Table A-1.  FY 2003 Applicants* for Active Component  Enlistment by Age, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
AGE	SERVICE
	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				17-35 YR OLD CIVILIANS
	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a.  Number
16-17	22,070	9,771	31,841		14,709	3,717	18,426		16,578	1,733	18,311		8,063	4,505	12,568		61,420	19,726	81,146		2,153,795	2,049,852	4,203,647
18	24,348	8,121	32,469		16,416	3,201	19,617		14,405	1,139	15,544		10,551	4,320	14,871		65,720	16,781	82,501		2,033,175	1,941,580	3,974,755
19	17,480	4,845	22,325		9,512	1,798	11,310		6,611	558	7,169		7,061	2,672	9,733		40,664	9,873	50,537		1,856,479	1,864,166	3,720,644
20	12,612	3,256	15,868		6,285	1,128	7,413		3,841	323	4,164		4,893	1,721	6,614		27,631	6,428	34,059		2,023,083	1,924,851	3,947,934
21	9,590	2,440	12,030		4,452	802	5,254		2,502	196	2,698		3,651	1,244	4,895		20,195	4,682	24,877		1,959,499	1,956,143	3,915,642
22	7,900	2,003	9,903		3,329	625	3,954		1,778	140	1,918		2,628	882	3,510		15,635	3,650	19,285		1,974,648	2,016,028	3,990,677
23	6,436	1,522	7,958		2,490	459	2,949		1,150	79	1,229		1,792	566	2,358		11,868	2,626	14,494		1,923,982	1,955,897	3,879,880
24	4,927	1,096	6,023		1,900	327	2,227		846	44	890		1,301	372	1,673		8,974	1,839	10,813		1,916,594	2,016,627	3,933,220
25+	17,965	4,446	22,411		6,345	1,139	7,484		1,925	131	2,056		2,481	695	3,176		28,716	6,411	35,127		21,042,244	21,537,462	42,579,706
Total	123,328	37,500	160,828		65,438	13,196	78,634		49,636	4,343	53,979		42,421	16,977	59,398		280,823	72,016	352,839		36,883,500	37,262,605	74,146,106
b. Percent
16-17	17.90%	26.06%	19.80%		22.48%	28.17%	23.43%		33.40%	39.90%	33.92%		19.01%	26.54%	21.16%		21.87%	27.39%	23.00%		5.84%	5.50%	5.67%
18	19.74%	21.66%	20.19%		25.09%	24.26%	24.95%		29.02%	26.23%	28.80%		24.87%	25.45%	25.04%		23.40%	23.30%	23.38%		5.51%	5.21%	5.36%
19	14.17%	12.92%	13.88%		14.54%	13.63%	14.38%		13.32%	12.85%	13.28%		16.65%	15.74%	16.39%		14.48%	13.71%	14.32%		5.03%	5.00%	5.02%
20	10.23%	8.68%	9.87%		9.60%	8.55%	9.43%		7.74%	7.44%	7.71%		11.53%	10.14%	11.14%		9.84%	8.93%	9.65%		5.49%	5.17%	5.32%
21	7.78%	6.51%	7.48%		6.80%	6.08%	6.68%		5.04%	4.51%	5.00%		8.61%	7.33%	8.24%		7.19%	6.50%	7.05%		5.31%	5.25%	5.28%
22	6.41%	5.34%	6.16%		5.09%	4.74%	5.03%		3.58%	3.22%	3.55%		6.20%	5.20%	5.91%		5.57%	5.07%	5.47%		5.35%	5.41%	5.38%
23	5.22%	4.06%	4.95%		3.81%	3.48%	3.75%		2.32%	1.82%	2.28%		4.22%	3.33%	3.97%		4.23%	3.65%	4.11%		5.22%	5.25%	5.23%
24	4.00%	2.92%	3.74%		2.90%	2.48%	2.83%		1.70%	1.01%	1.65%		3.07%	2.19%	2.82%		3.20%	2.55%	3.06%		5.20%	5.41%	5.30%
25+	14.57%	11.86%	13.93%		9.70%	8.63%	9.52%		3.88%	3.02%	3.81%		5.85%	4.09%	5.35%		10.23%	8.90%	9.96%		57.05%	57.80%	57.43%
Total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
* Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 2003.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2002-September 2003.