Table D-14.  Active Component Enlisted Members : Percent Married1 by Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 1973-2012

FISCAL SERVICE   18-44 YEAR-OLD
YEAR ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD CIVILIANS
1973 24.4 38.8 34.7 61.6 40.1 NA
1974 29.7 41.0 36.0 62.9 42.7 NA
1975 38.0 39.3 33.5 64.1 45.2 NA
1976 45.2 40.9 34.2 64.9 48.3 NA
1977 47.8 44.8 33.4 63.4 49.7 64.3
1978 47.8 43.4 32.7 62.0 49.0 63.0
1979 47.7 42.2 31.4 60.5 48.1 62.5
1980 46.3 40.7 30.6 58.9 46.6 61.3
1981 47.3 40.9 31.1 58.1 46.9 60.4
1982 49.1 43.1 34.5 58.6 48.6 59.9
1983 50.4 44.4 38.1 60.1 50.2 59.3
1984 51.1 45.6 39.8 60.7 51.1 59.2
1985 51.0 45.7 41.2 60.7 51.2 59.1
1986 51.5 45.9 41.9 61.0 51.6 59.0
1987 52.1 47.0 42.7 61.4 52.3 59.0
1988 53.0 47.2 43.2 63.2 53.0 58.5
1989 53.3 47.1 43.6 63.6 53.2 55.8
1990 54.6 48.7 44.2 65.2 54.5 55.9
1991 54.8 49.9 45.1 66.3 55.1 55.7
1992 52.9 51.2 45.8 66.3 54.9 55.1
1993 56.2 52.5 44.9 66.9 56.4 55.0
1994 57.2 54.3 44.6 67.1 57.4 54.9
1995 57.2 55.4 44.4 66.0 57.3 54.9
1996 56.0 55.5 43.6 65.2 56.6 54.3
1997 54.0 55.4 42.5 64.1 55.4 53.4
1998 52.1 52.4 41.5 62.6 53.4 52.4
1999 51.2 48.5 40.8 61.1 51.5 52.1
2000 49.7 45.8 40.3 59.4 49.7 51.5
2001 48.5 43.8 40.3 57.1 48.2 51.0
2002 48.9 44.9 40.7 55.9 48.5 50.9
2003 48.9 48.0 40.3 55.6 49.2 51.0
2004 48.0 50.4 41.5 56.0 49.8 50.4
2005 50.7 51.9 41.9 58.1 51.6 49.7
2006 51.6 52.4 42.3 57.7 51.9 49.0
2007 52.7 52.4 42.3 57.8 52.3 48.7
2008 53.7 51.3 42.6 57.3 52.2 48.3
2009 55.6 51.4 44.5 56.3 53.1 47.7
2010 56.4 51.4 46.5 56.2 53.7 47.2
2011 57.5 51.0 46.5 55.8 54.0 46.1
2012 57.6 49.5 45.1 55.1 53.3 45.7
   
  1. Affected by large number of unknowns in FYs 1973-1976.  Because most unknowns were in their first year of service, 
      and unlikely to be married, they were coded as unmarried in calculating the percentage.
      Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files. Civilian data prior to 1989 
      represent calendar year.