Table B-4.  FY 2007 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) 
Category, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
a.  Number
  AFQT CATEGORY    
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Other/Unk.1 TOTAL I-IIIA Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 3,028 16,978 12,662 17,605 2,103 284 52,660 32,668
   Females 333 2,814 2,470 4,006 557 56 10,236 5,617
   Total 3,361 19,792 15,132 21,611 2,660 340 62,896 38,285
NAVY                
   Males 2,054 11,142 7,328 7,609 4 24 28,161 20,524
   Females 230 2,145 1,849 2,174 5 1 6,404 4,224
   Total 2,284 13,287 9,177 9,783 9 25 34,565 24,748
MARINE CORPS              
   Males 1,535 11,245 7,766 9,906 1,042 64 31,558 20,546
   Females 85 774 674 914 28 7 2,482 1,533
   Total 1,620 12,019 8,440 10,820 1,070 71 34,040 22,079
AIR FORCE                
   Males 1,627 9,738 5,551 4,137 0 224 21,277 16,916
   Females 249 2,475 1,969 1,733 0 42 6,468 4,693
   Total 1,876 12,213 7,520 5,870 0 266 27,745 21,609
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 8,244 49,103 33,307 39,257 3,149 596 133,656 90,654
   Females 897 8,208 6,962 8,827 590 106 25,590 16,067
   Total 9,141 57,311 40,269 48,084 3,739 702 159,246 106,721
                 
1997, 18-23 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS             
   Males 858,426 3,063,109 1,619,470 1,943,276 2,075,562 1,012,481 10,572,324 5,541,005
   Females 800,745 2,775,846 1,661,068 2,021,007 2,303,734 972,965 10,535,365 5,237,659
   Total 1,659,171 5,838,955 3,280,538 3,964,283 4,379,296 1,985,446 21,107,689 10,778,664
b.  Percent
  AFQT CATEGORY2    
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Other/Unk.1 TOTAL I-IIIA Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 5.75% 32.24% 24.04% 33.43% 3.99% 0.54% 100.00% 62.04%
   Females 3.25% 27.49% 24.13% 39.14% 5.44% 0.55% 100.00% 54.87%
   Total 5.34% 31.47% 24.06% 34.36% 4.23% 0.54% 100.00% 60.87%
NAVY                
   Males 7.29% 39.57% 26.02% 27.02% 0.01% 0.09% 100.00% 72.88%
   Females 3.59% 33.49% 28.87% 33.95% 0.08% 0.02% 100.00% 65.96%
   Total 6.61% 38.44% 26.55% 28.30% 0.03% 0.07% 100.00% 71.60%
MARINE CORPS              
   Males 4.86% 35.63% 24.61% 31.39% 3.30% 0.20% 100.00% 65.11%
   Females 3.42% 31.18% 27.16% 36.83% 1.13% 0.28% 100.00% 61.76%
   Total 4.76% 35.31% 24.79% 31.79% 3.14% 0.21% 100.00% 64.86%
AIR FORCE                
   Males 7.65% 45.77% 26.09% 19.44% 0.00% 1.05% 100.00% 79.50%
   Females 3.85% 38.27% 30.44% 26.79% 0.00% 0.65% 100.00% 72.56%
   Total 6.76% 44.02% 27.10% 21.16% 0.00% 0.96% 100.00% 77.88%
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 6.17% 36.74% 24.92% 29.37% 2.36% 0.45% 100.00% 67.83%
   Females 3.51% 32.08% 27.21% 34.49% 2.31% 0.41% 100.00% 62.79%
   Total 5.74% 35.99% 25.29% 30.19% 2.35% 0.44% 100.00% 67.02%
                 
1997, 18-23 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS             
   Males 8.12% 28.97% 15.32% 18.38% 19.63% 9.58% 100.00% 52.41%
   Females 7.60% 26.35% 15.77% 19.18% 21.87% 9.24% 100.00% 49.72%
   Total 7.86% 27.66% 15.54% 18.78% 20.75% 9.41% 100.00% 51.07%
   
  1. Service data for this category include unknowns. Civilian data for this category include AFQT category V.
      Source of 1997 Civilian AFQT Category Estimates: Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).
  2. AFQT categories are based on normalized test scores:
Cat I:   100-93 Cat IIIB:   49-31
Cat II:   92-65 Cat IV:   30-10
Cat IIIA:   64-50 Cat V:   9-1