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Basic Allowance for Housing without 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 13.1% 10.8% 13.1% 14.8% 13.1%
  BIRMINGHAM 2.5% 6.6% 10.3% 13.4% 10.7%
  FORT MCCLELLAN/ANNISTON 13.9% 11.2% 12.5% 14.3% 13.7%
  FORT RUCKER 51.1% 29.2% 27.3% 29.4% 36.8%
  HUNTSVILLE 17.6% 16.4% 16.7% 17.1% 17.8%
  MOBILE 11.4% 8.9% 10.1% 11.3% 9.5%
  MONTGOMERY 0.2% 4.7% 20.8% 15.0% 11.4%
  TUSCALOOSA 10.8% 2.9% 5.5% 8.5% 8.3%
Alaska ANCHORAGE 8.8% -4.3% -1.6% 2.1% 2.5%
  FAIRBANKS 25.3% 11.4% 14.6% 18.1% 15.2%
  JUNEAU 16.7% 3.1% 8.5% 14.3% 10.4%
  KETCHIKAN 12.4% 10.5% 9.0% 7.0% 6.6%
  KODIAK ISLAND 4.4% -5.7% -3.3% 0.2% 1.1%
  SITKA 13.3% 8.4% 10.3% 12.7% 12.5%
Arizona DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB 10.2% 6.3% 7.9% 9.0% 6.9%
  FORT HUACHUCA 15.3% 10.0% 15.2% 18.9% 9.2%
  PHOENIX 11.7% -0.3% -0.8% -1.5% -1.8%
  YUMA -0.1% 3.4% 4.1% 4.3% 2.5%
Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE 1.7% 3.1% 3.5% 2.9% -0.3%
  FORT CHAFFEE/FORT SMITH 18.0% 8.2% 8.1% 6.6% 2.0%
  JONESBORO 11.3% 8.2% 7.9% 6.6% 3.9%
  LITTLE ROCK 11.9% 6.2% 11.0% 14.8% 8.3%
  PINE BLUFF -1.8% -3.0% -1.1% 1.2% -0.7%
California BAKERSFIELD -3.5% -2.1% 0.1% -2.3% 0.9%
  BEALE AFB 4.9% 4.0% 2.3% -0.4% -2.7%
  BRIDGEPORT 5.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  CAMP PENDLETON 10.4% 11.9% 15.4% 18.5% 13.8%
  CHINA LAKE NWC 0.0% 0.0% 3.4% 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 2.8% -1.8% -0.2% 1.6% 1.3%
  FORT IRWIN/BARSTOW -2.2% -5.7% -5.1% -4.1% -2.9%
  FRESNO 12.2% 3.8% 8.0% 12.5% 10.2%
  HUMBOLDT COUNTY 0.0% -11.6% -10.8% -9.9% -8.5%
  LEMOORE NAS 10.4% 8.8% 14.3% 19.4% 12.2%
  LOS ANGELES 10.3% 4.0% 9.0% 14.8% 13.2%
  MARIN/SONOMA 10.7% 8.2% 5.6% 1.9% 1.5%
  MONTEREY 10.3% 8.2% 9.4% 7.1% 10.0%
  OAKLAND 15.3% 22.4% 20.8% 19.1% 19.8%
  RIVERSIDE 5.5% 1.1% -0.2% -1.3% 1.0%
  SACRAMENTO 10.5% 7.1% 6.9% 6.2% 4.7%
  SAN BERNARDINO 8.2% -1.1% -2.9% -5.6% -7.0%
  SAN DIEGO 18.8% 10.9% 8.1% 4.9% 6.3%
  SAN FRANCISCO 3.8% -3.4% -3.3% -2.5% 0.4%
  SAN LUIS OBISPO 2.5% -0.8% -2.3% -3.7% -2.8%
