Table D-1.  Number of 18 Year-Old Youth by Gender and Military Non-Prior Service (NPS) Accessions, 1950-2009 (in Thousands)
  18 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS NPS PERCENTAGE      18 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS NPS PERCENTAGE 
YEAR MALES FEMALES ACCESSIONS OF CIVILIANS   YEAR MALES FEMALES ACCESSIONS OF CIVILIANS
1954 1075 1060 576 27.0% 1982 2107 2030 305 7.4%
1955 1074 1068 623 29.1% 1983 2022 1955 303 7.6%
1956 1132 1113 482 21.5% 1984 1922 1852 305 8.1%
1957 1148 1126 457 20.1% 1985 1877 1809 301 8.2%
1958 1164 1143 367 15.9% 1986 1849 1774 314 8.7%
1959 1228 1203 392 16.1% 1987 1892 1812 296 8.0%
1960 1323 1289 389 14.9% 1988 1947 1856 271 7.1%
1961 1507 1469 395 13.3% 1989 1994 1894 278 7.1%
1962 1424 1393 519 18.4% 1990 1849 1755 224 6.2%
1963 1409 1377 370 13.3% 1991 1740 1651 206 6.1%
1964 1398 1365 477 17.3% 1992 1696 1615 202 6.1%
1965 1929 1876 414 10.9% 1993 1740 1653 203 6.0%
1966 1792 1743 903 25.5% 1994 1716 1633 176 5.3%
1967 1794 1751 770 21.7% 1995 1796 1710 167 4.8%
1968 1791 1749 843 23.8% 1996 1812 1726 179 5.1%
1969 1858 1818 822 22.4% 1997 1869 1780 189 5.2%
1970 1914 1868 632 16.7% 1998 1965 1872 180 4.7%
1971 1962 1917 544 14.0% 1999 1965 1873 184 4.8%
1972 2010 1966 418 10.5% 2000 2011 1918 179 4.6%
1973 2052 2000 406 10.0% 2001 2037 1933 183 4.6%
1974 2078 2024 389 9.5% 2002 2001 1898 182 4.7%
1975 2159 2097 410 9.6% 2003 2063 1957 176 4.4%
1976 2164 2101 393 9.2% 2004 2074 1966 176 4.4%
1977 2159 2099 495 11.6% 2005 2081 1975 152 3.8%
1978 2157 2090 306 7.2% 2006 2110 2005 167 4.1%
1979 2196 2121 311 7.2% 2007 2160 2050 159 3.8%
1980 2156 2089 361 8.5% 2008 2241 2127 172 3.9%
1981 2128 2058 305 7.3% 2009 2253 2140 162 3.7%
      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);  DMDC; and OASD (FMP)
      (MPP)(AP).
      Civilian data compiled by the Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC (21 June 1993).
      Accessions reported for 1954-1963 include males only; including females would increase accessions by less than 2 percent.