| Table A-7. FY 2002 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | |||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL TIER | |||||||||||||||||
| TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
| GENDER | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||||||
| ARMY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 104,215 | 80.73% | 21,685 | 16.80% | 3,188 | 2.47% | 129,088 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 35,553 | 88.42% | 3,893 | 9.68% | 762 | 1.90% | 40,208 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 139,768 | 82.56% | 25,578 | 15.11% | 3,950 | 2.33% | 169,296 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| NAVY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 59,945 | 86.59% | 7,082 | 10.23% | 2,199 | 3.18% | 69,226 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 18,942 | 92.87% | 1,183 | 5.80% | 271 | 1.33% | 20,396 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 78,887 | 88.02% | 8,265 | 9.22% | 2,470 | 2.76% | 89,622 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 49,162 | 96.29% | 1,734 | 3.40% | 160 | 0.31% | 51,056 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 4,754 | 97.36% | 118 | 2.42% | 11 | 0.23% | 4,883 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 53,916 | 96.38% | 1,852 | 3.31% | 171 | 0.31% | 55,939 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 44,691 | 94.99% | 1,246 | 2.65% | 1,109 | 2.36% | 47,046 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 18,247 | 95.57% | 409 | 2.14% | 437 | 2.29% | 19,093 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 62,938 | 95.16% | 1,655 | 2.50% | 1,546 | 2.34% | 66,139 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 258,013 | 87.04% | 31,747 | 10.71% | 6,656 | 2.25% | 296,416 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 77,496 | 91.62% | 5,603 | 6.62% | 1,481 | 1.75% | 84,580 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 335,509 | 88.06% | 37,350 | 9.80% | 8,137 | 2.14% | 380,996 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 9,996,011 | 76.71% | ** | ** | 3,035,299 | 23.29% | 13,031,311 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 10,769,571 | 81.98% | ** | ** | 2,366,464 | 18.02% | 13,136,035 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 20,765,583 | 79.36% | ** | ** | 5,401,763 | 20.64% | 26,167,346 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| * Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 2002. | |||||||||||||||||
| ** Civilian numbers and percentages combine tiers 1 and 2. | |||||||||||||||||
| Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | |||||||||||||||||
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2001-September 2002. | |||||||||||||||||
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