Navy News, benefits, careers, entertainment, photos, promotions - Navy Times HOME

Basic Allowance for Housing with Dependents -- Percentage change
Basic Allowance for Housing rates adjust each Jan. 1 and can increase or decrease from year to year for any given paygrade in any given area. If BAH rates increase for certain paygrades in a specific location, everyone in those paygrades drawing the allowance in that location sees the increase in their paychecks. However, under a Defense Department policy called "individual rate protection," if rates decrease for certain paygrades in a given area, members already living off-base and drawing BAH see no change. In fact, their BAH rates will never decline as long as they remained assigned in that area; any decreases in BAH rates apply only to members who are newly assigned to an area after Jan. 1. Even so, no one -- not even a newly assigned member -- is supposed to "lose" money on BAH. If allowance rates decrease, defense officials say, it is because surveys show that average rental costs for the type of housing the Pentagon deems appropriate for each paygrade (ranging from apartments to townhomes/duplexes to single-family homes) have declined from the previous year in that location. So in theory, BAH rates should still be sufficient for newly-assigned members to rent the type of housing assigned to their paygrade without having to dip into their own pockets. Percentage changes in BAH rates from 2007 to 2008:
    W-1 W-2 W-3 W-4 W-5
Alabama AUBURN 15.3% 12.8% 11.0% 12.4% 13.9%
  BIRMINGHAM 14.9% 6.3% 0.0% 6.4% 13.1%
  FORT MCCLELLAN/ANNISTON 14.3% 13.6% 13.1% 14.9% 16.8%
  FORT RUCKER 27.6% 38.2% 47.9% 43.5% 38.9%
  HUNTSVILLE 16.9% 17.9% 18.7% 15.0% 11.4%
  MOBILE 11.7% 9.2% 7.3% 8.4% 9.5%
  MONTGOMERY 8.9% 11.8% 13.8% 13.8% 13.6%
  TUSCALOOSA 8.5% 8.2% 8.0% 11.2% 14.7%
Alaska ANCHORAGE 2.4% 2.6% 2.9% 2.6% 2.3%
  FAIRBANKS 16.0% 13.4% 11.3% 12.3% 13.3%
  JUNEAU 11.4% 8.1% 5.3% 6.8% 8.5%
  KETCHIKAN 6.7% 6.2% 5.9% 4.7% 3.4%
  KODIAK ISLAND 0.9% 1.6% 2.2% 2.4% 2.4%
  SITKA 12.6% 12.4% 12.2% 11.8% 11.4%
Arizona DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB 9.7% 6.5% 3.9% 4.3% 4.7%
  FORT HUACHUCA 21.5% 7.4% -2.8% -2.8% -2.9%
  PHOENIX -1.5% -1.8% -1.9% -1.9% -1.9%
  YUMA 4.8% 2.2% 0.0% 0.4% 0.8%
Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE 3.9% -0.9% -4.4% -0.8% 3.0%
  FORT CHAFFEE/FORT SMITH 7.7% 1.2% -4.2% -0.2% 4.2%
  JONESBORO 7.2% 3.3% 0.0% 1.2% 2.5%
  LITTLE ROCK 16.4% 7.1% 0.0% 6.2% 12.6%
  PINE BLUFF 1.5% -1.0% -3.1% 2.7% 8.7%
California BAKERSFIELD -3.1% 1.5% 5.3% 1.1% -3.0%
  BEALE AFB 0.3% -3.3% -6.0% -5.1% -4.1%
  BRIDGEPORT 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  CAMP PENDLETON 19.8% 12.9% 8.0% 9.1% 10.4%
  CHINA LAKE NWC 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  EDWARDS AFB/PALMDALE 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  EL CENTRO 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  FORT BRAGG 1.6% 1.2% 0.9% 2.7% 4.9%
  FORT IRWIN/BARSTOW -4.4% -2.7% -1.1% -2.0% -2.7%
  FRESNO 13.1% 9.8% 7.1% 6.5% 5.7%
  HUMBOLDT COUNTY -10.2% -8.2% -6.6% -2.8% 1.5%
  LEMOORE NAS 21.3% 10.8% 3.5% 5.6% 7.9%
  LOS ANGELES 15.1% 12.9% 10.8% 11.4% 11.9%
  MARIN/SONOMA 2.0% 1.4% 1.0% 1.5% 2.0%
  MONTEREY 6.3% 10.6% 14.0% 15.0% 16.1%
  OAKLAND 18.9% 20.0% 20.8% 15.2% 9.7%
  RIVERSIDE -1.9% 1.5% 4.6% 4.4% 4.3%
  SACRAMENTO 6.5% 4.4% 2.6% 3.6% 4.9%
  SAN BERNARDINO -5.2% -7.3% -9.0% -7.6% -6.1%
  SAN DIEGO 4.6% 6.6% 8.3% 7.8% 7.3%
  SAN FRANCISCO -3.2% 1.0% 4.6% 1.9% -1.0%
  SAN LUIS OBISPO -3.9% -2.7% -1.6% -1.5% -1.4%
  SANTA CLARA COUNTY 11.7% 6.9% 2.9% 6.7% 10.7%
  STOCKTON 1.5% 4.6% 7.1% 5.2% 3.1%
  TRAVIS AFB/VALLEJO 9.7% 2.3% -3.4% -0.9% 1.9%
  TWENTYNINE PALMS MCB 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  VANDENBERG AFB 8.5% 3.8% 0.0% 1.1% 2.2%
  VENTURA 1.1% 5.5% 9.3% 11.6% 14.0%
Colorado BOULDER 8.9% 12.2% 14.9% 10.5% 6.1%
  COLORADO SPRINGS 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8% 3.7%
  DENVER 7.2% 3.1% 0.0% 1.4% 3.1%
  FORT COLLINS 21.4% 20.2% 19.3% 20.1% 20.9%
Connecticut HARTFORD 2.1% 2.9% 3.4% 3.1% 2.7%
  NEW HAVEN/FAIRFIELD 1.1% -1.6% -3.6% -2.6% -1.6%
  NEW LONDON -5.7% -1.6% 1.6% -0.8% -3.4%
Delaware DOVER AFB 6.9% 4.4% 2.3% 2.6% 2.9%
  REHOBOTH BEACH 24.8% 22.9% 21.3% 17.1% 12.9%
District of Columbia WASHINGTON 0.0% 2.7% 5.1% 4.1% 3.1%
Florida EGLIN AFB 13.7% 8.8% 4.8% 5.0% 5.2%
  FLORIDA KEYS -8.6% -6.4% -4.6% -4.9% -5.2%
  FORT MYERS BEACH 9.0% 8.2% 7.6% 7.4% 7.2%
  FORT PIERCE -8.8% -8.4% -8.1% -4.0% 0.7%
  GAINESVILLE 17.0% 9.3% 3.4% 4.7% 6.0%
