| Table B-6. FY 2003 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | |||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL TIER | |||||||||||||||||
| TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
| GENDER | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||||||
| ARMY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 46,374 | 84.42% | 8,218 | 14.96% | 339 | 0.62% | 54,931 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 11,914 | 91.58% | 1,033 | 7.94% | 62 | 0.48% | 13,009 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 58,288 | 85.79% | 9,251 | 13.62% | 401 | 0.59% | 67,940 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| NAVY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 30,425 | 91.43% | 2,114 | 6.35% | 739 | 2.22% | 33,278 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 6,726 | 97.11% | 171 | 2.47% | 29 | 0.42% | 6,926 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 37,151 | 92.41% | 2,285 | 5.68% | 768 | 1.91% | 40,204 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 28,678 | 95.90% | 1,196 | 4.00% | 31 | 0.10% | 29,905 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 2,128 | 97.93% | 44 | 2.02% | 1 | 0.05% | 2,173 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 30,806 | 96.03% | 1,240 | 3.87% | 32 | 0.10% | 32,078 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 27,417 | 99.27% | 183 | 0.66% | 18 | 0.07% | 27,618 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 8,530 | 99.56% | 31 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.08% | 8,568 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 35,947 | 99.34% | 214 | 0.59% | 25 | 0.07% | 36,186 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 132,894 | 91.19% | 11,711 | 8.04% | 1,127 | 0.77% | 145,732 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 29,298 | 95.51% | 1,279 | 4.17% | 99 | 0.32% | 30,676 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 162,192 | 91.94% | 12,990 | 7.36% | 1,226 | 0.69% | 176,408 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 18-24 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 10,481,280 | 76.58% | * | * | 3,206,181 | 23.42% | 13,687,461 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 11,177,203 | 81.73% | * | * | 2,498,087 | 18.27% | 13,675,290 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 21,658,483 | 79.15% | * | * | 5,704,267 | 20.85% | 27,362,751 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| * Civilian numbers and percentages combine tiers 1 and 2. | |||||||||||||||||
| Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | |||||||||||||||||
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, October 2002-September 2003. | |||||||||||||||||