| 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). | |||||||||||||||||||