| Table A-4. FY 2007 Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Category, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | |||||||||||
| a. Number | |||||||||||
| AFQT CATEGORY3 | |||||||||||
| GENDER | I | II | IIIA | IIIB | IV | V | Other/Unk.2 | TOTAL | I-IIIA SUBTOTAL | ||
| ARMY | |||||||||||
| Males | 4,760 | 25,329 | 18,433 | 25,451 | 14,891 | 4,093 | 7,801 | 100,758 | 48,522 | ||
| Females | 626 | 5,015 | 4,230 | 6,742 | 4,526 | 1,026 | 1,087 | 23,252 | 9,871 | ||
| Total | 5,386 | 30,344 | 22,663 | 32,193 | 19,417 | 5,119 | 8,888 | 124,010 | 58,393 | ||
| NAVY | |||||||||||
| Males | 3,035 | 17,548 | 12,077 | 13,509 | 6,493 | 1,220 | 1,050 | 54,932 | 32,660 | ||
| Females | 463 | 4,186 | 3,746 | 5,111 | 2,874 | 447 | 197 | 17,024 | 8,395 | ||
| Total | 3,498 | 21,734 | 15,823 | 18,620 | 9,367 | 1,667 | 1,247 | 71,956 | 41,055 | ||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||
| Males | 1,968 | 15,230 | 10,942 | 13,478 | 5,316 | 1,010 | 1,480 | 49,424 | 28,140 | ||
| Females | 125 | 1,209 | 1,070 | 1,533 | 656 | 115 | 109 | 4,817 | 2,404 | ||
| Total | 2,093 | 16,439 | 12,012 | 15,011 | 5,972 | 1,125 | 1,589 | 54,241 | 30,544 | ||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||
| Males | 2,101 | 12,794 | 7,515 | 7,223 | 2,826 | 381 | 232 | 33,072 | 22,410 | ||
| Females | 370 | 3,771 | 3,232 | 3,712 | 1,944 | 225 | 82 | 13,336 | 7,373 | ||
| Total | 2,471 | 16,565 | 10,747 | 10,935 | 4,770 | 606 | 314 | 46,408 | 29,783 | ||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||
| Males | 11,864 | 70,901 | 48,967 | 59,661 | 29,526 | 6,704 | 10,563 | 238,186 | 131,732 | ||
| Females | 1,584 | 14,181 | 12,278 | 17,098 | 10,000 | 1,813 | 1,475 | 58,429 | 28,043 | ||
| Total | 13,448 | 85,082 | 61,245 | 76,759 | 39,526 | 8,517 | 12,038 | 296,615 | 159,775 | ||
| 1997, 18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||
| Males | 858,426 | 3,063,109 | 1,619,470 | 1,943,276 | 2,075,562 | 0 | 1,012,481 | 10,572,324 | 5,541,005 | ||
| Females | 800,745 | 2,775,846 | 1,661,068 | 2,021,007 | 2,303,734 | 0 | 972,965 | 10,535,365 | 5,237,659 | ||
| Total | 1,659,171 | 5,838,955 | 3,280,538 | 3,964,283 | 4,379,296 | 0 | 1,985,446 | 21,107,689 | 10,778,664 | ||
| b. Percent | |||||||||||
| AFQT CATEGORY3 | |||||||||||
| GENDER | I | II | IIIA | IIIB | IV | V | Other/Unk.2 | TOTAL | I-IIIA SUBTOTAL | ||
| ARMY | |||||||||||
| Males | 4.72% | 25.14% | 18.29% | 25.26% | 14.78% | 4.06% | 7.74% | 100.00% | 48.16% | ||
| Females | 2.69% | 21.57% | 18.19% | 29.00% | 19.46% | 4.41% | 4.67% | 100.00% | 42.45% | ||
| Total | 4.34% | 24.47% | 18.28% | 25.96% | 15.66% | 4.13% | 7.17% | 100.00% | 47.09% | ||
| NAVY | |||||||||||
| Males | 5.53% | 31.94% | 21.99% | 24.59% | 11.82% | 2.22% | 1.91% | 100.00% | 59.46% | ||
| Females | 2.72% | 24.59% | 22.00% | 30.02% | 16.88% | 2.63% | 1.16% | 100.00% | 49.31% | ||
| Total | 4.86% | 30.20% | 21.99% | 25.88% | 13.02% | 2.32% | 1.73% | 100.00% | 57.06% | ||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||
| Males | 3.98% | 30.81% | 22.14% | 27.27% | 10.76% | 2.04% | 2.99% | 100.00% | 56.94% | ||
| Females | 2.59% | 25.10% | 22.21% | 31.82% | 13.62% | 2.39% | 2.26% | 100.00% | 49.91% | ||
| Total | 3.86% | 30.31% | 22.15% | 27.67% | 11.01% | 2.07% | 2.93% | 100.00% | 56.31% | ||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||
| Males | 6.35% | 38.69% | 22.72% | 21.84% | 8.54% | 1.15% | 0.70% | 100.00% | 67.76% | ||
| Females | 2.77% | 28.28% | 24.24% | 27.83% | 14.58% | 1.69% | 0.61% | 100.00% | 55.29% | ||
| Total | 5.32% | 35.69% | 23.16% | 23.56% | 10.28% | 1.31% | 0.68% | 100.00% | 64.18% | ||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||
| Males | 4.98% | 29.77% | 20.56% | 25.05% | 12.40% | 2.81% | 4.43% | 100.00% | 55.31% | ||
| Females | 2.71% | 24.27% | 21.01% | 29.26% | 17.11% | 3.10% | 2.52% | 100.00% | 48.00% | ||
| Total | 4.53% | 28.68% | 20.65% | 25.88% | 13.33% | 2.87% | 4.06% | 100.00% | 53.87% | ||
| 1997, 18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||
| Males | 8.12% | 28.97% | 15.32% | 18.38% | 19.63% | 0.00% | 9.58% | 100.00% | 52.41% | ||
| Females | 7.60% | 26.35% | 15.77% | 19.18% | 21.87% | 0.00% | 9.24% | 100.00% | 49.72% | ||
| Total | 7.86% | 27.66% | 15.54% | 18.78% | 20.75% | 0.00% | 9.41% | 100.00% | 51.07% | ||
| 1. Refers to non-prior service (NPS) individuals whose first formal application (i.e., taking a screening physical exam or the Armed Services | |||||||||||
| Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)) was in FY 2007. Does not include participants in the High School Testing Program unless otherwise | |||||||||||
| tested. | |||||||||||
| 2. Civilian numbers include AFQT category V. | |||||||||||
| 3. AFQT categories are based on normalized test scores: | |||||||||||
| Cat I 100-93 | |||||||||||
| Cat II 92-65 | |||||||||||
| Cat IIIA 64-50 | |||||||||||
| Cat IIIB 49-31 | |||||||||||
| Cat IV 30-10 | |||||||||||
| Cat V 9-1 | |||||||||||
| Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | |||||||||||