Top Volunteer-Producing Metro Areas

In 2012, the metro area comprising Fort Collins and Loveland, Colorado, is the leading producer of Peace Corps Volunteers per capita with 14.7 per 100,000 residents, ousting the 2011 and 2010 per capita leader, Missoula, Montana. The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island metro area produced the greatest number of Volunteers with 345 in 2012, followed by the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area with 338 Volunteers and the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana area with 331 Volunteers.

How did YOUR hometown fair? 

Peace Corps’ New York Regional Recruitment office staff celebrate the unveiling of the updated New Jersey highway sign commemorating the service of NJ Peace Corps Volunteers in honor of the Peace Corps’ 50th Anniversary