  JACKSONVILLE 8.5% 9.2% 10.0% 9.4% 8.9%
  MIAMI/FORT LAUDERDALE 10.0% 6.7% 4.0% 1.3% -1.7%
  OCALA 2.8% 3.1% 3.4% 6.8% 10.3%
  ORLANDO 3.0% 3.4% 3.8% 0.7% -2.4%
  PANAMA CITY 7.0% 10.7% 13.6% 13.0% 12.6%
  PATRICK AFB -7.7% -2.4% 2.3% 3.5% 4.8%
  PENSACOLA 9.9% 7.9% 6.0% 6.6% 7.1%
  POLK COUNTY 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8% 3.7%
  TALLAHASSEE 11.1% 8.4% 6.3% 9.2% 12.2%
  TAMPA 10.2% 4.6% 0.0% 4.9% 10.2%
  VOLUSIA COUNTY 5.9% 8.4% 10.5% 8.4% 6.2%
  WEST PALM BEACH -3.3% -4.0% -4.6% -4.5% -4.4%
Georgia ALBANY 15.7% 17.1% 18.0% 18.6% 19.1%
  ATHENS 2.4% 2.8% 2.9% 3.9% 4.9%
  ATLANTA 4.4% 6.7% 8.7% 9.6% 10.7%
  DAHLONEGA 1.2% 0.5% 0.0% -1.4% -2.9%
  FORT BENNING 14.5% 5.6% -1.0% -1.1% -1.1%
  FORT GORDON 15.4% 15.9% 16.3% 15.7% 15.3%
  FORT STEWART 19.3% 14.0% 9.8% 10.5% 11.3%
  KINGS BAY/BRUNSWICK 3.8% 11.5% 18.0% 14.8% 11.5%
  MOODY AFB 9.3% 17.7% 24.7% 19.9% 15.2%
  ROBINS AFB 4.8% -1.3% -6.2% -3.9% -1.3%
  SAVANNAH 1.4% 5.3% 8.8% 10.0% 11.2%
Hawaii HAWAII COUNTY 1.1% -3.6% -7.2% -6.9% -6.6%
  HONOLULU COUNTY -5.2% -3.0% -1.2% -0.6% 0.0%
  KAUAI COUNTY 17.7% 15.4% 13.5% 13.2% 12.9%
  MAUI COUNTY -2.0% -2.9% -3.6% -4.3% -5.0%
Idaho BOISE 15.5% 7.0% 0.8% 4.0% 7.4%
  IDAHO FALLS -7.5% -1.2% 4.5% 7.5% 10.8%
  MOSCOW -7.6% -2.1% 2.9% 1.4% -0.3%
  MOUNTAIN HOME AFB 15.6% 12.1% 9.0% 8.5% 8.0%
  POCATELLO 2.9% 8.7% 13.7% 13.2% 12.5%
  TWIN FALLS 15.9% 11.3% 7.3% 8.7% 10.2%
Illinois CHAMPAIGN/URBANA 34.8% 27.6% 22.2% 18.1% 13.9%
  CHICAGO 9.6% 12.2% 14.6% 11.9% 9.1%
  GREAT LAKES NTC -2.7% 4.0% 9.8% 9.2% 8.6%
  JOLIET ARMY DEPOT 3.3% 0.6% -1.7% 1.8% 5.7%
  PEORIA 3.2% 4.4% 5.6% 10.0% 14.9%
  ROCKFORD 0.0% 2.7% 5.1% 6.5% 8.2%
  ROCK ISLAND 20.6% 20.6% 20.5% 18.9% 17.1%
  SCOTT AFB 10.8% 12.8% 14.3% 10.5% 6.8%
  SPRINGFIELD/DECATUR 13.2% 11.9% 10.9% 10.5% 10.1%
Indiana BLOOMINGTON 7.0% 1.7% -2.6% -2.4% -2.2%
  EVANSVILLE 3.7% -0.5% -4.0% -1.2% 1.7%
  FORT WAYNE 8.4% 8.5% 8.6% 13.0% 17.7%
  GARY 3.5% 3.6% 3.7% 5.6% 7.7%
  INDIANAPOLIS 11.3% 7.7% 4.9% 7.0% 9.3%
  LAFAYETTE 0.0% 2.3% 4.1% 2.2% 0.3%
  SOUTH BEND 2.7% -0.3% -2.7% 4.0% 11.5%
  TERRE HAUTE -9.0% -13.5% -17.2% -14.1% -10.9%
Iowa AMES -3.0% -3.2% -3.4% 0.4% 4.5%
  CEDAR RAPIDS 5.6% 2.6% 0.0% 1.1% 2.3%
  DES MOINES 0.0% -4.1% -7.0% -6.7% -6.3%
  DUBUQUE 13.6% 18.0% 21.4% 21.6% 21.7%
