Table A-2.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY12: 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
17 146 37,371 37,517 47 10,475 10,522 193 47,846 48,039 10,772 2,151,590 2,162,362 19,774 2,145,449 2,165,223
18 504 49,192 49,696 149 12,177 12,326 653 61,369 62,022 24,459 2,144,316 2,168,775 37,582 2,034,501 2,072,083
19 780 31,472 32,252 307 7,497 7,804 1,087 38,969 40,056 33,257 1,976,703 2,009,960 70,452 1,882,022 1,952,474
20 934 21,282 22,216 405 4,984 5,389 1,339 26,266 27,605 74,720 2,147,559 2,222,279 123,578 1,965,329 2,088,907
21 1,086 14,740 15,826 421 3,439 3,860 1,507 18,179 19,686 104,962 2,139,002 2,243,964 235,857 2,052,041 2,287,898
22 1,141 11,021 12,162 455 2,686 3,141 1,596 13,707 15,303 157,237 1,982,271 2,139,508 341,478 1,864,894 2,206,372
23 1,200 7,917 9,117 454 1,803 2,257 1,654 9,720 11,374 258,463 1,894,877 2,153,340 401,122 1,727,212 2,128,334
24 1,098 5,548 6,646 426 1,197 1,623 1,524 6,745 8,269 337,113 1,773,174 2,110,287 517,062 1,596,038 2,113,100
25 1,053 3,949 5,002 296 850 1,146 1,349 4,799 6,148 416,736 1,662,371 2,079,107 605,944 1,385,186 1,991,130
26 1,009 2,726 3,735 297 594 891 1,306 3,320 4,626 536,425 1,532,488 2,068,913 734,699 1,293,197 2,027,896
27 813 1,908 2,721 265 423 688 1,078 2,331 3,409 685,634 1,409,162 2,094,796 839,422 1,206,530 2,045,952
28 662 1,263 1,925 197 298 495 859 1,561 2,420 803,340 1,259,565 2,062,905 1,034,296 1,145,864 2,180,160
29 584 901 1,485 182 205 387 766 1,106 1,872 882,170 1,140,850 2,023,020 1,149,153 1,045,534 2,194,687
30 493 588 1,081 137 150 287 630 738 1,368 995,607 1,101,203 2,096,810 1,082,671 956,840 2,039,511
31 393 464 857 123 116 239 516 580 1,096 1,011,949 979,654 1,991,603 1,223,268 917,965 2,141,233
32 335 352 687 116 91 207 451 443 894 1,102,755 943,418 2,046,173 1,227,042 846,564 2,073,606
33 286 264 550 77 77 154 363 341 704 1,101,676 793,768 1,895,444 1,225,523 790,782 2,016,305
34 240 192 432 93 54 147 333 246 579 1,156,191 824,038 1,980,229 1,235,106 802,170 2,037,276
35-39 211 125 336 37 56 93 248 181 429 1,203,453 681,045 1,884,498 1,253,019 764,512 2,017,531
40+ 42 45 87 6 7 13 48 52 100
TOTAL 13,010 191,320 204,330   4,490 47,179 51,669   17,500 238,499 255,999   10,896,919 28,537,054 39,433,974   13,357,047 26,422,631 39,779,678
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 0.39 99.6 100 0.45 99.6 100 0.40 99.6 100 0.50 99.5 100 0.91 99.1 100
18 1.0 99.0 100 1.2 98.8 100 1.1 98.9 100 1.13 98.9 100 1.8 98.2 100
19 2.4 97.6 100 3.9 96.1 100 2.7 97.3 100 1.7 98.3 100 3.6 96.4 100
20 4.2 95.8 100 7.5 92.5 100 4.9 95.1 100 3.4 96.6 100 5.9 94.1 100
21 6.9 93.1 100 10.9 89.1 100 7.7 92.3 100 4.7 95.3 100 10.3 89.7 100
22 9.4 90.6 100 14.5 85.5 100 10.4 89.6 100 7.3 92.7 100 15.5 84.5 100
23 13.2 86.8 100 20.1 79.9 100 14.5 85.5 100 12.0 88.0 100 18.8 81.2 100
24 16.5 83.5 100 26.2 73.8 100 18.4 81.6 100 16.0 84.0 100 24.5 75.5 100
25 21.1 78.9 100 25.8 74.2 100 21.9 78.1 100 20.0 80.0 100 30.4 69.6 100
26 27.0 73.0 100 33.3 66.7 100 28.2 71.8 100 25.9 74.1 100 36.2 63.8 100
27 29.9 70.1 100 38.5 61.5 100 31.6 68.4 100 32.7 67.3 100 41.0 59.0 100
28 34.4 65.6 100 39.8 60.2 100 35.5 64.5 100 38.9 61.1 100 47.4 52.6 100
29 39.3 60.7 100 47.0 53.0 100 40.9 59.1 100 43.6 56.4 100 52.4 47.6 100
30 45.6 54.4 100 47.7 52.3 100 46.1 53.9 100 47.5 52.5 100 53.1 46.9 100
31 45.9 54.1 100 51.5 48.5 100 47.1 52.9 100 50.8 49.2 100 57.1 42.9 100
32 48.8 51.2 100 56.0 44.0 100 50.4 49.6 100 53.9 46.1 100 59.2 40.8 100
33 52.0 48.0 100 50.0 50.0 100 51.6 48.4 100 58.1 41.9 100 60.8 39.2 100
34 55.6 44.4 100 63.3 36.7 100 57.5 42.5 100 58.4 41.6 100 60.6 39.4 100
35-39 62.8 37.2 100 39.8 60.2 100 57.8 42.2 100 63.9 36.1 100 62.1 37.9 100
40+ 48.3 51.7 100 46.2 53.8 100 48.0 52.0 100
TOTAL 100 100 100   100 100 100   6.8 93.2 100   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 FY12.  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 2011-September 2012 average.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).