Table B-1.  FY 2009 Non-Prior Service (NPS) 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	1,867	489	2,356	411	193	604	1,242	189	1,431	354	202	556	3,874	1,073	4,947		2,257,180	2,150,942	4,408,121
18	11,364	2,318	13,682	6,298	1,961	8,259	10,893	955	11,848	5,975	1,910	7,885	34,530	7,144	41,674		2,130,002	2,050,045	4,180,047
19	9,564	1,557	11,121	6,180	1,558	7,738	6,729	551	7,280	5,899	1,497	7,396	28,372	5,163	33,535		1,968,817	1,940,631	3,909,449
20	6,654	1,086	7,740	4,117	987	5,104	3,461	287	3,748	4,078	1,037	5,115	18,310	3,397	21,707		2,074,406	1,958,486	4,032,891
21	4,949	854	5,803	2,872	655	3,527	2,078	197	2,275	2,824	695	3,519	12,723	2,401	15,124		2,065,337	1,966,180	4,031,517
22	4,046	739	4,785	2,132	532	2,664	1,424	115	1,539	1,999	501	2,500	9,601	1,887	11,488		1,957,668	2,066,435	4,024,103
23	3,370	575	3,945	1,586	390	1,976	971	86	1,057	1,443	312	1,755	7,370	1,363	8,733		2,082,652	2,100,670	4,183,322
24	2,568	433	3,001	1,263	284	1,547	620	57	677	992	213	1,205	5,443	987	6,430		2,088,919	2,123,847	4,212,767
25+	9,338	1,896	11,234	2,969	828	3,797	977	93	1,070	1,483	366	1,849	14,767	3,183	17,950		22,009,286	22,002,775	44,012,061
TOTAL	53,720	9,947	63,667	27,828	7,388	35,216	28,395	2,530	30,925	25,047	6,733	31,780	134,990	26,598	161,588		38,634,267	38,360,012	76,994,279
b.  Percent
17	3.48%	4.92%	3.70%	1.48%	2.61%	1.72%	4.37%	7.47%	4.63%	1.41%	3.00%	1.75%	2.87%	4.03%	3.06%		5.84%	5.61%	5.73%
18	21.15%	23.30%	21.49%	22.63%	26.54%	23.45%	38.36%	37.75%	38.31%	23.86%	28.37%	24.81%	25.58%	26.86%	25.79%		5.51%	5.34%	5.43%
19	17.80%	15.65%	17.47%	22.21%	21.09%	21.97%	23.70%	21.78%	23.54%	23.55%	22.23%	23.27%	21.02%	19.41%	20.75%		5.10%	5.06%	5.08%
20	12.39%	10.92%	12.16%	14.79%	13.36%	14.49%	12.19%	11.34%	12.12%	16.28%	15.40%	16.10%	13.56%	12.77%	13.43%		5.37%	5.11%	5.24%
21	9.21%	8.59%	9.11%	10.32%	8.87%	10.02%	7.32%	7.79%	7.36%	11.27%	10.32%	11.07%	9.43%	9.03%	9.36%		5.35%	5.13%	5.24%
22	7.53%	7.43%	7.52%	7.66%	7.20%	7.56%	5.01%	4.55%	4.98%	7.98%	7.44%	7.87%	7.11%	7.09%	7.11%		5.07%	5.39%	5.23%
23	6.27%	5.78%	6.20%	5.70%	5.28%	5.61%	3.42%	3.40%	3.42%	5.76%	4.63%	5.52%	5.46%	5.12%	5.40%		5.39%	5.48%	5.43%
24	4.78%	4.35%	4.71%	4.54%	3.84%	4.39%	2.18%	2.25%	2.19%	3.96%	3.16%	3.79%	4.03%	3.71%	3.98%		5.41%	5.54%	5.47%
25+	17.38%	19.06%	17.64%	10.67%	11.21%	10.78%	3.44%	3.68%	3.46%	5.92%	5.44%	5.82%	10.94%	11.97%	11.11%		56.97%	57.36%	57.16%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%
The data in this report reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2008 through 30 September 2009.  DoD FY9 NPS accessions does not include 12 males and 5 females whose age was unknown.
DoD FY 2009 NPS accessions does not include 17 individuals whose age was unknown.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, 17-35 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2008-September 2009 average.