Table A-6.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY16: by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
                               
  EDUCATIONAL TIER2
  TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3 TOTAL
GENDER #         %       #         %       #         %       #         %    
ARMY                              
   Males 74,897 94.55 4,304 5.43 9 0.01 79,210 100
   Females 20,052 97.87 431 2.10 6 0.03 20,489 100
   Total 94,949 95.24 4,735 4.75 15 0.02 99,699 100
   Percent Females 21.12 9.10 40.00 20.55
NAVY                              
   Males 39,826 98.81 475 1.18 5 0.01 40,306 100
   Females 15,527 99.23 116 0.74 4 0.03 15,647 100
   Total 55,353 98.93 591 1.06 9 0.02 55,953 100
   Percent Females 28.05 19.63 44.44 27.96
MARINE CORPS                              
   Males 39,351 99.70 37 0.09 83 0.21 39,471 100
   Females 5,017 99.68 2 0.04 14 0.28 5,033 100
   Total 44,368 99.69 39 0.09 97 0.22 44,504 100
   Percent Females 11.31 5.13 14.43 11.31
AIR FORCE                              
   Males 32,817 99.41 180 0.55 16 0.05 33,013 100
   Females 12,416 99.49 48 0.38 16 0.13 12,480 100
   Total 45,233 99.43 228 0.50 32 0.07 45,493 100
   Percent Females 27.45 21.05 50.00 27.43
TOTAL DoD                              
   Males 186,891 97.34 4,996 2.60 113 0.06 192,000 100
   Females 53,012 98.81 597 1.11 40 0.07 53,649 100
   Total 239,903 97.66 5,593 2.28 153 0.06 245,649 100
   Percent Females 22.10 10.67 26.14 21.84
                               
18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION                        
   Males 12,455,116 83.59 (3) (3) 2,445,435 16.41 14,900,551 100
   Females 12,719,067 86.56 (3) (3) 1,975,038 13.44 14,694,105 100
   Total 25,174,182 85.06 (3) (3) 4,420,474 14.94 29,594,656 100
   Percent Females 50.52 44.68 49.65
   
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 FY16. 
2. Tier 1 recruits are primarily high school diploma graduates, but they also include people with educational backgrounds beyond high school, as well as those who who have earned adult education diplomas, those with one semester of college, and those who have attended virtual or distance learning and adult or alternative schools.  Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the General Educational Development (GED) certificate.  Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates.
3. Civilian numbers and percentages combine Tiers 1 and 2.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, age 18-24, October 2015-September 2016 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).