Table A-4.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY12: by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Category, 
Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
                   
AFQT CATEGORY2 I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV       V Other/Unk. TOTAL SUBTOTAL
ARMY                  
   Males 4,081 22,406 16,517 20,998 10,850 1,998 1,176 78,026 43,004
   Females 499 3,861 3,588 6,055 3,873 580 132 18,588 7,948
   Total 4,580 26,267 20,105 27,053 14,723 2,578 1,308 96,614 50,952
   Percent Females 10.9 14.7 17.8 22.4 26.3 22.5 10.1 19.2 15.6
NAVY                  
   Males 4,443 19,615 11,569 8,376 3,555 439 237 48,234 35,627
   Females 621 5,175 4,491 4,065 2,074 174 69 16,669 10,287
   Total 5,064 24,790 16,060 12,441 5,629 613 306 64,903 45,914
   Percent Females 12.3 20.9 28.0 32.7 36.8 28.4 22.5 25.7 22.4
MARINE CORPS                  
   Males 1,927 15,240 11,043 9,870 2,791 286 116 41,273 28,210
   Females 143 1,377 1,266 1,401 485 38 28 4,738 2,786
   Total 2,070 16,617 12,309 11,271 3,276 324 144 46,011 30,996
   Percent Females 6.9 8.3 10.3 12.4 14.8 11.7 19.4 10.3 9.0
AIR FORCE                  
   Males 3,047 17,574 9,659 4,482 1,609 167 259 36,797 30,280
   Females 445 4,452 3,508 2,128 978 81 82 11,674 8,405
   Total 3,492 22,026 13,167 6,610 2,587 248 341 48,471 38,685
   Percent Females 12.7 20.2 26.6 32.2 37.8 32.7 24.0 24.1 21.7
TOTAL DoD                  
   Males 13,498 74,835 48,788 43,726 18,805 2,890 1,788 204,330 137,121
   Females 1,708 14,865 12,853 13,649 7,410 873 311 51,669 29,426
   Total 15,206 89,700 61,641 57,375 26,215 3,763 2,099 255,999 166,547
   Percent Females 11.2 16.6 20.9 23.8 28.3 23.2 14.8 20.2 17.7
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS3                
   Males 858,426 3,063,109 1,619,470 1,943,276 2,075,562 0 1,012,481 10,572,324 5,541,005
   Females 800,745 2,775,846 1,661,068 2,021,007 2,303,734 0 972,965 10,535,365 5,237,659
   Total 1,659,171 5,838,955 3,280,538 3,964,283 4,379,296 0 1,985,446 21,107,689 10,778,664
   Percent Females 48.3 47.5 50.6 51.0 52.6 ----- 49.0 49.9 48.6
Percent
                   
AFQT CATEGORY2 I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV       V Other/Unk. TOTAL SUBTOTAL
ARMY                  
   Males 5.2 28.7 21.2 26.9 13.9 2.6 1.5 100 55.1
   Females 2.7 20.8 19.3 32.6 20.8 3.1 0.7 100 42.8
   Total 4.7 27.2 20.8 28.0 15.2 2.7 1.4 100 52.7
NAVY                  
   Males 9.2 40.7 24.0 17.4 7.4 0.9 0.49 100 73.9
   Females 3.7 31.0 26.9 24.4 12.4 1.0 0.41 100 61.7
   Total 7.8 38.2 24.7 19.2 8.7 0.9 0.47 100 70.7
MARINE CORPS                  
   Males 4.7 36.9 26.8 23.9 6.8 0.69 0.28 100 68.3
   Females 3.0 29.1 26.7 29.6 10.2 0.8 0.59 100 58.8
   Total 4.5 36.1 26.8 24.5 7.1 0.70 0.31 100 67.4
AIR FORCE                  
   Males 8.3 47.8 26.2 12.2 4.4 0.45 0.70 100 82.3
   Females 3.8 38.1 30.0 18.2 8.4 0.7 0.70 100 72.0
   Total 7.2 45.4 27.2 13.6 5.3 0.51 0.70 100 79.8
TOTAL DoD                  
   Males 6.6 36.6 23.9 21.4 9.2 1.4 0.9 100 67.1
   Females 3.3 28.8 24.9 26.4 14.3 1.7 0.6 100 57.0
   Total 5.9 35.0 24.1 22.4 10.2 1.5 0.8 100 65.1
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS3                
   Males 8.1 29.0 15.3 18.4 19.6 0 9.6 100 52.4
   Females 7.6 26.3 15.8 19.2 21.9 0 9.2 100 49.7
   Total 7.9 27.7 15.5 18.8 20.7 0 9.4 100 51.1
   
  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.
  2. AFQT scores are percentiles that are normalized to the 1997 American youth population.  For example, a score of 92 represents the 
      92nd percentile and means that 92 percent of the youth population scored at or below that score.  It is standard to report these AFQT score 
      percentiles in the categories listed below.
Cat I:   100-93 Cat IIIB:   49-31
Cat II:   92-65 Cat IV:   30-10
Cat IIIA:   64-50 Cat V:   9-1
  3. AFQT percentile scores are normed by a nationally-representative sample of American youth.  The 1997 norming replaced the 
      1980 norming, which replaced the WWII norming.  AFQT category V individuals are ineligible for military service. 
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.