This is a list of active and armed militia organizations in the United States. While the two largest militias are the Oath Keepers and the 3 Percenters, there are numerous smaller groups.[ according to whom? ]
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identified 334 militia groups at their peak in 2011. It identified 276 in 2015, up from 202 in 2014. [1] In 2016, the SPLC identified a total of 165 armed militia groups within the United States. [2] [3]
As of 2020 [update] , the following militia groups have a national presence:
Name | State | Ref. |
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Arizona Border Recon [B] | Arizona | [9] [10] [11] |
Arizona Liberty Guard | Arizona | [12] |
Arizona State Militia | Arizona | [13] |
Southern Arizona Militia | Arizona | [12] |
Arkansas Defense Force | Arkansas | [12] |
First State Pathfinders | Delaware | [12] |
Indiana Citizens Volunteer Militia | Indiana | [12] |
Kentucky Mountain Rangers | Kentucky | [12] |
Louisiana Volunteer Force | Louisiana | [12] |
Maine Militia | Maine | [12] |
Michigan Home Guard | Michigan | [12] |
Michigan Militia | Michigan | [12] |
Northwest Lower Michigan Civil Defense | Michigan | [12] |
Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia | Michigan | [12] |
Missouri Brotherhood Militia | Missouri | [12] |
Missouri Citizens Militia | Missouri | [12] [14] |
Missouri Militia | Missouri | [15] |
North Country Deplorables | New York | [16] |
New York Light Foot Militia | New York | [12] [17] |
New York Militia TM | New York | [12] |
New York Mutual Assistance Group | New York | [12] |
New Mexico Civil Guard | New Mexico | [18] [19] [20] |
The Last Militia | Ohio | [12] |
Ohio Irregulars | Ohio | [12] |
Ohio Valley Minutemen Citizen's Volunteer Militia | Ohio | [12] |
West Ohio Minutemen | Ohio | [12] |
Appalachian Associators | Pennsylvania | [12] |
Iron City Citizen's Response Unit (CRU) | Pennsylvania | [12] [21] [22] [23] [24] |
Pennsylvania Armare Woodsmen | Pennsylvania | [12] |
Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia | Pennsylvania | [12] |
Pennsylvania State Militia | Pennsylvania | [12] |
Rhode Island Patriots | Rhode Island | [12] |
Texas State Militia | Texas | [25] [26] |
This Is Texas Freedom Force | Texas | [27] [28] |
Green Mountain Militia | Vermont | [12] |
Washington Light Foot Militia | Washington | [29] |
West Virginia Light Foot Militia | West Virginia | [12] |
State | Name | Location | |||
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Alabama | Alabama Constitutional Militia | Clanton | |||
South Alabama Militia | Dothan | ||||
Alaska | Alaska Citizens Militia | Nikiski | |||
Arizona | Arizona Freedom Militia | Mohave | |||
Northern Arizona Militia | Golden Valley | ||||
Arkansas | Arkansas State Militia Corps | Mansfield | |||
California | California State Militia | Bay Area | |||
Northern | |||||
Sacramento County | |||||
Southern | |||||
Florida | Florida Militia | Central | |||
Northeast | |||||
Northwest | |||||
Southern | |||||
Idaho | Idaho Light Foot Militia | Kootenai County | |||
Meridian | |||||
Illinois | Illinois Sons of Liberty | Chicago | |||
Indiana | Indiana Citizens Volunteer Militia [D] | Lake County | |||
Kentucky | KY County Rangers | Bath County | |||
Maine | Maine Volunteer Responders | Gardiner | |||
Michigan | Capitol City Militia | Clinton County | |||
Genesee County Volunteer Militia | Genesee County | ||||
Michigan Liberty Militia | Barry County | ||||
Michigan Peoples' Reactionary Force | Genesee County | ||||
Michigan Wolf Pack | Gratiot County | ||||
Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia [D] | Lapeer County | ||||
