Table B-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY10: by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) 
Category, Service, and Gender
Number
  AFQT CATEGORY   I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Other/Unk.1 TOTAL Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 4,415 20,508 13,694 20,102 258 0 58,977 38,617
   Females 423 3,008 2,715 4,913 45 0 11,104 6,146
   Total 4,838 23,516 16,409 25,015 303 0 70,081 44,763
   Percent Females 8.7% 12.8% 16.5% 19.6% 14.9% ----- 15.8% 13.7%
NAVY                
   Males 2,739 12,351 7,191 4,244 0 0 26,525 22,281
   Females 373 3,044 2,655 1,452 0 0 7,524 6,072
   Total 3,112 15,395 9,846 5,696 0 0 34,049 28,353
   Percent Females 12.0% 19.8% 27.0% 25.5% ----- ----- 22.1% 21.4%
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 1,465 10,077 7,023 6,925 18 0 25,508 18,565
   Females 96 851 791 767 5 0 2,510 1,738
   Total 1,561 10,928 7,814 7,692 23 0 28,018 20,303
   Percent Females 6.1% 7.8% 10.1% 10.0% 21.7% ----- 9.0% 8.6%
AIR FORCE                
   Males 2,352 12,090 6,411 2,042 0 0 22,895 20,853
   Females 319 2,608 1,885 656 0 0 5,468 4,812
   Total 2,671 14,698 8,296 2,698 0 0 28,363 25,665
   Percent Females 11.9% 17.7% 22.7% 24.3% ----- ----- 19.3% 18.7%
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 10,971 55,026 34,319 33,313 276 0 133,905 100,316
   Females 1,211 9,511 8,046 7,788 50 0 26,606 18,768
   Total 12,182 64,537 42,365 41,101 326 0 160,511 119,084
   Percent Females 9.9% 14.7% 19.0% 18.9% 15.3% ----- 16.6% 15.8%
Percent
  AFQT CATEGORY2   I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Other/Unk.1 TOTAL Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 7.5% 34.8% 23.2% 34.1% 0.44% 0% 100% 65.5%
   Females 3.8% 27.1% 24.5% 44.2% 0.41% 0% 100% 55.3%
   Total 6.9% 33.6% 23.4% 35.7% 0.43% 0% 100% 63.9%
NAVY                
   Males 10.3% 46.6% 27.1% 16.0% 0% 0% 100% 84.0%
   Females 5.0% 40.5% 35.3% 19.3% 0% 0% 100% 80.7%
   Total 9.1% 45.2% 28.9% 16.7% 0% 0% 100% 83.3%
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 5.7% 39.5% 27.5% 27.1% 0.07% 0% 100% 72.8%
   Females 3.8% 33.9% 31.5% 30.6% 0.20% 0% 100% 69.2%
   Total 5.6% 39.0% 27.9% 27.5% 0.08% 0% 100% 72.5%
AIR FORCE                
   Males 10.3% 52.8% 28.0% 8.9% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 91.1%
   Females 5.8% 47.7% 34.5% 12.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 88.0%
   Total 9.4% 51.8% 29.2% 9.5% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 90.5%
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 8.2% 41.1% 25.6% 24.9% 0.2% 0.00% 100% 74.9%
   Females 4.6% 35.7% 30.2% 29.3% 0.2% 0.00% 100% 70.5%
   Total 7.6% 40.2% 26.4% 25.6% 0.2% 0.00% 100% 74.2%
   
  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