| Table D-1. Number of 18 Year-Old Youth by Gender and Military Non-Prior Service (NPS) Accessions, 1950-2009 (in Thousands) | ||||||||||||
| 18 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS | NPS | PERCENTAGE | 18 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS | NPS | PERCENTAGE | |||||||
| YEAR | MALES | FEMALES | ACCESSIONS | OF CIVILIANS | YEAR | MALES | FEMALES | ACCESSIONS | OF CIVILIANS | |||
| 1954 | 1075 | 1060 | 576 | 27.0% | 1982 | 2107 | 2030 | 305 | 7.4% | |||
| 1955 | 1074 | 1068 | 623 | 29.1% | 1983 | 2022 | 1955 | 303 | 7.6% | |||
| 1956 | 1132 | 1113 | 482 | 21.5% | 1984 | 1922 | 1852 | 305 | 8.1% | |||
| 1957 | 1148 | 1126 | 457 | 20.1% | 1985 | 1877 | 1809 | 301 | 8.2% | |||
| 1958 | 1164 | 1143 | 367 | 15.9% | 1986 | 1849 | 1774 | 314 | 8.7% | |||
| 1959 | 1228 | 1203 | 392 | 16.1% | 1987 | 1892 | 1812 | 296 | 8.0% | |||
| 1960 | 1323 | 1289 | 389 | 14.9% | 1988 | 1947 | 1856 | 271 | 7.1% | |||
| 1961 | 1507 | 1469 | 395 | 13.3% | 1989 | 1994 | 1894 | 278 | 7.1% | |||
| 1962 | 1424 | 1393 | 519 | 18.4% | 1990 | 1849 | 1755 | 224 | 6.2% | |||
| 1963 | 1409 | 1377 | 370 | 13.3% | 1991 | 1740 | 1651 | 206 | 6.1% | |||
| 1964 | 1398 | 1365 | 477 | 17.3% | 1992 | 1696 | 1615 | 202 | 6.1% | |||
| 1965 | 1929 | 1876 | 414 | 10.9% | 1993 | 1740 | 1653 | 203 | 6.0% | |||
| 1966 | 1792 | 1743 | 903 | 25.5% | 1994 | 1716 | 1633 | 176 | 5.3% | |||
| 1967 | 1794 | 1751 | 770 | 21.7% | 1995 | 1796 | 1710 | 167 | 4.8% | |||
| 1968 | 1791 | 1749 | 843 | 23.8% | 1996 | 1812 | 1726 | 179 | 5.1% | |||
| 1969 | 1858 | 1818 | 822 | 22.4% | 1997 | 1869 | 1780 | 189 | 5.2% | |||
| 1970 | 1914 | 1868 | 632 | 16.7% | 1998 | 1965 | 1872 | 180 | 4.7% | |||
| 1971 | 1962 | 1917 | 544 | 14.0% | 1999 | 1965 | 1873 | 184 | 4.8% | |||
| 1972 | 2010 | 1966 | 418 | 10.5% | 2000 | 2011 | 1918 | 179 | 4.6% | |||
| 1973 | 2052 | 2000 | 406 | 10.0% | 2001 | 2037 | 1933 | 183 | 4.6% | |||
| 1974 | 2078 | 2024 | 389 | 9.5% | 2002 | 2001 | 1898 | 182 | 4.7% | |||
| 1975 | 2159 | 2097 | 410 | 9.6% | 2003 | 2063 | 1957 | 176 | 4.4% | |||
| 1976 | 2164 | 2101 | 393 | 9.2% | 2004 | 2074 | 1966 | 176 | 4.4% | |||
| 1977 | 2159 | 2099 | 495 | 11.6% | 2005 | 2081 | 1975 | 152 | 3.8% | |||
| 1978 | 2157 | 2090 | 306 | 7.2% | 2006 | 2110 | 2005 | 167 | 4.1% | |||
| 1979 | 2196 | 2121 | 311 | 7.2% | 2007 | 2160 | 2050 | 159 | 3.8% | |||
| 1980 | 2156 | 2089 | 361 | 8.5% | 2008 | 2241 | 2127 | 172 | 3.9% | |||
| 1981 | 2128 | 2058 | 305 | 7.3% | 2009 | 2253 | 2140 | 162 | 3.7% | |||
| Sources: America’s Volunteers: A Report on the All-Volunteer Forces (Washington, DC: DoD, December 1978); Patterson, D. A., & Haskins, J. A., | ||||||||||||
| The Air Force, Conscription, and the All-Volunteer Force (Montgomery, AL: Air University Press, December 1987); DMDC; and OASD (FMP) | ||||||||||||
| (MPP)(AP). | ||||||||||||
| Civilian data compiled by the Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC (21 June 1993). | ||||||||||||
| Accessions reported for 1954-1963 include males only; including females would increase accessions by less than 2 percent. | ||||||||||||