Table B-13.  FY 2005 PS Active Component  Enlisted Accessions  by Age, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
                                               
  SERVICE                
  ARMY*   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   17-35 YR OLD CIVILIANS**
AGE Males Females Total   Males Females Total   Males Females Total   Males Females Total   Males Females Total   Males Females Total
a.  Number                                            
                                               
17 5 0 5   1 0 1   0 1 1   1 1 2   7 2 9   826,678 868,248 1,694,926
18 32 13 45   10 1 11   10 4 14   4 3 7   56 21 77   1,068,478 1,015,392 2,083,870
19 168 52 220   25 7 32   37 4 41   5 4 9   235 67 302   1,227,587 1,163,087 2,390,674
20 256 52 308   27 8 35   54 3 57   8 4 12   345 67 412   1,465,125 1,304,232 2,769,356
21 344 75 419   13 12 25   43 3 46   10 0 10   410 90 500   1,509,406 1,334,473 2,843,879
22 505 93 598   28 4 32   77 3 80   14 4 18   624 104 728   1,594,521 1,460,806 3,055,327
23 612 87 699   37 9 46   90 4 94   40 4 44   779 104 883   1,719,286 1,451,041 3,170,327
24 600 75 675   25 7 32   127 5 132   41 5 46   793 92 885   1,810,801 1,566,833 3,377,634
25+ 3,585 337 3,922   188 15 203   500 27 527   155 15 170   4,428 394 4,822   19,733,632 16,026,820 35,760,452
                                               
TOTAL 6,107 784 6,891   354 63 417   938 54 992   278 40 318   7,677 941 8,618   30,955,515 26,190,931 57,146,446
                                               
b.  Percent                                            
                                               
17 0.08% 0.00% 0.07%   0.28% 0.00% 0.24%   0.00% 1.85% 0.10%   0.36% 2.50% 0.63%   0.09% 0.21% 0.10%   2.67% 3.32% 2.97%
18 0.52% 1.66% 0.65%   2.82% 1.59% 2.64%   1.07% 7.41% 1.41%   1.44% 7.50% 2.20%   0.73% 2.23% 0.89%   3.45% 3.88% 3.65%
19 2.75% 6.63% 3.19%   7.06% 11.11% 7.67%   3.94% 7.41% 4.13%   1.80% 10.00% 2.83%   3.06% 7.12% 3.50%   3.97% 4.44% 4.18%
20 4.19% 6.63% 4.47%   7.63% 12.70% 8.39%   5.76% 5.56% 5.75%   2.88% 10.00% 3.77%   4.49% 7.12% 4.78%   4.73% 4.98% 4.85%
21 5.63% 9.57% 6.08%   3.67% 19.05% 6.00%   4.58% 5.56% 4.64%   3.60% 0.00% 3.14%   5.34% 9.56% 5.80%   4.88% 5.10% 4.98%
22 8.27% 11.86% 8.68%   7.91% 6.35% 7.67%   8.21% 5.56% 8.06%   5.04% 10.00% 5.66%   8.13% 11.05% 8.45%   5.15% 5.58% 5.35%
23 10.02% 11.10% 10.14%   10.45% 14.29% 11.03%   9.59% 7.41% 9.48%   14.39% 10.00% 13.84%   10.15% 11.05% 10.25%   5.55% 5.54% 5.55%
24 9.82% 9.57% 9.80%   7.06% 11.11% 7.67%   13.54% 9.26% 13.31%   14.75% 12.50% 14.47%   10.33% 9.78% 10.27%   5.85% 5.98% 5.91%
25+ 58.70% 42.98% 56.91%   53.11% 23.81% 48.68%   53.30% 50.00% 53.13%   55.76% 37.50% 53.46%   57.68% 41.87% 55.95%   63.75% 61.19% 62.58%
                                               
TOTAL 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%   100.00% 100.00% 100.00%   100.00% 100.00% 100.00%   100.00% 100.00% 100.00%   100.00% 100.00% 100.00%   100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
                                               
 *  The Army's previously reported PS accession achievement of 8,354 included three days of accessions in FY 2004 (September 28-30 2004), in conjunction with its FY 2005 recruiting calendar.    
     The number in this report accurately reflects PS accessions from 1 October 2004 through 30 September 2005.                    
**  Comparison group includes civilians in the work force.                                  
  Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
  Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2004-September 2005.