Table B-2.  FY 2008 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Age, Marital Status, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
a.  Number
	MILITARY																17-35 YEAR-OLD
	MALES				FEMALES				TOTAL DoD				PERCENT MARRIED				MARRIED CIVILIANS
AGE	Married	Single	Total		Married	Single	Total		Married	Single	Total		Male	Female	Total DoD		Male	Female	Total
17	56	5,305	5,361		20	1,261	1,281		76	6,566	6,642		1.04%	1.56%	1.14%		13,188	21,923	35,111
18	652	39,545	40,197		241	7,680	7,921		893	47,225	48,118		1.62%	3.04%	1.86%		17,118	56,953	74,072
19	1,081	29,057	30,138		355	4,954	5,309		1,436	34,011	35,447		3.59%	6.69%	4.05%		42,589	97,729	140,318
20	1,280	18,015	19,295		381	3,076	3,457		1,661	21,091	22,752		6.63%	11.02%	7.30%		76,543	163,875	240,418
21	1,438	12,163	13,601		364	1,894	2,258		1,802	14,057	15,859		10.57%	16.12%	11.36%		137,456	233,572	371,027
22	1,312	8,586	9,898		342	1,395	1,737		1,654	9,981	11,635		13.26%	19.69%	14.22%		214,092	370,528	584,620
23	1,243	5,846	7,089		324	942	1,266		1,567	6,788	8,355		17.53%	25.59%	18.76%		291,465	488,547	780,013
24	1,055	3,960	5,015		289	543	832		1,344	4,503	5,847		21.04%	34.74%	22.99%		387,118	602,697	989,815
25	886	2,642	3,528		213	480	693		1,099	3,122	4,221		25.11%	30.74%	26.04%		556,247	755,375	1,311,622
26	708	1,828	2,536		211	315	526		919	2,143	3,062		27.92%	40.11%	30.01%		678,772	891,391	1,570,163
27	636	1,299	1,935		171	222	393		807	1,521	2,328		32.87%	43.51%	34.66%		789,286	974,786	1,764,072
28	475	954	1,429		143	150	293		618	1,104	1,722		33.24%	48.81%	35.89%		927,341	1,077,450	2,004,791
29	400	582	982		108	111	219		508	693	1,201		40.73%	49.32%	42.30%		953,415	1,112,751	2,066,166
30	293	472	765		78	86	164		371	558	929		38.30%	47.56%	39.94%		1,023,597	1,144,605	2,168,202
31	243	329	572		73	70	143		316	399	715		42.48%	51.05%	44.20%		1,091,498	1,118,258	2,209,756
32	219	287	506		53	58	111		272	345	617		43.28%	47.75%	44.08%		1,088,817	1,118,045	2,206,862
33	196	246	442		52	36	88		248	282	530		44.34%	59.09%	46.79%		1,205,286	1,319,846	2,525,132
34	154	187	341		54	53	107		208	240	448		45.16%	50.47%	46.43%		1,179,439	1,202,334	2,381,773
35	106	125	231		34	31	65		140	156	296		45.89%	52.31%	47.30%		1,255,739	1,295,595	2,551,334
36+	531	350	881		179	116	295		710	466	1,176		60.27%	60.68%	60.37%		NA	NA	NA
TOTAL	12,964	131,778	144,742		3,685	23,473	27,158		16,649	155,251	171,900		8.96%	13.57%	9.69%		11,929,006	14,046,261	25,975,267
b.  Percent
	MILITARY												17-35 YEAR-OLD
	MALES				FEMALES				TOTAL DoD				MARRIED CIVILIANS
AGE	Married	Single	Total		Married	Single	Total		Married	Single	Total		Male	Female	Total
17	1.04%	98.96%	100.00%		1.56%	98.44%	100.00%		1.14%	98.86%	100.00%		0.58%	0.96%	0.77%
18	1.62%	98.38%	100.00%		3.04%	96.96%	100.00%		1.86%	98.14%	100.00%		0.78%	2.77%	1.74%
19	3.59%	96.41%	100.00%		6.69%	93.31%	100.00%		4.05%	95.95%	100.00%		2.30%	5.29%	3.79%
20	6.63%	93.37%	100.00%		11.02%	88.98%	100.00%		7.30%	92.70%	100.00%		3.71%	8.28%	5.95%
21	10.57%	89.43%	100.00%		16.12%	83.88%	100.00%		11.36%	88.64%	100.00%		6.83%	11.60%	9.22%
22	13.26%	86.74%	100.00%		19.69%	80.31%	100.00%		14.22%	85.78%	100.00%		10.12%	18.05%	14.03%
23	17.53%	82.47%	100.00%		25.59%	74.41%	100.00%		18.76%	81.24%	100.00%		14.02%	23.62%	18.81%
24	21.04%	78.96%	100.00%		34.74%	65.26%	100.00%		22.99%	77.01%	100.00%		19.48%	29.59%	24.60%
25	25.11%	74.89%	100.00%		30.74%	69.26%	100.00%		26.04%	73.96%	100.00%		25.65%	37.73%	31.45%
26	27.92%	72.08%	100.00%		40.11%	59.89%	100.00%		30.01%	69.99%	100.00%		31.99%	42.85%	37.36%
27	32.87%	67.13%	100.00%		43.51%	56.49%	100.00%		34.66%	65.34%	100.00%		37.64%	45.53%	41.63%
28	33.24%	66.76%	100.00%		48.81%	51.19%	100.00%		35.89%	64.11%	100.00%		44.61%	51.23%	47.93%
29	40.73%	59.27%	100.00%		49.32%	50.68%	100.00%		42.30%	57.70%	100.00%		48.49%	55.05%	51.82%
30	38.30%	61.70%	100.00%		47.56%	52.44%	100.00%		39.94%	60.06%	100.00%		51.90%	57.13%	54.54%
31	42.48%	57.52%	100.00%		51.05%	48.95%	100.00%		44.20%	55.80%	100.00%		57.21%	58.23%	57.72%
32	43.28%	56.72%	100.00%		47.75%	52.25%	100.00%		44.08%	55.92%	100.00%		58.67%	60.38%	59.53%
33	44.34%	55.66%	100.00%		59.09%	40.91%	100.00%		46.79%	53.21%	100.00%		62.81%	65.57%	64.22%
34	45.16%	54.84%	100.00%		50.47%	49.53%	100.00%		46.43%	53.57%	100.00%		62.92%	65.74%	64.32%
35	45.89%	54.11%	100.00%		52.31%	47.69%	100.00%		47.30%	52.70%	100.00%		64.73%	64.78%	64.76%
36+	60.27%	39.73%	100.00%		60.68%	39.32%	100.00%		60.37%	39.63%	100.00%		NA	NA	NA
TOTAL	8.96%	91.04%	100.00%		13.57%	86.43%	100.00%		9.69%	90.31%	100.00%		31.00%	36.67%	33.83%
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.  DoD FY08 NPS accessions does not include 111 males and 33 females whose age and/or marital status was unknown.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 17-35 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2007-September 2008 average.