  SANTA CLARA COUNTY 16.4% 3.3% 7.0% 10.9% 7.5%
  STOCKTON 6.9% 5.8% 3.8% 2.1% 4.1%
  TRAVIS AFB/VALLEJO 3.6% 7.2% 8.4% 8.4% 3.3%
  TWENTYNINE PALMS MCB 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  VANDENBERG AFB 4.2% 2.0% 5.0% 7.6% 4.4%
  VENTURA 6.4% 4.3% 2.8% 1.9% 4.9%
Colorado BOULDER 12.1% 6.5% 7.6% 9.5% 11.8%
  COLORADO SPRINGS 2.2% -2.5% -1.4% 0.0% 0.0%
  DENVER 12.4% 13.4% 10.6% 6.5% 3.7%
  FORT COLLINS 24.1% 14.1% 17.6% 21.2% 20.5%
Connecticut HARTFORD 8.4% 4.4% 9.1% 2.5% 2.8%
  NEW HAVEN/FAIRFIELD 9.5% 10.8% 6.4% 0.6% -1.2%
  NEW LONDON -3.1% -4.9% -4.2% -4.9% -2.2%
Delaware DOVER AFB 3.9% 1.4% 3.8% 6.4% 4.7%
  REHOBOTH BEACH 8.1% 10.6% 16.8% 24.5% 23.2%
District of Columbia WASHINGTON 3.7% 2.9% 1.6% 0.5% 2.4%
Florida EGLIN AFB 13.7% 7.6% 10.4% 12.9% 9.5%
  FLORIDA KEYS 2.9% -1.9% -5.0% -8.2% -6.7%
  FORT MYERS BEACH 7.2% 1.9% 5.0% 8.9% 8.3%
  FORT PIERCE -5.6% -8.5% -8.6% -8.7% -8.5%
  GAINESVILLE 5.1% 3.6% 9.4% 15.6% 10.3%
  JACKSONVILLE 7.2% 2.3% 5.1% 8.6% 9.1%
  MIAMI/FORT LAUDERDALE 12.3% 5.7% 7.7% 9.4% 7.1%
  OCALA 18.4% 10.5% 7.0% 3.0% 3.1%
  ORLANDO 16.4% 18.2% 11.0% 3.1% 3.3%
  PANAMA CITY 10.5% 7.7% 7.3% 7.6% 10.1%
  PATRICK AFB 3.2% -5.4% -6.5% -6.8% -3.1%
  PENSACOLA 9.6% 4.6% 6.9% 9.5% 8.1%
  POLK COUNTY 7.5% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
  TALLAHASSEE 9.6% 7.8% 9.2% 10.6% 8.8%
  TAMPA 13.6% 5.7% 7.8% 9.3% 5.4%
  VOLUSIA COUNTY 9.8% 8.6% 7.3% 6.2% 8.0%
  WEST PALM BEACH 6.2% -0.2% -1.6% -3.4% -3.9%
Georgia ALBANY 15.8% 10.2% 18.8% 15.9% 16.7%
  ATHENS -1.3% 0.5% 2.7% 2.5% 2.7%
  ATLANTA 6.0% 5.8% 5.2% 4.8% 6.5%
  DAHLONEGA 2.0% 0.2% 0.7% 1.1% 0.6%
  FORT BENNING 9.3% 12.7% 13.6% 12.8% 6.8%
  FORT GORDON 3.3% 7.4% 11.0% 15.5% 15.9%
  FORT STEWART 14.4% 16.2% 17.7% 18.5% 14.8%
  KINGS BAY/BRUNSWICK 10.3% 7.6% 6.6% 5.1% 10.4%
  MOODY AFB 6.9% 2.4% 14.0% 10.7% 16.7%
  ROBINS AFB 1.4% 4.3% 4.6% 3.8% -0.5%
  SAVANNAH 7.1% 3.6% 2.5% 2.0% 4.8%
Hawaii HAWAII COUNTY -1.4% 4.8% 3.3% 0.3% -3.0%
  HONOLULU COUNTY 2.8% 1.9% -1.4% -4.8% -3.3%
  KAUAI COUNTY 8.9% 13.1% 15.2% 17.3% 15.7%
  MAUI COUNTY 3.9% -5.4% -3.9% -2.2% -2.8%
