| Table D-7. Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Tier 1 Enlisted Accessions by Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 1973-2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SERVICE | 18-24 YR-OLD | |||||||||||||||||
| FISCAL | ARMY | NAVY | MARINE CORPS | AIR FORCE | TOTAL DoD | CIVILIANS | ||||||||||||
| YEAR | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | % | |||||||
| 1973 | 98,618 | 58.2 | 66,328 | 70.8 | 21,829 | 44.6 | 79,464 | 85.0 | 266,239 | 65.6 | ||||||||
| 1974 | 89,173 | 49.6 | 61,879 | 68.7 | 20,985 | 46.3 | 63,001 | 85.9 | 235,038 | 60.5 | ||||||||
| 1975 | 103,566 | 57.4 | 72,596 | 73.7 | 26,804 | 46.9 | 64,016 | 86.7 | 266,982 | 65.2 | ||||||||
| 1976 | 103,780 | 58.0 | 71,406 | 78.1 | 32,518 | 63.2 | 65,017 | 90.8 | 272,721 | 69.3 | ||||||||
| 1977 | 131,786 | 60.8 | 96,554 | 74.7 | 41,338 | 71.8 | 84,421 | 92.4 | 354,099 | 71.5 | 79.1 | |||||||
| 1978 | 89,427 | 73.1 | 56,851 | 72.8 | 26,824 | 70.3 | 57,509 | 85.8 | 230,611 | 75.5 | 78.7 | |||||||
| 1979 | 82,437 | 64.3 | 57,321 | 74.5 | 28,136 | 72.7 | 55,941 | 83.9 | 223,835 | 72.1 | 79.0 | |||||||
| 1980 | 82,541 | 52.0 | 65,132 | 73.6 | 29,299 | 69.6 | 59,747 | 83.6 | 236,719 | 65.6 | 78.9 | |||||||
| 1981 | 82,902 | 75.9 | 65,247 | 75.9 | 28,569 | 73.6 | 62,699 | 89.0 | 239,417 | 78.6 | 78.8 | |||||||
| 1982 | 97,331 | 81.0 | 62,364 | 77.9 | 29,428 | 77.5 | 63,476 | 94.3 | 252,599 | 82.7 | 79.2 | |||||||
| 1983 | 111,464 | 84.0 | 66,967 | 90.6 | 31,221 | 85.2 | 59,179 | 98.2 | 268,831 | 88.6 | 79.5 | |||||||
| 1984 | 111,901 | 86.3 | 71,255 | 92.4 | 34,976 | 89.4 | 58,349 | 98.7 | 276,481 | 90.6 | 80.0 | |||||||
| 1985 | 102,615 | 86.2 | 73,374 | 88.5 | 30,765 | 90.4 | 64,248 | 98.9 | 271,002 | 90.0 | 79.8 | |||||||
| 1986 | 114,608 | 90.4 | 75,264 | 85.2 | 31,279 | 90.2 | 63,353 | 98.9 | 284,504 | 90.7 | 80.5 | |||||||
| 1987 | 109,835 | 91.2 | 79,591 | 90.7 | 30,292 | 90.4 | 54,158 | 99.1 | 273,876 | 92.4 | 79.8 | |||||||
| 1988 | 98,136 | 92.8 | 81,875 | 91.2 | 33,377 | 95.5 | 40,394 | 99.1 | 253,782 | 93.6 | 79.9 | |||||||
| 1989 | 99,347 | 88.6 | 77,834 | 86.9 | 31,158 | 94.6 | 42,763 | 99.0 | 251,102 | 90.4 | 80.1 | |||||||
| 1990 | 79,631 | 94.2 | 63,257 | 89.7 | 30,695 | 93.3 | 35,421 | 99.1 | 209,004 | 93.4 | 79.0 | |||||||
