Table B-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY16: 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 Unknown TOTAL Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 2,574 15,545 12,064 17,972 393 23 48,571 30,183
   Females 315 2,393 2,521 4,819 73 1 10,122 5,229
   Total 2,889 17,938 14,585 22,791 466 24 58,693 35,412
   Percent Females 10.90 13.34 17.28 21.14 15.67 4.17 17.25 14.77
NAVY                
   Males 2,596 10,868 6,914 2,601 0 37 23,016 20,378
   Females 345 2,719 2,618 1,780 0 7 7,469 5,682
   Total 2,941 13,587 9,532 4,381 0 44 30,485 26,060
   Percent Females 11.73 20.01 27.47 40.63 ----- 15.91 24.50 21.80
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 1,162 9,996 8,208 7,829 12 17 27,224 19,366
   Females 95 1,018 1,103 840 3 0 3,059 2,216
   Total 1,257 11,014 9,311 8,669 15 17 30,283 21,582
   Percent Females 7.56 9.24 11.85 9.69 20.00 0 10.10 10.27
AIR FORCE                
   Males 2,290 12,352 6,696 2,999 0 501 24,838 21,338
   Females 323 2,999 2,453 1,184 0 132 7,091 5,775
   Total 2,613 15,351 9,149 4,183 0 633 31,929 27,113
   Percent Females 12.36 19.54 26.81 28.31 ----- 20.85 22.21 21.30
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 8,622 48,761 33,882 31,401 405 578 123,649 91,265
   Females 1,078 9,129 8,695 8,623 76 140 27,741 18,902
   Total 9,700 57,890 42,577 40,024 481 718 151,390 110,167
   Percent Females 11.11 15.77 20.42 21.54 15.80 19.50 18.32 17.16
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS2              
   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 48.26 47.54 50.63 50.98 52.61 49.00 49.91 48.59
Percent
  AFQT CATEGORY1   I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Unknown TOTAL Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 5.30 32.00 24.84 37.00 0.81 0.05 100 62.14
   Females 3.11 23.64 24.91 47.61 0.72 0.01 100 51.66
   Total 4.92 30.56 24.85 38.83 0.79 0.04 100 60.33
NAVY                
   Males 11.28 47.22 30.04 11.30 0 0.16 100 88.54
   Females 4.62 36.40 35.05 23.83 0 0.09 100 76.07
   Total 9.65 44.57 31.27 14.37 0 0.14 100 85.48
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 4.27 36.72 30.15 28.76 0.04 0.06 100 71.14
   Females 3.11 33.28 36.06 27.46 0.10 0 100 72.44
   Total 4.15 36.37 30.75 28.63 0.05 0.06 100 71.27
AIR FORCE                
   Males 9.22 49.73 26.96 12.07 0 2.02 100 85.91
   Females 4.56 42.29 34.59 16.70 0 1.86 100 81.44
   Total 8.18 48.08 28.65 13.10 0 1.98 100 84.92
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 6.97 39.44 27.40 25.40 0.33 0.47 100 73.81
   Females 3.89 32.91 31.34 31.08 0.27 0.50 100 68.14
   Total 6.41 38.24 28.12 26.44 0.32 0.47 100 72.77
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS2              
   Males 8.12 28.97 15.32 18.38 19.63 9.58 100 52.41
   Females 7.60 26.35 15.77 19.18 21.87 9.24 100 49.72
   Total 7.86 27.66 15.54 18.78 20.75 9.41 100 51.07
   
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. 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).
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).