List of militia organizations in the United States

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.

Background

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. In 2016, the SPLC identified a total of 165 armed militia groups within the United States.

National groups Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association Oath Keepers Not Fucking Around Coalition Three Percenters Guardians of Liberty Boogaloo movement American Patriots Three Percent Veterans on Patrol New Black Panther Party

Statewide groups + Militias with a statewide presenceNameStateArizona Border ReconArizonaArizona Liberty GuardArizonaArizona State MilitiaArizonaSouthern Arizona MilitiaArizonaArkansas Defense ForceArkansasFirst State PathfindersDelawareIndiana Citizens Volunteer MilitiaIndianaKentucky Mountain RangersKentuckyLouisiana Volunteer ForceLouisianaMaine MilitiaMaineMichigan Home GuardMichiganMichigan MilitiaMichiganNorthwest Lower Michigan Civil DefenseMichiganSoutheast Michigan Volunteer MilitiaMichiganMissouri Brotherhood MilitiaMissouriMissouri Citizens MilitiaMissouriMissouri MilitiaMissouriNorth Country DeplorablesNew YorkNew York Light Foot MilitiaNew YorkNew York Militia TMNew YorkNew York Mutual Assistance GroupNew YorkNew Mexico Civil GuardNew MexicoThe Last MilitiaOhioOhio IrregularsOhioOhio Valley Minutemen Citizen's Volunteer MilitiaOhioWest Ohio MinutemenOhioAppalachian AssociatorsPennsylvaniaIron City Citizen's Response Unit (CRU)PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Armare WoodsmenPennsylvaniaPennsylvania Light Foot MilitiaPennsylvaniaPennsylvania State MilitiaPennsylvaniaRhode Island PatriotsRhode IslandTexas State MilitiaTexasThis Is Texas Freedom ForceTexasGreen Mountain MilitiaVermontWashington Light Foot MilitiaWashingtonWest Virginia Light Foot MilitiaWest Virginia

Local groups + SPLC identified local militia groups (2018)StateNameLocationAlabamaAlabama Constitutional MilitiaClantonSouth Alabama MilitiaDothanAlaskaAlaska Citizens MilitiaNikiskiArizonaArizona Freedom MilitiaMohaveNorthern Arizona MilitiaGolden ValleyArkansasArkansas State Militia CorpsMansfieldCaliforniaCalifornia State MilitiaBay AreaNorthernSacramento CountySouthernFloridaFlorida MilitiaCentralNortheastNorthwestSouthernIdahoIdaho Light Foot MilitiaKootenai CountyMeridianIllinoisIllinois Sons of LibertyChicagoIndianaIndiana Citizens Volunteer MilitiaLake CountyKentuckyKY County RangersBath CountyMaineMaine Volunteer RespondersGardinerMichiganCapitol City MilitiaClinton CountyGenesee County Volunteer MilitiaGenesee CountyMichigan Liberty MilitiaBarry CountyMichigan Peoples' Reactionary ForceGenesee CountyMichigan Wolf PackGratiot CountySoutheast Michigan Volunteer MilitiaLapeer CountyMacomb CountyWayne CountyMississippiCitizens Militia of MississippiBatesvilleCarroll CountyMissouri417 Second Amendment MilitiaHartvilleMissouri Citizens MilitiaWashington CountyMissouri MilitiaJoplinKansas CitySpringfieldSt. JosephNew HampshirePatriot Mutual Assistance GroupRindgeNew YorkNew York Lightfoot MilitiaDelaware, CountyLiberty State MilitiaChenango CountyNew York Militia TMAlbany CountyMohawk Valley RegionNew York Mutual Assistance GroupOrange CountySuffolk CountyNorth CarolinaStokes County MilitiaKingOhioThe FrontiersmenRavennaThe Last MilitiaAllen CountyButler CountyClark CountyHamilton CountyMontgomery CountySummit CountyTrumbull CountyNorth East Ohio OutdoorsmanEast RochesterOhio Defense Force Home GuardCincinnatiClevelandNew LexingtonZanesvilleReapers Constitutional Militia of OhioCortlandOregonCentral Oregon Constitutional GuardRedmondPennsylvaniaCarlisle Light InfantryCumberland CountyEastern Pennsylvania Regional MilitiaWyomissingIron City Citizen's Response Unit (CRU)AlleghenyPennsylvania Homeland ShieldClarksburgPennsylvania Light Foot MilitiaBerks CountyBradford CountyJuniata CountyLuzerne CountySchuylkill CountyTioga CountyWestmoreland CountySouth CarolinaSouth Carolina Light Foot MilitiaHorry CountyTennessee1st Tennessee Rifles UMITLafayetteEast Tennessee Mountain MilitiaKnoxvilleTennessee Defence LegionChesterTexasAlamo MilitiaSan AntonioGolden Triangle MilitiaGrovesOrangeTexas Light Foot MilitiaTylerTexas State MilitiaAustinBig SpringHoustonVirginiaVirginia KekoasNorfolkCampbell County MilitiaCampbell CountyWashingtonWashington Light Foot MilitiaSpokane CountyWest VirginiaOhio Valley Minutemen Citizen's Volunteer MilitiaCharlestonWisconsinKenosha GuardKenosha

Inactive groups

Several militia organizations have since become inactive including: NameLocationViper MilitiaArizona1st Mechanical Kansas MilitiaKansasKentucky State MilitiaKentuckyWolverine WatchmenMichiganMilitia of MontanaMontanaCitizens for Constitutional FreedomNew MexicoBoyce´s TigersNew YorkOhio Defense ForceOhioTexas Emergency ReserveTexasWest Virginia Mountaineer MilitiaWest Virginia

See also Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge WHYU-LP, a radio station operated by the American Militia Association

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