The Peace Corps today released the 2014 rankings of the top volunteer-producing states and metropolitan areas across the country. Idaho ranked No. 6 among states with the highest number of Peace Corps volunteers per capita, with 4.2 volunteers currently serving worldwide for every 100,000 residents. ... Since the Peace Corps was established in 1961, 1,328 Peace Corps volunteers from Idaho have traveled abroad to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. The state produced 67 volunteers this year and jumped up one spot on the per capita list from No. 7 in 2013 and three spots from its No. 10 spot in 2012/Jeremiah McDaniel, Peace Corps. More here. (Wikipedia illustration)