| 1991 | 74,830 | 96.4 | 64,317 | 93.9 | 28,399 | 95.8 | 29,427 | 98.9 | 196,973 | 95.9 | 79.2 | |||||||
| 1992 | 75,548 | 98.7 | 56,234 | 96.2 | 30,953 | 97.4 | 34,331 | 98.6 | 197,066 | 97.7 | 79.9 | |||||||
| 1993 | 68,778 | 93.0 | 58,241 | 92.2 | 33,361 | 96.0 | 30,890 | 98.7 | 191,270 | 94.2 | 79.9 | |||||||
| 1994 | 57,047 | 92.9 | 49,968 | 93.4 | 30,275 | 95.3 | 29,351 | 98.6 | 166,641 | 94.5 | 80.1 | |||||||
| 1995 | 53,866 | 93.8 | 43,566 | 92.4 | 30,315 | 94.9 | 30,371 | 98.7 | 158,118 | 94.5 | 79.3 | |||||||
| 1996 | 65,260 | 93.4 | 42,168 | 91.4 | 30,909 | 95.0 | 30,198 | 98.9 | 168,535 | 94.1 | 78.7 | |||||||
| 1997 | 68,173 | 90.0 | 46,708 | 95.1 | 32,669 | 96.2 | 29,699 | 98.7 | 177,249 | 93.8 | 78.8 | |||||||
| 1998 | 61,383 | 89.8 | 44,001 | 94.2 | 32,015 | 95.7 | 31,087 | 98.6 | 168,486 | 93.6 | 78.8 | |||||||
| 1999 | 59,074 | 88.2 | 45,303 | 88.1 | 31,489 | 95.4 | 31,787 | 98.3 | 167,653 | 91.2 | 78.8 | |||||||
| 2000 | 57,409 | 86.5 | 43,731 | 88.6 | 28,853 | 95.4 | 32,473 | 98.8 | 162,466 | 90.9 | 78.8 | |||||||
| 2001 | 57,657 | 83.4 | 44,457 | 89.2 | 28,939 | 96.0 | 33,511 | 99.0 | 164,564 | 89.9 | 79.1 | |||||||
| 2002 | 58,725 | 84.4 | 39,732 | 91.3 | 31,021 | 97.0 | 36,135 | 99.1 | 165,613 | 91.2 | 79.4 | |||||||
| 2003 | 58,288 | 85.8 | 37,151 | 92.4 | 30,806 | 93.4 | 35,947 | 99.3 | 162,192 | 91.9 | 79.2 | |||||||
| 2004 | 62,463 | 85.9 | 36,993 | 93.9 | 29,115 | 96.6 | 33,345 | 99.0 | 161,916 | 92.0 | 79.7 | |||||||
| 2005 | 51,821 | 81.8 | 35,669 | 94.5 | 30,246 | 94.5 | 18,968 | 99.4 | 136,704 | 89.8 | 79.9 | |||||||
| 2006 | 51,075 | 73.2 | 34,149 | 95.3 | 30,217 | 96.4 | 30,241 | 99.4 | 145,682 | 87.0 | 80.7 | |||||||
| 2007 | 44,107 | 70.1 | 32,189 | 93.1 | 32,448 | 95.3 | 27,516 | 99.2 | 136,260 | 85.6 | 81.2 | |||||||
| 2008 | 51,137 | 73.7 | 35,824 | 94.4 | 35,143 | 95.0 | 27,309 | 98.5 | 149,413 | 86.8 | 82.2 | |||||||
| 2009 | 54,448 | 85.5 | 33,823 | 96.0 | 30,035 | 97.1 | 31,183 | 98.1 | 149,489 | 92.5 | 82.8 | |||||||
| 2010 | 67,886 | 96.9 | 33,273 | 97.7 | 27,614 | 98.6 | 27,855 | 98.2 | 156,628 | 97.6 | 82.6 | |||||||
| 2011 | 60,277 | 97.3 | 32,882 | 98.6 | 29,403 | 98.8 | 27,802 | 98.4 | 150,364 | 98.1 | 82.7 | |||||||
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files. Civilian data prior to 1989 represent calendar year. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). | ||||||||||||||||||