Table B-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY17: 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 2,840 16,531 12,950 18,381 1,096 8 51,806 32,321
   Females 293 2,490 2,533 4,914 188 2 10,420 5,316
   Total 3,133 19,021 15,483 23,295 1,284 10 62,226 37,637
   Percent Females 9.35 13.09 16.36 21.09 14.64 20.00 16.75 14.12
NAVY                
   Males 2,821 11,909 7,642 3,637 0 17 26,026 22,372
   Females 364 3,157 3,251 2,156 0 4 8,932 6,772
   Total 3,185 15,066 10,893 5,793 0 21 34,958 29,144
   Percent Females 11.43 20.95 29.84 37.22 ----- 19.05 25.55 23.24
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 1,300 10,677 8,486 8,077 0 2 28,542 20,463
   Females 109 1,022 1,151 931 0 0 3,213 2,282
   Total 1,409 11,699 9,637 9,008 0 2 31,755 22,745
   Percent Females 7.74 8.74 11.94 10.34 ----- 0 10.12 10.03
AIR FORCE                
   Males 2,214 11,286 6,122 3,525 2 383 23,532 19,622
   Females 288 2,807 2,444 1,464 0 109 7,112 5,539
   Total 2,502 14,093 8,566 4,989 2 492 30,644 25,161
   Percent Females 11.51 19.92 28.53 29.34 0 22.15 23.21 22.01
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 9,175 50,403 35,200 33,620 1,098 410 129,906 94,778
   Females 1,054 9,476 9,379 9,465 188 115 29,677 19,909
   Total 10,229 59,879 44,579 43,085 1,286 525 159,583 114,687
   Percent Females 10.30 15.83 21.04 21.97 14.62 21.90 18.60 17.36
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 5.48 31.91 25.00 35.48 2.12 0.02 100 62.39
   Females 2.81 23.90 24.31 47.16 1.80 0.02 100 51.02
   Total 5.03 30.57 24.88 37.44 2.06 0.02 100 60.48
NAVY                
   Males 10.84 45.76 29.36 13.97 0 0.07 100 85.96
   Females 4.08 35.34 36.40 24.14 0 0.04 100 75.82
   Total 9.11 43.10 31.16 16.57 0 0.06 100 83.37
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 4.55 37.41 29.73 28.30 0 0.01 100 71.69
   Females 3.39 31.81 35.82 28.98 0 0 100 71.02
   Total 4.44 36.84 30.35 28.37 0 0.01 100 71.63
AIR FORCE                
   Males 9.41 47.96 26.02 14.98 0.01 1.63 100 83.38
   Females 4.05 39.47 34.36 20.58 0 1.53 100 77.88
   Total 8.16 45.99 27.95 16.28 0.01 1.61 100 82.11
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 7.06 38.80 27.10 25.88 0.85 0.32 100 72.96
   Females 3.55 31.93 31.60 31.89 0.63 0.39 100 67.09
   Total 6.41 37.52 27.93 27.00 0.81 0.33 100 71.87
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.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  See http://official-asvab.com/PAY97_res.htm for more information about the 1997 ASVAB norming and civilian population.  Civilian and military data are provided by Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The military data in this table reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2016 through 30 September 2017.