  IOWA CITY -2.1% -5.8% -8.7% -4.3% 0.3%
  SIOUX CITY 18.7% 21.8% 24.5% 20.7% 16.7%
  WATERLOO 6.5% 0.9% -3.6% -3.3% -3.2%
Kansas FORT LEAVENWORTH 5.5% 2.4% 0.0% 0.4% 0.8%
  FORT RILEY 5.4% 6.1% 6.6% 8.5% 10.4%
  LAWRENCE -1.1% -3.8% -6.0% -6.0% -6.0%
  MCCONNELL AFB/WICHITA 7.7% 18.4% 27.8% 22.3% 16.7%
  SALINA -5.1% -2.8% -0.7% -0.3% 0.0%
  TOPEKA 5.8% 3.7% 1.8% 5.1% 8.8%
Kentucky BOWLING GREEN 7.4% 8.2% 9.1% 8.4% 7.6%
  FORT CAMPBELL 5.0% 15.4% 23.7% 22.0% 20.1%
  FORT KNOX 26.2% 16.4% 9.7% 10.7% 11.9%
  FRANKFORT 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -0.1% -0.3%
  LEXINGTON 16.6% 13.9% 11.7% 15.7% 20.0%
  LOUISVILLE 8.1% 8.8% 9.5% 7.5% 5.5%
  OWENSBORO -0.1% -2.2% -4.1% 1.4% 7.4%
  PADUCAH 2.1% -3.0% -6.6% -7.1% -7.8%
Louisiana ALEXANDRIA 19.7% 15.3% 11.8% 8.6% 5.4%
  BARKSDALE AFB/SHREVEPORT 4.7% 8.8% 12.2% 11.1% 10.0%
  BATON ROUGE 4.1% 1.9% 0.5% 2.7% 4.9%
  FORT POLK 5.7% 7.2% 8.6% 10.7% 12.8%
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY 38.8% 15.4% 0.0% 3.6% 7.4%
  LAKE CHARLES 8.4% 3.6% 0.0% 3.5% 7.4%
  MONROE 0.9% 4.0% 6.8% 5.0% 3.3%
  NEW ORLEANS 8.2% 4.6% 1.7% 3.0% 4.3%
  ST. MARY AND TERREBONNE 20.6% 20.9% 20.9% 20.4% 19.7%
Maine BANGOR 0.0% -3.5% -6.4% -7.2% -8.0%
  BRUNSWICK 6.8% -0.8% -6.2% -2.0% 2.5%
  CARIBOU/LIMESTONE 4.2% -1.9% -6.9% -5.3% -3.4%
  COASTAL MAINE 12.2% 12.1% 12.0% 10.3% 8.6%
  KITTERY 3.4% -0.5% -3.8% -4.2% -4.7%
  PORTLAND 5.2% -0.6% -4.8% -3.6% -2.3%
Maryland ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS 13.3% 9.7% 6.7% 7.0% 7.4%
  ANNAPOLIS 6.9% 6.6% 6.4% 7.3% 8.5%
  BALTIMORE 12.9% 7.0% 2.3% 3.8% 5.5%
  CUMBERLAND 2.0% 0.8% 0.0% -0.7% -1.4%
  FORT DETRICK 9.0% 4.2% 0.4% 2.8% 5.3%
  FORT MEADE 12.0% 12.5% 12.9% 12.8% 12.8%
  INDIAN HEAD NSWC 8.8% 6.4% 4.3% 6.3% 8.4%
  OCEAN CITY -11.8% -7.4% -3.5% -1.3% 1.2%
  OXFORD 24.4% 25.9% 27.1% 27.3% 27.3%
  PATUXENT RIVER 10.0% 11.1% 11.9% 10.5% 9.0%
Massachusetts BOSTON 6.7% 3.0% 0.0% 2.1% 4.2%
  CAPE COD 1.9% 0.9% 0.0% 0.5% 1.2%
  ESSEX COUNTY -7.6% -5.3% -3.5% 1.3% 6.5%
  FORT DEVENS/AYER 7.0% 6.4% 5.9% 7.4% 9.1%
  HAMPDEN COUNTY 7.1% -0.2% -5.2% 1.8% 9.2%
  HANSCOM AFB 15.5% 2.3% -7.4% -3.6% 0.5%
  MARTHA'S VINEYARD 7.5% 7.2% 7.0% 8.3% 9.7%
  NANTUCKET 35.5% 29.5% 24.3% 24.2% 24.1%
  PLYMOUTH -3.8% -4.3% -4.6% -4.4% -4.1%
  WORCESTER 4.4% 5.7% 6.9% 5.7% 4.3%
