Table A-1.  FY 2005 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	14,725	5,638	20,363		11,210	4,084	15,294		13,310	1,604	14,914		5,461	2,892	8,353		44,706	14,218	58,924		2,164,406	2,068,399	4,232,806
18	18,513	5,583	24,096		13,526	3,616	17,142		12,401	1,274	13,675		7,508	3,245	10,753		51,948	13,718	65,666		1,963,856	1,952,521	3,916,377
19	15,033	3,807	18,840		8,549	1,984	10,533		6,357	589	6,946		5,386	2,079	7,465		35,325	8,459	43,784		1,898,302	1,883,783	3,782,085
20	10,851	2,533	13,384		5,556	1,231	6,787		3,734	328	4,062		3,508	1,343	4,851		23,649	5,435	29,084		2,079,020	1,978,219	4,057,239
21	8,550	1,802	10,352		3,640	842	4,482		2,302	199	2,501		2,309	877	3,186		16,801	3,720	20,521		2,023,487	1,980,435	4,003,922
22	7,201	1,498	8,699		2,738	620	3,358		1,627	125	1,752		1,720	695	2,415		13,286	2,938	16,224		1,980,233	2,032,586	4,012,819
23	5,968	1,239	7,207		1,959	456	2,415		1,149	93	1,242		1,109	418	1,527		10,185	2,206	12,391		2,032,001	1,989,511	4,021,512
24	4,833	975	5,808		1,550	341	1,891		886	62	948		812	273	1,085		8,081	1,651	9,732		2,058,118	2,114,013	4,172,130
25+	19,840	3,841	23,681		4,678	1,110	5,788		2,082	140	2,222		1,253	443	1,696		27,853	5,534	33,387		21,523,365	21,729,931	43,253,295
Total	105,514	26,916	132,430		53,406	14,284	67,690		43,848	4,414	48,262		29,066	12,265	41,331		231,834	57,879	289,713		37,722,787	37,729,398	75,452,185
b. Percent
16-17	13.96%	20.95%	15.38%		20.99%	28.59%	22.59%		30.35%	36.34%	30.90%		18.79%	23.58%	20.21%		19.28%	24.57%	20.34%		5.74%	5.48%	5.61%
18	17.55%	20.74%	18.20%		25.33%	25.32%	25.32%		28.28%	28.86%	28.33%		25.83%	26.46%	26.02%		22.41%	23.70%	22.67%		5.21%	5.18%	5.19%
19	14.25%	14.14%	14.23%		16.01%	13.89%	15.56%		14.50%	13.34%	14.39%		18.53%	16.95%	18.06%		15.24%	14.61%	15.11%		5.03%	4.99%	5.01%
20	10.28%	9.41%	10.11%		10.40%	8.62%	10.03%		8.52%	7.43%	8.42%		12.07%	10.95%	11.74%		10.20%	9.39%	10.04%		5.51%	5.24%	5.38%
21	8.10%	6.69%	7.82%		6.82%	5.89%	6.62%		5.25%	4.51%	5.18%		7.94%	7.15%	7.71%		7.25%	6.43%	7.08%		5.36%	5.25%	5.31%
22	6.82%	5.57%	6.57%		5.13%	4.34%	4.96%		3.71%	2.83%	3.63%		5.92%	5.67%	5.84%		5.73%	5.08%	5.60%		5.25%	5.39%	5.32%
23	5.66%	4.60%	5.44%		3.67%	3.19%	3.57%		2.62%	2.11%	2.57%		3.82%	3.41%	3.69%		4.39%	3.81%	4.28%		5.39%	5.27%	5.33%
24	4.58%	3.62%	4.39%		2.90%	2.39%	2.79%		2.02%	1.40%	1.96%		2.79%	2.23%	2.63%		3.49%	2.85%	3.36%		5.46%	5.60%	5.53%
25+	18.80%	14.27%	17.88%		8.76%	7.77%	8.55%		4.75%	3.17%	4.60%		4.31%	3.61%	4.10%		12.01%	9.56%	11.52%		57.06%	57.59%	57.33%
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 2005.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2004-September 2005.