Table D-1.  Number of 18-Year-Old Youth by Gender and Military NPS Accession Requirements, 1950-2010 (in Thousands)
                 
  18-YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS   ACCESSION     18-YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS   NPS ACCESSION
YEAR MALE FEMALE REQUIREMENTS   YEAR MALE FEMALE REQUIREMENTS
1950 1090 1074     1981 2128 2058 301
1951 1049 1036     1982 2107 2030 301
1952 1037 1021     1983 2022 1955 299
1953 1089 1071     1984 1922 1852 305
1954 1075 1060 576   1985 1877 1809 297
1955 1074 1068 623   1986 1849 1774 313
1956 1132 1113 482   1987 1892 1812 295
1957 1148 1126 457   1988 1947 1856 271
1958 1164 1143 367   1989 1994 1894 277
1959 1228 1203 392   1990 1849 1755 223
1960 1323 1289 389   1991 1740 1651 205
1961 1507 1469 395   1992 1696 1615 202
1962 1424 1393 519   1993 1740 1653 203
1963 1409 1377 370   1994 1716 1633 176
1964 1398 1365 477   1995 1796 1710 168
1965 1929 1876 414   1996 1812 1726 179
1966 1792 1743 903   1997 1869 1780 189
1967 1794 1751 770   1998 1965 1872 186
1968 1791 1749 843   1999 1965 1873 185
1969 1858 1818 822   2000 2011 1918 195
1970 1914 1868 632   2001 2037 1933 194
1971 1962 1917 544   2002 2001 1898 190
1972 2010 1966 418   2003 2063 1957 186
1973 2052 2000 406   2004 2074 1966 191
1974 2078 2024 389   2005 2081 1975 191
1975 2159 2097 410   2006 2110 2005 190
1976 2164 2101 283   2007 2160 2050 190
1977 2159 2099 375   2008 2241 2127 190
1978 2157 2090 304   2009 2253 2140 190
1979 2196 2121 307   2010 2234 2127 190
1980 2156 2089 352          
Sources:  America's Volunteers:  A Report on the All-Volunteer Forces (Washington, DC:  DoD, December 1978); Patterson, D.A., & Haskins, J.A., The Air Force, Conscription, and the All-Volunteer Force (Montgomery, AL:  Air University  Press, December 1987); the Defense Manpower Data Center; and OASD (FMP)(MPP)(AP).
Civilian data compiled by the Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC (June 21, 1993).
Accessions reported for  1954-1963 include males only; including females would increase accessions by less than 2 percent.