Michigan ALPENA COUNTY 0.5% 1.2% 1.7% 5.5% 9.7%
  ANN ARBOR -9.7% -4.9% -0.9% 0.5% 2.0%
  BATTLE CREEK/KALAMAZOO 6.5% 0.7% -3.9% -2.2% -0.4%
  CHARLEVOIX 4.6% 6.7% 8.5% 7.0% 5.3%
  DETROIT 9.0% 1.5% -4.4% -2.8% -1.2%
  GRAND HAVEN 26.6% 24.4% 22.7% 18.8% 14.8%
  GRAND RAPIDS 5.7% 0.9% -3.1% -3.3% -3.5%
  JACKSON 10.2% 13.3% 15.9% 16.1% 16.2%
  LANSING 1.4% 1.8% 2.3% 5.6% 9.3%
  MARQUETTE 0.7% 3.3% 5.5% 10.6% 16.3%
  PORT HURON 2.8% -0.1% -2.4% -3.6% -4.9%
  SAGINAW 8.0% 5.4% 3.0% 9.8% 17.2%
  SAULT STE. MARIE 9.6% 9.9% 10.2% 14.3% 18.9%
  TRAVERSE CITY 7.6% 4.1% 1.2% -0.9% -3.0%
Minnesota DULUTH 0.7% 2.7% 4.2% 3.7% 3.1%
  MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL 5.9% 4.0% 2.3% 4.3% 6.5%
  ROCHESTER 11.3% 14.8% 17.7% 17.3% 17.0%
  ST. CLOUD 1.0% 8.7% 14.7% 11.2% 7.4%
Mississippi COLUMBUS AFB 17.4% 16.1% 15.1% 20.1% 25.4%
  GREENVILLE 6.7% 11.8% 16.4% 15.6% 14.6%
  GULFPORT 2.8% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  HATTIESBURG 13.4% 8.6% 4.7% 4.6% 4.4%
  JACKSON 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  MERIDIAN 5.0% 3.9% 3.0% 3.1% 3.3%
  PASCAGOULA 2.8% 3.1% 3.1% 2.5% 1.9%
  TUPELO 8.7% 4.7% 1.6% 1.9% 2.3%
Missouri CAPE GIRARDEAU -11.9% -10.8% -9.8% -9.6% -9.6%
  COLUMBIA/JEFFERSON CITY 1.9% 2.6% 3.2% 3.9% 4.6%
  FORT LEONARD WOOD 7.6% 5.9% 4.3% 5.4% 6.6%
  KANSAS CITY 6.2% 3.1% 0.7% -0.4% -1.5%
  SPRINGFIELD 13.6% 15.4% 16.9% 17.2% 17.4%
  ST. JOSEPH 1.3% 1.4% 1.5% 4.5% 7.8%
  ST. LOUIS 15.5% 11.8% 9.0% 8.6% 8.2%
  WHITEMAN AFB 9.2% 7.0% 5.1% 8.2% 11.5%
Montana BILLINGS 10.6% 8.7% 7.3% 5.7% 4.0%
  HELENA 17.2% 18.8% 20.4% 17.9% 15.2%
  MALMSTROM AFB/GREAT FALLS 7.0% 13.0% 17.9% 14.9% 11.8%
  MISSOULA 6.3% 3.6% 1.5% 6.0% 10.8%
Nebraska LINCOLN 0.0% 1.7% 3.1% 3.8% 4.5%
  OFFUTT AFB/OMAHA 6.8% 5.9% 5.1% 6.1% 7.1%
Nevada FALLON NAS 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  LAKE TAHOE -3.3% -4.5% -5.5% -1.9% 2.0%
  NELLIS AFB/LAS VEGAS 8.2% 8.1% 8.1% 6.3% 4.5%
  RENO/CARSON CITY 0.0% -1.3% -2.3% -1.7% -1.1%
New Hampshire MANCHESTER/CONCORD 6.3% 4.4% 2.9% 4.6% 6.3%
  PORTSMOUTH 3.4% -0.5% -3.8% -4.2% -4.7%
New Jersey ATLANTIC CITY 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 2.3%
  CAMDEN 19.8% 14.0% 9.2% 5.2% 1.4%
  CAPE MAY 0.1% 4.7% 8.9% 7.3% 5.6%
  FORT DIX/MCGUIRE AFB/LAKEHURST 11.9% 7.6% 4.1% 3.2% 2.3%
