Table B-42.  FY 2007 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Duty Enlisted Accessions by Education, Component, and Urbanicity
		No Credentials		Alternate Credentials		High School		Some College			TOTAL
	URBANICITY	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%		#	%
	ARMY
	Urban	249	13.02%	1,789	10.64%	3,902	10.32%	879	15.34%		6,819	10.95%
	Second City	423	22.11%	3,385	20.12%	7,339	19.40%	1,140	19.89%		12,287	19.73%
	Suburban	426	22.27%	3,290	19.56%	7,414	19.60%	1,307	22.81%		12,437	19.97%
	Town	167	8.73%	1,569	9.33%	3,439	9.09%	458	7.99%		5,633	9.04%
	Town/Rural	457	23.89%	5,061	30.09%	11,602	30.67%	1,551	27.06%		18,671	29.97%
	Rural	184	9.62%	1,681	9.99%	4,019	10.63%	377	6.58%		6,261	10.05%
	Unknown	7	0.37%	46	0.27%	110	0.29%	19	0.33%		182	0.29%
	TOTAL	1,913	100.00%	16,821	100.00%	37,825	100.00%	5,731	100.00%		62,290	100.00%
	NAVY
	Urban	102	21.16%	250	13.23%	3,976	13.25%	396	19.84%		4,724	13.75%
	Second City	91	18.88%	392	20.74%	5,421	18.07%	409	20.49%		6,313	18.37%
	Suburban	105	21.78%	419	22.17%	6,561	21.87%	483	24.20%		7,568	22.02%
	Town	28	5.81%	140	7.41%	2,497	8.32%	119	5.96%		2,784	8.10%
	Town/Rural	125	25.93%	517	27.35%	8,634	28.78%	475	23.80%		9,751	28.37%
	Rural	30	6.22%	163	8.62%	2,837	9.46%	107	5.36%		3,137	9.13%
	Unknown	1	0.21%	9	0.48%	72	0.24%	7	0.35%		89	0.26%
	TOTAL	482	100.00%	1,890	100.00%	29,998	100.00%	1,996	100.00%		34,366	100.00%
	MARINE CORPS
	Urban	16	21.62%	187	12.34%	3,431	10.94%	123	13.68%		3,757	11.10%
	Second City	14	18.92%	307	20.25%	5,736	18.29%	197	21.91%		6,254	18.48%
	Suburban	22	29.73%	312	20.58%	6,688	21.33%	211	23.47%		7,233	21.37%
	Town	1	1.35%	116	7.65%	2,773	8.84%	51	5.67%		2,941	8.69%
	Town/Rural	15	20.27%	433	28.56%	9,337	29.78%	261	29.03%		10,046	29.68%
	Rural	6	8.11%	158	10.42%	3,309	10.55%	56	6.23%		3,529	10.43%
	Unknown	0	0.00%	3	0.20%	80	0.26%	0	0.00%		83	0.25%
	TOTAL	74	100.00%	1,516	100.00%	31,354	100.00%	899	100.00%		33,843	100.00%
	AIR FORCE
	Urban	1	3.23%	16	8.12%	2,001	7.85%	167	8.99%		2,185	7.93%
	Second City	7	22.58%	31	15.74%	4,820	18.91%	376	20.25%		5,234	18.98%
	Suburban	10	32.26%	38	19.29%	5,165	20.27%	455	24.50%		5,668	20.56%
	Town	3	9.68%	18	9.14%	2,521	9.89%	139	7.49%		2,681	9.72%
	Town/Rural	7	22.58%	71	36.04%	8,144	31.96%	578	31.13%		8,800	31.92%
	Rural	3	9.68%	22	11.17%	2,768	10.86%	136	7.32%		2,929	10.62%
	Unknown	0	0.00%	1	0.51%	66	0.26%	6	0.32%		73	0.26%
	TOTAL	31	100.00%	197	100.00%	25,485	100.00%	1,857	100.00%		27,570	100.00%
	TOTAL DoD
	Urban	368	14.72%	2,242	10.98%	13,310	10.68%	1,565	14.93%		17,485	11.06%
	Second City	535	21.40%	4,115	20.15%	23,316	18.70%	2,122	20.24%		30,088	19.03%
	Suburban	563	22.52%	4,059	19.87%	25,828	20.72%	2,456	23.43%		32,906	20.82%
	Town	199	7.96%	1,843	9.02%	11,230	9.01%	767	7.32%		14,039	8.88%
	Town/Rural	604	24.16%	6,082	29.78%	37,717	30.26%	2,865	27.33%		47,268	29.90%
	Rural	223	8.92%	2,024	9.91%	12,933	10.37%	676	6.45%		15,856	10.03%
	Unknown	8	0.32%	59	0.29%	328	0.26%	32	0.31%		427	0.27%
	TOTAL	2,500	100.00%	20,424	100.00%	124,662	100.00%	10,483	100.00%		158,069	100.00%
	1. Information applies to the home community of record reported by individual NPS and PS recruits. Socioeconomic classifications
	provided by Claritas, with matching done by zip code.
	Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
	Data provided for only those individuals reporting a U.S. home of record. The summary report defines urbanicity categories used.