Table B-42.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Duty Enlisted Accessions, FY14: by Education, Service, and Population Density
                       
Population No Credentials Alternate Credentials High School Some College TOTAL
Density2 # % # % # % # % # %
ARMY
Urban 15 29.4 469 14.4 5,944 13.5 1,354 21.5 7,782 14.5
Second City 11 21.6 698 21.5 9,850 22.3 1,479 23.5 12,038 22.4
Suburban 9 17.6 598 18.4 8,931 20.2 1,467 23.3 11,005 20.5
Town 4 7.8 294 9.0 3,776 8.5 330 5.2 4,404 8.2
Town/Rural 10 19.6 859 26.4 11,453 25.9 1,340 21.3 13,662 25.4
Rural 1 2.0 330 10.2 4,197 9.5 310 4.9 4,838 9.0
Unknown 1 2.0 3 0.09 29 0.07 11 0.17   44 0.08
   TOTAL 51 100 3,251 100 44,180 100 6,291 100 53,773 100
NAVY
Urban 6 18.8 76 15.6 4,332 14.5 572 21.4 4,986 15.1
Second City 6 18.8 98 20.1 6,417 21.4 597 22.3 7,118 21.5
Suburban 8 25.0 108 22.2 6,685 22.3 663 24.8 7,464 22.5
Town 2 6.3 43 8.8 2,440 8.2 135 5.0 2,620 7.9
Town/Rural 6 18.8 122 25.1 7,561 25.3 580 21.7 8,269 25.0
Rural 4 12.5 37 7.6 2,438 8.1 118 4.4 2,597 7.8
Unknown 0 0 3 0.62 56 0.19 11 0.41   70 0.21
   TOTAL 32 100 487 100 29,929 100 2,676 100 33,124 100
MARINE CORPS
Urban 5 38.5 34 8.0 3,504 14.4 137 16.0 3,680 14.4
Second City 0 0 80 18.9 4,849 19.9 172 20.1 5,101 19.9
Suburban 2 15.4 68 16.0 5,025 20.7 192 22.4 5,287 20.6
Town 3 23.1 38 9.0 1,980 8.1 50 5.8 2,071 8.1
Town/Rural 3 23.1 145 34.2 6,576 27.0 264 30.8 6,988 27.3
Rural 0 0 59 13.9 2,354 9.7 42 4.9 2,455 9.6
Unknown 0 0 0 0 31 0.13 0 0   31 0.12
   TOTAL 13 100 424 100 24,319 100 857 100 25,613 100
AIR FORCE
Urban 8 16.0 10 8.8 1,813 9.3 284 11.8 2,115 9.6
Second City 13 26.0 25 21.9 3,902 20.0 530 22.0 4,470 20.2
Suburban 13 26.0 28 24.6 4,155 21.3 543 22.5 4,739 21.4
Town 3 6.0 9 7.9 1,769 9.1 146 6.0 1,927 8.7
Town/Rural 9 18.0 28 24.6 5,963 30.5 717 29.7 6,717 30.4
Rural 4 8.0 14 12.3 1,902 9.7 187 7.7 2,107 8.2
Unknown 0 0 0 0 15 0.08 7 0.29   22 0.10
   TOTAL 50 100 114 100 19,519 100 2,414 100 22,097 100
TOTAL DoD
Urban 34 23.3 589 13.8 15,593 13.2 2,347 19.2 18,563 13.8
Second City 30 20.5 901 21.1 25,018 21.2 2,778 22.7 28,727 21.3
Suburban 32 21.9 802 18.8 24,796 21.0 2,865 23.4 28,495 21.2
Town 12 8.2 384 9.0 9,965 8.4 661 5.4 11,022 8.2
Town/Rural 28 19.2 1,154 27.0 31,553 26.8 2,901 23.7 35,636 26.5
Rural 9 6.2 440 10.3 10,891 9.2 657 5.4 11,997 8.9
Unknown 1 0.68 6 0.14 131 0.11 29 0.24   167 0.12
   TOTAL 3 146 100 4,276 100 117,947 100 12,238 100 134,607 100
   
  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. 2951 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.