Idaho BOISE 3.7% 3.6% 9.0% 13.8% 8.1%
  IDAHO FALLS 4.5% 3.4% -1.8% -6.5% -2.1%
  MOSCOW 2.5% -5.2% -6.3% -6.8% -2.9%
  MOUNTAIN HOME AFB 10.1% 14.3% 15.0% 15.0% 12.6%
  POCATELLO 3.2% -5.9% -1.2% 3.8% 7.8%
  TWIN FALLS 28.0% 16.1% 16.0% 15.1% 11.9%
Illinois CHAMPAIGN/URBANA 20.9% 19.2% 26.1% 33.4% 28.5%
  CHICAGO 14.6% 7.6% 8.5% 10.0% 11.9%
  GREAT LAKES NTC 1.8% -4.9% -3.6% -1.6% 3.0%
  JOLIET ARMY DEPOT 10.9% -3.2% -0.2% 2.8% 0.9%
  PEORIA 13.2% 13.4% 8.7% 3.3% 4.2%
  ROCKFORD 2.6% 1.4% 0.6% 0.5% 2.4%
  ROCK ISLAND 15.0% 15.3% 28.3% 25.4% 20.5%
  SCOTT AFB 13.1% 9.2% 14.7% 11.1% 12.5%
  SPRINGFIELD/DECATUR 10.7% 7.8% 10.2% 12.9% 12.1%
Indiana BLOOMINGTON 1.1% 1.4% 3.9% 6.1% 2.3%
  EVANSVILLE 1.8% -1.7% 0.7% 3.1% 0.2%
  FORT WAYNE 11.7% 11.0% 9.9% 8.4% 8.4%
  GARY 2.6% 3.6% 3.6% 3.5% 3.6%
  INDIANAPOLIS 8.4% 8.9% 10.0% 10.6% 8.1%
  LAFAYETTE 3.4% 1.4% 0.8% 0.4% 1.9%
  SOUTH BEND 4.3% 1.9% 2.2% 2.1% 0.1%
  TERRE HAUTE 2.9% -4.7% -6.7% -9.7% -12.8%
Iowa AMES 0.4% -4.6% -3.9% -3.1% -3.2%
  CEDAR RAPIDS 24.4% 1.3% 3.4% 5.2% 3.1%
  DES MOINES -1.7% -3.1% -1.7% -0.7% -3.5%
  DUBUQUE 12.9% 12.1% 22.0% 14.4% 17.4%
  IOWA CITY 0.2% -2.2% -2.2% -2.7% -5.3%
  SIOUX CITY 10.0% 11.5% 14.7% 19.2% 21.3%
  WATERLOO 1.5% 4.6% 5.6% 5.5% 1.6%
Kansas FORT LEAVENWORTH 8.1% 1.3% 5.0% 5.1% 2.8%
  FORT RILEY 11.0% 8.3% 7.0% 5.5% 5.9%
  LAWRENCE -5.3% -5.0% -3.3% -1.6% -3.5%
  MCCONNELL AFB/WICHITA 14.1% 7.2% 13.9% 9.5% 16.9%
  SALINA -1.7% -5.5% -5.4% -4.9% -3.1%
  TOPEKA 16.8% 2.4% 4.1% 5.4% 3.9%
Kentucky BOWLING GREEN 6.8% 8.3% 11.3% 7.5% 8.2%
  FORT CAMPBELL 14.8% 12.6% 22.7% 11.1% 14.0%
  FORT KNOX 24.1% 23.7% 24.8% 24.3% 17.7%
  FRANKFORT 3.0% 1.6% 7.8% 0.0% 0.0%
  LEXINGTON 19.5% 10.4% 13.3% 16.2% 14.3%
  LOUISVILLE 12.4% 2.8% 5.2% 8.3% 8.8%
  OWENSBORO 9.0% 5.8% 3.2% -0.5% -1.9%
  PADUCAH 5.8% 8.3% 6.7% 1.2% -2.3%
Louisiana ALEXANDRIA 19.7% 24.0% 22.0% 19.0% 15.9%
  BARKSDALE AFB/SHREVEPORT 15.0% 6.1% 7.7% 5.5% 8.2%
  BATON ROUGE 10.4% 9.7% 11.9% 5.7% 2.6%
  FORT POLK 5.2% 7.1% 6.3% 5.9% 7.1%
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY 29.1% 18.0% 27.3% 34.4% 18.2%
