Table B-1.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY18: by Service, Gender, and Age with Civilian Comparison Group
  SERVICE CIVILIAN POPULATION
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 17-39 YEARS-OLD
AGE Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Number
17 2,009 704 2,713 648 339 987 1,442 230 1,672 487 270 757 4,586 1,543 6,129 2,306,635 2,244,942 4,551,577
18 16,097 3,641 19,738 9,446 3,565 13,011 12,847 1,555 14,402 6,366 2,131 8,497 44,756 10,892 55,648 2,065,886 2,024,701 4,090,587
19 10,116 1,740 11,856 6,359 1,818 8,177 6,429 662 7,091 4,973 1,419 6,392 27,877 5,639 33,516 1,898,352 1,849,519 3,747,871
20 6,011 1,028 7,039 3,554 999 4,553 2,870 340 3,210 3,092 849 3,941 15,527 3,216 18,743 2,104,371 2,044,601 4,148,972
21 4,103 726 4,829 2,386 668 3,054 1,561 190 1,751 1,908 569 2,477 9,958 2,153 12,111 2,139,552 2,131,551 4,271,103
22 3,391 628 4,019 1,772 513 2,285 1,061 92 1,153 1,511 446 1,957 7,735 1,679 9,414 2,079,719 2,106,122 4,185,841
23 2,797 582 3,379 1,397 406 1,803 657 77 734 1,213 394 1,607 6,064 1,459 7,523 2,130,748 2,160,098 4,290,846
24 2,123 409 2,532 1,120 308 1,428 432 48 480 940 324 1,264 4,615 1,089 5,704 2,200,018 2,169,485 4,369,503
25 1,542 338 1,880 823 223 1,046 293 26 319 663 221 884 3,321 808 4,129 2,319,318 2,198,181 4,517,499
26 1,224 252 1,476 540 160 700 173 22 195 480 175 655 2,417 609 3,026 2,238,197 2,262,485 4,500,682
27 926 178 1,104 378 125 503 149 18 167 327 109 436 1,780 430 2,210 2,269,569 2,392,908 4,662,477
28 681 163 844 270 78 348 104 19 123 247 86 333 1,302 346 1,648 2,298,632 2,308,919 4,607,551
29 505 138 643 178 66 244 7 1 8 154 60 214 844 265 1,109 2,304,809 2,292,701 4,597,511
30 361 90 451 142 43 185 2 0 2 123 32 155 628 165 793 2,243,984 2,189,790 4,433,774
31 261 63 324 96 40 136 0 0 0 78 27 105 435 130 565 2,134,966 2,124,370 4,259,336
32 186 44 230 69 28 97 1 0 1 53 19 72 309 91 400 2,164,453 2,199,286 4,363,739
33 171 40 211 56 25 81 0 0 0 54 18 72 281 83 364 2,094,970 2,165,137 4,260,107
34 150 54 204 40 25 65 1 1 2 32 15 47 223 95 318 2,037,504 2,180,821 4,218,325
35 28 14 42 9 5 14 0 0 0 23 10 33 60 29 89 2,106,808 2,200,666 4,307,474
36 1 4 5 9 3 12 0 0 0 24 11 35 34 18 52 2,121,048 2,138,856 4,259,904
37 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 0 0 15 7 22 20 8 28 2,101,064 2,168,777 4,269,841
38 0 0 0 5 2 7 0 0 0 10 10 20 15 12 27 2,022,384 2,155,729 4,178,113
39 0 0 0 5 4 9 0 0 0 16 6 22 21 10 31 2,007,281 2,018,550 4,025,831
40+ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 4 1 5
TOTAL 1 52,683 10,836 63,519   29,308 9,444 38,752   28,029 3,281 31,310   22,792 7,209 30,001   132,812 30,770 163,582   49,390,270 49,728,193 99,118,463
Percent
