Table A-2.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY17: by Gender, Marital Status, and Age with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
             
AGE MILITARY 17-39 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MALES   FEMALES
Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total
17 149 38,656 38,805 62 12,680 12,742 211 51,336 51,547 16,931 2,201,443 2,218,374 18,869 2,167,303 2,186,172
18 480 48,934 49,414 214 13,196 13,410 694 62,130 62,824 21,869 2,070,508 2,092,377 36,140 1,955,730 1,991,870
19 735 27,929 28,664 295 6,849 7,144 1,030 34,778 35,808 24,428 1,874,704 1,899,132 58,219 1,772,959 1,831,178
20 856 17,673 18,529 389 4,195 4,584 1,245 21,868 23,113 56,622 2,066,344 2,122,966 118,668 1,902,652 2,021,320
21 948 12,184 13,132 425 2,881 3,306 1,373 15,065 16,438 87,240 2,052,957 2,140,198 197,202 1,916,681 2,113,883
22 1,136 9,629 10,765 443 2,290 2,733 1,579 11,919 13,498 133,229 1,991,621 2,124,850 258,348 1,907,044 2,165,393
23 1,245 7,233 8,478 482 1,743 2,225 1,727 8,976 10,703 199,101 1,940,202 2,139,303 350,593 1,827,427 2,178,020
24 1,195 5,325 6,520 466 1,291 1,757 1,661 6,616 8,277 333,147 1,908,430 2,241,576 458,165 1,768,161 2,226,327
25 1,125 3,848 4,973 435 917 1,352 1,560 4,765 6,325 422,546 1,840,405 2,262,950 561,038 1,558,084 2,119,123
26 1,017 2,769 3,786 362 630 992 1,379 3,399 4,778 530,406 1,780,115 2,310,521 758,396 1,607,826 2,366,222
27 916 2,034 2,950 307 470 777 1,223 2,504 3,727 625,601 1,601,327 2,226,928 874,201 1,433,825 2,308,027
28 749 1,313 2,062 275 319 594 1,024 1,632 2,656 757,521 1,451,531 2,209,052 987,744 1,281,296 2,269,040
29 655 894 1,549 215 206 421 870 1,100 1,970 878,964 1,336,682 2,215,647 1,079,691 1,183,767 2,263,458
30 550 647 1,197 159 149 308 709 796 1,505 941,372 1,190,868 2,132,240 1,100,337 1,046,989 2,147,326
31 483 502 985 160 123 283 643 625 1,268 1,013,431 1,159,324 2,172,755 1,150,777 961,496 2,112,272
32 405 360 765 138 77 215 543 437 980 1,091,873 1,035,342 2,127,214 1,210,389 965,168 2,175,557
33 321 293 614 123 79 202 444 372 816 1,126,799 864,898 1,991,698 1,274,575 866,294 2,140,869
34 319 242 561 123 70 193 442 312 754 1,232,980 883,489 2,116,468 1,345,178 861,866 2,207,044
35 99 76 175 41 19 60 140 95 235 1,243,552 859,212 2,102,764 1,330,894 827,266 2,158,160
36 70 56 126 23 17 40 93 73 166 1,325,697 785,678 2,111,375 1,339,921 839,975 2,179,896
37 48 37 85 28 23 51 76 60 136 1,320,462 738,286 2,058,747 1,354,983 782,801 2,137,784
38 51 32 83 27 12 39 78 44 122 1,272,499 697,661 1,970,160 1,265,088 763,460 2,028,548
39 29 30 59 14 12 26 43 42 85 1,231,581 671,832 1,903,413 1,310,878 679,845 1,990,722
40+ 26 12 38 5 5 10
Unknown 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 3 4
TOTAL 13,607 180,711 194,318   5,212 48,253 53,465   18,788 228,947 247,735   15,887,849 33,002,857 48,890,706   18,440,296 30,877,915 49,318,211
Percent
                                     
AGE MILITARY 17-39 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MALES   FEMALES
Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total
17 0.38 99.6 100 0.49 99.5 100 0.41 99.6 100 0.76 99.2 100 0.86 99.1 100
18 0.97 99.0 100 1.6 98.4 100 1.1 98.9 100 1.0 99.0 100 1.8 98.2 100
19 2.6 97.4 100 4.1 95.9 100 2.9 97.1 100 1.3 98.7 100 3.2 96.8 100
20 4.6 95.4 100 8.5 91.5 100 5.4 94.6 100 2.7 97.3 100 5.9 94.1 100
21 7.2 92.8 100 12.9 87.1 100 8.4 91.6 100 4.1 95.9 100 9.3 90.7 100
22 10.6 89.4 100 16.2 83.8 100 11.7 88.3 100 6.3 93.7 100 11.9 88.1 100
23 14.7 85.3 100 21.7 78.3 100 16.1 83.9 100 9.3 90.7 100 16.1 83.9 100
24 18.3 81.7 100 26.5 73.5 100 20.1 79.9 100 14.9 85.1 100 20.6 79.4 100
25 22.6 77.4 100 32.2 67.8 100 24.7 75.3 100 18.7 81.3 100 26.5 73.5 100
26 26.9 73.1 100 36.5 63.5 100 28.9 71.1 100 23.0 77.0 100 32.1 67.9 100
27 31.1 68.9 100 39.5 60.5 100 32.8 67.2 100 28.1 71.9 100 37.9 62.1 100
28 36.3 63.7 100 46.3 53.7 100 38.6 61.4 100 34.3 65.7 100 43.5 56.5 100
29 42.3 57.7 100 51.1 48.9 100 44.2 55.8 100 39.7 60.3 100 47.7 52.3 100
30 45.9 54.1 100 51.6 48.4 100 47.1 52.9 100 44.1 55.9 100 51.2 48.8 100
31 49.0 51.0 100 56.5 43.5 100 50.7 49.3 100 46.6 53.4 100 54.5 45.5 100
32 52.9 47.1 100 64.2 35.8 100 55.4 44.6 100 51.3 48.7 100 55.6 44.4 100
33 52.3 47.7 100 60.9 39.1 100 54.4 45.6 100 56.6 43.4 100 59.5 40.5 100
34 56.9 43.1 100 63.7 36.3 100 58.6 41.4 100 58.3 41.7 100 60.9 39.1 100
35 56.6 43.4 100 68.3 31.7 100 59.6 40.4 100 59.1 40.9 100 61.7 38.3 100
36 55.6 44.4 100 57.5 42.5 100 56.0 44.0 100 62.8 37.2 100 61.5 38.5 100
37 56.5 43.5 100 54.9 45.1 100 55.9 44.1 100 64.1 35.9 100 63.4 36.6 100
38 61.4 38.6 100 69.2 30.8 100 63.9 36.1 100 64.6 35.4 100 62.4 37.6 100
39 49.2 50.8 100 53.8 46.2 100 50.6 49.4 100 64.7 35.3 100 65.8 34.2 100
40+ 68.4 31.6 100 50.0 50.0 100
Unknown 0 100 100 100 0 100 25.0 75.0 100
TOTAL 100 100 100   100 100 100   7.6 92.4 100   100 100 100   100 100 100
   
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 FY17.  Does not include participants in the High School Testing Program unless otherwise tested.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, age 17-39, October 2016-September 2017 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).