Table B-42.  FY 2009 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	60	17.49%	1,048	11.36%	4,759	10.76%	1,449	16.28%		7,316	11.67%
	Second City	70	20.41%	1,985	21.52%	8,854	20.01%	1,819	20.43%		12,728	20.30%
	Suburban	63	18.37%	1,872	20.30%	9,118	20.61%	2,359	26.50%		13,412	21.39%
	Town	22	6.41%	817	8.86%	3,802	8.59%	525	5.90%		5,166	8.24%
	Town/Rural	99	28.86%	2,543	27.58%	12,768	28.86%	2,158	24.24%		17,568	28.01%
	Rural	29	8.45%	935	10.14%	4,866	11.00%	581	6.53%		6,411	10.22%
	Unknown	0	0.00%	22	0.24%	78	0.18%	12	0.13%		112	0.18%
	TOTAL	343	100%	9,222	100%	44,245	100%	8,903	100%		62,713	100%
	NAVY
	Urban	61	21.71%	121	10.39%	4,138	13.28%	446	18.77%		4,766	13.63%
	Second City	61	21.71%	229	19.66%	6,226	19.98%	496	20.88%		7,012	20.05%
	Suburban	64	22.78%	244	20.94%	7,119	22.85%	570	23.99%		7,997	22.86%
	Town	11	3.91%	94	8.07%	2,410	7.74%	153	6.44%		2,668	7.63%
	Town/Rural	58	20.64%	346	29.70%	8,417	27.01%	543	22.85%		9,364	26.77%
	Rural	26	9.25%	127	10.90%	2,795	8.97%	165	6.94%		3,113	8.90%
	Unknown	0	0.00%	4	0.34%	52	0.17%	3	0.13%		59	0.17%
	TOTAL	281	100%	1,165	100%	31,157	100%	2,376	100%		34,979	100%
	MARINE CORPS
	Urban	0	0.00%	90	10.03%	3,535	12.38%	192	14.68%		3,817	12.40%
	Second City	1	20.00%	163	18.17%	5,308	18.58%	258	19.72%		5,730	18.62%
	Suburban	3	60.00%	192	21.40%	6,397	22.40%	329	25.15%		6,921	22.49%
	Town	0	0.00%	71	7.92%	2,238	7.84%	83	6.35%		2,392	7.77%
	Town/Rural	1	20.00%	290	32.33%	8,142	28.50%	365	27.91%		8,798	28.59%
	Rural	0	0.00%	90	10.03%	2,904	10.17%	80	6.12%		3,074	9.99%
	Unknown	0	0.00%	1	0.11%	40	0.14%	1	0.08%		42	0.14%
	TOTAL	5	100%	897	100%	28,564	100%	1,308	100%		30,774	100%
	AIR FORCE
	Urban	0	0.00%	45	6.52%	2,304	8.64%	428	10.81%		2,777	8.86%
	Second City	2	16.67%	133	19.28%	5,262	19.72%	807	20.38%		6,204	19.80%
	Suburban	2	16.67%	142	20.58%	5,737	21.50%	903	22.80%		6,784	21.65%
	Town	2	16.67%	75	10.87%	2,429	9.10%	293	7.40%		2,799	8.93%
	Town/Rural	5	41.67%	214	31.01%	8,028	30.09%	1,167	29.47%		9,414	30.04%
	Rural	1	8.33%	78	11.30%	2,879	10.79%	361	9.12%		3,319	10.59%
	Unknown	0	0.00%	3	0.43%	39	0.15%	1	0.03%		43	0.14%
	TOTAL	12	100%	690	100%	26,678	100%	3,960	100%		31,340	100%
	TOTAL DoD
	Urban	121	18.88%	1,304	10.89%	14,736	11.28%	2,515	15.20%		18,676	11.69%
	Second City	134	20.90%	2,510	20.96%	25,650	19.63%	3,380	20.43%		31,674	19.82%
	Suburban	132	20.59%	2,450	20.46%	28,371	21.72%	4,161	25.15%		35,114	21.97%
	Town	35	5.46%	1,057	8.83%	10,879	8.33%	1,054	6.37%		13,025	8.15%
	Town/Rural	163	25.43%	3,393	28.34%	37,355	28.59%	4,233	25.58%		45,144	28.25%
	Rural	56	8.74%	1,230	10.27%	13,444	10.29%	1,187	7.17%		15,917	9.96%
	Unknown	0	0.00%	30	0.25%	209	0.16%	17	0.10%		256	0.16%
	TOTAL	641	100%	11,974	100%	130,644	100%	16,547	100%		159,806	100%
	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.