Table C-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains, FY12: by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Category, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

Number
  AFQT CATEGORY1   I + II + IIIA
GENDER I       II       IIIA      IIIB      IV       Inelig./Unk. * TOTAL  Subtotal
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                
   Males 1,992 10,410 6,951 8,833 758 39 28,983 19,353
   Females 233 2,277 1,965 3,082 43 4 7,604 4,475
   Total 2,225 12,687 8,916 11,915 801 43 36,587 23,828
   Percent Females 10.5 17.9 22.0 25.9 5.4 9.3 20.8 18.8
ARMY RESERVE                
   Males 646 3,252 2,053 3,016 37 52 9,056 5,951
   Females 113 868 753 1,251 2 9 2,996 1,734
   Total 759 4,120 2,806 4,267 39 61 12,052 7,685
   Percent Females 14.9 21.1 26.8 29.3 5.1 14.8 24.9 22.6
NAVAL RESERVE                
   Males 167 1,165 790 284 0 0 2,406 2,122
   Females 36 390 298 81 0 1 806 724
   Total 203 1,555 1,088 365 0 1 3,212 2,846
   Percent Females 17.7 25.1 27.4 22.2 ----- 100.0 25.1 25.4
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                
   Males 524 2,303 1,340 1,126 3 158 5,454 4,167
   Females 11 69 34 36 0 0 150 114
   Total 535 2,372 1,374 1,162 3 158 5,604 4,281
   Percent Females 2.1 2.9 2.5 3.1 0 0 2.7 2.7
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                
   Males 407 1,923 881 703 2 93 4,009 3,211
   Females 54 545 354 368 2 17 1,340 953
   Total 461 2,468 1,235 1,071 4 110 5,349 4,164
   Percent Females 11.7 22.1 28.7 34.4 50.0 15.5 25.1 22.9
AIR FORCE RESERVE                
   Males 193 1,144 626 493 0 57 2,513 1,963
   Females 41 480 351 328 0 23 1,223 872
   Total 234 1,624 977 821 0 80 3,736 2,835
   Percent Females 17.5 29.6 35.9 40.0 ----- 28.8 32.7 30.8
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 3,929 20,197 12,641 14,455 800 399 52,421 36,767
   Females 488 4,629 3,755 5,146 47 54 14,119 8,872
   Total 4,417 24,826 16,396 19,601 847 453 66,540 45,639
   Percent Females 11.0 18.6 22.9 26.3 5.5 11.9 21.2 19.4
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS 2                
   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. * TOTAL  Subtotal
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                
   Males 6.9 35.9 24.0 30.5 2.6 0.13 100 66.8
   Females 3.1 29.9 25.8 40.5 0.57 0.05 100 58.9
   Total 6.1 34.7 24.4 32.6 2.2 0.12 100 65.1
ARMY RESERVE                
   Males 7.1 35.9 22.7 33.3 0.41 0.57 100 65.7
   Females 3.8 29.0 25.1 41.8 0.07 0.30 100 57.9
   Total 6.3 34.2 23.3 35.4 0.32 0.51 100 63.8
NAVAL RESERVE                
   Males 6.9 48.4 32.8 11.8 0 0 100 88.2
   Females 4.5 48.4 37.0 10.0 0 0.12 100 89.8
   Total 6.3 48.4 33.9 11.4 0 0.03 100 88.6
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                
   Males 9.6 42.2 24.6 20.6 0.06 2.9 100 76.4
   Females 7.3 46.0 22.7 24.0 0 0 100 76.0
   Total 9.5 42.3 24.5 20.7 0.05 2.8 100 76.4
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                
   Males 10.2 48.0 22.0 17.5 0.05 2.3 100 80.1
   Females 4.0 40.7 26.4 27.5 0.15 1.3 100 71.1
   Total 8.6 46.1 23.1 20.0 0.07 2.1 100 77.8
AIR FORCE RESERVE                
   Males 7.7 45.5 24.9 19.6 0 2.3 100 78.1
   Females 3.4 39.2 28.7 26.8 0 1.9 100 71.3
   Total 6.3 43.5 26.2 22.0 0 2.1 100 75.9
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 7.5 38.5 24.1 27.6 1.5 0.76 100 70.1
   Females 3.5 32.8 26.6 36.4 0.33 0.38 100 62.8
   Total 6.6 37.3 24.6 29.5 1.3 0.68 100 68.6
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS 2                
   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. 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: Navy data in this table are provided by the Navy Recruiting Command (DMDC data not used due to data migration issues with Navy Reserve).
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.