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U.S. domestic troop deployment data, by state

Source: R/data.R
troopdata_rebuild_us_states.Rd

troopdata_rebuild_us_states returns a data frame containing information on U.S. military personnel stationed in each of the 50 U.S. states (and U.S. territories where reported). Returned by get_troopdata() when the state_data argument is set to TRUE.

Usage

troopdata_rebuild_us_states

Format

A data frame with state-year (and state-year-quarter) observations including the following variables:

fipscode

A numeric vector of U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) state codes. Used as the numeric identifier when subsetting via get_troopdata(host = <numeric>, state_data = TRUE).

state

A character vector of U.S. state names. Matched with a case-insensitive grepl fuzzy match when subsetting via get_troopdata(host = <character>, state_data = TRUE).

year

The year of the observation.

month

The month of the observation.

quarter

The quarter of the observation.

troops_ad

The total number of active duty US military personnel stationed in the state.

army_ad

Total number of active duty Army personnel stationed in the state.

navy_ad

Total number of active duty Navy personnel stationed in the state.

air_force_ad

Total number of active duty Air Force personnel stationed in the state.

marine_corps_ad

Total number of active duty Marine Corps personnel stationed in the state.

coast_guard_ad

Total number of active duty Coast Guard personnel stationed in the state.

space_force_ad

Total number of active duty Space Force personnel stationed in the state.

army_national_guard

Total number of Army National Guard personnel stationed in the state.

air_national_guard

Total number of Air National Guard personnel stationed in the state.

army_reserve

Total number of Army Reserve personnel stationed in the state.

navy_reserve

Total number of Navy Reserve personnel stationed in the state.

marine_corps_reserve

Total number of Marine Corps Reserve personnel stationed in the state.

air_force_reserve

Total number of Air Force Reserve personnel stationed in the state.

coast_guard_reserve

Total number of Coast Guard Reserve personnel stationed in the state.

total_selected_reserve

Total number of reserve US military personnel stationed in the state.

army_civilian

Total number of Army civilian personnel stationed in the state.

navy_civilian

Total number of Navy civilian personnel stationed in the state.

air_force_civilian

Total number of Air Force civilian personnel stationed in the state.

marine_corps_civilian

Total number of Marine Corps civilian personnel stationed in the state.

dod_civilian

Total number of Department of Defense civilian personnel stationed in the state.

total_civilian

Total number of civilian personnel stationed in the state.

Source

https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/global-us-troop-deployment-1950-2005

doi:10.1177/07388942211030885

Value

Returns the full data frame containing state-year (and state-year-quarter) observations of U.S. military personnel stationed domestically from 1950 through the most recent reporting period.