Table B-1.  FY 2004 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Age, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE
	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				17-35 YR OLD CIVILIANS
AGE	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a.  Number
17	2,524	710	3,234		969	338	1,307		1,635	193	1,828		774	368	1,142		5,902	1,609	7,511		2,122,459	2,118,882	4,241,341
18	14,215	3,320	17,535		10,122	2,358	12,480		12,297	960	13,257		7,982	2,690	10,672		44,616	9,328	53,944		2,061,300	1,927,673	3,988,973
19	12,145	2,523	14,668		7,824	1,419	9,243		6,602	440	7,042		6,147	1,678	7,825		32,718	6,060	38,778		1,869,372	1,799,921	3,669,293
20	8,065	1,470	9,535		4,284	768	5,052		2,958	215	3,173		3,750	927	4,677		19,057	3,380	22,437		2,040,638	1,963,077	4,003,716
21	5,613	1,070	6,683		2,750	499	3,249		1,623	124	1,747		2,548	685	3,233		12,534	2,378	14,912		1,983,307	2,001,895	3,985,202
22	4,244	882	5,126		1,880	344	2,224		990	79	1,069		1,801	463	2,264		8,915	1,768	10,683		2,023,411	2,003,828	4,027,239
23	3,217	647	3,864		1,325	251	1,576		754	48	802		1,088	287	1,375		6,384	1,233	7,617		2,042,772	2,072,790	4,115,562
24	2,465	508	2,973		1,000	163	1,163		427	21	448		752	175	927		4,644	867	5,511		1,977,190	1,998,868	3,976,058
25+	7,435	1,657	9,092		2,693	429	3,122		730	60	790		1,306	269	1,575		12,164	2,415	14,579		21,461,518	21,723,902	43,185,420
TOTAL	59,923	12,787	72,710		32,847	6,569	39,416		28,016	2,140	30,156		26,148	7,542	33,690		146,934	29,038	175,972		37,581,968	37,610,835	75,192,804
b.  Percent
17	4.21%	5.55%	4.45%		2.95%	5.15%	3.32%		5.84%	9.02%	6.06%		2.96%	4.88%	3.39%		4.02%	5.54%	4.27%		5.65%	5.63%	5.64%
18	23.72%	25.96%	24.12%		30.82%	35.90%	31.66%		43.89%	44.86%	43.96%		30.53%	35.67%	31.68%		30.36%	32.12%	30.65%		5.48%	5.13%	5.30%
19	20.27%	19.73%	20.17%		23.82%	21.60%	23.45%		23.57%	20.56%	23.35%		23.51%	22.25%	23.23%		22.27%	20.87%	22.04%		4.97%	4.79%	4.88%
20	13.46%	11.50%	13.11%		13.04%	11.69%	12.82%		10.56%	10.05%	10.52%		14.34%	12.29%	13.88%		12.97%	11.64%	12.75%		5.43%	5.22%	5.32%
21	9.37%	8.37%	9.19%		8.37%	7.60%	8.24%		5.79%	5.79%	5.79%		9.74%	9.08%	9.60%		8.53%	8.19%	8.47%		5.28%	5.32%	5.30%
22	7.08%	6.90%	7.05%		5.72%	5.24%	5.64%		3.53%	3.69%	3.54%		6.89%	6.14%	6.72%		6.07%	6.09%	6.07%		5.38%	5.33%	5.36%
23	5.37%	5.06%	5.31%		4.03%	3.82%	4.00%		2.69%	2.24%	2.66%		4.16%	3.81%	4.08%		4.34%	4.25%	4.33%		5.44%	5.51%	5.47%
24	4.11%	3.97%	4.09%		3.04%	2.48%	2.95%		1.52%	0.98%	1.49%		2.88%	2.32%	2.75%		3.16%	2.99%	3.13%		5.26%	5.31%	5.29%
25+	12.41%	12.96%	12.50%		8.20%	6.53%	7.92%		2.61%	2.80%	2.62%		4.99%	3.57%	4.67%		8.28%	8.32%	8.28%		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%
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.