Table A-4.  FY 2008 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	5,287	28,725	21,476	28,028	16,394	4,017	7,092	111,019	55,488
	Females	600	5,273	4,706	7,560	4,844	1,018	1,013	25,014	10,579
	Total	5,887	33,998	26,182	35,588	21,238	5,035	8,105	136,033	66,067
	NAVY
	Males	3,709	20,626	14,367	16,376	7,934	1,481	904	65,397	38,702
	Females	533	4,866	4,608	6,131	3,447	516	165	20,266	10,007
	Total	4,242	25,492	18,975	22,507	11,381	1,997	1,069	85,663	48,709
	MARINE CORPS
	Males	2,185	17,578	12,880	15,528	5,966	1,019	1,326	56,482	32,643
	Females	126	1,254	1,205	1,418	584	88	64	4,739	2,585
	Total	2,311	18,832	14,085	16,946	6,550	1,107	1,390	61,221	35,228
	AIR FORCE
	Males	2,352	14,478	8,330	7,730	3,159	400	227	36,676	25,160
	Females	356	3,962	3,492	3,982	1,975	229	74	14,070	7,810
	Total	2,708	18,440	11,822	11,712	5,134	629	301	50,746	32,970
	TOTAL DoD
	Males	13,533	81,407	57,053	67,662	33,453	6,917	9,549	269,574	151,993
	Females	1,615	15,355	14,011	19,091	10,850	1,851	1,316	64,089	30,981
	Total	15,148	96,762	71,064	86,753	44,303	8,768	10,865	333,663	182,974
	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	4.76%	25.87%	19.34%	25.25%	14.77%	3.62%	6.39%	100.00%	49.98%
	Females	2.40%	21.08%	18.81%	30.22%	19.37%	4.07%	4.05%	100.00%	42.29%
	Total	4.33%	24.99%	19.25%	26.16%	15.61%	3.70%	5.96%	100.00%	48.57%
	NAVY
	Males	5.67%	31.54%	21.97%	25.04%	12.13%	2.26%	1.38%	100.00%	59.18%
	Females	2.63%	24.01%	22.74%	30.25%	17.01%	2.55%	0.81%	100.00%	49.38%
	Total	4.95%	29.76%	22.15%	26.27%	13.29%	2.33%	1.25%	100.00%	56.86%
	MARINE CORPS
	Males	3.87%	31.12%	22.80%	27.49%	10.56%	1.80%	2.35%	100.00%	57.79%
	Females	2.66%	26.46%	25.43%	29.92%	12.32%	1.86%	1.35%	100.00%	54.55%
	Total	3.77%	30.76%	23.01%	27.68%	10.70%	1.81%	2.27%	100.00%	57.54%
	AIR FORCE
	Males	6.41%	39.48%	22.71%	21.08%	8.61%	1.09%	0.62%	100.00%	68.60%
	Females	2.53%	28.16%	24.82%	28.30%	14.04%	1.63%	0.53%	100.00%	55.51%
	Total	5.34%	36.34%	23.30%	23.08%	10.12%	1.24%	0.59%	100.00%	64.97%
	TOTAL DoD
	Males	5.02%	30.20%	21.16%	25.10%	12.41%	2.57%	3.54%	100.00%	56.38%
	Females	2.52%	23.96%	21.86%	29.79%	16.93%	2.89%	2.05%	100.00%	48.34%
	Total	4.54%	29.00%	21.30%	26.00%	13.28%	2.63%	3.26%	100.00%	54.84%
	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 2008.  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.