| Table B-16. FY 2008 Active Component Enlisted Members by Age, Marital Status, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | ||||||||||||||||||||
| a. Number | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MILITARY | MARRIED CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||||
| MALES | FEMALES | TOTAL DoD | PERCENT MARRIED | IN LABOR FORCE | ||||||||||||||||
| AGE | Married | Single | Total | Married | Single | Total | Married | Single | Total | Male | Female | Total DoD | Male | Female | Total | |||||
| 17 | 26 | 1,738 | 1,764 | 4 | 432 | 436 | 30 | 2,170 | 2,200 | 1.47% | 0.92% | 1.36% | 5,925 | 5,698 | 11,623 | |||||
| 18 | 768 | 28,049 | 28,817 | 246 | 5,392 | 5,638 | 1,014 | 33,441 | 34,455 | 2.67% | 4.36% | 2.94% | 15,056 | 15,773 | 30,829 | |||||
| 19 | 5,091 | 50,850 | 55,941 | 1,462 | 8,580 | 10,042 | 6,553 | 59,430 | 65,983 | 9.10% | 14.56% | 9.93% | 37,248 | 63,280 | 100,528 | |||||
| 20 | 12,650 | 59,395 | 72,045 | 3,216 | 9,302 | 12,518 | 15,866 | 68,697 | 84,563 | 17.56% | 25.69% | 18.76% | 86,284 | 79,246 | 165,530 | |||||
| 21 | 21,158 | 58,403 | 79,561 | 4,637 | 8,620 | 13,257 | 25,795 | 67,023 | 92,818 | 26.59% | 34.98% | 27.79% | 104,445 | 148,155 | 252,599 | |||||
| 22 | 28,597 | 52,712 | 81,309 | 5,374 | 7,716 | 13,090 | 33,971 | 60,428 | 94,399 | 35.17% | 41.05% | 35.99% | 173,101 | 208,989 | 382,090 | |||||
| 23 | 32,277 | 43,129 | 75,406 | 5,540 | 6,784 | 12,324 | 37,817 | 49,913 | 87,730 | 42.80% | 44.95% | 43.11% | 274,658 | 325,636 | 600,295 | |||||
| 24 | 32,816 | 33,078 | 65,894 | 5,488 | 5,857 | 11,345 | 38,304 | 38,935 | 77,239 | 49.80% | 48.37% | 49.59% | 350,387 | 391,930 | 742,317 | |||||
| 25 | 32,870 | 25,638 | 58,508 | 5,111 | 5,131 | 10,242 | 37,981 | 30,769 | 68,750 | 56.18% | 49.90% | 55.25% | 458,486 | 458,111 | 916,596 | |||||
| 26 | 31,214 | 20,181 | 51,395 | 4,916 | 4,536 | 9,452 | 36,130 | 24,717 | 60,847 | 60.73% | 52.01% | 59.38% | 599,637 | 622,424 | 1,222,061 | |||||
| 27 | 29,709 | 15,605 | 45,314 | 4,286 | 3,752 | 8,038 | 33,995 | 19,357 | 53,352 | 65.56% | 53.32% | 63.72% | 716,694 | 651,045 | 1,367,739 | |||||
| 28 | 28,039 | 12,401 | 40,440 | 3,707 | 3,093 | 6,800 | 31,746 | 15,494 | 47,240 | 69.33% | 54.51% | 67.20% | 986,754 | 784,906 | 1,771,661 | |||||
| 29 | 25,713 | 10,017 | 35,730 | 3,489 | 2,536 | 6,025 | 29,202 | 12,553 | 41,755 | 71.96% | 57.91% | 69.94% | 885,665 | 796,415 | 1,682,080 | |||||
| 30 | 23,354 | 7,771 | 31,125 | 2,830 | 2,165 | 4,995 | 26,184 | 9,936 | 36,120 | 75.03% | 56.66% | 72.49% | 990,613 | 780,094 | 1,770,707 | |||||
| 31 | 21,742 | 6,449 | 28,191 | 2,687 | 1,876 | 4,563 | 24,429 | 8,325 | 32,754 | 77.12% | 58.89% | 74.58% | 1,076,236 | 853,496 | 1,929,732 | |||||
| 32 | 19,726 | 5,268 | 24,994 | 2,339 | 1,535 | 3,874 | 22,065 | 6,803 | 28,868 | 78.92% | 60.38% | 76.43% | 948,020 | 805,818 | 1,753,838 | |||||
| 33 | 19,502 | 4,656 | 24,158 | 2,203 | 1,445 | 3,648 | 21,705 | 6,101 | 27,806 | 80.73% | 60.39% | 78.06% | 1,140,687 | 924,046 | 2,064,733 | |||||
| 34 | 18,491 | 4,165 | 22,656 | 2,024 | 1,302 | 3,326 | 20,515 | 5,467 | 25,982 | 81.62% | 60.85% | 78.96% | 1,132,089 | 882,525 | 2,014,614 | |||||
