Table A-1.  FY 2006 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	17,102	6,117	23,219		9,744	4,102	13,846		13,092	1,631	14,723		5,364	2,929	8,293		45,302	14,779	60,081		2,181,876	2,129,386	4,311,262
18	21,636	5,774	27,410		12,445	3,876	16,321		12,896	1,252	14,148		7,989	3,582	11,571		54,966	14,484	69,450		2,025,798	1,887,972	3,913,770
19	16,631	3,860	20,491		8,332	2,313	10,645		6,673	654	7,327		6,014	2,499	8,513		37,650	9,326	46,976		1,833,752	1,877,732	3,711,484
20	12,576	2,649	15,225		5,747	1,514	7,261		4,149	371	4,520		4,378	1,617	5,995		26,850	6,151	33,001		2,123,490	1,979,491	4,102,982
21	9,953	1,912	11,865		3,959	1,040	4,999		2,653	240	2,893		3,066	1,162	4,228		19,631	4,354	23,985		2,078,139	1,952,033	4,030,172
22	8,035	1,723	9,758		2,879	790	3,669		1,893	149	2,042		2,060	774	2,834		14,867	3,436	18,303		1,965,582	2,073,135	4,038,717
23	6,798	1,343	8,141		2,156	578	2,734		1,362	102	1,464		1,417	567	1,984		11,733	2,590	14,323		1,983,451	2,022,323	4,005,774
24	5,375	1,068	6,443		1,710	396	2,106		959	75	1,034		919	351	1,270		8,963	1,890	10,853		2,040,859	2,052,647	4,093,506
25+	22,799	4,921	27,720		5,253	1,375	6,628		2,352	155	2,507		1,598	677	2,275		32,002	7,128	39,130		21,735,718	21,788,725	43,524,443
Total	120,905	29,367	150,272		52,225	15,984	68,209		46,029	4,629	50,658		32,805	14,158	46,963		251,964	64,138	316,102		37,968,665	37,763,442	75,732,108
b. Percent
16-17	14.14%	20.83%	15.45%		18.66%	25.66%	20.30%		28.44%	35.23%	29.06%		16.35%	20.69%	17.66%		17.98%	23.04%	19.01%		5.75%	5.64%	5.69%
18	17.90%	19.66%	18.24%		23.83%	24.25%	23.93%		28.02%	27.05%	27.93%		24.35%	25.30%	24.64%		21.82%	22.58%	21.97%		5.34%	5.00%	5.17%
19	13.76%	13.14%	13.64%		15.95%	14.47%	15.61%		14.50%	14.13%	14.46%		18.33%	17.65%	18.13%		14.94%	14.54%	14.86%		4.83%	4.97%	4.90%
20	10.40%	9.02%	10.13%		11.00%	9.47%	10.65%		9.01%	8.01%	8.92%		13.35%	11.42%	12.77%		10.66%	9.59%	10.44%		5.59%	5.24%	5.42%
21	8.23%	6.51%	7.90%		7.58%	6.51%	7.33%		5.76%	5.18%	5.71%		9.35%	8.21%	9.00%		7.79%	6.79%	7.59%		5.47%	5.17%	5.32%
22	6.65%	5.87%	6.49%		5.51%	4.94%	5.38%		4.11%	3.22%	4.03%		6.28%	5.47%	6.03%		5.90%	5.36%	5.79%		5.18%	5.49%	5.33%
23	5.62%	4.57%	5.42%		4.13%	3.62%	4.01%		2.96%	2.20%	2.89%		4.32%	4.00%	4.22%		4.66%	4.04%	4.53%		5.22%	5.36%	5.29%
24	4.45%	3.64%	4.29%		3.27%	2.48%	3.09%		2.08%	1.62%	2.04%		2.80%	2.48%	2.70%		3.56%	2.95%	3.43%		5.38%	5.44%	5.41%
25+	18.86%	16.76%	18.45%		10.06%	8.60%	9.72%		5.11%	3.35%	4.95%		4.87%	4.78%	4.84%		12.70%	11.11%	12.38%		57.25%	57.70%	57.47%
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 2006.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2005-September 2006.