Table B-43.  FY 2009 Prior Service (PS) Active Duty Enlisted Accessions by Education, Component, and Urbanicity
                       
No Credentials Alternate Credentials High School Some College TOTAL
URBANICITY # % # % # % # % # %
ARMY
Urban 1 50.00% 89 12.13% 569 12.57% 119 12.41% 778 12.50%
Second City 1 50.00% 163 22.21% 1,034 22.84% 219 22.84% 1,417 22.77%
Suburban 0 0.00% 145 19.75% 939 20.74% 247 25.76% 1,331 21.39%
Town 0 0.00% 84 11.44% 393 8.68% 71 7.40% 548 8.81%
Town/Rural 0 0.00% 172 23.43% 1,161 25.64% 239 24.92% 1,572 25.26%
Rural 0 0.00% 80 10.90% 419 9.25% 64 6.67% 563 9.05%
Unknown 0 0.00% 1 0.14% 13 0.29% 0 0.00%   14 0.22%
   TOTAL 2 100% 734 100% 4,528 100% 959 100% 6,223 100%
NAVY
Urban 0 NA 0 0.00% 22 8.37% 2 6.25% 24 8.03%
Second City 0 NA 2 50.00% 63 23.95% 10 31.25% 75 25.08%
Suburban 0 NA 1 25.00% 59 22.43% 8 25.00% 68 22.74%
Town 0 NA 0 0.00% 21 7.98% 4 12.50% 25 8.36%
Town/Rural 0 NA 1 25.00% 76 28.90% 7 21.88% 84 28.09%
Rural 0 NA 0 0.00% 22 8.37% 1 3.13% 23 7.69%
Unknown 0 NA 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%   0 0.00%
   TOTAL 0 NA 4 100% 263 100% 32 100% 299 100%
MARINE CORPS
Urban 0 NA 0 0.00% 46 10.07% 0 0.00% 46 9.58%
Second City 0 NA 0 0.00% 105 22.98% 7 31.82% 112 23.33%
Suburban 0 NA 1 100.00% 123 26.91% 10 45.45% 134 27.92%
Town 0 NA 0 0.00% 32 7.00% 2 9.09% 34 7.08%
Town/Rural 0 NA 0 0.00% 118 25.82% 2 9.09% 120 25.00%
Rural 0 NA 0 0.00% 31 6.78% 1 4.55% 32 6.67%
Unknown 0 NA 0 0.00% 2 0.44% 0 0.00%   2 0.42%
   TOTAL 0 NA 1 100% 457 100% 22 100% 480 100%
AIR FORCE
Urban 0 NA 0 0.00% 11 8.59% 1 1.79% 12 6.49%
Second City 0 NA 0 0.00% 31 24.22% 19 33.93% 50 27.03%
Suburban 0 NA 1 100.00% 35 27.34% 16 28.57% 52 28.11%
Town 0 NA 0 0.00% 15 11.72% 4 7.14% 19 10.27%
Town/Rural 0 NA 0 0.00% 32 25.00% 13 23.21% 45 24.32%
Rural 0 NA 0 0.00% 4 3.13% 3 5.36% 7 3.78%
Unknown 0 NA 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%   0 0.00%
   TOTAL 0 NA 1 100% 128 100% 56 100% 185 100%
TOTAL DoD
Urban 1 50.00% 89 12.03% 648 12.05% 122 11.41% 860 11.97%
Second City 1 50.00% 165 22.30% 1,233 22.94% 255 23.85% 1,654 23.01%
Suburban 0 0.00% 148 20.00% 1,156 21.50% 281 26.29% 1,585 22.05%
Town 0 0.00% 84 11.35% 461 8.58% 81 7.58% 626 8.71%
Town/Rural 0 0.00% 173 23.38% 1,387 25.80% 261 24.42% 1,821 25.34%
Rural 0 0.00% 80 10.81% 476 8.85% 69 6.45% 625 8.70%
Unknown 0 0.00% 1 0.14% 15 0.28% 0 0.00%   16 0.22%
   TOTAL 2 100% 740 100% 5,376 100% 1,069 100% 7,187 100%
   
  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.