| Table C-31. FY 2008 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 | 703 | 8.24% | 575 | 9.91% | 2,737 | 9.75% | 271 | 11.77% | 4,286 | 9.59% | ||||
| Second City | 1,306 | 15.31% | 1,046 | 18.02% | 4,840 | 17.24% | 460 | 19.97% | 7,652 | 17.11% | ||||
| Suburban | 1,083 | 12.69% | 978 | 16.85% | 4,697 | 16.73% | 509 | 22.10% | 7,267 | 16.25% | ||||
| Town | 844 | 9.89% | 574 | 9.89% | 2,763 | 9.84% | 181 | 7.86% | 4,362 | 9.76% | ||||
| Town/Rural | 3,080 | 36.10% | 1,884 | 32.46% | 9,276 | 33.04% | 666 | 28.92% | 14,906 | 33.34% | ||||
| Rural | 1,504 | 17.63% | 740 | 12.75% | 3,728 | 13.28% | 216 | 9.38% | 6,188 | 13.84% | ||||
| Unknown | 12 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.12% | 30 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 49 | 0.11% | ||||
| TOTAL | 8,532 | 100.00% | 5,804 | 100.00% | 28,071 | 100.00% | 2,303 | 100.00% | 44,710 | 100.00% | ||||
| ARMY RESERVE | ||||||||||||||
| Urban | 396 | 8.66% | 255 | 11.63% | 1,730 | 13.20% | 290 | 17.70% | 2,671 | 12.42% | ||||
| Second City | 767 | 16.78% | 457 | 20.84% | 2,656 | 20.27% | 311 | 18.99% | 4,191 | 19.49% | ||||
| Suburban | 748 | 16.36% | 429 | 19.56% | 2,736 | 20.88% | 426 | 26.01% | 4,339 | 20.18% | ||||
| Town | 452 | 9.89% | 206 | 9.39% | 1,126 | 8.59% | 125 | 7.63% | 1,909 | 8.88% | ||||
| Town/Rural | 1,486 | 32.51% | 612 | 27.91% | 3,480 | 26.56% | 372 | 22.71% | 5,950 | 27.67% | ||||
| Rural | 714 | 15.62% | 232 | 10.58% | 1,364 | 10.41% | 113 | 6.90% | 2,423 | 11.27% | ||||
| Unknown | 8 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.06% | 22 | 0.10% | ||||
| TOTAL | 4,571 | 100.00% | 2,193 | 100.00% | 13,103 | 100.00% | 1,638 | 100.00% | 21,505 | 100.00% | ||||
| NAVAL RESERVE | ||||||||||||||
| Urban | 10 | 20.83% | 51 | 15.41% | 561 | 14.06% | 95 | 22.30% | 717 | 14.95% | ||||
| Second City | 10 | 20.83% | 62 | 18.73% | 767 | 19.22% | 89 | 20.89% | 928 | 19.35% | ||||
| Suburban | 13 | 27.08% | 70 | 21.15% | 869 | 21.77% | 101 | 23.71% | 1,053 | 21.96% | ||||
| Town | 2 | 4.17% | 30 | 9.06% | 290 | 7.27% | 21 | 4.93% | 343 | 7.15% | ||||
| Town/Rural | 9 | 18.75% | 88 | 26.59% | 1,108 | 27.76% | 96 | 22.54% | 1,301 | 27.13% | ||||
| Rural | 4 | 8.33% | 29 | 8.76% | 393 | 9.85% | 24 | 5.63% | 450 | 9.38% | ||||
| Unknown | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.08% | ||||
| TOTAL | 48 | 100.00% | 331 | 100.00% | 3,991 | 100.00% | 426 | 100.00% | 4,796 | 100.00% | ||||
| MARINE CORPS RESERVE | ||||||||||||||
| Urban | 8 | 16.67% | 15 | 8.62% | 811 | 15.17% | 46 | 24.86% | 880 | 15.30% | ||||
| Second City | 6 | 12.50% | 40 | 22.99% | 935 | 17.49% | 30 | 16.22% | 1,011 | 17.58% | ||||
| Suburban | 12 | 25.00% | 35 | 20.11% | 1,273 | 23.82% | 41 | 22.16% | 1,361 | 23.66% | ||||
| Town | 5 | 10.42% | 16 | 9.20% | 406 | 7.60% | 11 | 5.95% | 438 | 7.61% | ||||
| Town/Rural | 12 | 25.00% | 51 | 29.31% | 1,468 | 27.46% | 41 | 22.16% | 1,572 | 27.33% | ||||
| Rural | 5 | 10.42% | 16 | 9.20% | 451 | 8.44% | 16 | 8.65% | 488 | 8.48% | ||||
| Unknown | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.03% | ||||
| TOTAL | 48 | 100.00% | 174 | 100.00% | 5,345 | 100.00% | 185 | 100.00% | 5,752 | 100.00% | ||||
| AIR NATIONAL GUARD | ||||||||||||||
| Urban | 0 | NA | 1 | 33.33% | 20 | 11.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 21 | 11.41% | ||||
| Second City | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | 23 | 12.99% | 1 | 25.00% | 24 | 13.04% | ||||
| Suburban | 0 | NA | 1 | 33.33% | 41 | 23.16% | 1 | 25.00% | 43 | 23.37% | ||||
| Town | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | 18 | 10.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 18 | 9.78% | ||||
| Town/Rural | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | 54 | 30.51% | 1 | 25.00% | 55 | 29.89% | ||||
| Rural | 0 | NA | 1 | 33.33% | 19 | 10.73% | 1 | 25.00% | 21 | 11.41% | ||||
| Unknown | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 1.09% | ||||
| TOTAL | 0 | NA | 3 | 100.00% | 177 | 100.00% | 4 | 100.00% | 184 | 100.00% | ||||
| AIR FORCE RESERVE | ||||||||||||||
| Urban | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| Second City | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 2 | 100.00% | 0 | NA | 2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Suburban | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| Town | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| Town/Rural | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| Rural | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| Unknown | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | NA | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| TOTAL | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 2 | 100.00% | 0 | NA | 2 | 100.00% | ||||
| TOTAL DoD | ||||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,117 | 8.46% | 897 | 10.55% | 5,859 | 11.56% | 702 | 15.41% | 8,575 | 11.14% | ||||
| Second City | 2,089 | 15.83% | 1,605 | 18.87% | 9,223 | 18.20% | 891 | 19.56% | 13,808 | 17.94% | ||||
| Suburban | 1,856 | 14.06% | 1,513 | 17.79% | 9,616 | 18.97% | 1,078 | 23.66% | 14,063 | 18.28% | ||||
| Town | 1,303 | 9.87% | 826 | 9.71% | 4,603 | 9.08% | 338 | 7.42% | 7,070 | 9.19% | ||||
| Town/Rural | 4,587 | 34.75% | 2,635 | 30.98% | 15,386 | 30.35% | 1,176 | 25.81% | 23,784 | 30.91% | ||||
| Rural | 2,227 | 16.87% | 1,018 | 11.97% | 5,955 | 11.75% | 370 | 8.12% | 9,570 | 12.44% | ||||
| Unknown | 20 | 0.15% | 11 | 0.13% | 47 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 79 | 0.10% | ||||
| TOTAL | 13,199 | 100.00% | 8,505 | 100.00% | 50,689 | 100.00% | 4,556 | 100.00% | 76,949 | 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. | ||||||||||||||