Table A-2.  Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY11: by Gender, Marital Status, and Age with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
             
AGE MILITARY 17-35 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MALES   FEMALES
Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total
17 136 38,710 38,846 41 10,739 10,780 177 49,449 49,626 12,106 2,252,130 2,264,236 14,503 2,085,631 2,100,134
18 567 51,626 52,193 197 12,207 12,404 764 63,833 64,597 19,615 2,157,729 2,177,344 39,115 2,025,202 2,064,317
19 897 34,765 35,662 338 8,037 8,375 1,235 42,802 44,037 36,675 1,900,264 1,936,939 76,179 1,826,244 1,902,423
20 1,185 23,634 24,819 491 5,330 5,821 1,676 28,964 30,640 59,813 2,179,152 2,238,965 145,384 2,010,140 2,155,524
21 1,373 16,544 17,917 508 3,806 4,314 1,881 20,350 22,231 119,698 2,072,892 2,192,590 242,556 1,913,480 2,156,036
22 1,473 12,359 13,832 582 2,940 3,522 2,055 15,299 17,354 165,365 1,946,726 2,112,091 314,665 1,748,457 2,063,122
23 1,589 9,297 10,886 508 2,109 2,617 2,097 11,406 13,503 241,234 1,880,748 2,121,982 402,609 1,697,603 2,100,212
24 1,464 6,680 8,144 466 1,470 1,936 1,930 8,150 10,080 354,489 1,753,735 2,108,224 544,506 1,543,498 2,088,004
25 1,355 4,701 6,056 418 1,042 1,460 1,773 5,743 7,516 482,499 1,675,015 2,157,514 642,570 1,452,103 2,094,673
26 1,289 3,255 4,544 349 699 1,048 1,638 3,954 5,592 578,759 1,546,358 2,125,117 789,423 1,312,030 2,101,453
27 1,036 2,332 3,368 332 546 878 1,368 2,878 4,246 669,726 1,362,147 2,031,873 877,650 1,154,821 2,032,471
28 940 1,625 2,565 251 375 626 1,191 2,000 3,191 812,232 1,307,862 2,120,094 1,024,151 1,089,862 2,114,013
29 796 1,073 1,869 217 232 449 1,013 1,305 2,318 953,273 1,262,278 2,215,551 1,065,204 1,055,721 2,120,925
30 650 781 1,431 186 202 388 836 983 1,819 987,134 1,148,356 2,135,490 1,160,814 968,917 2,129,731
31 535 643 1,178 146 140 286 681 783 1,464 1,047,151 984,242 2,031,393 1,191,896 907,635 2,099,531
32 436 431 867 125 117 242 561 548 1,109 1,106,044 853,995 1,960,039 1,192,399 827,220 2,019,619
33 421 382 803 115 113 228 536 495 1,031 1,115,514 836,112 1,951,626 1,178,791 742,143 1,920,934
34 346 258 604 98 77 175 444 335 779 1,201,335 721,336 1,922,671 1,218,255 751,182 1,969,437
35-39 689 475 1,164 195 155 350 884 630 1,514 1,134,660 724,749 1,859,409 1,248,413 712,611 1,961,024
40+ 185 152 337 61 63 124 246 215 461
TOTAL 17,362 209,723 227,085   5,624 50,399 56,023   22,986 260,122 283,108   11,097,321 28,565,826 39,663,147   13,369,084 25,824,500 39,193,584
Percent
                                     
AGE MILITARY 17-35 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MALES   FEMALES
Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total
17 0.35 99.6 100 0.38 99.6 100 0.36 99.6 100 0.53 99.5 100 0.69 99.3 100
18 1.1 98.9 100 1.6 98.4 100 1.2 98.8 100 0.90 99.1 100 1.9 98.1 100
19 2.5 97.5 100 4.0 96.0 100 2.8 97.2 100 1.9 98.1 100 4.0 96.0 100
20 4.8 95.2 100 8.4 91.6 100 5.5 94.5 100 2.7 97.3 100 6.7 93.3 100
21 7.7 92.3 100 11.8 88.2 100 8.5 91.5 100 5.5 94.5 100 11.3 88.7 100
22 10.6 89.4 100 16.5 83.5 100 11.8 88.2 100 7.8 92.2 100 15.3 84.7 100
23 14.6 85.4 100 19.4 80.6 100 15.5 84.5 100 11.4 88.6 100 19.2 80.8 100
24 18.0 82.0 100 24.1 75.9 100 19.1 80.9 100 16.8 83.2 100 26.1 73.9 100
25 22.4 77.6 100 28.6 71.4 100 23.6 76.4 100 22.4 77.6 100 30.7 69.3 100
26 28.4 71.6 100 33.3 66.7 100 29.3 70.7 100 27.2 72.8 100 37.6 62.4 100
27 30.8 69.2 100 37.8 62.2 100 32.2 67.8 100 33.0 67.0 100 43.2 56.8 100
28 36.6 63.4 100 40.1 59.9 100 37.3 62.7 100 38.3 61.7 100 48.4 51.6 100
29 42.6 57.4 100 48.3 51.7 100 43.7 56.3 100 43.0 57.0 100 50.2 49.8 100
30 45.4 54.6 100 47.9 52.1 100 46.0 54.0 100 46.2 53.8 100 54.5 45.5 100
31 45.4 54.6 100 51.0 49.0 100 46.5 53.5 100 51.5 48.5 100 56.8 43.2 100
32 50.3 49.7 100 51.7 48.3 100 50.6 49.4 100 56.4 43.6 100 59.0 41.0 100
33 52.4 47.6 100 50.4 49.6 100 52.0 48.0 100 57.2 42.8 100 61.4 38.6 100
34 57.3 42.7 100 56.0 44.0 100 57.0 43.0 100 62.5 37.5 100 61.9 38.1 100
35-39 59.2 40.8 100 55.7 44.3 100 58.4 41.6 100 61.0 39.0 100 63.7 36.3 100
40+ 54.9 45.1 100 49.2 50.8 100 53.4 46.6 100
TOTAL 100 100 100   100 100 100   8.1 91.9 100   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 FY11.  Does not include participants in the High School Testing Program unless otherwise tested.
      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 2010-September 2011 average.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).