Table B-13.  FY 2009 Prior Service (PS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Age, Marital Status, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
a.  Number
  MILITARY   17-35 YEAR-OLD
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MARRIED CIVILIANS1
AGE Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Males Females Total
17 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 7,342 7,065 14,407
18 1 9 10 2 2 4 3 11 14 11,319 18,969 30,288
19 14 49 63 6 16 22 20 65 85 25,094 48,381 73,474
20 40 125 165 14 11 25 54 136 190 57,100 88,032 145,132
21 78 121 199 22 18 40 100 139 239 110,507 145,288 255,796
22 157 158 315 24 14 38 181 172 353 161,846 219,479 381,325
23 244 234 478 43 18 61 287 252 539 255,973 288,845 544,818
24 269 240 509 38 20 58 307 260 567 344,811 415,320 760,131
25 334 235 569 43 15 58 377 250 627 487,047 455,848 942,895
26 323 244 567 23 18 41 346 262 608 621,968 567,008 1,188,976
27 311 196 507 46 15 61 357 211 568 650,299 625,752 1,276,051
28 320 155 475 21 21 42 341 176 517 822,312 734,876 1,557,188
29 252 142 394 26 14 40 278 156 434 906,756 767,688 1,674,444
30 217 117 334 22 9 31 239 126 365 962,627 806,856 1,769,483
31 192 82 274 25 8 33 217 90 307 1,015,843 804,131 1,819,974
32 187 71 258 16 5 21 203 76 279 1,064,256 818,609 1,882,865
33 146 65 211 7 4 11 153 69 222 1,108,329 843,985 1,952,314
34 148 56 204 16 5 21 164 61 225 1,191,083 917,567 2,108,650
35 125 50 175 6 7 13 131 57 188 1,159,192 863,254 2,022,446
36+ 654 294 948 53 35 88 707 329 1,036 NA NA NA
TOTAL 4,012 2,645 6,657   453 255 708   4,465 2,900 7,365   10,963,706 9,436,951 20,400,657
b.  Percent
  MILITARY   17-35 YEAR-OLD
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MARRIED CIVILIANS1
AGE Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Males Females Total
17 0.00% 0.08% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.07% 0.03% 1.02% 0.96% 0.99%
18 0.02% 0.34% 0.15% 0.44% 0.78% 0.56% 0.07% 0.38% 0.19% 1.14% 1.94% 1.53%
19 0.35% 1.85% 0.95% 1.32% 6.27% 3.11% 0.45% 2.24% 1.15% 2.10% 4.36% 3.19%
20 1.00% 4.73% 2.48% 3.09% 4.31% 3.53% 1.21% 4.69% 2.58% 4.04% 7.18% 5.50%
21 1.94% 4.57% 2.99% 4.86% 7.06% 5.65% 2.24% 4.79% 3.25% 7.33% 10.96% 9.03%
22 3.91% 5.97% 4.73% 5.30% 5.49% 5.37% 4.05% 5.93% 4.79% 10.65% 14.94% 12.76%
23 6.08% 8.85% 7.18% 9.49% 7.06% 8.62% 6.43% 8.69% 7.32% 14.99% 18.55% 16.69%
24 6.70% 9.07% 7.65% 8.39% 7.84% 8.19% 6.88% 8.97% 7.70% 19.45% 25.86% 22.50%
25 8.33% 8.88% 8.55% 9.49% 5.88% 8.19% 8.44% 8.62% 8.51% 26.40% 29.79% 27.94%
26 8.05% 9.22% 8.52% 5.08% 7.06% 5.79% 7.75% 9.03% 8.26% 32.18% 37.50% 34.52%
27 7.75% 7.41% 7.62% 10.15% 5.88% 8.62% 8.00% 7.28% 7.71% 35.98% 39.93% 37.81%
28 7.98% 5.86% 7.14% 4.64% 8.24% 5.93% 7.64% 6.07% 7.02% 43.34% 45.22% 44.20%
29 6.28% 5.37% 5.92% 5.74% 5.49% 5.65% 6.23% 5.38% 5.89% 48.10% 49.28% 48.64%
30 5.41% 4.42% 5.02% 4.86% 3.53% 4.38% 5.35% 4.34% 4.96% 53.08% 52.39% 52.76%
31 4.79% 3.10% 4.12% 5.52% 3.14% 4.66% 4.86% 3.10% 4.17% 57.41% 55.83% 56.70%
32 4.66% 2.68% 3.88% 3.53% 1.96% 2.97% 4.55% 2.62% 3.79% 60.81% 56.80% 59.00%
33 3.64% 2.46% 3.17% 1.55% 1.57% 1.55% 3.43% 2.38% 3.01% 63.99% 60.45% 62.41%
34 3.69% 2.12% 3.06% 3.53% 1.96% 2.97% 3.67% 2.10% 3.05% 65.18% 62.03% 63.77%
35 3.12% 1.89% 2.63% 1.32% 2.75% 1.84% 2.93% 1.97% 2.55% 66.85% 61.22% 64.32%
36+ 16.30% 11.12% 14.24% 11.70% 13.73% 12.43% 15.83% 11.34% 14.07%      NA      NA      NA
TOTAL 100% 100% 100%   100% 100% 100%   100% 100% 100%   35.56% 35.59% 35.58%
       
  1. Comparison group limited to civilians in the workforce.
      DoD FY 2009 NPS accessions does not include 1 individual whose age was unknown.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 17-35 year-olds in the civilian workforce, October 2008-September 2009 average.