Table B-42.  FY 2008 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 90 13.02% 1,819 11.30% 4,403 10.62% 895 16.27% 7,207 11.30%
Second City 130 18.81% 3,201 19.89% 7,950 19.17% 1,139 20.71% 12,420 19.48%
Suburban 154 22.29% 3,192 19.83% 8,314 20.05% 1,340 24.36% 13,000 20.39%
Town 57 8.25% 1,488 9.24% 3,839 9.26% 405 7.36% 5,789 9.08%
Town/Rural 182 26.34% 4,705 29.23% 12,389 29.87% 1,399 25.43% 18,675 29.29%
Rural 77 11.14% 1,672 10.39% 4,525 10.91% 317 5.76% 6,591 10.34%
Unknown 1 0.14% 20 0.12% 54 0.13% 6 0.11%   81 0.13%
   TOTAL 691 100.00% 16,097 100.00% 41,474 100.00% 5,501 100.00% 63,763 100.00%
NAVY
Urban 107 22.57% 207 12.77% 4,154 13.08% 425 19.53% 4,893 13.58%
Second City 73 15.40% 308 19.00% 5,783 18.20% 419 19.26% 6,583 18.27%
Suburban 122 25.74% 369 22.76% 7,131 22.45% 565 25.97% 8,187 22.72%
Town 32 6.75% 118 7.28% 2,623 8.26% 118 5.42% 2,891 8.02%
Town/Rural 107 22.57% 474 29.24% 9,049 28.48% 524 24.08% 10,154 28.17%
Rural 31 6.54% 142 8.76% 2,978 9.37% 121 5.56% 3,272 9.08%
Unknown 2 0.42% 3 0.19% 52 0.16% 4 0.18%   61 0.17%
   TOTAL 474 100.00% 1,621 100.00% 31,770 100.00% 2,176 100.00% 36,041 100.00%
MARINE CORPS
Urban 9 17.65% 201 12.09% 3,994 11.73% 141 16.23% 4,345 11.86%
Second City 11 21.57% 272 16.37% 6,021 17.68% 175 20.14% 6,479 17.69%
Suburban 13 25.49% 361 21.72% 7,165 21.04% 205 23.59% 7,744 21.14%
Town 0 0.00% 138 8.30% 3,042 8.93% 60 6.90% 3,240 8.85%
Town/Rural 14 27.45% 503 30.26% 10,198 29.95% 219 25.20% 10,934 29.85%
Rural 4 7.84% 186 11.19% 3,566 10.47% 67 7.71% 3,823 10.44%
Unknown 0 0.00% 1 0.06% 61 0.18% 2 0.23%   64 0.17%
   TOTAL 51 100.00% 1,662 100.00% 34,047 100.00% 869 100.00% 36,629 100.00%
AIR FORCE
Urban 11 17.19% 21 8.82% 2,047 8.00% 183 10.26% 2,262 8.17%
Second City 10 15.63% 32 13.45% 4,837 18.90% 338 18.96% 5,217 18.85%
Suburban 13 20.31% 41 17.23% 5,384 21.04% 425 23.84% 5,863 21.19%
Town 5 7.81% 30 12.61% 2,448 9.57% 143 8.02% 2,626 9.49%
Town/Rural 17 26.56% 74 31.09% 8,043 31.43% 541 30.34% 8,675 31.35%
Rural 8 12.50% 39 16.39% 2,805 10.96% 150 8.41% 3,002 10.85%
Unknown 0 0.00% 1 0.42% 23 0.09% 3 0.17%   27 0.10%
   TOTAL 64 100.00% 238 100.00% 25,587 100.00% 1,783 100.00% 27,672 100.00%
TOTAL DoD
Urban 217 16.95% 2,248 11.46% 14,598 10.99% 1,644 15.92% 18,707 11.40%
Second City 224 17.50% 3,813 19.44% 24,591 18.51% 2,071 20.05% 30,699 18.71%
Suburban 302 23.59% 3,963 20.20% 27,994 21.07% 2,535 24.54% 34,794 21.20%
Town 94 7.34% 1,774 9.04% 11,952 8.99% 726 7.03% 14,546 8.86%
Town/Rural 320 25.00% 5,756 29.34% 39,679 29.86% 2,683 25.98% 48,438 29.52%
Rural 120 9.38% 2,039 10.39% 13,874 10.44% 655 6.34% 16,688 10.17%
Unknown 3 0.23% 25 0.13% 190 0.14% 15 0.15%   233 0.14%
   TOTAL 1,280 100.00% 19,618 100.00% 132,878 100.00% 10,329 100.00% 164,105 100.00%
   
  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.