No paychecks for service members during shutdown About 1.3 million active-duty service members in the U.S. military would be required to keep working without pay during a government shutdown. Troops would receive back pay once a funding lapse ends. Duty Location Total Active-Duty Alabama 8200 Alaska 20200 Arizona 17400 Arkansas 3700 California 163300 Colorado 37900 Connecticut 6200 Delaware 3400 District of Columbia 11000 Florida 66900 Georgia 63800 Hawai’i 40400 Idaho 3500 Illinois 22600 Indiana 1000 Iowa 200 Kansas 20500 Kentucky 34600 Louisiana 14900 Maine 700 Maryland 29500 Massachusetts 3300 Michigan 1900 Minnesota 500 Mississippi 11000 Missouri 14400 Montana 3200 Nebraska 6400 Nevada 12200 New Hampshire 1100 New Jersey 7900 New Mexico 13400 New York 19300 North Carolina 95900 North Dakota 7200 Ohio 6800 Oklahoma 21100 Oregon 1500 Pennsylvania 2400 Rhode Island 3700 South Carolina 38300 South Dakota 3300 Tennessee 2300 Texas 114200 Utah 4500 Vermont 100 Virginia 129400 Washington 62100 West Virginia 100 Wisconsin 900 Wyoming 3100 Abroad 171700