Table D-1.  Number of 18 Year-Old Youth and Military Non-Prior Service (NPS) Accessions by Gender, 1950-2012 (in Thousands)

  18 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS NPS PERCENTAGE      18 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS NPS PERCENTAGE 
YEAR MALES FEMALES ACCESSIONS OF CIVILIANS   YEAR MALES FEMALES ACCESSIONS OF CIVILIANS
1954 1,075 1,060 576 27.0   1984 1,922 1,852 305 8.1
1955 1,074 1,068 623 29.1   1985 1,877 1,809 301 8.2
1956 1,132 1,113 482 21.5   1986 1,849 1,774 314 8.7
1957 1,148 1,126 457 20.1   1987 1,892 1,812 296 8.0
1958 1,164 1,143 367 15.9   1988 1,947 1,856 271 7.1
1959 1,228 1,203 392 16.1   1989 1,994 1,894 278 7.1
1960 1,323 1,289 389 14.9   1990 1,849 1,755 224 6.2
1961 1,507 1,469 395 13.3   1991 1,740 1,651 206 6.1
1962 1,424 1,393 519 18.4   1992 1,696 1,615 202 6.1
1963 1,409 1,377 370 13.3   1993 1,740 1,653 203 6.0
1964 1,398 1,365 477 17.3   1994 1,716 1,633 176 5.3
1965 1,929 1,876 414 10.9   1995 1,796 1,710 167 4.8
1966 1,792 1,743 903 25.5   1996 1,812 1,726 179 5.1
1967 1,794 1,751 770 21.7   1997 1,869 1,780 189 5.2
1968 1,791 1,749 843 23.8   1998 1,965 1,872 180 4.7
1969 1,858 1,818 822 22.4   1999 1,965 1,873 184 4.8
1970 1,914 1,868 632 16.7   2000 2,011 1,918 179 4.6
1971 1,962 1,917 544 14.0   2001 2,037 1,933 183 4.6
1972 2,010 1,966 418 10.5   2002 2,001 1,898 182 4.7
1973 2,052 2,000 406 10.0   2003 2,063 1,957 176 4.4
1974 2,078 2,024 389 9.5   2004 2,074 1,966 176 4.4
1975 2,159 2,097 410 9.6   2005 2,081 1,975 152 3.8
1976 2,164 2,101 393 9.2   2006 2,110 2,005 167 4.1
1977 2,159 2,099 495 11.6   2007 2,160 2,050 159 3.8
1978 2,157 2,090 306 7.2   2008 2,241 2,127 172 3.9
1979 2,196 2,121 311 7.2   2009 2,253 2,140 162 3.7
1980 2,156 2,089 361 8.5   2010 2,148 2,013 161 3.8
1981 2,128 2,058 305 7.3   2011 2,177 2,064 153 3.6
1982 2,107 2,030 305 7.4   2012 2,169 2,072 154 3.6
1983 2,022 1,955 303 7.6  
     
      Sources:  America's Volunteers: A Report on the All-Volunteer Forces (Washington, DC:  DoD, December 1978); Patterson, D. A., & Haskins, J. A.,
      The Air Force, Conscription, and the All-Volunteer Force (Montgomery, AL:  Air University  Press, December 1987);  DMDC; and OASD (FMP)
      (MPP)(AP).
      Civilian data compiled by the Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC (21 June 1993).
      Accessions reported for 1954-1963 include males only; including females would increase accessions by less than 2 percent.