  LAKE CHARLES -3.8% -4.1% 1.5% 7.6% 4.3%
  MONROE 6.3% 1.9% 1.5% 1.3% 3.5%
  NEW ORLEANS 8.3% 9.4% 8.9% 7.7% 5.0%
  ST. MARY AND TERREBONNE 15.7% 18.6% 19.5% 20.6% 20.8%
Maine BANGOR 8.1% 0.0% 0.0% -0.6% -3.1%
  BRUNSWICK 3.0% 1.5% 3.9% 5.4% 0.2%
  CARIBOU/LIMESTONE 10.1% 4.1% 4.2% 3.1% -1.1%
  COASTAL MAINE 2.4% 8.0% 9.9% 12.2% 12.1%
  KITTERY 13.6% 0.8% 2.0% 2.7% 0.1%
  PORTLAND 7.7% 1.1% 3.0% 4.2% 0.2%
Maryland ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS 21.4% 4.3% 8.3% 12.7% 10.2%
  ANNAPOLIS 0.5% 2.6% 4.5% 6.9% 6.7%
  BALTIMORE 14.1% 7.7% 10.0% 11.9% 7.8%
  CUMBERLAND 10.8% 1.6% 1.7% 1.8% 1.1%
  FORT DETRICK 5.3% 3.7% 6.1% 8.2% 4.9%
  FORT MEADE 13.4% 7.1% 9.4% 12.1% 12.5%
  INDIAN HEAD NSWC 1.1% 2.0% 5.1% 8.4% 6.7%
  OCEAN CITY -4.4% -7.0% -9.2% -11.1% -8.1%
  OXFORD 29.0% 22.5% 23.4% 24.6% 25.7%
  PATUXENT RIVER 2.1% 2.1% 10.6% 10.3% 10.9%
Massachusetts BOSTON 7.4% -1.2% 2.3% 6.1% 3.5%
  CAPE COD 0.0% 0.4% 1.1% 1.8% 1.1%
  ESSEX COUNTY 5.3% 2.4% -2.1% -7.2% -3.3%
  FORT DEVENS/AYER 6.7% 9.0% 8.1% 6.9% 6.5%
  HAMPDEN COUNTY 15.4% 10.8% 10.3% 5.8% 6.3%
  HANSCOM AFB 10.3% 5.9% 10.3% 13.1% 4.0%
  MARTHA'S VINEYARD 10.8% 10.1% 8.9% 7.5% 7.3%
  NANTUCKET 27.0% 31.6% 33.4% 34.5% 30.3%
  PLYMOUTH 0.1% 4.4% 0.6% -3.9% -4.2%
  WORCESTER 6.7% 4.1% 4.2% 4.6% 5.5%
Michigan ALPENA COUNTY 2.2% 1.5% 1.1% 0.6% 1.1%
  ANN ARBOR 1.2% -5.0% -5.7% -8.8% -5.5%
  BATTLE CREEK/KALAMAZOO 6.9% 1.4% 3.8% 5.5% 1.5%
  CHARLEVOIX 5.3% 0.9% 2.6% 5.0% 6.4%
  DETROIT 11.8% 13.3% 11.4% 7.7% 2.5%
  GRAND HAVEN 21.4% 10.9% 18.0% 26.2% 24.8%
  GRAND RAPIDS 7.2% 10.9% 8.5% 4.9% 1.5%
  JACKSON 11.2% 9.4% 9.8% 10.8% 12.9%
  LANSING 1.9% 4.6% 3.2% 1.5% 1.8%
  MARQUETTE 0.8% -2.5% -1.1% 1.2% 2.9%
  PORT HURON 14.3% 4.5% 3.8% 2.3% 0.2%
  SAGINAW 8.2% 13.5% 11.0% 7.7% 5.7%
  SAULT STE. MARIE 5.2% 7.4% 8.3% 9.6% 9.9%
  TRAVERSE CITY 1.7% 5.1% 6.2% 7.1% 4.6%
Minnesota DULUTH 1.9% 3.5% 2.2% 1.1% 2.4%
  MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL 14.7% 6.2% 6.1% 5.6% 4.3%
  ROCHESTER 11.6% 16.6% 15.0% 11.8% 14.3%
  ST. CLOUD 6.6% 5.3% 14.6% 4.4% 7.6%
