Table D-1.  Number of 18 Year-Old Youth and Military Non-Prior Service (NPS) Accessions by Gender, 1950-2010 (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 1,075 1,060 576 27.0%   1983 2,022 1,955 303 7.6%
1955 1,074 1,068 623 29.1%   1984 1,922 1,852 305 8.1%
1956 1,132 1,113 482 21.5%   1985 1,877 1,809 301 8.2%
1957 1,148 1,126 457 20.1%   1986 1,849 1,774 314 8.7%
1958 1,164 1,143 367 15.9%   1987 1,892 1,812 296 8.0%
1959 1,228 1,203 392 16.1%   1988 1,947 1,856 271 7.1%
1960 1,323 1,289 389 14.9%   1989 1,994 1,894 278 7.1%
1961 1,507 1,469 395 13.3%   1990 1,849 1,755 224 6.2%
1962 1,424 1,393 519 18.4%   1991 1,740 1,651 206 6.1%
1963 1,409 1,377 370 13.3%   1992 1,696 1,615 202 6.1%
1964 1,398 1,365 477 17.3%   1993 1,740 1,653 203 6.0%
1965 1,929 1,876 414 10.9%   1994 1,716 1,633 176 5.3%
1966 1,792 1,743 903 25.5%   1995 1,796 1,710 167 4.8%
1967 1,794 1,751 770 21.7%   1996 1,812 1,726 179 5.1%
1968 1,791 1,749 843 23.8%   1997 1,869 1,780 189 5.2%
1969 1,858 1,818 822 22.4%   1998 1,965 1,872 180 4.7%
1970 1,914 1,868 632 16.7%   1999 1,965 1,873 184 4.8%
1971 1,962 1,917 544 14.0%   2000 2,011 1,918 179 4.6%
1972 2,010 1,966 418 10.5%   2001 2,037 1,933 183 4.6%
1973 2,052 2,000 406 10.0%   2002 2,001 1,898 182 4.7%
1974 2,078 2,024 389 9.5%   2003 2,063 1,957 176 4.4%
1975 2,159 2,097 410 9.6%   2004 2,074 1,966 176 4.4%
1976 2,164 2,101 393 9.2%   2005 2,081 1,975 152 3.8%
1977 2,159 2,099 495 11.6%   2006 2,110 2,005 167 4.1%
1978 2,157 2,090 306 7.2%   2007 2,160 2,050 159 3.8%
1979 2,196 2,121 311 7.2%   2008 2,241 2,127 172 3.9%
1980 2,156 2,089 361 8.5%   2009 2,253 2,140 162 3.7%
1981 2,128 2,058 305 7.3%   2010 2,148 2,013 161 3.9%
1982 2,107 2,030 305 7.4%  
      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.