Naval Academy Releases Student Body By State

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than a third of the U.S. Naval Academy's students are from five states: California, Texas, Maryland, Virginia and Florida.

The academy released a distribution of midshipmen by state at a Board of Visitors meeting Monday.

California had the highest number of students with 442. Texas came second with 331. Maryland, which is home to the academy, has 300 students. Virginia came next with 286, followed by Florida with 280.

Together, those states account for 1,639 of the academy's 4,572 students. That's about 36 percent of the Brigade of Midshipmen.

Vermont was the state with the fewest students with seven, followed by North Dakota with eight and South Dakota with nine. Wyoming, New Hampshire and Alaska had 14 each.

The District of Columbia has four students at the academy.

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