Mississippi COLUMBUS AFB 10.8% 5.9% 12.3% 17.2% 17.4%
  GREENVILLE 0.1% 1.8% 3.9% 7.5% 11.1%
  GULFPORT 0.9% 0.6% 1.5% 2.5% 1.5%
  HATTIESBURG 7.5% 2.8% 7.6% 12.6% 9.4%
  JACKSON 4.9% 2.6% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0%
  MERIDIAN 5.5% 6.1% 5.5% 4.8% 4.0%
  PASCAGOULA 2.8% 2.5% 2.6% 2.8% 3.0%
  TUPELO 9.2% 1.6% 4.8% 7.9% 5.3%
Missouri CAPE GIRARDEAU 6.7% -2.9% -7.3% -11.9% -11.0%
  COLUMBIA/JEFFERSON CITY 7.1% 4.5% 3.4% 2.1% 2.6%
  FORT LEONARD WOOD 2.5% -4.1% 1.2% 7.3% 6.1%
  KANSAS CITY 8.5% 5.1% 5.6% 5.6% 3.6%
  SPRINGFIELD 11.7% 13.2% 15.8% 14.0% 15.2%
  ST. JOSEPH 11.7% 6.3% 4.0% 1.2% 1.3%
  ST. LOUIS 4.5% 11.5% 13.3% 14.8% 12.3%
  WHITEMAN AFB 13.5% 1.9% 5.2% 8.8% 7.3%
Montana BILLINGS 19.6% 12.5% 11.6% 10.2% 9.0%
  HELENA 30.8% 11.3% 10.2% 17.4% 18.6%
  MALMSTROM AFB/GREAT FALLS 6.2% 10.8% 15.3% 8.1% 12.3%
  MISSOULA 6.8% 3.3% 4.8% 5.8% 3.9%
Nebraska LINCOLN 7.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 1.5%
  OFFUTT AFB/OMAHA 5.7% 1.4% 3.8% 6.7% 6.0%
Nevada FALLON NAS 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0%
  LAKE TAHOE 0.3% -6.6% -5.1% -3.5% -4.4%
  NELLIS AFB/LAS VEGAS 10.2% 4.6% 6.2% 8.2% 8.2%
  RENO/CARSON CITY -3.8% -3.8% -2.1% -0.2% -1.1%
New Hampshire MANCHESTER/CONCORD 14.0% 9.3% 7.9% 6.0% 4.6%
  PORTSMOUTH 13.6% 0.8% 2.0% 2.7% 0.1%
New Jersey ATLANTIC CITY 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
  CAMDEN 24.5% 11.5% 15.2% 18.8% 14.8%
  CAPE MAY 10.7% 6.8% 3.7% 0.9% 4.1%
  FORT DIX/MCGUIRE AFB/LAKEHURST 14.7% 12.0% 12.0% 11.2% 8.2%
  FORT MONMOUTH/EARLE NWS 12.7% 1.1% 2.8% 3.9% 0.6%
  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 6.4% 7.0% 3.7% 0.3% 1.3%
  PERTH AMBOY 4.6% 0.7% -5.0% -11.1% -9.8%
  TRENTON 13.5% 2.5% 4.1% 5.9% 5.4%
New Mexico CANNON AFB/CLOVIS 25.6% 3.1% 7.7% 13.0% 12.8%
  HOLLOMAN AFB/ALAMOGORDO 23.9% 10.7% 7.0% 3.3% 4.6%
  KIRTLAND AFB/ALBUQUERQUE 6.4% 10.8% 12.6% 13.2% 7.5%
  SANTA FE/LOS ALAMOS 5.1% -2.1% 2.8% 8.6% 7.2%
  WHITE SANDS MR/LAS CRUCES 6.3% 4.3% 3.9% 3.0% 1.8%
New York BALLSTON SPA/ALBANY 12.6% 13.2% 10.8% 7.6% 5.8%
