Table D-10.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Geographical Region, FYs 1973-2018
  GEOGRAPHICAL REGION      
FISCAL NORTHEAST   NORTH CENTRAL   SOUTH   WEST   OTHER   TOTAL
YEAR #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %     
1973 73,483 18.10 110,341 27.20 143,050 35.30 75,895 18.70 2,881 0.70 405,650 100
1974 67,411 17.30 97,988 25.20 144,099 37.10 75,213 19.30 4,007 1.00 388,718 100
1975 81,796 20.00 108,691 26.50 138,550 33.80 77,237 18.80 3,484 0.90 409,758 100
1976 82,137 20.90 109,656 27.90 123,670 31.40 74,163 18.90 3,736 0.90 393,362 100
1977 1 109,749 22.20 132,362 26.70 159,027 32.10 88,674 17.90 5,297 1.10 495,109 100
1978 65,893 21.60 75,726 24.80 108,162 35.40 50,936 16.70 4,927 1.60 305,644 100
1979 64,710 20.80 75,325 24.20 113,320 36.50 52,024 16.70 5,300 1.70 310,679 100
1980 74,806 20.70 94,045 26.10 122,158 33.90 64,150 17.80 5,586 1.50 360,745 100
1981 62,772 20.60 82,844 27.20 102,365 33.60 52,462 17.20 4,063 1.30 304,506 100
1982 63,433 20.80 86,216 28.20 100,906 33.00 51,019 16.70 3,885 1.30 305,459 100
1983 60,335 19.90 86,134 28.40 101,003 33.30 52,562 17.30 3,427 1.10 303,461 100
1984 55,059 18.00 87,977 28.80 104,689 34.30 53,343 17.50 3,995 1.30 305,063 100
1985 59,118 19.60 83,273 27.70 102,097 33.90 53,034 17.60 3,495 1.20 301,017 100
1986 56,079 17.90 84,710 27.00 110,384 35.20 59,319 18.90 3,285 1.00 313,777 100
1987 49,030 16.50 79,799 26.90 108,117 36.50 56,613 19.10 2,766 0.90 296,325 100
1988 41,553 15.30 71,881 26.50 103,424 38.10 51,926 19.10 2,460 0.90 271,244 100
1989 38,660 13.90 70,773 25.50 110,103 39.60 53,745 19.30 4,539 1.60 277,820 100
1990 32,783 14.70 56,002 25.00 91,168 40.80 41,606 18.60 2,166 1.00 223,725 100
1991 30,949 15.10 50,828 24.70 83,159 40.50 38,759 18.90 1,806 0.90 205,501 100
1992 30,285 15.00 48,191 23.90 83,919 41.60 37,868 18.80 1,359 0.70 201,622 100
1993 30,243 14.90 47,291 23.30 84,796 41.70 39,607 19.50 1,178 0.60 203,115 100
1994 26,388 15.00 39,461 22.40 74,308 42.10 34,942 19.80 1,310 0.70 176,409 100
1995 25,865 15.50 32,778 19.60 71,184 42.60 34,377 20.50 3,083 1.80 167,287 100
1996 28,240 15.80 36,535 20.40 75,113 41.90 37,656 21.00 1,589 0.90 179,133 100
1997 29,302 15.50 37,899 20.10 79,316 42.00 40,339 21.40 2,039 1.10 188,895 100
1998 26,878 14.90 34,574 19.20 76,302 42.40 40,164 22.30 2,113 1.20 180,031 100
1999 27,568 15.00 35,396 19.30 77,201 42.00 41,012 22.30 2,591 1.40 183,768 100
2000 25,535 14.30 34,801 19.50 74,708 41.80 40,369 22.60 3,420 1.90 178,833 100
2001 25,298 13.80 36,906 20.20 77,565 42.40 41,198 22.50 2,009 1.10 182,976 100
2002 25,342 14.00 37,646 20.70 75,071 41.40 41,680 23.00 1,771 1.00 181,510 100
2003 24,517 13.90 36,767 20.80 73,058 41.40 40,523 23.00 1,543 0.90 176,408 100
2004 24,124 13.70 36,874 21.00 72,074 41.00 41,454 23.60 1,446 0.80 175,972 100
2005 20,112 13.20 32,599 21.40 62,929 41.40 35,184 23.10 1,336 0.90 152,160 100
2006 21,676 12.90 37,143 22.20 70,188 41.90 37,153 22.20 1,229 0.70 167,389 100
2007 20,245 12.70 34,080 21.40 67,896 42.60 35,828 22.50 1,197 0.80 159,246 100
2008 22,678 13.18 35,492 20.63 70,519 40.99 37,726 21.93 5,629 3.27 172,044 100
2009 20,209 12.51 32,424 20.06 66,657 41.25 36,638 22.67 5,677 3.51 161,605 100
2010 19,907 12.40 31,642 19.71 67,810 42.25 36,930 23.01 4,222 2.63 160,511 100
2011 19,203 12.53 30,323 19.78 64,946 42.36 35,451 23.12 3,391 2.21 153,314 100
2012 19,375 12.55 30,362 19.66 65,037 42.12 35,499 22.99 4,154 2.69 154,427 100
2013 22,318 13.55 31,558 19.16 70,968 43.10 38,311 23.26 1,519 0.92 164,674 100
2014 18,135 13.06 26,448 19.04 60,218 43.35 32,734 23.57 1,367 0.98 138,902 100
2015 18,329 12.62 27,191 18.72 63,598 43.78 34,471 23.73 1,681 1.16 145,270 100
2016 19,149 12.65 27,426 18.12 66,673 44.04 36,408 24.05 1,734 1.15 151,390 100
2017 19,516 12.23 28,232 17.69 70,637 44.26 39,369 24.67 1,829 1.15 159,583 100
2018 19,315 11.81   28,581 17.47   74,999 45.85   38,959 23.82   1,728 1.06   163,582 100
     
1. The end of the fiscal year was moved from June 30 to September 30 during calendar year 1977. As a result, the data for FY77 reflect accession counts for five quarters.
Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).