17 3.81 6.50 4.27 2.21 3.59 2.55 5.14 7.01 5.34 2.14 3.75 2.52 3.45 5.01 3.75 4.67 4.51 4.59
18 30.55 33.60 31.07 32.23 37.75 33.58 45.83 47.39 46.00 27.93 29.56 28.32 33.70 35.40 34.02 4.18 4.07 4.13
19 19.20 16.06 18.67 21.70 19.25 21.10 22.94 20.18 22.65 21.82 19.68 21.31 20.99 18.33 20.49 3.84 3.72 3.78
20 11.41 9.49 11.08 12.13 10.58 11.75 10.24 10.36 10.25 13.57 11.78 13.14 11.69 10.45 11.46 4.26 4.11 4.19
21 7.79 6.70 7.60 8.14 7.07 7.88 5.57 5.79 5.59 8.37 7.89 8.26 7.50 7.00 7.40 4.33 4.29 4.31
22 6.44 5.80 6.33 6.05 5.43 5.90 3.79 2.80 3.68 6.63 6.19 6.52 5.82 5.46 5.75 4.21 4.24 4.22
23 5.31 5.37 5.32 4.77 4.30 4.65 2.34 2.35 2.34 5.32 5.47 5.36 4.57 4.74 4.60 4.31 4.34 4.33
24 4.03 3.77 3.99 3.82 3.26 3.68 1.54 1.46 1.53 4.12 4.49 4.21 3.47 3.54 3.49 4.45 4.36 4.41
25 2.93 3.12 2.96 2.81 2.36 2.70 1.05 0.79 1.02 2.91 3.07 2.95 2.50 2.63 2.52 4.70 4.42 4.56
26 2.32 2.33 2.32 1.84 1.69 1.81 0.62 0.67 0.62 2.11 2.43 2.18 1.82 1.98 1.85 4.53 4.55 4.54
27 1.76 1.64 1.74 1.29 1.32 1.30 0.53 0.55 0.53 1.43 1.51 1.45 1.34 1.40 1.35 4.60 4.81 4.70
28 1.29 1.50 1.33 0.92 0.83 0.90 0.37 0.58 0.39 1.08 1.19 1.11 0.98 1.12 1.01 4.65 4.64 4.65
29 0.96 1.27 1.01 0.61 0.70 0.63 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.68 0.83 0.71 0.64 0.86 0.68 4.67 4.61 4.64
30 0.69 0.83 0.71 0.48 0.46 0.48 0.01 0 0.01 0.54 0.44 0.52 0.47 0.54 0.48 4.54 4.40 4.47
31 0.50 0.58 0.51 0.33 0.42 0.35 0 0 0 0.34 0.37 0.35 0.33 0.42 0.35 4.32 4.27 4.30
32 0.35 0.41 0.36 0.24 0.30 0.25 0 0 0 0.23 0.26 0.24 0.23 0.30 0.24 4.38 4.42 4.40
33 0.32 0.37 0.33 0.19 0.26 0.21 0 0 0 0.24 0.25 0.24 0.21 0.27 0.22 4.24 4.35 4.30
34 0.28 0.50 0.32 0.14 0.26 0.17 0 0.03 0.01 0.14 0.21 0.16 0.17 0.31 0.19 4.13 4.39 4.26
35 0.05 0.13 0.07 0.03 0.05 0.04 0 0 0 0.10 0.14 0.11 0.05 0.09 0.05 4.27 4.43 4.35
36 0 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.03 0 0 0 0.11 0.15 0.12 0.03 0.06 0.03 4.29 4.30 4.30
37 0 0 0 0.02 0.01 0.02 0 0 0 0.07 0.10 0.07 0.02 0.03 0.02 4.25 4.36 4.31
38 0 0 0 0.02 0.02 0.02 0 0 0 0.04 0.14 0.07 0.01 0.04 0.02 4.09 4.34 4.22
39 0 0 0 0.02 0.04 0.02 0 0 0 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.02 0.03 0.02 4.06 4.06 4.06
40+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.01 0 0 0
TOTAL 100 100 100   100 100 100   100 100 100   100 100 100   100 100 100   100 100 100
       
1. DoD FY18 NPS accessions do not include 0 individuals whose age was unknown.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, 17-39 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2017-September 2018 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The data in this table reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2017 through 30 September 2018.