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.