Table B-46.  FY 2009 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, Quality, and Mean AFQT by Census Region,
	Division, and State with Civilian Comparison Group
	CENSUS REGION	Area’s Contribution			Area’s Contribution			Representation		Percent of		Mean AFQT
	Census Division	of All NPS Accessions			of All 18-24 Year-Olds			Ratio		High-Qualty		Percentile
	State	#	%		#	%				Accessions		Score
	NORTHEAST REGION	20,209	12.96%		5,226,091	18.29%		0.71		66.86%		63.1
	New England Division	5,250	3.37%		1,349,202	4.72%		0.71		67.20%		63.7
	Maine	797	0.51%		110,847	0.39%		1.32		67.50%		64.3
	New Hampshire	667	0.43%		115,689	0.40%		1.06		70.61%		66.4
	Vermont	204	0.13%		61,214	0.21%		0.61		72.06%		64.6
	Massachusetts	2,084	1.34%		645,998	2.26%		0.59		66.55%		62.7
	Rhode Island	370	0.24%		100,192	0.35%		0.68		61.62%		62.5
	Connecticut	1,128	0.72%		315,263	1.10%		0.66		67.11%		63.7
	Middle Atlantic Division	14,959	9.59%		3,876,888	13.57%		0.71		66.74%		62.9
	New York	6,731	4.32%		1,876,726	6.57%		0.66		66.07%		62.8
	New Jersey	2,798	1.79%		783,418	2.74%		0.65		64.97%		61.4
	Pennsylvania	5,430	3.48%		1,216,744	4.26%		0.82		68.49%		63.8
	NORTH CENTRAL REGION	32,424	20.79%		6,288,122	22.01%		0.94		68.23%		63.9
	East North Central Division	22,473	14.41%		4,402,707	15.41%		0.94		68.01%		63.6
	Ohio	6,037	3.87%		1,055,042	3.69%		1.05		68.06%		63.1
	Indiana	3,282	2.10%		567,924	1.99%		1.06		68.13%		64.9
	Illinois	5,502	3.53%		1,277,709	4.47%		0.79		66.48%		62.9
	Michigan	5,044	3.23%		969,921	3.39%		0.95		67.13%		63.4
	Wisconsin	2,608	1.67%		532,111	1.86%		0.90		72.70%		65.4
	West North Central Division	9,951	6.38%		1,885,415	6.60%		0.97		68.71%		64.4
	Minnesota	2,023	1.30%		473,422	1.66%		0.78		71.58%		65.7
	Iowa	1,392	0.89%		274,534	0.96%		0.93		71.98%		65.6
	Missouri	3,405	2.18%		540,995	1.89%		1.15		64.79%		62.7
	North Dakota	224	0.14%		63,399	0.22%		0.65		75.00%		68.0
	South Dakota	395	0.25%		79,752	0.28%		0.91		66.84%		63.9
	Nebraska	970	0.62%		173,401	0.61%		1.03		70.82%		64.4
	Kansas	1,542	0.99%		279,913	0.98%		1.01		68.87%		65.2
	CENSUS REGION	Area’s Contribution			Area’s Contribution			Representation		Percent of		Mean AFQT
	Census Division	of All NPS Accessions			of All 18-24 Year-Olds			Ratio		High-Qualty		Percentile
	State	#	%		#	%				Accessions		Score
	SOUTH REGION	66,657	42.75%		10,251,208	35.88%		1.19		63.74%		62.0
	South Atlantic Division	34,782	22.31%		5,168,129	18.09%		1.23		64.54%		62.4
	Delaware	379	0.24%		80,567	0.28%		0.86		67.28%		61.8
	Maryland	2,482	1.59%		556,604	1.95%		0.82		64.63%		62.1
	District of Columbia	106	0.07%		60,712	0.21%		0.32		54.72%		60.2
	Virginia	4,728	3.03%		663,390	2.32%		1.31		66.50%		63.5
	West Virginia	779	0.50%		156,174	0.55%		0.91		64.44%		62.6
	North Carolina	5,429	3.48%		818,967	2.87%		1.21		64.67%		62.2
	South Carolina	2,809	1.80%		401,737	1.41%		1.28		61.34%		61.0
	Georgia	6,523	4.18%		892,232	3.12%		1.34		61.52%		61.1
	Florida	11,547	7.41%		1,537,747	5.38%		1.38		66.14%		63.1
	East South Central Division	10,259	6.58%		1,741,930	6.10%		1.08		61.43%		61.1
	Kentucky	2,011	1.29%		400,791	1.40%		0.92		63.60%		61.8
	Tennessee	3,662	2.35%		591,537	2.07%		1.13		65.46%		62.7
	Alabama	3,050	1.96%		455,589	1.59%		1.23		58.43%		60.4
	Mississippi	1,536	0.99%		294,013	1.03%		0.96		54.95%		57.9
	West South Central Division	21,616	13.86%		3,341,149	11.69%		1.19		63.55%		61.8
	Arkansas	1,577	1.01%		274,517	0.96%		1.05		58.47%		60.4
	Louisiana	2,129	1.37%		388,787	1.36%		1.00		58.34%		59.5
	Oklahoma	2,160	1.39%		369,039	1.29%		1.07		62.59%		61.5
	Texas	15,750	10.10%		2,308,807	8.08%		1.25		64.90%		62.3
	CENSUS REGION	Area’s Contribution			Area’s Contribution			Representation		Percent of		Mean AFQT
	Census Division	of All NPS Accessions			of All 18-24 Year-Olds			Ratio		High-Qualty		Percentile
	State	#	%		#	%				Accessions		Score
	WEST REGION	36,638	23.50%		6,808,675	23.83%		0.99		67.39%		63.8
	Mountain Division	12,892	8.27%		2,018,886	7.07%		1.17		67.77%		64.6
	Montana	725	0.46%		84,813	0.30%		1.57		70.76%		66.2
	Idaho	1,008	0.65%		138,219	0.48%		1.34		68.35%		66.7
	Wyoming	305	0.20%		53,493	0.19%		1.04		68.52%		65.3
	Colorado	2,939	1.88%		456,831	1.60%		1.18		68.73%		64.9
	New Mexico	1,010	0.65%		177,309	0.62%		1.04		61.58%		61.4
	Arizona	4,109	2.64%		589,387	2.06%		1.28		67.95%		64.4
	Utah	1,204	0.77%		302,267	1.06%		0.73		68.27%		65.8
	Nevada	1,592	1.02%		216,567	0.76%		1.35		67.21%		63.7
	Pacific Division	23,746	15.23%		4,789,789	16.76%		0.91		67.19%		63.4
	Washington	3,513	2.25%		575,513	2.01%		1.12		69.17%		66.6
	Oregon	2,256	1.45%		305,669	1.07%		1.35		68.26%		65.6
	California	16,725	10.73%		3,716,734	13.01%		0.82		66.65%		62.5
	Alaska	538	0.35%		71,822	0.25%		1.37		70.45%		66.7
	Hawaii	714	0.46%		120,051	0.42%		1.09		64.15%		60.2
	UNITED STATES SUBTOTAL	155,928	100%		28,574,096	100%		1.00		65.94%		63.0
	TERRITORIES, POSSESSIONS,
	OR UNKNOWN	5,677	3.51%							58.66%		46.2
	TOTAL	161,605			28,574,096					65.68%		62.8
	Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians,
	October 2008-September 2009 average.