  BINGHAMTON/ITHACA 22.1% 5.4% 12.9% 15.0% 19.2%
  BUFFALO 10.9% 14.8% 9.4% 3.3% 4.1%
  FORT DRUM/WATERTOWN 23.6% 15.6% 14.8% 14.1% 14.5%
  GRIFFISS AFB/ROME 14.4% 9.1% 12.7% 17.1% 17.2%
  KINGSTON/SAUGERTIES 15.4% -0.1% 6.2% 13.6% 11.8%
  LONG ISLAND 4.4% 6.2% 7.8% 9.3% 7.7%
  NEW YORK CITY 25.4% 27.9% 26.8% 24.9% 22.4%
  POTSDAM 22.9% 21.1% 21.4% 20.2% 14.6%
  ROCHESTER 9.3% 13.1% 12.3% 10.1% 12.2%
  SENECA ARMY DEPOT/SYRACUSE 10.0% 13.3% 16.2% 19.7% 19.8%
  STATEN ISLAND 13.5% 11.4% 13.2% 15.3% 14.2%
  WESTCHESTER COUNTY 9.0% 7.1% 9.8% 12.2% 9.5%
  WEST POINT 4.3% 0.6% -3.8% -8.0% -5.8%
North Carolina ASHEVILLE 10.5% 17.3% 35.4% 29.6% 29.0%
  CAMP LEJEUNE 6.0% 2.4% 5.2% 7.8% 4.4%
  CHARLOTTE 11.1% 11.1% 9.8% 9.0% 11.2%
  CHERRY POINT MCAS/MOREHEAD CITY 14.6% 11.3% 15.4% 20.2% 17.7%
  DURHAM/CHAPEL HILL 6.4% 6.6% 4.1% 1.7% 6.6%
  ELIZABETH CITY 31.3% 25.9% 26.2% 25.6% 21.0%
  FORT BRAGG/POPE AFB 4.2% 6.9% 12.6% 18.1% 11.8%
  GREENSBORO 5.5% -4.2% 0.2% 4.8% 2.5%
  GREENVILLE 7.8% 5.9% 4.4% 2.7% 3.0%
  OUTER BANKS 0.0% -1.0% -2.5% -4.0% -2.1%
  RALEIGH 12.5% 7.6% 8.9% 10.6% 11.5%
  SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB 8.4% 9.6% 10.9% 9.3% 7.8%
  WILMINGTON 7.7% 4.3% 5.6% 6.7% 5.0%
North Dakota BISMARCK 18.5% 15.2% 19.9% 27.3% 33.2%
  FARGO 60.8% 22.8% 17.0% 23.8% 21.6%
  GRAND FORKS 16.0% 11.0% 11.9% 12.1% 9.8%
  MINOT AFB 32.7% 22.2% 25.4% 29.5% 31.6%
Ohio AKRON -1.4% -1.6% 2.0% 7.2% 8.6%
  CINCINNATI 6.3% 2.3% -1.3% -6.0% -7.0%
  CLEVELAND 6.0% 4.7% 4.0% 3.1% 2.7%
  COLUMBUS 4.9% 2.8% 7.6% 11.3% 3.1%
  LIMA 8.1% 11.1% 12.9% 15.2% 14.5%
  MANSFIELD 0.0% -2.1% -5.3% -9.3% -10.3%
  TOLEDO 6.5% 2.3% 5.5% 8.6% 4.9%
  WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB 10.9% 10.7% 14.6% 16.6% 7.3%
  YOUNGSTOWN 0.9% 2.4% 1.9% 1.7% 2.7%
Oklahoma ALTUS AFB 10.2% 3.3% 2.6% 2.6% 5.1%
  FORT SILL/LAWTON 11.2% 9.1% 6.7% 4.5% 5.9%
  OKLAHOMA CITY 9.9% 5.5% 9.3% 13.3% 9.4%
  TULSA 6.0% 4.6% 6.2% 7.4% 5.5%
  VANCE AFB/ENID 3.5% 1.3% 2.7% 5.2% 7.7%
Oregon ASTORIA 12.2% 11.6% 11.1% 11.6% 15.8%
  COOS BAY 12.0% 13.2% 17.9% 22.2% 16.7%
  CORVALLIS 9.4% 1.3% 4.5% 6.8% 9.1%
