Table C-31.  FY 2007 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains by Education, Component, and Urbanicity
                       
No Credentials Alternate Credentials High School Some College TOTAL
URBANICITY #      % #      % #      % #      % #      %
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
Urban 594 6.92% 538 9.28% 2,276 9.00% 278 11.04% 3,686 8.73%
Second City 1,316 15.32% 1,100 18.97% 4,411 17.44% 508 20.17% 7,335 17.38%
Suburban 1,165 13.56% 878 15.14% 4,085 16.15% 537 21.32% 6,665 15.79%
Town 908 10.57% 613 10.57% 2,457 9.71% 206 8.18% 4,184 9.91%
Town/Rural 3,115 36.27% 1,949 33.60% 8,659 34.23% 776 30.81% 14,499 34.36%
Rural 1,481 17.24% 714 12.31% 3,372 13.33% 214 8.50% 5,781 13.70%
Unknown 10 0.12% 8 0.14% 34 0.13% 0 0.00%   52 0.12%
   TOTAL 8,589 100.00% 5,800 100.00% 25,294 100.00% 2,519 100.00% 42,202 100.00%
ARMY RESERVE
Urban 406 8.95% 259 12.90% 1,163 11.79% 259 17.32% 2,087 11.66%
Second City 811 17.89% 399 19.87% 1,975 20.02% 310 20.74% 3,495 19.53%
Suburban 760 16.76% 372 18.53% 2,035 20.63% 374 25.02% 3,541 19.78%
Town 491 10.83% 192 9.56% 904 9.17% 114 7.63% 1,701 9.50%
Town/Rural 1,454 32.07% 562 27.99% 2,770 28.08% 332 22.21% 5,118 28.59%
Rural 605 13.34% 221 11.01% 1,000 10.14% 101 6.76% 1,927 10.77%
Unknown 7 0.15% 3 0.15% 16 0.16% 5 0.33%   31 0.17%
   TOTAL 4,534 100.00% 2,008 100.00% 9,863 100.00% 1,495 100.00% 17,900 100.00%
NAVAL RESERVE
Urban 14 25.45% 49 14.94% 587 13.84% 93 22.41% 743 14.75%
Second City 7 12.73% 78 23.78% 846 19.95% 89 21.45% 1,020 20.25%
Suburban 8 14.55% 72 21.95% 925 21.82% 115 27.71% 1,120 22.23%
Town 5 9.09% 22 6.71% 325 7.67% 19 4.58% 371 7.36%
Town/Rural 14 25.45% 85 25.91% 1,195 28.18% 80 19.28% 1,374 27.27%
Rural 7 12.73% 22 6.71% 350 8.25% 19 4.58% 398 7.90%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 12 0.28% 0 0.00%   12 0.24%
   TOTAL 55 100.00% 328 100.00% 4,240 100.00% 415 100.00% 5,038 100.00%
MARINE CORPS RESERVE
Urban 4 10.81% 38 15.70% 936 14.52% 39 18.57% 1,017 14.66%
Second City 8 21.62% 44 18.18% 1,144 17.74% 39 18.57% 1,235 17.80%
Suburban 11 29.73% 50 20.66% 1,515 23.50% 51 24.29% 1,627 23.45%
Town 4 10.81% 16 6.61% 522 8.10% 8 3.81% 550 7.93%
Town/Rural 7 18.92% 66 27.27% 1,762 27.33% 59 28.10% 1,894 27.30%
Rural 3 8.11% 27 11.16% 560 8.68% 14 6.67% 604 8.71%
Unknown 0 0.00% 1 0.41% 9 0.14% 0 0.00%   10 0.14%
   TOTAL 37 100.00% 242 100.00% 6,448 100.00% 210 100.00% 6,937 100.00%
AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Urban 0 NA 0 0.00% 8 5.97% 1 20.00% 9 6.29%
Second City 0 NA 0 0.00% 30 22.39% 1 20.00% 31 21.68%
Suburban 0 NA 1 25.00% 18 13.43% 2 40.00% 21 14.69%
Town 0 NA 1 25.00% 8 5.97% 1 20.00% 10 6.99%
Town/Rural 0 NA 2 50.00% 43 32.09% 0 0.00% 45 31.47%
Rural 0 NA 0 0.00% 27 20.15% 0 0.00% 27 18.88%
Unknown 0 NA 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%   0 0.00%
   TOTAL 0 NA 4 100.00% 134 100.00% 5 100.00% 143 100.00%
AIR FORCE RESERVE
Urban 0 NA 0 NA 1 50.00% 1 20.00% 2 28.57%
Second City 0 NA 0 NA 0 0.00% 2 40.00% 2 28.57%
Suburban 0 NA 0 NA 1 50.00% 0 0.00% 1 14.29%
Town 0 NA 0 NA 0 0.00% 1 20.00% 1 14.29%
Town/Rural 0 NA 0 NA 0 0.00% 1 20.00% 1 14.29%
Rural 0 NA 0 NA 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Unknown 0 NA 0 NA 0 0.00% 0 0.00%   0 0.00%
   TOTAL 0 NA 0 NA 2 100.00% 5 100.00% 7 100.00%
TOTAL DoD
Urban 1,018 7.70% 884 10.55% 4,971 10.81% 671 14.43% 7,544 10.44%
Second City 2,142 16.21% 1,621 19.34% 8,406 18.28% 949 20.41% 13,118 18.16%
Suburban 1,944 14.71% 1,373 16.38% 8,579 18.66% 1,079 23.21% 12,975 17.96%
Town 1,408 10.65% 844 10.07% 4,216 9.17% 349 7.51% 6,817 9.44%
Town/Rural 4,590 34.73% 2,664 31.78% 14,429 31.38% 1,248 26.84% 22,931 31.75%
Rural 2,096 15.86% 984 11.74% 5,309 11.55% 348 7.49% 8,737 12.10%
Unknown 17 0.13% 12 0.14% 71 0.15% 5 0.11%   105 0.15%
   TOTAL 13,215 100.00% 8,382 100.00% 45,981 100.00% 4,649 100.00% 72,227 100.00%
   
  1. Information applies to the home community of record reported by individual NPS and prior service (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.