| 35 | 18,579 | 3,866 | 22,445 | 1,889 | 1,185 | 3,074 | 20,468 | 5,051 | 25,519 | 82.78% | 61.45% | 80.21% | 1,251,234 | 894,188 | 2,145,422 | |||||
| 36 | 18,574 | 3,658 | 22,232 | 1,808 | 1,170 | 2,978 | 20,382 | 4,828 | 25,210 | 83.55% | 60.71% | 80.85% | 1,237,112 | 878,082 | 2,115,194 | |||||
| 37 | 19,504 | 3,768 | 23,272 | 1,968 | 1,251 | 3,219 | 21,472 | 5,019 | 26,491 | 83.81% | 61.14% | 81.05% | 1,271,389 | 1,039,895 | 2,311,284 | |||||
| 38 | 17,764 | 3,190 | 20,954 | 1,696 | 1,146 | 2,842 | 19,460 | 4,336 | 23,796 | 84.78% | 59.68% | 81.78% | 1,347,561 | 1,044,363 | 2,391,924 | |||||
| 39 | 14,601 | 2,500 | 17,101 | 1,295 | 902 | 2,197 | 15,896 | 3,402 | 19,298 | 85.38% | 58.94% | 82.37% | 1,413,235 | 1,105,158 | 2,518,393 | |||||
| 40 | 12,439 | 2,059 | 14,498 | 1,085 | 791 | 1,876 | 13,524 | 2,850 | 16,374 | 85.80% | 57.84% | 82.59% | 1,251,141 | 1,107,814 | 2,358,955 | |||||
| 41 | 10,350 | 1,676 | 12,026 | 878 | 681 | 1,559 | 11,228 | 2,357 | 13,585 | 86.06% | 56.32% | 82.65% | 1,340,332 | 995,126 | 2,335,458 | |||||
| 42 | 8,922 | 1,333 | 10,255 | 769 | 598 | 1,367 | 9,691 | 1,931 | 11,622 | 87.00% | 56.25% | 83.38% | 1,293,446 | 1,007,606 | 2,301,052 | |||||
| 43 | 7,460 | 1,077 | 8,537 | 638 | 550 | 1,188 | 8,098 | 1,627 | 9,725 | 87.38% | 53.70% | 83.27% | 1,481,025 | 1,115,294 | 2,596,319 | |||||
| 44 | 6,113 | 921 | 7,034 | 497 | 382 | 879 | 6,610 | 1,303 | 7,913 | 86.91% | 56.54% | 83.53% | 1,378,198 | 1,196,122 | 2,574,320 | |||||
| 45+ | 16,295 | 2,356 | 18,651 | 1,413 | 1,209 | 2,622 | 17,708 | 3,565 | 21,273 | 87.37% | 53.89% | 83.24% | 25,618,253 | 19,199,856 | 44,818,110 | |||||
| Unknown | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00% | NA | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TOTAL | 534,344 | 465,911 | 1,000,255 | 73,495 | 89,919 | 163,414 | 607,839 | 555,830 | 1,163,669 | 53.42% | 44.97% | 52.23% | 48,864,910 | 38,381,092 | 87,246,002 | |||||
| b. Percent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MILITARY | MARRIED CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||||
| MALES | FEMALES | TOTAL DoD | IN LABOR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| AGE | Married | Single | Total | Married | Single | Total | Married | Single | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||||||||
| 17 | 1.47% | 98.53% | 100.00% | 0.92% | 99.08% | 100.00% | 1.36% | 98.64% | 100.00% | 0.83% | 0.70% | 0.76% | ||||||||
| 18 | 2.67% | 97.33% | 100.00% | 4.36% | 95.64% | 100.00% | 2.94% | 97.06% | 100.00% | 1.51% | 1.67% | 1.59% | ||||||||
| 19 | 9.10% | 90.90% | 100.00% | 14.56% | 85.44% | 100.00% | 9.93% | 90.07% | 100.00% | 3.16% | 6.10% | 4.54% | ||||||||
| 20 | 17.56% | 82.44% | 100.00% | 25.69% | 74.31% | 100.00% | 18.76% | 81.24% | 100.00% | 5.84% | 6.73% | 6.23% | ||||||||
| 21 | 26.59% | 73.41% | 100.00% | 34.98% | 65.02% | 100.00% | 27.79% | 72.21% | 100.00% | 6.82% | 10.75% | 8.68% | ||||||||
| 22 | 35.17% | 64.83% | 100.00% | 41.05% | 58.95% | 100.00% | 35.99% | 64.01% | 100.00% | 10.41% | 14.74% | 12.40% | ||||||||
| 23 | 42.80% | 57.20% | 100.00% | 44.95% | 55.05% | 100.00% | 43.11% | 56.89% | 100.00% | 15.65% | 19.11% | 17.36% | ||||||||
| 24 | 49.80% | 50.20% | 100.00% | 48.37% | 51.63% | 100.00% | 49.59% | 50.41% | 100.00% | 21.44% | 26.57% | 23.88% | ||||||||
