| Table A-6. FY 2007 Applicants2 for Active Component Enlistment by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | |||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL TIER1 | |||||||||||||||||
| TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
| GENDER | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||||||
| ARMY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 71,816 | 71.28% | 18,025 | 17.89% | 10,917 | 10.83% | 100,758 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 18,922 | 81.38% | 2,771 | 11.92% | 1,559 | 6.70% | 23,252 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 90,738 | 73.17% | 20,796 | 16.77% | 12,476 | 10.06% | 124,010 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| NAVY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 49,552 | 90.21% | 4,282 | 7.80% | 1,098 | 2.00% | 54,932 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 15,982 | 93.88% | 830 | 4.88% | 212 | 1.25% | 17,024 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 65,534 | 91.08% | 5,112 | 7.10% | 1,310 | 1.82% | 71,956 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 47,361 | 95.83% | 1,828 | 3.70% | 235 | 0.48% | 49,424 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 4,707 | 97.72% | 96 | 1.99% | 14 | 0.29% | 4,817 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 52,068 | 95.99% | 1,924 | 3.55% | 249 | 0.46% | 54,241 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 31,476 | 95.17% | 877 | 2.65% | 719 | 2.17% | 33,072 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 12,805 | 96.02% | 259 | 1.94% | 272 | 2.04% | 13,336 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 44,281 | 95.42% | 1,136 | 2.45% | 991 | 2.14% | 46,408 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 200,205 | 84.05% | 25,012 | 10.50% | 12,969 | 5.44% | 238,186 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 52,416 | 89.71% | 3,956 | 6.77% | 2,057 | 3.52% | 58,429 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 252,621 | 85.17% | 28,968 | 9.77% | 15,026 | 5.07% | 296,615 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 11,204,136 | 78.83% | (3) | (3) | 3,009,743 | 21.17% | 14,213,879 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 11,596,442 | 83.53% | (3) | (3) | 2,286,092 | 16.47% | 13,882,534 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 22,800,578 | 81.15% | (3) | (3) | 5,295,835 | 18.85% | 28,096,413 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 1. Tier 1 indicates individuals with at least a high school diploma. Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the General | |||||||||||||||||
| Educational Development certificate (GED). Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. 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. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3. 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, noninstitutional, age 17-35, October 2006-September 2007 average. | |||||||||||||||||