Table B-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY12: by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Category, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
  AFQT CATEGORY1   I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Inelig./Unk. 2 TOTAL Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 3,152 17,286 12,520 16,934 241 91 50,224 32,958
   Females 317 2,368 2,148 3,740 58 36 8,667 4,833
   Total 3,469 19,654 14,668 20,674 299 127 58,891 37,791
   Percent Females 9.1 12.0 14.6 18.1 19.4 28.35% 14.7 12.8
NAVY                
   Males 3,170 13,992 8,494 2,197 0 1 27,854 25,656
   Females 451 3,433 3,222 1,314 0 1 8,421 7,106
   Total 3,621 17,425 11,716 3,511 0 2 36,275 32,762
   Percent Females 12.5 19.7 27.5 37.4 ----- 50.0 23.2 21.7
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 1,500 11,326 8,192 6,870 13 0 27,901 21,018
   Females 102 890 814 795 2 0 2,603 1,806
   Total 1,602 12,216 9,006 7,665 15 0 30,504 22,824
   Percent Females 6.4 7.3 9.0 10.4 13.3 ----- 8.5 7.9
AIR FORCE                
   Males 2,424 13,168 7,488 346 0 0 23,426 23,080
   Females 279 2,744 2,179 129 0 0 5,331 5,202
   Total 2,703 15,912 9,667 475 0 0 28,757 28,282
   Percent Females 10.3 17.2 22.5 27.2 ----- ----- 18.5 18.4
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 10,246 55,772 36,694 26,347 254 92 129,405 102,712
   Females 1,149 9,435 8,363 5,978 60 37 25,022 18,947
   Total 11,395 65,207 45,057 32,325 314 129 154,427 121,659
   Percent Females 10.1 14.5 18.6 18.5 19.1 28.7 16.2 15.6
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS3              
   Males 858,426 3,063,109 1,619,470 1,943,276 2,075,562 1,012,481 10,572,324 5,541,005
   Females 800,745 2,775,846 1,661,068 2,021,007 2,303,734 972,965 10,535,365 5,237,659
   Total 1,659,171 5,838,955 3,280,538 3,964,283 4,379,296 1,985,446 21,107,689 10,778,664
   Percent Females 48.3 47.5 50.6 51.0 52.6 49.0 49.9 48.6
Percent
  AFQT CATEGORY1   I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Inelig./Unk. 2 TOTAL Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 6.3 34.4 24.9 33.7 0.48 0.18 100 65.6
   Females 3.7 27.3 24.8 43.2 0.67 0.42 100 55.8
   Total 5.9 33.4 24.9 35.1 0.51 0.22 100 64.2
NAVY                
   Males 11.4 50.2 30.5 7.9 0 0 100 92.1
   Females 5.4 40.8 38.3 15.6 0 0.01 100 84.4
   Total 10.0 48.0 32.3 9.7 0 0.01 100 90.3
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 5.4 40.6 29.4 24.6 0.05 0 100 75.3
   Females 3.9 34.2 31.3 30.5 0.08 0 100 69.4
   Total 5.3 40.0 29.5 25.1 0.05 0 100 74.8
AIR FORCE                
   Males 10.3 56.2 32.0 1.5 0 0 100 98.5
   Females 5.2 51.5 40.9 2.4 0 0 100 97.6
   Total 9.4 55.3 33.6 1.7 0 0 100 98.3
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 7.9 43.1 28.4 20.4 0.20 0.07 100 79.4
   Females 4.6 37.7 33.4 23.9 0.24 0.15 100 75.7
   Total 7.4 42.2 29.2 20.9 0.20 0.08 100 78.8
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS3              
   Males 8.1 29.0 15.3 18.4 19.6 9.6 100 52.4
   Females 7.6 26.3 15.8 19.2 21.9 9.2 100 49.7
   Total 7.9 27.7 15.5 18.8 20.7 9.4 100 51.1
   
  1. AFQT scores are percentiles that are normalized to the 1997 American youth population.  For example, a score of 92 represents the 
      92nd percentile and means that 92 percent of the youth population scored at or below that score.  It is standard to report these AFQT 
      score percentiles in the categories listed below.
Cat I:   100-93 Cat IIIB:   49-31
Cat II:   92-65 Cat IV:   30-10
Cat IIIA:   64-50 Cat V:   9-1
  2. Service data for this category include unknowns. Civilian data for this category include AFQT category V.
  3. AFQT percentile scores are normed by a nationally-representative sample of American youth.  The 1997 norming replaced the 
      1980 norming, which replaced the WWII norming.  AFQT category V individuals are ineligible for military service. 
      Source of 1997 Civilian AFQT Category Estimates: Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).