Table E-3.  Coast Guard Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY18: by Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT) Category, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Number
  AFQT CATEGORY2  
GENDER I   II  IIIA  IIIB  IV   V   Other/Unk. TOTAL
Males 355 1,944 1,160 1,126 459 100 61 5,205
Females 56 322 260 296 149 30 17 1,130
TOTAL 411 2,266 1,420 1,422 608 130 78 6,335
   Percent Females 13.63 14.21 18.31 20.82 24.51 23.08 21.79 17.84
RACE/ETHNICITY                
White 346 1,958 1,135 1,075 396 67 59 5,036
Black 16 128 151 222 130 47 9 703
AIAN3 5 32 17 17 8 0 1 80
Asian 25 45 32 23 16 2 4 147
NHPI4 2 36 31 42 24 6 2 143
Two or more 11 25 23 12 10 2 1 84
Unknown 6 42 31 31 24 6 2 142
TOTAL 411 2,266 1,420 1,422 608 130 78 6,335
Hispanic 45 409 344 431 251 57 15 1,552
Not Hispanic 366 1,855 1,075 990 357 73 62 4,778
Unknown 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5
TOTAL 411 2,266 1,420 1,422 608 130 78 6,335
Percent
  AFQT CATEGORY2  
GENDER I      II      IIIA      IIIB      IV      V      Other/Unk. TOTAL
Males 6.82 37.35 22.29 21.63 8.82 1.92 1.17 100
Females 4.96 28.50 23.01 26.19 13.19 2.65 1.50 100
TOTAL 6.49 35.77 22.42 22.45 9.60 2.05 1.23 100
RACE/ETHNICITY                
White 6.87 38.88 22.54 21.35 7.86 1.33 1.17 100
Black 2.28 18.21 21.48 31.58 18.49 6.69 1.28 100
AIAN3 6.25 40.00 21.25 21.25 10.00 0 1.25 100
Asian 17.01 30.61 21.77 15.65 10.88 1.36 2.72 100
NHPI4 1.40 25.17 21.68 29.37 16.78 4.20 1.40 100
Two or more 13.10 29.76 27.38 14.29 11.90 2.38 1.19 100
Unknown 4.23 29.58 21.83 21.83 16.90 4.23 1.41 100
TOTAL 6.49 35.77 22.42 22.45 9.60 2.05 1.23 100
Hispanic 2.90 26.35 22.16 27.77 16.17 3.67 0.97 100
Not Hispanic 7.66 38.82 22.50 20.72 7.47 1.53 1.30 100
Unknown 0 40.00 20.00 20.00 0 0 20.00 100
TOTAL 6.49 35.77 22.42 22.45 9.60 2.05 1.23 100
   
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 FY18.
2. 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
3. American Indian, Alaska Native
4. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).