slightly more likely to serve.” Since the draft was abolished in the 1970s, Southerners have been more likely to volunteer. Their eagerness to defend America despite having ancestors in the Confederate Army may be one reason that the Army retains the names of ten military bases after Confederate generals.