[MaryPoppins]

Mississippi's population is just under three million and it has the lowest per capita income of all 50 states. According to the 2010 Census, there were about 76,000 teenagers in Mississippi from ages 15-18. Almost half of those were boys, right about 1/3 of those would be 18 in 2012, but only about 50% (at most) of the female cohort graduated from high school. Based on my lawyerly math skills this would mean roughly about 6,333 college aged women who might be eligible for recruitment. With the low income rate and the need for low skilled work not all of them will go to an undergraduate program. Also not all of them will go to a school with a Greek system or have the money to devote to Greek life. Mississippi has one of the highest military enlistment rates in the nation. Now, only 1 to 4 high schools in Mississippi make the national "best of" lists depending on which list you pick. This means the students eligible for recruitment in out-of-state schools maybe an even smaller pool than one might expect.