| Table D-12. NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by AFQT Category, FYs 1973-2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AFQT CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FISCAL | I | II | IIIA | IIIB | IV | Other/Unknown | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
| YEAR | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||||||
| 1973 | 14,759 | 3.64% | 124,521 | 30.70% | 95,526 | 23.55% | 113,552 | 27.99% | 51,525 | 12.70% | 5,767 | 1.42% | 405,650 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1974 | 9,051 | 2.33% | 103,422 | 26.61% | 89,018 | 22.90% | 115,617 | 29.74% | 38,853 | 10.00% | 32,757 | 8.43% | 388,718 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1975 | 13,507 | 3.30% | 131,647 | 32.13% | 109,515 | 26.73% | 121,399 | 29.63% | 25,962 | 6.34% | 7,728 | 1.89% | 409,758 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1976 | 17,700 | 4.50% | 137,534 | 34.96% | 100,410 | 25.53% | 116,895 | 29.72% | 19,467 | 4.95% | 1,356 | 0.34% | 393,362 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1977* | 19,708 | 3.98% | 89,437 | 18.06% | 57,888 | 11.69% | 105,454 | 21.30% | 134,181 | 27.10% | 88,441 | 17.86% | 495,109 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1978* | 13,798 | 4.51% | 68,383 | 22.37% | 46,061 | 15.07% | 80,886 | 26.46% | 83,340 | 27.27% | 13,176 | 4.31% | 305,644 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1979* | 12,005 | 3.86% | 61,779 | 19.89% | 44,009 | 14.17% | 84,575 | 27.22% | 101,707 | 32.74% | 6,604 | 2.13% | 310,679 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1980* | 17,952 | 4.98% | 72,417 | 20.07% | 85,462 | 23.69% | 152,157 | 42.18% | 31,380 | 8.70% | 1,377 | 0.38% | 360,745 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1981* | 13,381 | 4.39% | 77,396 | 25.42% | 53,263 | 17.49% | 94,720 | 31.11% | 64,729 | 21.26% | 1,017 | 0.33% | 304,506 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1982 | 15,108 | 4.95% | 86,120 | 28.19% | 57,559 | 18.84% | 99,075 | 32.43% | 46,438 | 15.20% | 1,159 | 0.38% | 305,459 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1983 | 17,569 | 5.79% | 94,318 | 31.08% | 62,542 | 20.61% | 95,344 | 31.42% | 32,449 | 10.69% | 1,239 | 0.41% | 303,461 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1984 | 17,667 | 5.79% | 94,876 | 31.10% | 65,017 | 21.31% | 97,593 | 31.99% | 28,857 | 9.46% | 1,053 | 0.35% | 305,063 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1985 | 13,961 | 4.64% | 97,461 | 32.38% | 69,801 | 23.19% | 96,134 | 31.94% | 22,699 | 7.54% | 961 | 0.32% | 301,017 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1986 | 11,842 | 3.77% | 105,323 | 33.57% | 78,679 | 25.07% | 101,937 | 32.49% | 15,265 | 4.86% | 731 | 0.23% | 313,777 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1987 | 13,774 | 4.65% | 106,756 | 36.03% | 77,866 | 26.28% | 83,414 | 28.15% | 13,922 | 4.70% | 593 | 0.20% | 296,325 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1988 | 12,007 | 4.43% | 97,046 | 35.78% | 71,242 | 26.26% | 76,249 | 28.11% | 13,361 | 4.93% | 1,339 | 0.49% | 271,244 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1989 | 10,827 | 3.90% | 94,554 | 34.03% | 73,504 | 26.46% | 78,967 | 28.42% | 17,802 | 6.41% | 2,166 | 0.78% | 277,820 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1990 | 9,293 | 4.15% | 79,711 | 35.63% | 63,079 | 28.19% | 63,357 | 28.32% | 6,830 | 3.05% | 1,455 | 0.65% | 223,725 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1991 | 9,527 | 4.64% | 79,694 | 38.78% | 58,873 | 28.65% | 54,521 | 26.53% | 1,075 | 0.52% | 1,811 | 0.88% | 205,501 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1992 | 9,419 | 4.67% | 80,609 | 39.98% | 60,887 | 30.20% | 49,460 | 24.53% | 374 | 0.19% | 873 | 0.43% | 201,622 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1993 | 8,996 | 4.43% | 77,387 | 38.10% | 58,014 | 28.56% | 56,228 | 27.68% | 1,628 | 0.80% | 862 | 0.42% | 203,115 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1994 | 8,391 | 4.76% | 66,789 | 37.86% | 49,430 | 28.02% | 49,892 | 28.28% | 1,207 | 0.68% | 700 | 0.40% | 176,409 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1995 | 8,157 | 4.88% | 62,280 | 37.23% | 46,777 | 27.96% | 48,099 | 28.75% | 1,114 | 0.67% | 860 | 0.51% | 167,287 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1996 | 8,427 | 4.70% | 65,343 | 36.48% | 48,981 | 27.34% | 53,782 | 30.02% | 1,325 | 0.74% | 1,274 | 0.71% | 179,132 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1997 | 8,045 | 4.26% | 67,619 | 35.80% | 53,387 | 28.26% | 57,180 | 30.27% | 1,794 | 0.95% | 870 | 0.46% | 188,895 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1998 | 7,728 | 4.29% | 62,029 | 34.45% | 51,810 | 28.78% | 55,914 | 31.06% | 1,864 | 1.04% | 686 | 0.38% | 180,031 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 1999 | 7,000 | 3.81% | 61,027 | 33.21% | 51,545 | 28.05% | 60,563 | 32.96% | 2,589 | 1.41% | 1,044 | 0.57% | 183,768 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 2000 | 6,854 | 3.81% | 59,543 | 33.30% | 51,254 | 28.66% | 59,189 | 33.10% | 1,231 | 0.69% | 762 | 0.43% | 178,833 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 2001 | 7,054 | 3.86% | 61,329 | 33.52% | 52,161 | 28.51% | 60,250 | 32.93% | 1,562 | 0.85% | 620 | 0.34% | 182,976 | 100.00% | ||||||
| 2002 | 8,905 | 4.91% | 65,067 | 35.85% | 51,922 | 28.61% | 53,797 | 29.64% | 1,320 | 0.73% | 499 | 0.27% | 181,510 | 100.01% | ||||||
| * Values reflect ASVAB misnorming. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rows may not add to totals due to rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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