  FORT MONMOUTH/EARLE NWS 4.7% 0.0% -3.8% -0.7% 2.6%
  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 0.0% 1.5% 2.9% 2.5% 2.0%
  PERTH AMBOY -11.4% -9.6% -8.1% -7.3% -6.5%
  TRENTON 6.0% 5.3% 4.6% 5.7% 6.7%
New Mexico CANNON AFB/CLOVIS 13.0% 12.7% 12.5% 13.5% 14.4%
  HOLLOMAN AFB/ALAMOGORDO 3.0% 4.9% 6.5% 5.2% 4.1%
  KIRTLAND AFB/ALBUQUERQUE 14.6% 6.4% 0.0% 2.6% 5.4%
  SANTA FE/LOS ALAMOS 8.9% 7.0% 5.3% 2.1% -1.2%
  WHITE SANDS MR/LAS CRUCES 3.3% 1.5% 0.0% 0.8% 1.7%
New York BALLSTON SPA/ALBANY 8.0% 5.4% 3.2% 5.2% 7.3%
  BINGHAMTON/ITHACA 14.0% 19.9% 25.1% 25.2% 25.3%
  BUFFALO 3.1% 4.3% 5.1% 8.2% 11.4%
  FORT DRUM/WATERTOWN 14.0% 14.6% 15.0% 12.8% 10.4%
  GRIFFISS AFB/ROME 17.1% 17.3% 17.5% 16.9% 16.2%
  KINGSTON/SAUGERTIES 14.1% 11.5% 9.4% 7.8% 6.1%
  LONG ISLAND 9.7% 7.4% 5.5% 4.2% 2.7%
  NEW YORK CITY 25.5% 21.9% 18.8% 16.0% 13.1%
  POTSDAM 21.5% 13.5% 7.0% 6.6% 6.0%
  ROCHESTER 9.8% 8.9% 8.3% 10.1% 11.9%
  SENECA ARMY DEPOT/SYRACUSE 19.7% 19.8% 20.0% 15.7% 11.2%
  STATEN ISLAND 15.5% 14.1% 12.8% 10.9% 8.9%
  WESTCHESTER COUNTY 12.9% 9.0% 5.8% 5.6% 5.3%
  WEST POINT -8.6% -5.3% -2.5% -3.3% -4.1%
North Carolina ASHEVILLE 21.4% 25.7% 28.9% 28.7% 28.5%
  CAMP LEJEUNE 8.7% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  CHARLOTTE 8.4% 11.7% 14.6% 9.7% 4.8%
  CHERRY POINT MCAS/MOREHEAD CITY 20.7% 17.3% 14.6% 12.0% 9.3%
  DURHAM/CHAPEL HILL 1.2% 4.2% 6.6% 9.9% 13.3%
  ELIZABETH CITY 26.6% 20.1% 14.8% 17.8% 21.1%
  FORT BRAGG/POPE AFB 19.7% 10.6% 3.3% 4.2% 5.2%
  GREENSBORO 5.3% 2.2% -0.4% -0.3% -0.2%
  GREENVILLE 2.7% 3.0% 3.4% 2.7% 2.1%
  OUTER BANKS -4.5% -1.7% 0.6% 1.3% 2.1%
  RALEIGH 10.5% 11.6% 12.7% 10.3% 8.2%
  SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB 9.6% 7.4% 5.8% 7.6% 9.6%
  WILMINGTON 7.1% 4.7% 2.5% 3.4% 4.4%
North Dakota BISMARCK 25.9% 34.3% 41.8% 39.4% 36.8%
  FARGO 24.2% 21.1% 18.4% 13.6% 8.6%
  GRAND FORKS 12.8% 9.3% 6.7% 7.7% 8.8%
  MINOT AFB 29.0% 32.0% 34.5% 29.8% 24.8%
Ohio AKRON 6.9% 8.8% 10.6% 14.7% 19.5%
  CINCINNATI -5.7% -7.2% -8.3% -11.2% -14.1%
  CLEVELAND 3.3% 2.5% 1.9% 1.5% 0.9%
  COLUMBUS 13.5% 1.7% -6.8% -3.8% -0.8%
  LIMA 15.3% 14.4% 13.8% 16.2% 18.9%
  MANSFIELD -9.1% -10.6% -11.6% -10.5% -9.3%
  TOLEDO 9.6% 4.2% 0.0% 2.9% 5.9%
  WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB 19.1% 5.7% -3.5% 0.1% 3.9%
  YOUNGSTOWN 1.5% 2.8% 3.9% 4.4% 4.8%
Oklahoma ALTUS AFB 2.0% 5.5% 8.5% 7.6% 6.8%
  FORT SILL/LAWTON 4.2% 6.2% 7.9% 10.4% 13.1%
  OKLAHOMA CITY 14.3% 8.7% 4.4% 3.6% 2.7%
  TULSA 7.7% 5.2% 3.0% 2.2% 1.5%
  VANCE AFB/ENID 4.7% 8.2% 11.4% 11.1% 10.5%
Oregon ASTORIA 10.7% 16.6% 21.6% 20.9% 20.0%
  COOS BAY 23.7% 15.6% 10.0% 10.6% 11.3%
  CORVALLIS 6.1% 9.6% 12.4% 8.9% 5.5%
  EUGENE 12.7% 12.0% 11.3% 7.6% 3.7%
  KLAMATH FALLS 0.0% 0.9% 1.6% 1.3% 0.8%
  MEDFORD 14.4% 11.6% 9.3% 10.0% 10.6%
  PORTLAND 10.1% 4.5% 0.0% 0.7% 1.6%
  SALEM 15.1% 6.1% 0.0% 4.0% 8.4%
Pennsylvania ALLENTOWN/BETHLEHEM -3.4% -2.2% -1.0% 5.2% 12.1%
  CARLISLE BARRACKS 10.0% 8.9% 8.0% 6.9% 5.9%
  ERIE 16.4% 19.7% 22.5% 20.1% 17.5%
  JOHNSTOWN 12.3% 16.0% 19.1% 12.5% 6.3%
  PHILADELPHIA 19.8% 14.0% 9.2% 5.2% 1.4%
  PITTSBURGH 24.2% 17.9% 13.1% 12.9% 12.8%
  READING 9.5% 6.0% 2.8% 2.2% 1.5%
  STATE COLLEGE 15.4% 15.8% 16.1% 18.3% 20.4%
  WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 9.0% 9.6% 10.2% 12.6% 15.4%
  WILLOW GROVE NAS 6.0% 1.2% -2.6% -2.7% -2.8%
Rhode Island NEWPORT 0.0% -0.2% -0.3% 0.9% 2.2%
  PROVIDENCE -0.1% -2.0% -3.5% -4.0% -4.7%
South Carolina BEAUFORT/PARRIS ISLAND 15.3% 16.2% 17.0% 17.8% 18.5%
  CHARLESTON 5.7% 3.4% 1.5% 2.6% 3.9%
  FLORENCE 14.5% 12.5% 11.1% 15.2% 19.6%
  FORT JACKSON/COLUMBIA 14.7% 20.1% 24.6% 21.7% 18.6%
  GREENVILLE 6.5% 4.1% 2.2% 4.2% 6.1%
  MYRTLE BEACH 11.1% 6.5% 3.0% 2.9% 2.8%
  SHAW AFB/SUMTER 8.5% 5.7% 3.5% 4.1% 4.7%
South Dakota ELLSWORTH AFB/RAPID CITY 11.1% 8.4% 6.3% 9.2% 12.2%
  SIOUX FALLS 10.6% 15.8% 19.9% 21.2% 22.5%
Tennessee CHATTANOOGA 1.5% 1.2% 1.1% 4.7% 8.4%
  JACKSON 15.8% 7.4% 0.8% 9.4% 18.4%
  JOHNSON CITY/KINGSPORT 9.3% 4.1% 0.0% 5.2% 10.9%
  KNOXVILLE 11.3% 6.6% 2.5% 3.6% 4.7%
  MANCHESTER/TULLAHOMA 18.9% 12.6% 7.3% 10.1% 13.1%
  MEMPHIS 11.3% 7.0% 3.6% 6.4% 9.4%
  NASHVILLE 10.3% 5.7% 1.8% -0.1% -1.9%
Texas AMARILLO -6.7% -4.7% -3.0% -1.9% -1.0%
  AUSTIN 15.2% 14.4% 13.7% 10.6% 7.5%
  BEAUMONT 18.1% 10.0% 3.9% 1.4% -1.4%
  BROWNSVILLE 31.4% 15.0% 3.6% 4.1% 4.6%
  COLLEGE STATION 6.3% 6.6% 7.0% 4.5% 1.9%
  CORPUS CHRISTI 6.0% 4.6% 3.5% 3.3% 3.1%
  DALLAS 2.7% 1.2% 0.0% 2.2% 4.6%
  DYESS AFB/ABILENE 9.7% 14.7% 19.0% 15.4% 11.7%
  EL PASO 9.8% 1.9% -4.2% -5.2% -6.3%
