Table B-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY13: by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Category, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
  AFQT CATEGORY1   I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Inelig./Unk. 2 TOTAL Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 3,290 18,363 13,810 20,229 79 33 55,804 35,463
   Females 355 2,643 2,743 4,852 23 7 10,623 5,741
   Total 3,645 21,006 16,553 25,081 102 40 66,427 41,204
   Percent Females 9.7 12.6 16.6 19.3 22.5 17.5 16.0 13.9
NAVY                
   Males 3,223 14,181 8,963 4,204 0 25 30,596 26,367
   Females 416 3,567 3,291 2,024 1 3 9,302 7,274
   Total 3,639 17,748 12,254 6,228 1 28 39,898 33,641
   Percent Females 11.4 20.1 26.9 32.5 100 10.7 23.3 21.6
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 1,475 11,537 8,640 7,605 23 12 29,292 21,652
   Females 102 914 899 868 7 1 2,791 1,915
   Total 1,577 12,451 9,539 8,473 30 13 32,083 23,567
   Percent Females 6.5 7.3 9.4 10.2 23.3 7.7 8.7 8.1
AIR FORCE                
   Males 2,089 11,852 6,475 443 0 397 21,256 20,416
   Females 289 2,594 1,916 145 0 66 5,010 4,799
   Total 2,378 14,446 8,391 588 0 463 26,266 25,215
   Percent Females 12.2 18.0 22.8 24.7 ----- 14.3 19.1 19.0
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 10,077 55,933 37,888 32,481 102 467 136,948 103,898
   Females 1,162 9,718 8,849 7,889 31 77 27,726 19,729
   Total 11,239 65,651 46,737 40,370 133 544 164,674 123,627
   Percent Females 10.3 14.8 18.9 19.5 23.3 14.2 16.8 16.0
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS3              
   Males 858,426 3,063,109 1,619,470 1,943,276 2,075,562 1,012,481 10,572,324 5,541,005
   Females 800,745 2,775,846 1,661,068 2,021,007 2,303,734 972,965 10,535,365 5,237,659
   Total 1,659,171 5,838,955 3,280,538 3,964,283 4,379,296 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 CATEGORY1   I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Inelig./Unk. 2 TOTAL Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 5.9 32.9 24.7 36.3 0.14 0.06 100 63.5
   Females 3.3 24.9 25.8 45.7 0.22 0.07 100 54.0
   Total 5.5 31.6 24.9 37.8 0.15 0.06 100 62.0
NAVY                
   Males 10.5 46.3 29.3 13.7 0 0.08 100 86.2
   Females 4.5 38.3 35.4 21.8 0.01 0.03 100 78.2
   Total 9.1 44.5 30.7 15.6 0 0.07 100 84.3
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 5.0 39.4 29.5 26.0 0.08 0.04 100 73.9
   Females 3.7 32.7 32.2 31.1 0.25 0.04 100 68.6
   Total 4.9 38.8 29.7 26.4 0.09 0.04 100 73.5
AIR FORCE                
   Males 9.8 55.8 30.5 2.1 0 1.9 100 96.0
   Females 5.8 51.8 38.2 2.9 0 1.3 100 95.8
   Total 9.1 55.0 31.9 2.2 0 1.8 100 96.0
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 7.4 40.8 27.7 23.7 0.07 0.34 100 75.9
   Females 4.2 35.1 31.9 28.5 0.11 0.28 100 71.2
   Total 6.8 39.9 28.4 24.5 0.08 0.33 100 75.1
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS3              
   Males 8.1 29.0 15.3 18.4 19.6 9.6 100 52.4
   Females 7.6 26.3 15.8 19.2 21.9 9.2 100 49.7
   Total 7.9 27.7 15.5 18.8 20.7 9.4 100 51.1
   
  1. 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
  2. Service data for this category include unknowns. Civilian data for this category include AFQT category V.
  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. 
      Source of 1997 Civilian AFQT Category Estimates: Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).