| 25 | 56.18% | 43.82% | 100.00% | 49.90% | 50.10% | 100.00% | 55.25% | 44.75% | 100.00% | 25.34% | 30.03% | 27.48% | ||||||||
| 26 | 60.73% | 39.27% | 100.00% | 52.01% | 47.99% | 100.00% | 59.38% | 40.62% | 100.00% | 31.87% | 38.75% | 35.04% | ||||||||
| 27 | 65.56% | 34.44% | 100.00% | 53.32% | 46.68% | 100.00% | 63.72% | 36.28% | 100.00% | 38.42% | 41.34% | 39.76% | ||||||||
| 28 | 69.33% | 30.67% | 100.00% | 54.51% | 45.49% | 100.00% | 67.20% | 32.80% | 100.00% | 47.00% | 48.74% | 47.75% | ||||||||
| 29 | 71.96% | 28.04% | 100.00% | 57.91% | 42.09% | 100.00% | 69.94% | 30.06% | 100.00% | 50.03% | 51.31% | 50.63% | ||||||||
| 30 | 75.03% | 24.97% | 100.00% | 56.66% | 43.34% | 100.00% | 72.49% | 27.51% | 100.00% | 55.16% | 51.40% | 53.44% | ||||||||
| 31 | 77.12% | 22.88% | 100.00% | 58.89% | 41.11% | 100.00% | 74.58% | 25.42% | 100.00% | 58.25% | 58.89% | 58.53% | ||||||||
| 32 | 78.92% | 21.08% | 100.00% | 60.38% | 39.62% | 100.00% | 76.43% | 23.57% | 100.00% | 58.31% | 60.60% | 59.34% | ||||||||
| 33 | 80.73% | 19.27% | 100.00% | 60.39% | 39.61% | 100.00% | 78.06% | 21.94% | 100.00% | 64.54% | 62.23% | 63.48% | ||||||||
| 34 | 81.62% | 18.38% | 100.00% | 60.85% | 39.15% | 100.00% | 78.96% | 21.04% | 100.00% | 62.44% | 61.92% | 62.21% | ||||||||
| 35 | 82.78% | 17.22% | 100.00% | 61.45% | 38.55% | 100.00% | 80.21% | 19.79% | 100.00% | 66.43% | 59.81% | 63.50% | ||||||||
| 36 | 83.55% | 16.45% | 100.00% | 60.71% | 39.29% | 100.00% | 80.85% | 19.15% | 100.00% | 64.92% | 62.68% | 63.98% | ||||||||
| 37 | 83.81% | 16.19% | 100.00% | 61.14% | 38.86% | 100.00% | 81.05% | 18.95% | 100.00% | 67.49% | 66.98% | 67.26% | ||||||||
| 38 | 84.78% | 15.22% | 100.00% | 59.68% | 40.32% | 100.00% | 81.78% | 18.22% | 100.00% | 71.12% | 65.14% | 68.38% | ||||||||
| 39 | 85.38% | 14.62% | 100.00% | 58.94% | 41.06% | 100.00% | 82.37% | 17.63% | 100.00% | 74.23% | 63.00% | 68.85% | ||||||||
| 40 | 85.80% | 14.20% | 100.00% | 57.84% | 42.16% | 100.00% | 82.59% | 17.41% | 100.00% | 70.06% | 67.19% | 68.68% | ||||||||
| 41 | 86.06% | 13.94% | 100.00% | 56.32% | 43.68% | 100.00% | 82.65% | 17.35% | 100.00% | 68.61% | 65.27% | 67.15% | ||||||||
| 42 | 87.00% | 13.00% | 100.00% | 56.25% | 43.75% | 100.00% | 83.38% | 16.62% | 100.00% | 71.07% | 63.83% | 67.71% | ||||||||
| 43 | 87.38% | 12.62% | 100.00% | 53.70% | 46.30% | 100.00% | 83.27% | 16.73% | 100.00% | 70.86% | 65.55% | 68.48% | ||||||||
| 44 | 86.91% | 13.09% | 100.00% | 56.54% | 43.46% | 100.00% | 83.53% | 16.47% | 100.00% | 71.26% | 67.64% | 69.53% | ||||||||
| 45+ | 87.37% | 12.63% | 100.00% | 53.89% | 46.11% | 100.00% | 83.24% | 16.76% | 100.00% | 75.39% | 62.70% | 69.37% | ||||||||
| Unknown | 0.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | NA | NA | NA | 0.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | NA | NA | NA | ||||||||
| TOTAL | 53.42% | 46.58% | 100.00% | 44.97% | 55.03% | 100.00% | 52.23% | 47.77% | 100.00% | 59.40% | 53.55% | 56.67% | ||||||||
| Columns and rows may not add to totals due to rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 17+ year-olds in the civilian workforce, September 2008. | ||||||||||||||||||||