Table A-2.  FY 2003 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Age, Marital Status, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group (see continued)
a.  Number
AGE	MILITARY																17-35 YEAR OLD
	MARRIED				UNMARRIED				TOTAL DoD				PERCENT MARRIED				MARRIED CIVILIANS
	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
16-17	222	149	371		61,198	19,577	80,775		61,420	19,726	81,146		0.36%	0.76%	0.46%		5,683	21,365	27,048
18	706	403	1,109		65,014	16,378	81,392		65,720	16,781	82,501		1.07%	2.40%	1.34%		16,082	62,340	78,422
19	1,128	578	1,706		39,536	9,295	48,831		40,664	9,873	50,537		2.77%	5.85%	3.38%		43,130	132,872	176,001
20	1,433	729	2,162		26,198	5,699	31,897		27,631	6,428	34,059		5.19%	11.34%	6.35%		100,964	211,953	312,917
21	1,695	732	2,427		18,500	3,950	22,450		20,195	4,682	24,877		8.39%	15.63%	9.76%		147,734	305,032	452,766
22	1,866	743	2,609		13,769	2,907	16,676		15,635	3,650	19,285		11.93%	20.36%	13.53%		255,869	417,465	673,335
23	1,939	668	2,607		9,929	1,958	11,887		11,868	2,626	14,494		16.34%	25.44%	17.99%		340,533	515,411	855,945
24	1,793	542	2,335		7,181	1,297	8,478		8,974	1,839	10,813		19.98%	29.47%	21.59%		436,224	679,171	1,115,394
25	1,636	458	2,094		5,066	956	6,022		6,702	1,414	8,116		24.41%	32.39%	25.80%		534,307	714,362	1,248,669
26	1,488	401	1,889		3,548	685	4,233		5,036	1,086	6,122		29.55%	36.92%	30.86%		655,975	836,933	1,492,907
27	1,286	371	1,657		2,791	511	3,302		4,077	882	4,959		31.54%	42.06%	33.41%		794,052	941,565	1,735,617
28	1,054	264	1,318		1,975	400	2,375		3,029	664	3,693		34.80%	39.76%	35.69%		833,035	1,061,761	1,894,796
29	925	261	1,186		1,487	299	1,786		2,412	560	2,972		38.35%	46.61%	39.91%		906,700	1,054,657	1,961,357
30	769	194	963		1,175	206	1,381		1,944	400	2,344		39.56%	48.50%	41.08%		1,075,233	1,163,210	2,238,443
31	733	195	928		964	220	1,184		1,697	415	2,112		43.19%	46.99%	43.94%		1,143,697	1,266,019	2,409,716
32	597	179	776		906	176	1,082		1,503	355	1,858		39.72%	50.42%	41.77%		1,235,626	1,393,042	2,628,668
33	515	159	674		712	172	884		1,227	331	1,558		41.97%	48.04%	43.26%		1,303,455	1,415,279	2,718,734
34	470	153	623		560	130	690		1,030	283	1,313		45.63%	54.06%	47.45%		1,296,555	1,351,341	2,647,896
35	7	1	8		9	3	12		16	4	20		43.75%	25.00%	40.00%		1,395,232	1,368,068	2,763,300
36+	28	8	36		15	9	24		43	17	60		65.12%	47.06%	60.00%		NA	NA	NA
TOTAL	20,290	7,188	27,478		260,533	64,828	325,361		280,823	72,016	352,839		7.23%	9.98%	7.79%		12,520,086	14,911,845	27,431,931
* 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.