Table B-42.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Duty Enlisted Accessions, FY13: by Education, Service, and Population Density
                       
Population No Credentials Alternate Credentials High School Some College TOTAL
Density2 # % # % # % # % # %
ARMY
Urban 22 35.5 115 12.1 6,161 12.3 1,353 19.0 7,651 13.1
Second City 8 12.9 173 18.3 10,520 21.0 1,535 21.6 12,236 21.0
Suburban 10 16.1 162 17.1 9,519 19.0 1,522 21.4 11,213 19.3
Town 3 4.8 78 8.2 4,027 8.0 373 5.2 4,481 7.7
Town/Rural 13 21.0 259 27.3 11,909 23.8 1,463 20.6 13,644 23.4
Rural 0 0 87 9.2 4,377 8.7 344 4.8 4,808 8.3
Unknown 6 9.7 73 7.7 3,586 7.2 520 7.3   4,185 7.2
   TOTAL 62 100 947 100 50,099 100 7,110 100 58,218 100
NAVY
Urban 8 29.6 102 15.3 4,236 13.5 637 21.0 4,983 14.1
Second City 5 18.5 128 19.2 6,489 20.6 615 20.3 7,237 20.5
Suburban 7 25.9 131 19.7 6,736 21.4 719 23.7 7,593 21.6
Town 0 0 46 6.9 2,340 7.4 131 4.3 2,517 7.1
Town/Rural 3 11.1 153 23.0 7,327 23.3 633 20.8 8,116 23.0
Rural 2 7.4 61 9.2 2,386 7.6 115 3.8 2,564 7.3
Unknown 2 7.4 45 6.8 1,975 6.3 187 6.2   2,209 6.3
   TOTAL 27 100 666 100 31,489 100 3,037 100 35,219 100
MARINE CORPS
Urban 2 8.7 25 7.4 3,556 13.2 137 14.5 3,720 13.1
Second City 2 8.7 67 19.8 4,991 18.5 178 18.8 5,238 18.5
Suburban 11 47.8 55 16.3 5,437 20.1 228 24.1 5,731 20.2
Town 1 4.3 28 8.3 2,026 7.5 51 5.4 2,106 7.4
Town/Rural 5 21.7 103 30.5 6,760 25.0 242 25.6 7,110 25.1
Rural 0 0 35 10.4 2,440 9.0 64 6.8 2,539 9.0
Unknown 2 8.7 25 7.4 1,795 6.6 47 5.0   1,869 6.6
   TOTAL 23 100 338 100 27,005 100 947 100 28,313 100
AIR FORCE
Urban 5 10.4 10 9.8 1,663 8.7 250 11.0 1,928 8.9
Second City 8 16.7 20 19.6 3,743 19.5 470 20.7 4,241 19.6
Suburban 8 16.7 15 14.7 3,888 20.2 477 21.0 4,388 20.3
Town 2 4.2 8 7.8 1,617 8.4 153 6.7 1,780 8.2
Town/Rural 17 35.4 33 32.4 5,301 27.6 648 28.6 5,999 27.7
Rural 4 8.3 11 10.8 1,827 9.5 138 6.1 1,980 7.0
Unknown 4 8.3 5 4.9 1,180 6.1 133 5.9   1,322 6.1
   TOTAL 48 100 102 100 19,219 100 2,269 100 21,638 100
TOTAL DoD
Urban 37 23.1 252 12.3 15,616 12.2 2,377 17.8 18,282 12.8
Second City 23 14.4 388 18.9 25,743 20.1 2,798 20.9 28,952 20.2
Suburban 36 22.5 363 17.7 25,580 20.0 2,946 22.0 28,925 20.2
Town 6 3.8 160 7.8 10,010 7.8 708 5.3 10,884 7.6
Town/Rural 38 23.8 548 26.7 31,297 24.5 2,986 22.3 34,869 24.3
Rural 6 3.8 194 9.4 11,030 8.6 661 4.9 11,891 8.3
Unknown 14 8.8 148 7.2 8,536 6.7 887 6.6   9,585 6.7
   TOTAL 3 160 100 2,053 100 127,812 100 13,363 100 143,388 100
   
  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.
  2. Claritas groups home communities by population density, ranging from the most densely populated "Urban" centers of our 
      largest cities to "Town/Rural", a category that includes towns, farm land and sparely populated areas.  The categories are 
      listed in decreasing orders of density.
  3. 3464 are not included due to missing education data.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Data provided for only those individuals reporting a U.S. home of record.