Table B-43.  Prior Service (PS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY17: by Education, Service, and Population Density
                     
EDUCATION CREDENTIAL
Population No Credentials Alternate Credentials High School Unknown TOTAL
Density1 # % # % # % # % # %
ARMY
Metropolitan 1 33.33 84 24.63 1,054 23.16 0 0 1,139 23.24
Suburbs 2 66.67 142 41.64 1,935 42.53 6 85.71 2,085 42.54
Exurbs 0 0 73 21.41 970 21.32 1 14.29 1,044 21.30
Micropolitan core 0 0 15 4.40 197 4.33 0 0 212 4.33
Rural 0 0 27 7.92 379 8.33 0 0 406 8.28
Unknown 0 0 0 0 15 0.33 0 0 15 0.31
                       
   TOTAL 3 100 341 100 4,550 100 7 100 4,901 100
NAVY
Metropolitan 0 ----- 1 50.00 40 28.99 0 ----- 41 29.29
Suburbs 0 ----- 1 50.00 57 41.30 0 ----- 58 41.43
Exurbs 0 ----- 0 0 28 20.29 0 ----- 28 20.00
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 0 0 4 2.90 0 ----- 4 2.86
Rural 0 ----- 0 0 9 6.52 0 ----- 9 6.43
Unknown 0 ----- 0 0 0 0 0 ----- 0 0
                       
   TOTAL 0 ----- 2 100 138 100 0 ----- 140 100
MARINE CORPS
Metropolitan 0 ----- 0 ----- 23 20.72 0 ----- 23 20.72
Suburbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 47 42.34 0 ----- 47 42.34
Exurbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 23 20.72 0 ----- 23 20.72
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 0 ----- 4 3.60 0 ----- 4 3.60
Rural 0 ----- 0 ----- 13 11.71 0 ----- 13 11.71
Unknown 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 0.90 0 ----- 1 0.90
                       
   TOTAL 0 ----- 0 ----- 111 100 0 ----- 111 100
AIR FORCE
Metropolitan 0 ----- 0 ----- 84 22.58 4 15.38 88 22.11
Suburbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 173 46.51 14 53.85 187 46.98
Exurbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 72 19.35 5 19.23 77 19.35
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 0 ----- 20 5.38 0 0 20 5.03
Rural 0 ----- 0 ----- 23 6.18 3 11.54 26 6.53
Unknown 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 0 0 0 0 0
                       
   TOTAL 0 ----- 0 ----- 372 100 26 100 398 100
TOTAL DoD
Metropolitan 1 33.33 85 24.78 1,201 23.23 4 12.12 1,291 23.26
Suburbs 2 66.67 143 41.69 2,212 42.78 20 60.61 2,377 42.83
Exurbs 0 0 73 21.28 1,093 21.14 6 18.18 1,172 21.12
Micropolitan core 0 0 15 4.37 225 4.35 0 0 240 4.32
Rural 0 0 27 7.87 424 8.20 3 9.09 454 8.18
Unknown 0 0 0 0 16 0.31 0 0 16 0.29
                       
   TOTAL 3 3 100 343 100 5,171 100 33 100 5,550 100
   
1. Socioeconomic classifications are provided for FY17 accessions reporting a current and valid U.S. zipcode.  Communities are grouped by population and economic density.  Groups range from most to least dense. For example, "Metropolitan" centers are generally highly urban centers, "Micropolitan core" 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.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, September 2017.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) and Joint Advertising Market Research & Studies (JAMRS).