Table A-2.  FY 2009 Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment by Age, Marital Status, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
a.  Number
       
AGE MILITARY CIVILIAN
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MARRIED
Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Males Females Total
16-17 215 41,267 41,482 85 12,093 12,178 300 53,360 53,660 16,866 20,510 37,375
18 792 58,661 59,453 324 14,279 14,603 1,116 72,940 74,056 15,851 39,679 55,530
19 1,384 44,229 45,613 596 10,148 10,744 1,980 54,377 56,357 32,488 99,799 132,288
20 1,914 31,018 32,932 754 6,714 7,468 2,668 37,732 40,400 68,293 166,904 235,196
21 2,179 22,841 25,020 817 4,747 5,564 2,996 27,588 30,584 121,014 243,229 364,243
22 2,526 17,560 20,086 891 3,843 4,734 3,417 21,403 24,820 186,380 360,145 546,525
23 2,799 13,617 16,416 823 2,798 3,621 3,622 16,415 20,037 278,465 477,585 756,050
24 2,601 10,003 12,604 816 2,000 2,816 3,417 12,003 15,420 373,694 611,338 985,033
25 2,515 6,952 9,467 679 1,425 2,104 3,194 8,377 11,571 522,086 689,863 1,211,949
26 2,289 5,456 7,745 623 1,014 1,637 2,912 6,470 9,382 655,883 833,521 1,489,404
27 2,048 4,030 6,078 522 787 1,309 2,570 4,817 7,387 696,643 943,121 1,639,764
28 1,749 2,830 4,579 419 608 1,027 2,168 3,438 5,606 867,352 1,071,865 1,939,217
29 1,520 2,162 3,682 332 416 748 1,852 2,578 4,430 969,029 1,113,857 2,082,886
30 1,240 1,587 2,827 324 345 669 1,564 1,932 3,496 1,014,193 1,148,309 2,162,502
31 1,095 1,216 2,311 259 260 519 1,354 1,476 2,830 1,065,531 1,132,408 2,197,939
32 994 963 1,957 231 198 429 1,225 1,161 2,386 1,115,422 1,142,274 2,257,696
33 878 785 1,663 201 210 411 1,079 995 2,074 1,163,987 1,194,348 2,358,335
34 793 700 1,493 184 160 344 977 860 1,837 1,250,512 1,278,364 2,528,876
35 646 539 1,185 135 152 287 781 691 1,472 1,205,265 1,243,088 2,448,353
36+ 3,011 2,189 5,200 710 653 1,363 3,721 2,842 6,563 NA NA NA
TOTAL 33,188 268,605 301,793   9,725 62,850 72,575   42,913 331,455 374,368   11,618,954 13,810,208 25,429,161
b.  Percent
                             
AGE MILITARY CIVILIAN
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   PERCENT MARRIED
Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Males Females Total
16-17 0.65% 15.36% 13.75% 0.87% 19.24% 16.78% 0.70% 16.10% 14.33% 0.75% 0.95% 0.85%
18 2.39% 21.84% 19.70% 3.33% 22.72% 20.12% 2.60% 22.01% 19.78% 0.74% 1.94% 1.33%
19 4.17% 16.47% 15.11% 6.13% 16.15% 14.80% 4.61% 16.41% 15.05% 1.65% 5.14% 3.38%
20 5.77% 11.55% 10.91% 7.75% 10.68% 10.29% 6.22% 11.38% 10.79% 3.29% 8.52% 5.83%
21 6.57% 8.50% 8.29% 8.40% 7.55% 7.67% 6.98% 8.32% 8.17% 5.86% 12.37% 9.03%
22 7.61% 6.54% 6.66% 9.16% 6.11% 6.52% 7.96% 6.46% 6.63% 9.52% 17.43% 13.58%
23 8.43% 5.07% 5.44% 8.46% 4.45% 4.99% 8.44% 4.95% 5.35% 13.37% 22.73% 18.07%
24 7.84% 3.72% 4.18% 8.39% 3.18% 3.88% 7.96% 3.62% 4.12% 17.89% 28.78% 23.38%
25 7.58% 2.59% 3.14% 6.98% 2.27% 2.90% 7.44% 2.53% 3.09% 24.68% 34.30% 29.37%
26 6.90% 2.03% 2.57% 6.41% 1.61% 2.26% 6.79% 1.95% 2.51% 30.40% 41.30% 35.67%
27 6.17% 1.50% 2.01% 5.37% 1.25% 1.80% 5.99% 1.45% 1.97% 34.42% 44.44% 39.55%
28 5.27% 1.05% 1.52% 4.31% 0.97% 1.42% 5.05% 1.04% 1.50% 41.15% 49.86% 45.55%
29 4.58% 0.80% 1.22% 3.41% 0.66% 1.03% 4.32% 0.78% 1.18% 46.42% 53.47% 49.94%
30 3.74% 0.59% 0.94% 3.33% 0.55% 0.92% 3.64% 0.58% 0.93% 51.32% 56.13% 53.76%
31 3.30% 0.45% 0.77% 2.66% 0.41% 0.72% 3.16% 0.45% 0.76% 55.68% 59.20% 57.44%
32 3.00% 0.36% 0.65% 2.38% 0.32% 0.59% 2.85% 0.35% 0.64% 58.96% 60.30% 59.63%
33 2.65% 0.29% 0.55% 2.07% 0.33% 0.57% 2.51% 0.30% 0.55% 62.18% 63.83% 63.00%
34 2.39% 0.26% 0.49% 1.89% 0.25% 0.47% 2.28% 0.26% 0.49% 62.89% 64.55% 63.72%
35 1.95% 0.20% 0.39% 1.39% 0.24% 0.40% 1.82% 0.21% 0.39% 64.28% 64.97% 64.63%
36+ 9.07% 0.81% 1.72% 7.30% 1.04% 1.88% 8.67% 0.86% 1.75% NA NA NA
TOTAL 100% 100% 100%   100% 100% 100%   100% 100% 100%   30.07% 36.00% 33.03%
   
  1. Refers to non-prior service (NPS) individuals whose first formal application (i.e., taking a screening physical exam or the Armed Services Vocational 
      Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)) was in FY 2009.  Does not include participants in the High School Testing Program unless otherwise tested.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, age 17-35, October 2008-September 2009 average.