Table B-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY14: 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 2,469 14,681 11,826 16,934 249 45 46,204 28,976
   Females 279 2,146 2,476 3,990 58 4 8,953 4,901
   Total 2,748 16,827 14,302 20,924 307 49 55,157 33,877
   Percent Females 10.2 12.8 17.3 19.1 18.9 8.2 16.2 14.5
NAVY                
   Males 2,919 12,469 7,916 2,516 0 31 25,851 23,304
   Females 364 3,060 3,053 1,301 0 8 7,786 6,477
   Total 3,283 15,529 10,969 3,817 0 39 33,637 29,781
   Percent Females 11.1 19.7 27.8 34.1 ----- 20.5 23.1 21.7
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 1,120 8,892 7,068 6,086 2 19 23,187 17,080
   Females 93 857 941 890 4 2 2,787 1,891
   Total 1,213 9,749 8,009 6,976 6 21 25,974 18,971
   Percent Females 7.7 8.8 11.7 12.8 66.7 9.5 10.7 10.0
AIR FORCE                
   Males 1,898 10,468 5,780 904 0 300 19,350 18,146
   Females 245 2,276 1,891 305 0 67 4,784 4,412
   Total 2,143 12,744 7,671 1,209 0 367 24,134 22,558
   Percent Females 11.4 17.9 24.7 25.2 ----- 18.3 19.8 19.6
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 8,406 46,510 32,590 26,440 251 395 114,592 87,506
   Females 981 8,339 8,361 6,486 62 81 24,310 17,681
   Total 9,387 54,849 40,951 32,926 313 476 138,902 105,187
   Percent Females 10.5 15.2 20.4 19.7 19.8 17.0 17.5 16.8
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 5.3 31.8 25.6 36.7 0.54 0.10 100 62.7
   Females 3.1 24.0 27.7 44.6 0.65 0.04 100 54.7
   Total 5.0 30.5 25.9 37.9 0.56 0.09 100 61.4
NAVY                
   Males 11.3 48.2 30.6 9.7 0 0.12 100 90.1
   Females 4.7 39.3 39.2 16.7 0 0.10 100 83.2
   Total 9.8 46.2 32.6 11.3 0 0.12 100 88.5
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 4.8 38.3 30.5 26.2 0.01 0.08 100 73.7
   Females 3.3 30.7 33.8 31.9 0.14 0.07 100 67.9
   Total 4.7 37.5 30.8 26.9 0.02 0.08 100 73.0
AIR FORCE                
   Males 9.8 54.1 29.9 4.7 0 1.6 100 93.8
   Females 5.1 47.6 39.5 6.4 0 1.4 100 92.2
   Total 8.9 52.8 31.8 5.0 0 1.5 100 93.5
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 7.3 40.6 28.4 23.1 0.22 0.34 100 76.4
   Females 4.0 34.3 34.4 26.7 0.26 0.33 100 72.7
   Total 6.8 39.5 29.5 23.7 0.23 0.34 100 75.7
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).