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