| Table A-6. FY 2006 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 | 88,620 | 73.30% | 21,684 | 17.93% | 10,601 | 8.77% | 120,905 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 24,300 | 82.75% | 3,441 | 11.72% | 1,626 | 5.54% | 29,367 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 112,920 | 75.14% | 25,125 | 16.72% | 12,227 | 8.14% | 150,272 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| NAVY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 48,184 | 92.26% | 3,200 | 6.13% | 841 | 1.61% | 52,225 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 15,163 | 94.86% | 687 | 4.30% | 134 | 0.84% | 15,984 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 63,347 | 92.87% | 3,887 | 5.70% | 975 | 1.43% | 68,209 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 44,638 | 96.98% | 1,262 | 2.74% | 129 | 0.28% | 46,029 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 4,553 | 98.36% | 62 | 1.34% | 14 | 0.30% | 4,629 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 49,191 | 97.10% | 1,324 | 2.61% | 143 | 0.28% | 50,658 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 31,330 | 95.50% | 854 | 2.60% | 621 | 1.89% | 32,805 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 13,625 | 96.24% | 287 | 2.03% | 246 | 1.74% | 14,158 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 44,955 | 95.72% | 1,141 | 2.43% | 867 | 1.85% | 46,963 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 212,772 | 84.45% | 27,000 | 10.72% | 12,192 | 4.84% | 251,964 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 57,641 | 89.87% | 4,477 | 6.98% | 2,020 | 3.15% | 64,138 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 270,413 | 85.55% | 31,477 | 9.96% | 14,212 | 4.50% | 316,102 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 10,985,564 | 78.18% | ** | ** | 3,065,506 | 21.82% | 14,051,070 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 11,523,027 | 83.23% | ** | ** | 2,322,304 | 16.77% | 13,845,331 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 22,508,591 | 80.69% | ** | ** | 5,387,810 | 19.31% | 27,896,401 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| * Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 2006. | |||||||||||||||||
| ** 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 2005-September 2006. | |||||||||||||||||