| Table B-4. FY 2007 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) | ||||||||||
| Category, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | ||||||||||
| a. Number | ||||||||||
| AFQT CATEGORY | ||||||||||
| GENDER | I | II | IIIA | IIIB | IV | Other/Unk.1 | TOTAL | I-IIIA Subtotal | ||
| ARMY | ||||||||||
| Males | 3,028 | 16,978 | 12,662 | 17,605 | 2,103 | 284 | 52,660 | 32,668 | ||
| Females | 333 | 2,814 | 2,470 | 4,006 | 557 | 56 | 10,236 | 5,617 | ||
| Total | 3,361 | 19,792 | 15,132 | 21,611 | 2,660 | 340 | 62,896 | 38,285 | ||
| NAVY | ||||||||||
| Males | 2,054 | 11,142 | 7,328 | 7,609 | 4 | 24 | 28,161 | 20,524 | ||
| Females | 230 | 2,145 | 1,849 | 2,174 | 5 | 1 | 6,404 | 4,224 | ||
| Total | 2,284 | 13,287 | 9,177 | 9,783 | 9 | 25 | 34,565 | 24,748 | ||
| MARINE CORPS | ||||||||||
| Males | 1,535 | 11,245 | 7,766 | 9,906 | 1,042 | 64 | 31,558 | 20,546 | ||
| Females | 85 | 774 | 674 | 914 | 28 | 7 | 2,482 | 1,533 | ||
| Total | 1,620 | 12,019 | 8,440 | 10,820 | 1,070 | 71 | 34,040 | 22,079 | ||
| AIR FORCE | ||||||||||
| Males | 1,627 | 9,738 | 5,551 | 4,137 | 0 | 224 | 21,277 | 16,916 | ||
| Females | 249 | 2,475 | 1,969 | 1,733 | 0 | 42 | 6,468 | 4,693 | ||
| Total | 1,876 | 12,213 | 7,520 | 5,870 | 0 | 266 | 27,745 | 21,609 | ||
| TOTAL DoD | ||||||||||
| Males | 8,244 | 49,103 | 33,307 | 39,257 | 3,149 | 596 | 133,656 | 90,654 | ||
| Females | 897 | 8,208 | 6,962 | 8,827 | 590 | 106 | 25,590 | 16,067 | ||
| Total | 9,141 | 57,311 | 40,269 | 48,084 | 3,739 | 702 | 159,246 | 106,721 | ||
| 1997, 18-23 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS | ||||||||||
| Males | 858,426 | 3,063,109 | 1,619,470 | 1,943,276 | 2,075,562 | 1,012,481 | 10,572,324 | 5,541,005 | ||
| Females | 800,745 | 2,775,846 | 1,661,068 | 2,021,007 | 2,303,734 | 972,965 | 10,535,365 | 5,237,659 | ||
| Total | 1,659,171 | 5,838,955 | 3,280,538 | 3,964,283 | 4,379,296 | 1,985,446 | 21,107,689 | 10,778,664 | ||
| b. Percent | ||||||||||
| AFQT CATEGORY2 | ||||||||||
| GENDER | I | II | IIIA | IIIB | IV | Other/Unk.1 | TOTAL | I-IIIA Subtotal | ||
| ARMY | ||||||||||
| Males | 5.75% | 32.24% | 24.04% | 33.43% | 3.99% | 0.54% | 100.00% | 62.04% | ||
| Females | 3.25% | 27.49% | 24.13% | 39.14% | 5.44% | 0.55% | 100.00% | 54.87% | ||
| Total | 5.34% | 31.47% | 24.06% | 34.36% | 4.23% | 0.54% | 100.00% | 60.87% | ||
| NAVY | ||||||||||
| Males | 7.29% | 39.57% | 26.02% | 27.02% | 0.01% | 0.09% | 100.00% | 72.88% | ||
| Females | 3.59% | 33.49% | 28.87% | 33.95% | 0.08% | 0.02% | 100.00% | 65.96% | ||
| Total | 6.61% | 38.44% | 26.55% | 28.30% | 0.03% | 0.07% | 100.00% | 71.60% | ||
| MARINE CORPS | ||||||||||
| Males | 4.86% | 35.63% | 24.61% | 31.39% | 3.30% | 0.20% | 100.00% | 65.11% | ||
| Females | 3.42% | 31.18% | 27.16% | 36.83% | 1.13% | 0.28% | 100.00% | 61.76% | ||
| Total | 4.76% | 35.31% | 24.79% | 31.79% | 3.14% | 0.21% | 100.00% | 64.86% | ||
| AIR FORCE | ||||||||||
| Males | 7.65% | 45.77% | 26.09% | 19.44% | 0.00% | 1.05% | 100.00% | 79.50% | ||
| Females | 3.85% | 38.27% | 30.44% | 26.79% | 0.00% | 0.65% | 100.00% | 72.56% | ||
| Total | 6.76% | 44.02% | 27.10% | 21.16% | 0.00% | 0.96% | 100.00% | 77.88% | ||
| TOTAL DoD | ||||||||||
| Males | 6.17% | 36.74% | 24.92% | 29.37% | 2.36% | 0.45% | 100.00% | 67.83% | ||
| Females | 3.51% | 32.08% | 27.21% | 34.49% | 2.31% | 0.41% | 100.00% | 62.79% | ||
| Total | 5.74% | 35.99% | 25.29% | 30.19% | 2.35% | 0.44% | 100.00% | 67.02% | ||
| 1997, 18-23 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS | ||||||||||
| Males | 8.12% | 28.97% | 15.32% | 18.38% | 19.63% | 9.58% | 100.00% | 52.41% | ||
| Females | 7.60% | 26.35% | 15.77% | 19.18% | 21.87% | 9.24% | 100.00% | 49.72% | ||
| Total | 7.86% | 27.66% | 15.54% | 18.78% | 20.75% | 9.41% | 100.00% | 51.07% | ||
| 1. Service data for this category include unknowns. Civilian data for this category include AFQT category V. | ||||||||||
| Source of 1997 Civilian AFQT Category Estimates: Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). | ||||||||||
| 2. AFQT categories are based on normalized test scores: | ||||||||||
| Cat I: | 100-93 | Cat IIIB: | 49-31 | |||||||
| Cat II: | 92-65 | Cat IV: | 30-10 | |||||||
| Cat IIIA: | 64-50 | Cat V: | 9-1 | |||||||