Table D-8.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Category, FYs 1973-2010
  AFQT CATEGORY      
FISCAL I   II   IIIA   IIIB   IV   Other/Unknown   TOTAL
YEAR # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %
1973 14,759 3.6% 124,521 30.7% 95,526 23.5% 113,552 28.0% 51,525 12.7% 5,767 1.4% 405,650 100%
1974 9,051 2.3% 103,422 26.6% 89,018 22.9% 115,617 29.7% 38,853 10.0% 32,757 8.4% 388,718 100%
1975 13,507 3.3% 131,647 32.1% 109,515 26.7% 121,399 29.6% 25,962 6.3% 7,728 1.9% 409,758 100%
1976 17,700 4.5% 137,534 35.0% 100,410 25.5% 116,895 29.7% 19,467 4.9% 1,356 0.34% 393,362 100%
19771 19,708 4.0% 89,437 18.1% 57,888 11.7% 105,454 21.3% 134,181 27.1% 88,441 17.9% 495,109 100%
19781 13,798 4.5% 68,383 22.4% 46,061 15.1% 80,886 26.5% 83,340 27.3% 13,176 4.3% 305,644 100%
19791 12,005 3.9% 61,779 19.9% 44,009 14.2% 84,575 27.2% 101,707 32.7% 6,604 2.1% 310,679 100%
19801 17,952 5.0% 72,417 20.1% 85,462 23.7% 152,157 42.2% 31,380 8.7% 1,377 0.38% 360,745 100%
19811 13,381 4.4% 77,396 25.4% 53,263 17.5% 94,720 31.1% 64,729 21.3% 1,017 0.33% 304,506 100%
1982 15,108 4.9% 86,120 28.2% 57,559 18.8% 99,075 32.4% 46,438 15.2% 1,159 0.38% 305,459 100%
1983 17,569 5.8% 94,318 31.1% 62,542 20.6% 95,344 31.4% 32,449 10.7% 1,239 0.41% 303,461 100%
1984 17,667 5.8% 94,876 31.1% 65,017 21.3% 97,593 32.0% 28,857 9.5% 1,053 0.35% 305,063 100%
1985 13,961 4.6% 97,461 32.4% 69,801 23.2% 96,134 31.9% 22,699 7.5% 961 0.32% 301,017 100%
1986 11,842 3.8% 105,323 33.6% 78,679 25.1% 101,937 32.5% 15,265 4.9% 731 0.23% 313,777 100%
1987 13,774 4.6% 106,756 36.0% 77,866 26.3% 83,414 28.1% 13,922 4.7% 593 0.20% 296,325 100%
1988 12,007 4.4% 97,046 35.8% 71,242 26.3% 76,249 28.1% 13,361 4.9% 1,339 0.49% 271,244 100%
1989 10,827 3.9% 94,554 34.0% 73,504 26.5% 78,967 28.4% 17,802 6.4% 2,166 0.78% 277,820 100%
1990 9,293 4.2% 79,711 35.6% 63,079 28.2% 63,357 28.3% 6,830 3.1% 1,455 0.65% 223,725 100%
1991 9,527 4.6% 79,694 38.8% 58,873 28.6% 54,521 26.5% 1,075 0.52% 1,811 0.88% 205,501 100%
1992 9,419 4.7% 80,609 40.0% 60,887 30.2% 49,460 24.5% 374 0.19% 873 0.43% 201,622 100%
1993 8,996 4.4% 77,387 38.1% 58,014 28.6% 56,228 27.7% 1,628 0.80% 862 0.42% 203,115 100%
1994 8,391 4.8% 66,789 37.9% 49,430 28.0% 49,892 28.3% 1,207 0.68% 700 0.40% 176,409 100%
1995 8,157 4.9% 62,280 37.2% 46,777 28.0% 48,099 28.8% 1,114 0.67% 860 0.51% 167,287 100%
1996 8,427 4.7% 65,343 36.5% 48,981 27.3% 53,782 30.0% 1,325 0.74% 1,274 0.71% 179,132 100%
1997 8,045 4.3% 67,619 35.8% 53,387 28.3% 57,180 30.3% 1,794 0.95% 870 0.46% 188,895 100%
1998 7,728 4.3% 62,029 34.5% 51,810 28.8% 55,914 31.1% 1,864 1.0% 686 0.38% 180,031 100%
1999 7,000 3.8% 61,027 33.2% 51,545 28.0% 60,563 33.0% 2,589 1.4% 1,044 0.57% 183,768 100%
2000 6,854 3.8% 59,543 33.3% 51,254 28.7% 59,189 33.1% 1,231 0.69% 762 0.43% 178,833 100%
2001 7,054 3.9% 61,329 33.5% 52,161 28.5% 60,250 32.9% 1,562 0.85% 620 0.34% 182,976 100%
2002 8,905 4.9% 65,067 35.8% 51,922 28.6% 53,797 29.6% 1,320 0.73% 499 0.27% 181,510 100%
2003 9,930 5.6% 65,733 37.3% 50,940 28.9% 48,875 27.7% 419 0.24% 511 0.29% 176,408 100%
2004 11,448 6.5% 67,226 38.2% 49,499 28.1% 46,569 26.5% 708 0.40% 522 0.30% 175,972 100%
2005 9,755 6.4% 56,007 36.8% 40,620 26.7% 42,083 27.7% 2,791 1.8% 904 0.59% 152,160 100%
2006 9,798 5.9% 60,886 36.4% 42,910 25.6% 49,086 29.3% 3,033 1.8% 1,676 1.0% 167,389 100%
2007 9,141 5.7% 57,311 36.0% 40,269 25.3% 48,084 30.2% 3,739 2.4% 702 0.44% 159,246 100%
2008 9,760 5.7% 62,214 36.2% 45,289 26.3% 51,048 29.7% 3,732 2.2% 1 0% 172,044 100%
2009 10,780 6.7% 62,571 38.7% 43,323 26.8% 43,719 27.1% 1,205 0.75% 7 0% 161,605 100%
2010 12,182 7.6% 64,537 40.2% 42,365 26.4% 41,101 25.6% 326 0.2% 0 0.00% 160,511 100%
     
  1. Values reflect Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) misnorming.
      Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.