Table B-43.  Prior Service (PS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY18: by Education, Service, and Population Density

                     
EDUCATION CREDENTIAL
Population No Credentials Alternate Credentials High School Unknown TOTAL
Density1 # % # % # % # % # %
ARMY
Metropolitan 0 ----- 86 25.75 1,218 23.52 1 11.11 1,305 23.63
Suburbs 0 ----- 132 39.52 2,279 44.00 2 22.22 2,413 43.70
Exurbs 0 ----- 64 19.16 1,036 20.00 5 55.56 1,105 20.01
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 19 5.69 226 4.36 0 0 245 4.44
Rural 0 ----- 32 9.58 393 7.59 1 11.11 426 7.71
Unknown 0 ----- 1 0.30 27 0.52 0 0 28 0.51
                       
   TOTAL 0 ----- 334 100 5,179 100 9 100 5,522 100
NAVY
Metropolitan 0 ----- 0 ----- 21 19.63 0 ----- 21 19.63
Suburbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 48 44.86 0 ----- 48 44.86
Exurbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 22 20.56 0 ----- 22 20.56
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 0 ----- 8 7.48 0 ----- 8 7.48
Rural 0 ----- 0 ----- 7 6.54 0 ----- 7 6.54
Unknown 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 0.93 0 ----- 1 0.93
                       
   TOTAL 0 ----- 0 ----- 107 100 0 ----- 107 100
MARINE CORPS
Metropolitan 0 ----- 0 ----- 29 29.00 0 ----- 29 29.00
Suburbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 38 38.00 0 ----- 38 38.00
Exurbs 0 ----- 0 ----- 21 21.00 0 ----- 21 21.00
Micropolitan core 0 ----- 0 ----- 4 4.00 0 ----- 4 4.00
Rural 0 ----- 0 ----- 8 8.00 0 ----- 8 8.00
Unknown 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 0 0 ----- 0 0
                       
   TOTAL 0 ----- 0 ----- 100 100 0 ----- 100 100
AIR FORCE
Metropolitan 0 0 1 33.33 71 18.16 13 38.24 85 19.81
Suburbs 1 100 0 0 191 48.85 16 47.06 208 48.48
Exurbs 0 0 2 66.67 78 19.95 3 8.82 83 19.35
Micropolitan core 0 0 0 0 21 5.37 1 2.94 22 5.13
Rural 0 0 0 0 30 7.67 1 2.94 31 7.23
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                       
   TOTAL 1 100 3 100 391 100 34 100 429 100
TOTAL DoD
Metropolitan 0 0 87 25.82 1,339 23.18 14 32.56 1,440 23.38
Suburbs 1 100 132 39.17 2,556 44.24 18 41.86 2,707 43.96
Exurbs 0 0 66 19.58 1,157 20.03 8 18.60 1,231 19.99
Micropolitan core 0 0 19 5.64 259 4.48 1 2.33 279 4.53
Rural 0 0 32 9.50 438 7.58 2 4.65 472 7.66
Unknown 0 0 1 0.30 28 0.48 0 0 29 0.47
                       
   TOTAL 3 1 100 337 100 5,777 100 43 100 6,158 100
   
1. Socioeconomic classifications are provided for FY18 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 2018.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) and Joint Advertising Market Research & Studies (JAMRS).