  EUGENE 6.1% 8.9% 12.0% 12.6% 12.1%
  KLAMATH FALLS 10.8% 0.0% 1.3% 0.1% 0.8%
  MEDFORD 9.0% 11.5% 12.8% 13.9% 11.9%
  PORTLAND 9.3% 6.2% 8.0% 9.2% 5.3%
  SALEM 3.0% 3.4% 9.2% 13.5% 7.2%
Pennsylvania ALLENTOWN/BETHLEHEM 7.1% 3.3% 0.2% -3.2% -2.3%
  CARLISLE BARRACKS 15.4% 9.3% 9.5% 9.8% 9.0%
  ERIE 9.5% 12.0% 13.9% 16.9% 19.3%
  JOHNSTOWN 21.8% 25.0% 19.0% 12.9% 15.4%
  PHILADELPHIA 24.5% 11.5% 15.2% 18.8% 14.8%
  PITTSBURGH 14.1% 24.4% 24.4% 23.0% 18.6%
  READING 15.1% 17.7% 13.9% 9.0% 6.4%
  STATE COLLEGE 13.5% 12.6% 13.8% 15.6% 15.8%
  WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 7.5% 8.9% 8.9% 9.1% 9.5%
  WILLOW GROVE NAS 11.3% 10.8% 8.6% 5.1% 1.8%
Rhode Island NEWPORT 18.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -0.1%
  PROVIDENCE 5.8% 0.0% 0.0% -0.4% -1.7%
South Carolina BEAUFORT/PARRIS ISLAND 8.8% 10.3% 12.6% 15.5% 16.1%
  CHARLESTON 12.4% 15.4% 10.8% 5.3% 3.7%
  FLORENCE 3.1% 14.1% 14.3% 14.1% 12.9%
  FORT JACKSON/COLUMBIA 15.8% 17.6% 16.3% 15.7% 19.3%
  GREENVILLE 13.3% 8.7% 7.8% 6.1% 4.4%
  MYRTLE BEACH 12.0% 8.0% 9.4% 10.3% 7.1%
  SHAW AFB/SUMTER 5.1% 1.8% 5.6% 8.0% 6.1%
South Dakota ELLSWORTH AFB/RAPID CITY 3.8% 3.1% 6.6% 10.5% 8.8%
  SIOUX FALLS 6.0% 3.8% 8.5% 11.6% 15.1%
Tennessee CHATTANOOGA 25.1% 18.0% 10.2% 1.5% 1.3%
  JACKSON 19.6% 19.2% 17.7% 14.4% 10.7%
  JOHNSON CITY/KINGSPORT 9.9% 6.9% 8.1% 8.5% 4.9%
  KNOXVILLE 6.5% 14.3% 13.0% 10.5% 7.2%
  MANCHESTER/TULLAHOMA 10.1% 13.0% 15.7% 17.9% 13.4%
  MEMPHIS 8.5% 7.6% 9.3% 10.5% 7.5%
  NASHVILLE 19.4% 15.4% 13.2% 9.5% 6.4%
Texas AMARILLO 4.6% -0.7% -3.6% -6.4% -5.0%
  AUSTIN 15.5% 18.5% 17.0% 15.1% 14.5%
  BEAUMONT 15.1% 15.4% 16.6% 16.6% 11.0%
  BROWNSVILLE 30.3% 26.2% 28.6% 28.4% 17.2%
  COLLEGE STATION 10.2% 5.9% 6.1% 6.4% 6.6%
  CORPUS CHRISTI 13.3% 5.4% 5.7% 5.7% 4.7%
  DALLAS 5.3% 2.1% 2.4% 2.4% 1.4%
  DYESS AFB/ABILENE 7.9% 2.8% 6.0% 10.7% 14.0%
  EL PASO 1.9% 2.0% 5.5% 8.4% 3.0%
  FORT HOOD 1.8% 2.6% 2.0% 1.5% 1.8%
  FORT WORTH 5.8% 2.6% 7.2% 11.6% 6.6%
  GOODFELLOW AFB 6.5% 2.5% 2.7% 3.1% 4.1%
  HOUSTON 2.6% 0.8% 8.0% 2.6% 10.5%
  KINGSVILLE 26.8% 17.1% 18.6% 20.3% 20.9%
