Table B-4.  FY 2009 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT)
	Category, Service, and Gender
	a.  Number
		AFQT CATEGORY
	GENDER	I	II	IIIA	IIIB	IV	Other/Unk.1	TOTAL	I-IIIA Subtotal
	ARMY
	Males	3,599	18,656	14,282	16,395	789	0	53,721	36,537
	Females	331	2,862	2,530	4,035	189	0	9,947	5,723
	Total	3,930	21,518	16,812	20,430	978	0	63,668	42,260
	NAVY
	Males	2,447	12,103	7,290	5,992	0	0	27,832	21,840
	Females	356	2,887	2,242	1,906	0	0	7,391	5,485
	Total	2,803	14,990	9,532	7,898	0	0	35,223	27,325
	MARINE CORPS
	Males	1,440	10,673	7,536	8,533	213	7	28,402	19,649
	Females	101	845	763	809	14	0	2,532	1,709
	Total	1,541	11,518	8,299	9,342	227	7	30,934	21,358
	AIR FORCE
	Males	2,229	11,928	6,511	4,379	0	0	25,047	20,668
	Females	277	2,617	2,169	1,670	0	0	6,733	5,063
	Total	2,506	14,545	8,680	6,049	0	0	31,780	25,731
	TOTAL DoD
	Males	9,715	53,360	35,619	35,299	1,002	7	135,002	98,694
	Females	1,065	9,211	7,704	8,420	203	0	26,603	17,980
	Total	10,780	62,571	43,323	43,719	1,205	7	161,605	116,674
	b.  Percent
		AFQT CATEGORY2
	GENDER	I	II	IIIA	IIIB	IV	Other/Unk.1	TOTAL	I-IIIA Subtotal
	ARMY
	Males	6.70%	34.73%	26.59%	30.52%	1.47%	0.00%	100%	68.01%
	Females	3.33%	28.77%	25.43%	40.56%	1.90%	0.00%	100%	57.53%
	Total	6.17%	33.80%	26.41%	32.09%	1.54%	0.00%	100%	66.38%
	NAVY
	Males	8.79%	43.49%	26.19%	21.53%	0.00%	0.00%	100%	78.47%
	Females	4.82%	39.06%	30.33%	25.79%	0.00%	0.00%	100%	74.21%
	Total	7.96%	42.56%	27.06%	22.42%	0.00%	0.00%	100%	77.58%
	MARINE CORPS
	Males	5.07%	37.58%	26.53%	30.04%	0.75%	0.02%	100%	69.18%
	Females	3.99%	33.37%	30.13%	31.95%	0.55%	0.00%	100%	67.50%
	Total	4.98%	37.23%	26.83%	30.20%	0.73%	0.02%	100%	69.04%
	AIR FORCE
	Males	8.90%	47.62%	26.00%	17.48%	0.00%	0.00%	100%	82.52%
	Females	4.11%	38.87%	32.21%	24.80%	0.00%	0.00%	100%	75.20%
	Total	7.89%	45.77%	27.31%	19.03%	0.00%	0.00%	100%	80.97%
	TOTAL DoD
	Males	7.20%	39.53%	26.38%	26.15%	0.74%	0.01%	100%	73.11%
	Females	4.00%	34.62%	28.96%	31.65%	0.76%	0.00%	100%	67.59%
	Total	6.67%	38.72%	26.81%	27.05%	0.75%	0.00%	100%	72.20%
	1. Service data for this category include unknowns. Civilian data for this category include AFQT category V.
	Source of 1997 Civilian AFQT Category Estimates: Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).
	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