| Table B-6. FY 2006 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions* by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | |||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL TIER | |||||||||||||||||
| TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
| GENDER | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||||||
| ARMY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 41,608 | 71.61% | 14,709 | 25.32% | 1,783 | 3.07% | 58,100 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 9,467 | 81.21% | 1,924 | 16.50% | 267 | 2.29% | 11,658 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 51,075 | 73.22% | 16,633 | 23.84% | 2,050 | 2.94% | 69,758 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| NAVY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 27,559 | 94.85% | 1,154 | 3.97% | 341 | 1.17% | 29,054 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 6,590 | 97.11% | 161 | 2.37% | 35 | 0.52% | 6,786 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 34,149 | 95.28% | 1,315 | 3.67% | 376 | 1.05% | 35,840 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 27,968 | 96.19% | 1,042 | 3.58% | 67 | 0.23% | 29,077 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 2,249 | 98.42% | 36 | 1.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,285 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 30,217 | 96.35% | 1,078 | 3.44% | 67 | 0.21% | 31,362 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 23,016 | 99.35% | 132 | 0.57% | 19 | 0.08% | 23,167 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 7,225 | 99.49% | 34 | 0.47% | 3 | 0.04% | 7,262 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 30,241 | 99.38% | 166 | 0.55% | 22 | 0.07% | 30,429 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 120,151 | 86.19% | 17,037 | 12.22% | 2,210 | 1.59% | 139,398 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 25,531 | 91.21% | 2,155 | 7.70% | 305 | 1.09% | 27,991 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 145,682 | 87.03% | 19,192 | 11.47% | 2,515 | 1.50% | 167,389 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 18-24 YEAR 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% | |||||||||
| * The Population Representation in the Military Services (POPREP) is based on data from the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). Breakouts of accessions | |||||||||||||||||
| by service component and prior service/non-prior service designation will not match reports by individual services because of differences in defining prior service | |||||||||||||||||
| accessions. DMDC uses the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) to determine prior service, but the services each use their own criteria. | |||||||||||||||||
| **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, October 2005-September 2006. | |||||||||||||||||