Table D-7.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Tier 1 Enlisted Accessions by Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 1973-2008
  SERVICE         18-24 YR-OLD
FISCAL ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   CIVILIANS
YEAR #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        %
1973 98,618 58.18% 66,328 70.83% 21,829 44.60% 79,464 84.95% 266,239 65.64% NA
1974 89,173 49.55% 61,879 68.72% 20,985 46.30% 63,001 85.86% 235,038 60.47% NA
1975 103,566 57.44% 72,596 73.74% 26,804 46.92% 64,016 86.66% 266,982 65.16% NA
1976 103,780 58.00% 71,406 78.14% 32,518 63.16% 65,017 90.83% 272,721 69.33% NA
1977 131,786 60.76% 96,554 74.69% 41,338 71.79% 84,421 92.40% 354,099 71.52% 79.1%
1978 89,427 73.06% 56,851 72.83% 26,824 70.32% 57,509 85.78% 230,611 75.45% 78.7%
1979 82,437 64.26% 57,321 74.46% 28,136 72.65% 55,941 83.89% 223,835 72.05% 79.0%
1980 82,541 52.03% 65,132 73.57% 29,299 69.62% 59,747 83.57% 236,719 65.62% 78.9%
1981 82,902 75.91% 65,247 75.87% 28,569 73.57% 62,699 88.97% 239,417 78.62% 78.8%
1982 97,331 81.03% 62,364 77.86% 29,428 77.53% 63,476 94.33% 252,599 82.69% 79.2%
1983 111,464 84.03% 66,967 90.61% 31,221 85.24% 59,179 98.18% 268,831 88.59% 79.5%
1984 111,901 86.29% 71,255 92.35% 34,976 89.41% 58,349 98.73% 276,481 90.63% 80.0%
1985 102,615 86.17% 73,374 88.48% 30,765 90.35% 64,248 98.91% 271,002 90.03% 79.8%
1986 114,608 90.43% 75,264 85.22% 31,279 90.22% 63,353 98.91% 284,504 90.67% 80.5%
1987 109,835 91.24% 79,591 90.70% 30,292 90.35% 54,158 99.07% 273,876 92.42% 79.8%
1988 98,136 92.82% 81,875 91.20% 33,377 95.47% 40,394 99.06% 253,782 93.56% 79.9%
1989 99,347 88.63% 77,834 86.86% 31,158 94.59% 42,763 99.03% 251,102 90.38% 80.1%
1990 79,631 94.22% 63,257 89.65% 30,695 93.30% 35,421 99.08% 209,004 93.42% 79.0%
1991 74,830 96.38% 64,317 93.93% 28,399 95.83% 29,427 98.89% 196,973 95.85% 79.2%
1992 75,548 98.66% 56,234 96.19% 30,953 97.43% 34,331 98.60% 197,066 97.74% 79.9%
1993 68,778 93.02% 58,241 92.22% 33,361 96.04% 30,890 98.72% 191,270 94.17% 79.9%
1994 57,047 92.91% 49,968 93.41% 30,275 95.34% 29,351 98.64% 166,641 94.46% 80.1%
1995 53,866 93.84% 43,566 92.39% 30,315 94.89% 30,371 98.65% 158,118 94.52% 79.3%
1996 65,260 93.35% 42,168 91.38% 30,909 95.01% 30,198 98.85% 168,535 94.08% 78.7%
1997 68,173 90.02% 46,708 95.07% 32,669 96.23% 29,699 98.71% 177,249 93.83% 78.8%
1998 61,383 89.84% 44,001 94.17% 32,015 95.71% 31,087 98.58% 168,486 93.59% 78.8%
1999 59,074 88.16% 45,303 88.08% 31,489 95.43% 31,787 98.33% 167,653 91.23% 78.8%
2000 57,409 86.46% 43,731 88.64% 28,853 95.44% 32,473 98.81% 162,466 90.85% 78.8%
2001 57,657 83.43% 44,457 89.15% 28,939 95.99% 33,511 99.00% 164,564 89.94% 79.1%
2002 58,725 84.39% 39,732 91.34% 31,021 97.03% 36,135 99.14% 165,613 91.24% 79.4%
2003 58,288 85.79% 37,151 92.41% 30,806 93.35% 35,947 99.34% 162,192 91.94% 79.2%
2004 62,463 85.91% 36,993 93.85% 29,115 96.55% 33,345 98.98% 161,916 92.01% 79.7%
2005 51,821 81.83% 35,669 94.54% 30,246 94.47% 18,968 99.35% 136,704 89.84% 79.9%
2006 51,075 73.22% 34,149 95.28% 30,217 96.35% 30,241 99.38% 145,682 87.03% 80.7%
20071 44,107 70.13% 32,189 93.13% 32,448 95.32% 27,516 99.17% 136,260 85.57% 81.2%
20081 51,137 73.74% 35,824 94.40% 35,143 94.96% 27,309 98.45% 149,413 86.84% 82.2%
     
  1. Population Representation in the Military Services (POPREP) is based on data from DMDC. Breakouts of FY07 accessions by service component and 
      non-prior/prior service designation will not match reports by individual services because of differences in defining prior service accessions.
      Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files. Civilian data prior to 1989 represent calendar year.