US Military Recruits by ZIP: 1990-2006

These data are intended to be the universe of individual enlisted applicants to the US military from 1990-2006, obtained through FOIA request from the Defense Manpower Data Center. Separate files exist for applicants, contracts, and accessions. Individuals are identified only by ZIP code, with no persistent identifier across stage of enlistment, so individuals cannot be perfectly tracked across enlistment stage.