  LAUGHLIN AFB/DEL RIO 13.6% 7.5% 5.9% 3.7% 2.1%
  REESE AFB/LUBBOCK 5.7% 0.5% 0.3% 0.4% 2.2%
  SAN ANTONIO 10.7% 12.3% 14.0% 16.4% 16.2%
  SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS 0.0% 0.2% 0.5% 0.6% 1.8%
  TYLER 7.6% 0.7% 1.7% 2.2% -0.3%
  WACO 6.9% 3.8% 2.0% 1.1% 5.2%
Utah HILL AFB/OGDEN 19.2% 15.2% 13.8% 12.4% 13.8%
  PROVO 16.1% 9.9% 11.4% 13.6% 15.2%
  SALT LAKE CITY 15.5% 12.4% 11.0% 9.5% 10.0%
Vermont BURLINGTON 6.4% 0.9% 2.6% 5.4% 7.6%
Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE 4.9% 1.3% 1.2% 2.1% 5.1%
  FORT A.P. HILL 13.6% 11.3% 17.3% 10.5% 14.8%
  FORT LEE/PETERSBURG 9.2% 7.9% 15.8% 24.8% 20.3%
  HAMPTON/NEWPORT NEWS 11.9% 10.6% 13.5% 15.8% 11.4%
  LEXINGTON 16.9% 8.9% 11.1% 13.0% 11.6%
  NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH 9.3% 4.8% 6.7% 9.2% 9.6%
  QUANTICO/WOODBRIDGE 13.3% 11.5% 6.3% 0.6% 2.3%
  RICHMOND 10.5% 12.2% 16.5% 20.1% 12.4%
  ROANOKE 12.9% 4.0% 9.8% 5.0% 5.6%
  WARRENTON/VINT HILL FARM 9.7% 8.6% 8.6% 8.4% 7.8%
Washington ABERDEEN 10.2% 15.5% 8.2% -0.4% -1.9%
  BREMERTON 13.1% 15.2% 10.2% 3.8% 2.7%
  EVERETT 14.7% 13.2% 13.0% 12.5% 12.0%
  PORT ANGELES 16.8% 17.8% 15.5% 11.9% 9.2%
  PULLMAN 2.5% -5.2% -6.3% -6.8% -2.9%
  SEATTLE 9.6% 9.2% 15.4% 7.8% 9.8%
  SPOKANE 12.8% 14.9% 12.6% 8.6% 4.9%
  TACOMA 16.2% 14.2% 14.0% 14.1% 15.1%
  WHIDBEY ISLAND 6.9% 2.0% 8.7% 3.6% 6.2%
  YAKIMA 7.6% 1.9% 5.0% 8.5% 6.1%
West Virginia BECKLEY 3.3% 4.1% 3.9% 3.9% 3.5%
  CHARLESTON 9.4% 0.6% 0.3% 0.6% 2.7%
  CLARKSBURG 4.7% 13.0% 15.1% 17.6% 17.7%
  HUNTINGTON 10.3% 1.3% 3.5% 6.0% 5.6%
  MARTINSBURG 20.5% 16.1% 12.1% 6.5% 2.1%
  MORGANTOWN 14.6% 7.9% 8.5% 8.9% 7.7%
  PARKERSBURG 11.0% 16.7% 13.0% 9.1% 10.0%
Wisconsin EAU CLAIRE 16.7% 14.7% 15.6% 16.0% 13.1%
  FORT MCCOY/SPARTA 10.9% 3.1% 4.8% 7.5% 10.8%
  GREEN BAY 15.6% 12.2% 10.9% 10.1% 12.1%
  MADISON 7.9% 6.7% 8.0% 8.7% 5.4%
  MILWAUKEE 7.8% 11.0% 10.9% 10.3% 8.1%
  OSHKOSH/APPLETON 13.2% 4.2% 2.2% 0.3% 1.6%
  STEVENS POINT 15.2% 11.4% 11.5% 11.2% 10.0%
  STURGEON BAY 8.2% 12.5% 10.0% 6.2% 3.6%
Wyoming CHEYENNE 20.8% 2.7% 7.1% 11.0% 7.0%