Table A-2.  Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY10: by Gender, Marital Status, and Age with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
             
AGE MILITARY CIVILIAN
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MALES   FEMALES
Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total
16-17 167 38,455 38,622 53 11,208 11,261 220 49,663 49,883 19,526 2,292,104 2,311,630 22,516 2,255,535 2,278,051
18 650 52,189 52,839 244 13,089 13,333 894 65,278 66,172 24,958 2,122,887 2,147,845 39,222 1,973,994 2,013,216
19 1,062 36,308 37,370 397 8,873 9,270 1,459 45,181 46,640 26,884 1,921,997 1,948,881 83,451 1,893,385 1,976,836
20 1,357 25,087 26,444 580 6,096 6,676 1,937 31,183 33,120 68,537 2,128,921 2,197,458 165,333 1,930,266 2,095,599
21 1,574 18,107 19,681 634 4,216 4,850 2,208 22,323 24,531 114,137 1,994,630 2,108,767 227,394 1,788,927 2,016,321
22 1,750 13,689 15,439 672 3,204 3,876 2,422 16,893 19,315 145,822 1,899,059 2,044,881 344,657 1,725,296 2,069,953
23 2,047 10,592 12,639 675 2,379 3,054 2,722 12,971 15,693 246,970 1,765,242 2,012,212 439,132 1,630,902 2,070,034
24 1,889 7,853 9,742 556 1,691 2,247 2,445 9,544 11,989 373,862 1,747,519 2,121,381 596,553 1,584,977 2,181,530
25 1,824 5,341 7,165 498 1,118 1,616 2,322 6,459 8,781 506,690 1,619,505 2,126,195 683,299 1,407,718 2,091,017
26 1,633 3,762 5,395 443 791 1,234 2,076 4,553 6,629 603,577 1,464,448 2,068,025 794,688 1,213,710 2,008,398
27 1,460 2,792 4,252 385 635 1,020 1,845 3,427 5,272 715,147 1,387,545 2,102,692 934,522 1,166,949 2,101,471
28 1,239 1,924 3,163 333 447 780 1,572 2,371 3,943 808,870 1,315,292 2,124,162 994,357 1,085,691 2,080,048
29 1,033 1,356 2,389 293 306 599 1,326 1,662 2,988 960,392 1,198,391 2,158,783 1,147,350 1,042,919 2,190,269
30-34 3,476 3,305 6,781 885 779 1,664 4,361 4,084 8,445 5,529,596 4,273,286 9,802,881 5,931,098 3,946,037 9,877,135
35+ 2,206 1,503 3,709 538 463 1,001 2,744 1,966 4,710 1,224,232 685,456 1,909,688 1,231,799 723,036 1,954,835
TOTAL 23,367 222,263 245,630   7,186 55,295 62,481   30,553 277,558 308,111   11,369,199 27,816,281 39,185,481   13,635,371 25,369,342 39,004,713
Percent
                                     
AGE MILITARY CIVILIAN
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MALES   FEMALES
Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total
16-17 0.43% 99.6% 100% 0.47% 99.5% 100% 0.44% 99.6% 100% 0.84% 99.2% 100% 1.0% 99.0% 100%
18 1.2% 98.8% 100% 1.8% 98.2% 100% 1.4% 98.6% 100% 1.2% 98.8% 100% 1.9% 98.1% 100%
19 2.8% 97.2% 100% 4.3% 95.7% 100% 3.1% 96.9% 100% 1.4% 98.6% 100% 4.2% 95.8% 100%
20 5.1% 94.9% 100% 8.7% 91.3% 100% 5.8% 94.2% 100% 3.1% 96.9% 100% 7.9% 92.1% 100%
21 8.0% 92.0% 100% 13.1% 86.9% 100% 9.0% 91.0% 100% 5.4% 94.6% 100% 11.3% 88.7% 100%
22 11.3% 88.7% 100% 17.3% 82.7% 100% 12.5% 87.5% 100% 7.1% 92.9% 100% 16.7% 83.3% 100%
23 16.2% 83.8% 100% 22.1% 77.9% 100% 17.3% 82.7% 100% 12.3% 87.7% 100% 21.2% 78.8% 100%
24 19.4% 80.6% 100% 24.7% 75.3% 100% 20.4% 79.6% 100% 17.6% 82.4% 100% 27.3% 72.7% 100%
25 25.5% 74.5% 100% 30.8% 69.2% 100% 26.4% 73.6% 100% 23.8% 76.2% 100% 32.7% 67.3% 100%
26 30.3% 69.7% 100% 35.9% 64.1% 100% 31.3% 68.7% 100% 29.2% 70.8% 100% 39.6% 60.4% 100%
27 34.3% 65.7% 100% 37.7% 62.3% 100% 35.0% 65.0% 100% 34.0% 66.0% 100% 44.5% 55.5% 100%
28 39.2% 60.8% 100% 42.7% 57.3% 100% 39.9% 60.1% 100% 38.1% 61.9% 100% 47.8% 52.2% 100%
29 43.2% 56.8% 100% 48.9% 51.1% 100% 44.4% 55.6% 100% 44.5% 55.5% 100% 52.4% 47.6% 100%
30-34 51.3% 48.7% 100% 53.2% 46.8% 100% 51.6% 48.4% 100% 56.4% 43.6% 100% 60.0% 40.0% 100%
35+ 59.5% 40.5% 100% 53.7% 46.3% 100% 58.3% 41.7% 100% 64.1% 35.9% 100% 63.0% 37.0% 100%
TOTAL 100% 100% 100%   100% 100% 100%   9.9% 90.1% 100%   100% 100% 100%   100% 100% 100%
   
  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 FY10.  Does not include participants in the High School Testing Program unless otherwise tested.
      DoD FY10 NPS accessions does not include 1 male and 0 females whose age and/or marital status was unknown.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, age 17-35, October 2009-September 2010 average.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).