Macomb County | |||||
Wayne County | |||||
Mississippi | Citizens Militia of Mississippi | Batesville | |||
Carroll County | |||||
Missouri | 417 Second Amendment Militia [30] | Hartville | |||
Missouri Citizens Militia [D] | Washington County | ||||
Missouri Militia [D] | Joplin | ||||
Kansas City | |||||
Springfield | |||||
St. Joseph | |||||
New Hampshire | Patriot Mutual Assistance Group | Rindge | |||
New York | New York Lightfoot Militia [31] [32] [33] | Delaware, County | |||
Liberty State Militia | Chenango County | ||||
New York Militia TM [D] | Albany County | ||||
Mohawk Valley Region | |||||
New York Mutual Assistance Group | Orange County | ||||
Suffolk County | |||||
North Carolina | Stokes County Militia | King | |||
Ohio | The Frontiersmen | Ravenna | |||
The Last Militia [D] | Allen County | ||||
Butler County | |||||
Clark County | |||||
Hamilton County | |||||
Montgomery County | |||||
Summit County | |||||
Trumbull County | |||||
North East Ohio Outdoorsman | East Rochester | ||||
Ohio Defense Force Home Guard | Cincinnati | ||||
Cleveland | |||||
New Lexington | |||||
Zanesville | |||||
Reapers Constitutional Militia of Ohio | Cortland | ||||
Oregon | Central Oregon Constitutional Guard | Redmond | |||
Pennsylvania | Carlisle Light Infantry | Cumberland County | |||
Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Militia | Wyomissing | ||||
Iron City Citizen's Response Unit (CRU) | Allegheny | ||||
Pennsylvania Homeland Shield | Clarksburg | ||||
Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia [D] | Berks County | ||||
Bradford County | |||||
Juniata County | |||||
Luzerne County | |||||
Schuylkill County | |||||
Tioga County | |||||
Westmoreland County | |||||
South Carolina | South Carolina Light Foot Militia | Horry County | |||
Tennessee | 1st Tennessee Rifles UMIT | Lafayette | |||
East Tennessee Mountain Militia | Knoxville | ||||
Tennessee Defence Legion | Chester | ||||
Texas | Alamo Militia | San Antonio | Golden Triangle Militia | Groves | |
Orange | |||||
Texas Light Foot Militia | Tyler | ||||
Texas State Militia | Austin | ||||
Big Spring | |||||
Houston | |||||
Bell County Minutemen | Bell County, Texas | ||||
Washington | Washington Light Foot Militia [D] | Spokane County | |||
West Virginia | Ohio Valley Minutemen Citizen's Volunteer Militia [E] | Charleston | |||
Wisconsin | Kenosha Guard [34] | Kenosha |
Several militia organizations have since become inactive including:
Name | Location | Ref. |
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1st Mechanical Kansas Militia | Kansas | [35] |
Citizens for Constitutional Freedom | New Mexico | |
Connecticut White Wolves | Connecticut | [36] |
Gadsden Minutemen | Alabama | [37] |
Kentucky State Militia | Kentucky | [38] |
Militia of Montana | Montana | [39] |
North American Militia | Michigan | [40] |
Ohio Defense Force | Ohio | [41] |
North American Militia | Michigan | [42] [43] |
Pennsylvania Military Reserve | Pennsylvania | [44] [45] |
San Joaquin County Militia | California | [46] |
Southern California High Desert Militia | California | [47] |
Southern Indiana Regional Militia | Indiana | [48] |
Texas Emergency Reserve | Texas | [49] |
Texas Light Foot Militia (statewide) | Texas | [50] |
Ohio Unorganized Militia Assistance and Advisory Committee | Ohio | [51] |
Oklahoma Constitutional Militia | Oklahoma | [52] |
Viper Militia | Arizona | [53] |
Washington State Militia | Washington | [54] [55] |
West Virginia Mountaineer Militia | Clarksburg, West Virginia | [56] |
Wolverine Watchmen | Michigan | [57] |
Pennsylvania Free Militia | Pennsylvania |
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