  FORT HOOD 1.4% 1.8% 2.2% 3.3% 4.5%
  FORT WORTH 12.8% 5.6% 0.0% -1.7% -3.4%
  GOODFELLOW AFB 3.0% 4.3% 5.6% 2.7% -0.5%
  HOUSTON 0.7% 12.2% 22.0% 14.9% 7.9%
  KINGSVILLE 20.2% 21.0% 21.7% 22.7% 23.6%
  LAUGHLIN AFB/DEL RIO 4.2% 1.8% 0.0% 1.5% 3.0%
  REESE AFB/LUBBOCK 0.1% 2.4% 4.7% 7.7% 11.1%
  SAN ANTONIO 16.5% 16.3% 16.1% 14.5% 12.7%
  SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS 0.7% 0.3% 0.1% 2.6% 5.2%
  TYLER 2.8% -0.8% -3.9% 0.5% 5.2%
  WACO 0.1% 6.0% 11.2% 11.1% 11.0%
Utah HILL AFB/OGDEN 11.9% 14.0% 15.7% 13.1% 10.3%
  PROVO 13.2% 15.5% 17.5% 16.4% 15.2%
  SALT LAKE CITY 9.2% 10.2% 10.9% 11.1% 11.3%
Vermont BURLINGTON 4.9% 8.1% 10.7% 8.5% 6.3%
Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE 1.3% 5.7% 9.3% 7.5% 5.8%
  FORT A.P. HILL 9.2% 15.6% 20.7% 17.5% 14.3%
  FORT LEE/PETERSBURG 26.0% 19.5% 14.7% 14.3% 13.9%
  HAMPTON/NEWPORT NEWS 17.0% 10.6% 5.5% 8.3% 11.3%
  LEXINGTON -6.1% -4.4% -2.7% -2.8% -2.9%
  NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH 9.2% 9.7% 10.2% 10.4% 10.6%
  QUANTICO/WOODBRIDGE 0.2% 2.6% 4.4% 3.9% 3.5%
  RICHMOND 22.0% 10.9% 2.7% 3.0% 3.3%
  ROANOKE 1.3% 6.2% 9.9% 9.6% 9.4%
  WARRENTON/VINT HILL FARM 8.6% 7.7% 6.8% 7.6% 8.5%
Washington ABERDEEN 0.0% -2.3% -4.2% -2.6% -0.7%
  BREMERTON 4.2% 2.4% 1.0% 4.9% 9.0%
  EVERETT 12.7% 11.8% 11.1% 13.5% 16.0%
  PORT ANGELES 12.6% 8.8% 5.6% 7.4% 9.4%
  PULLMAN -7.6% -2.1% 2.9% 1.4% -0.3%
  SEATTLE 5.8% 10.4% 13.9% 13.2% 12.5%
  SPOKANE 9.7% 4.1% 0.0% 1.7% 3.4%
  TACOMA 13.9% 15.3% 16.5% 13.4% 10.0%
  WHIDBEY ISLAND 2.9% 6.6% 9.5% 7.4% 5.1%
  YAKIMA 8.9% 5.6% 2.9% 2.7% 2.6%
West Virginia BECKLEY 4.0% 3.4% 3.0% 2.9% 3.0%
  CHARLESTON 0.1% 3.1% 5.7% 4.2% 2.6%
  CLARKSBURG 17.6% 17.7% 17.8% 17.3% 16.7%
  HUNTINGTON 6.1% 5.5% 5.0% 1.8% -1.4%
  MARTINSBURG 7.7% 1.2% -3.9% -2.8% -1.7%
  MORGANTOWN 9.2% 7.5% 6.0% 8.3% 11.0%
  PARKERSBURG 8.9% 10.0% 11.1% 10.7% 10.2%
Wisconsin EAU CLAIRE 16.6% 12.5% 8.8% 9.0% 9.2%
  FORT MCCOY/SPARTA 6.7% 11.4% 15.5% 12.5% 9.4%
  GREEN BAY 9.6% 12.5% 15.1% 14.8% 14.6%
  MADISON 9.5% 4.8% 0.7% -0.5% -1.6%
  MILWAUKEE 10.8% 7.6% 4.9% 2.7% 0.3%
  OSHKOSH/APPLETON 0.0% 1.9% 3.6% 3.1% 2.7%
  STEVENS POINT 11.5% 9.9% 8.7% 11.3% 14.3%
  STURGEON BAY 6.8% 3.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
Wyoming CHEYENNE 12.1% 6.2% 1.5% 2.2% 3.0%