| Table A-6. FY 2005 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | |||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL TIER | |||||||||||||||||
| TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
| GENDER | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||||||
| ARMY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 87,704 | 83.12% | 15,839 | 15.01% | 1,971 | 1.87% | 105,514 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 23,919 | 88.87% | 2,500 | 9.29% | 497 | 1.85% | 26,916 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 111,623 | 84.29% | 18,339 | 13.85% | 2,468 | 1.86% | 132,430 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| NAVY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 48,850 | 91.47% | 3,533 | 6.62% | 1,023 | 1.92% | 53,406 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 13,623 | 95.37% | 531 | 3.72% | 130 | 0.91% | 14,284 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 62,473 | 92.29% | 4,064 | 6.00% | 1,153 | 1.70% | 67,690 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 42,180 | 96.20% | 1,545 | 3.52% | 123 | 0.28% | 43,848 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 4,322 | 97.92% | 86 | 1.95% | 6 | 0.14% | 4,414 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 46,502 | 96.35% | 1,631 | 3.38% | 129 | 0.27% | 48,262 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 28,083 | 96.62% | 451 | 1.55% | 532 | 1.83% | 29,066 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 11,931 | 97.28% | 139 | 1.13% | 195 | 1.59% | 12,265 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 40,014 | 96.81% | 590 | 1.43% | 727 | 1.76% | 41,331 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 206,817 | 89.21% | 21,368 | 9.22% | 3,649 | 1.57% | 231,834 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 53,795 | 92.94% | 3,256 | 5.63% | 828 | 1.43% | 57,879 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 260,612 | 89.96% | 24,624 | 8.50% | 4,477 | 1.55% | 289,713 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 10,881,839 | 77.53% | ** | ** | 3,153,179 | 22.47% | 14,035,017 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 11,471,458 | 82.34% | ** | ** | 2,459,609 | 17.66% | 13,931,068 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 22,353,297 | 79.93% | ** | ** | 5,612,788 | 20.07% | 27,966,085 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| * Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 2005. | |||||||||||||||||
| ** 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 File, October 2004-September 2005. | |||||||||||||||||