Table B-43.  Prior Service (PS) Active Duty Enlisted Accessions, FY16: by Education, Service, and Population Density
                       
Population No Credentials Alternate Credentials High School Unknown TOTAL
Density1 # % # % # % # % # %
ARMY
Metropolitan 0 ----- 49 21.49 824 25.46 24 36.92 897 25.42
Suburbs 0 ----- 95 41.67 1,358 41.97 24 36.92 1,477 41.85
Exurbs 0 ----- 41 17.98 616 19.04 8 12.31 665 18.84
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 13 5.70 146 4.51 1 1.54 160 4.53
Rural 0 ----- 30 13.16 282 8.71 7 10.77 319 9.04
Unknown 0 ----- 0 0 10 0.31 1 1.54   11 0.31
   TOTAL 0 ----- 228 100 3,236 100 65 100 3,529 100
NAVY
Metropolitan 0 ----- 0 ----- 32 26.89 5 26.32 37 26.81
Suburbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 53 44.54 7 36.84 60 43.48
Exurbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 25 21.01 4 21.05 29 21.01
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 0.84 2 10.53 3 2.17
Rural 0 ----- 0 ----- 7 5.88 1 5.26 8 5.80
Unknown 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 0.84 0 0   1 0.72
   TOTAL 0 ----- 0 ----- 119 100 19 100 138 100
MARINE CORPS
Metropolitan 0 ----- 0 ----- 13 15.66 5 41.67 18 18.95
Suburbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 35 42.17 5 41.67 40 42.11
Exurbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 22 26.51 2 16.67 24 25.26
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 0 ----- 2 2.41 0 0 2 2.11
Rural 0 ----- 0 ----- 10 12.05 0 0 10 10.53
Unknown 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 1.20 0 0   1 1.05
   TOTAL 0 ----- 0 ----- 83 100 12 100 95 100
AIR FORCE
Metropolitan 0 ----- 0 0 77 24.21 6 21.43 83 23.92
Suburbs 0 ----- 1 100 158 49.69 19 67.86 178 51.30
Exurbs 0 ----- 0 0 51 16.04 2 7.14 53 15.27
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 0 0 10 3.14 0 0 10 2.88
Rural 0 ----- 0 0 20 6.29 1 3.57 21 6.05
Unknown 0 ----- 0 0 2 0.63 0 0   2 0.58
   TOTAL 0 ----- 1 100 318 100 28 100 347 100
TOTAL DoD
Metropolitan 0 ----- 49 21.40 946 25.19 40 32.26 1,035 25.19
Suburbs 0 ----- 96 41.92 1,604 42.71 55 44.35 1,755 42.71
Exurbs 0 ----- 41 17.90 714 19.01 16 12.90 771 18.76
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 13 5.68 159 4.23 3 2.42 175 4.26
Rural 0 ----- 30 13.10 319 8.49 9 7.26 358 8.71
Unknown 0 ----- 0 0 14 0.37 1 0.81   15 0.37
   TOTAL 3 0 ----- 229 100 3,756 100 124 100 4,109 100
   
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. Communities are grouped by population and economic density. Groups range from most to least dense. For example, "Metropolitan" centers are generally highly urban centers, "Mircropolitan "  are more commercial/industrial centers, and "Rural" areas have the smallest population and economic densities.  These groupings reflect JAMRS' population density classification scheme, which changed in 2016.
3. 0 are not included due to missing education data.
Data provided for only those individuals reporting a U.S. home of record.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, September 2016.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).