Table A-1.  FY 2004 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	16,754	6,484	23,238		13,674	4,537	18,211		15,509	1,724	17,233		6,578	3,449	10,027		52,515	16,194	68,709		2,122,459	2,118,882	4,241,341
18	20,031	6,215	26,246		15,624	3,945	19,569		13,121	1,198	14,319		9,153	3,487	12,640		57,929	14,845	72,774		2,061,300	1,927,673	3,988,973
19	14,923	3,933	18,856		8,847	2,036	10,883		6,176	573	6,749		6,087	2,206	8,293		36,033	8,748	44,781		1,869,372	1,799,921	3,669,293
20	10,550	2,667	13,217		5,573	1,273	6,846		3,323	329	3,652		4,204	1,467	5,671		23,650	5,736	29,386		2,040,638	1,963,077	4,003,716
21	8,422	2,050	10,472		3,922	854	4,776		2,225	163	2,388		3,007	959	3,966		17,576	4,026	21,602		1,983,307	2,001,895	3,985,202
22	6,907	1,622	8,529		2,868	632	3,500		1,452	118	1,570		2,155	724	2,879		13,382	3,096	16,478		2,023,411	2,003,828	4,027,239
23	5,785	1,336	7,121		2,199	482	2,681		1,097	88	1,185		1,530	458	1,988		10,611	2,364	12,975		2,042,772	2,072,790	4,115,562
24	4,637	1,037	5,674		1,499	310	1,809		795	58	853		1,059	317	1,376		7,990	1,722	9,712		1,977,190	1,998,868	3,976,058
25+	18,191	3,824	22,015		5,252	1,153	6,405		1,717	129	1,846		1,996	582	2,578		27,156	5,688	32,844		21,461,518	21,723,902	43,185,420
Total	106,200	29,168	135,368		59,458	15,222	74,680		45,415	4,380	49,795		35,769	13,649	49,418		246,842	62,419	309,261		37,581,968	37,610,835	75,192,804
b. Percent
16-17	15.78%	22.23%	17.17%		23.00%	29.81%	24.39%		34.15%	39.36%	34.61%		18.39%	25.27%	20.29%		21.27%	25.94%	22.22%		5.65%	5.63%	5.64%
18	18.86%	21.31%	19.39%		26.28%	25.92%	26.20%		28.89%	27.35%	28.76%		25.59%	25.55%	25.58%		23.47%	23.78%	23.53%		5.48%	5.13%	5.30%
19	14.05%	13.48%	13.93%		14.88%	13.38%	14.57%		13.60%	13.08%	13.55%		17.02%	16.16%	16.78%		14.60%	14.01%	14.48%		4.97%	4.79%	4.88%
20	9.93%	9.14%	9.76%		9.37%	8.36%	9.17%		7.32%	7.51%	7.33%		11.75%	10.75%	11.48%		9.58%	9.19%	9.50%		5.43%	5.22%	5.32%
21	7.93%	7.03%	7.74%		6.60%	5.61%	6.40%		4.90%	3.72%	4.80%		8.41%	7.03%	8.03%		7.12%	6.45%	6.99%		5.28%	5.32%	5.30%
22	6.50%	5.56%	6.30%		4.82%	4.15%	4.69%		3.20%	2.69%	3.15%		6.02%	5.30%	5.83%		5.42%	4.96%	5.33%		5.38%	5.33%	5.36%
23	5.45%	4.58%	5.26%		3.70%	3.17%	3.59%		2.42%	2.01%	2.38%		4.28%	3.36%	4.02%		4.30%	3.79%	4.20%		5.44%	5.51%	5.47%
24	4.37%	3.56%	4.19%		2.52%	2.04%	2.42%		1.75%	1.32%	1.71%		2.96%	2.32%	2.78%		3.24%	2.76%	3.14%		5.26%	5.31%	5.29%
25+	17.13%	13.11%	16.26%		8.83%	7.57%	8.58%		3.78%	2.95%	3.71%		5.58%	4.26%	5.22%		11.00%	9.11%	10.62%		57.11%	57.76%	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 2004.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2003-September 2004.