Table A-4.  FY 2009 Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Category,
Service, and Gender
	a.  Number
		AFQT CATEGORY2
	GENDER	I	II	IIIA	IIIB	IV	V	Other/Unk.	TOTAL	I-IIIA SUBTOTAL
	ARMY
	Males	8,163	37,534	26,420	32,195	16,627	3,706	7,282	131,927	72,117
	Females	943	7,258	6,284	9,248	5,341	946	941	30,961	14,485
	Total	9,106	44,792	32,704	41,443	21,968	4,652	8,223	162,888	86,602
	NAVY
	Males	4,843	23,944	15,335	15,613	7,076	1,105	839	68,755	44,122
	Females	727	5,987	5,130	5,633	3,012	395	129	21,013	11,844
	Total	5,570	29,931	20,465	21,246	10,088	1,500	968	89,768	55,966
	MARINE CORPS
	Males	2,490	17,893	12,664	14,470	4,865	685	904	53,971	33,047
	Females	108	1,328	1,244	1,349	534	61	51	4,675	2,680
	Total	2,598	19,221	13,908	15,819	5,399	746	955	58,646	35,727
	AIR FORCE
	Males	3,669	19,670	10,683	8,913	3,381	426	398	47,140	34,022
	Females	513	5,043	4,046	4,021	1,953	232	118	15,926	9,602
	Total	4,182	24,713	14,729	12,934	5,334	658	516	63,066	43,624
	TOTAL DoD
	Males	19,165	99,041	65,102	71,191	31,949	5,922	9,423	301,793	183,308
	Females	2,291	19,616	16,704	20,251	10,840	1,634	1,239	72,575	38,611
	Total	21,456	118,657	81,806	91,442	42,789	7,556	10,662	374,368	221,919
	b.  Percent
		AFQT CATEGORY2
	GENDER	I	II	IIIA	IIIB	IV	V	Other/Unk.	TOTAL	I-IIIA SUBTOTAL
	ARMY
	Males	6.19%	28.45%	20.03%	24.40%	12.60%	2.81%	5.52%	100%	54.66%
	Females	3.05%	23.44%	20.30%	29.87%	17.25%	3.06%	3.04%	100%	46.78%
	Total	5.59%	27.50%	20.08%	25.44%	13.49%	2.86%	5.05%	100%	53.17%
	NAVY
	Males	7.04%	34.83%	22.30%	22.71%	10.29%	1.61%	1.22%	100%	64.17%
	Females	3.46%	28.49%	24.41%	26.81%	14.33%	1.88%	0.61%	100%	56.37%
	Total	6.20%	33.34%	22.80%	23.67%	11.24%	1.67%	1.08%	100%	62.35%
	MARINE CORPS
	Males	4.61%	33.15%	23.46%	26.81%	9.01%	1.27%	1.67%	100%	61.23%
	Females	2.31%	28.41%	26.61%	28.86%	11.42%	1.30%	1.09%	100%	57.33%
	Total	4.43%	32.77%	23.72%	26.97%	9.21%	1.27%	1.63%	100%	60.92%
	AIR FORCE
	Males	7.78%	41.73%	22.66%	18.91%	7.17%	0.90%	0.84%	100%	72.17%
	Females	3.22%	31.67%	25.40%	25.25%	12.26%	1.46%	0.74%	100%	60.29%
	Total	6.63%	39.19%	23.35%	20.51%	8.46%	1.04%	0.82%	100%	69.17%
	TOTAL DoD
	Males	6.35%	32.82%	21.57%	23.59%	10.59%	1.96%	3.12%	100%	60.74%
	Females	3.16%	27.03%	23.02%	27.90%	14.94%	2.25%	1.71%	100%	53.20%
	Total	5.73%	31.70%	21.85%	24.43%	11.43%	2.02%	2.85%	100%	59.28%
	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 2009.  Does not include participants in the High School Testing Program unless otherwise
	tested.
	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
	Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.