| Table B-6. FY 2004 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | |||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL TIER | |||||||||||||||||
| TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
| GENDER | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||||||
| ARMY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 50,912 | 84.96% | 8,426 | 14.06% | 585 | 0.98% | 59,923 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 11,551 | 90.33% | 1,099 | 8.59% | 137 | 1.07% | 12,787 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 62,463 | 85.91% | 9,525 | 13.10% | 722 | 0.99% | 72,710 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| NAVY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 30,614 | 93.20% | 1,671 | 5.09% | 562 | 1.71% | 32,847 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 6,379 | 97.11% | 162 | 2.47% | 28 | 0.43% | 6,569 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 36,993 | 93.85% | 1,833 | 4.65% | 590 | 1.50% | 39,416 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 27,015 | 96.43% | 959 | 3.42% | 42 | 0.15% | 28,016 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 2,100 | 98.13% | 38 | 1.78% | 2 | 0.09% | 2,140 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 29,115 | 96.55% | 997 | 3.31% | 44 | 0.15% | 30,156 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 25,877 | 98.96% | 230 | 0.88% | 41 | 0.16% | 26,148 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 7,468 | 99.02% | 53 | 0.70% | 21 | 0.28% | 7,542 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 33,345 | 98.98% | 283 | 0.84% | 62 | 0.18% | 33,690 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 134,418 | 91.48% | 11,286 | 7.68% | 1,230 | 0.84% | 146,934 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 27,498 | 94.70% | 1,352 | 4.66% | 188 | 0.65% | 29,038 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 161,916 | 92.01% | 12,638 | 7.18% | 1,418 | 0.81% | 175,972 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 18-24 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 10,758,185 | 76.86% | * | * | 3,239,806 | 23.14% | 13,997,991 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 11,361,675 | 82.52% | * | * | 2,406,375 | 17.48% | 13,768,051 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 22,119,860 | 79.67% | * | * | 5,646,182 | 20.33% | 27,766,042 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| * 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, October 2003-September 2004. | |||||||||||||||||