Table A-2.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY15: by Gender, Marital Status, and Age with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
             
AGE MILITARY 17-39 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MALES   FEMALES
Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total
17 125 38,010 38,135 51 11,960 12,011 176 49,970 50,146 21,021 2,215,220 2,236,241 13,994 2,149,196 2,163,190
18 463 48,266 48,729 149 12,579 12,728 612 60,845 61,457 24,432 2,069,940 2,094,372 35,070 2,000,641 2,035,711
19 669 27,890 28,559 302 6,781 7,083 971 34,671 35,642 25,994 1,828,247 1,854,241 57,956 1,775,284 1,833,240
20 895 18,263 19,158 352 4,484 4,836 1,247 22,747 23,994 47,745 2,171,184 2,218,929 123,525 1,942,407 2,065,932
21 1,001 12,869 13,870 403 3,223 3,626 1,404 16,092 17,496 85,018 2,094,344 2,179,362 189,396 1,899,149 2,088,545
22 1,092 10,123 11,215 424 2,507 2,931 1,516 12,630 14,146 152,119 2,095,884 2,248,003 276,712 1,969,516 2,246,228
23 1,031 7,654 8,685 454 1,772 2,226 1,485 9,426 10,911 211,292 1,895,552 2,106,844 378,803 1,854,179 2,232,982
24 1,046 5,611 6,657 436 1,360 1,796 1,482 6,971 8,453 288,087 1,993,600 2,281,687 476,782 1,870,086 2,346,868
25 954 3,959 4,913 386 918 1,304 1,340 4,877 6,217 399,556 1,824,716 2,224,272 579,726 1,697,968 2,277,694
26 888 2,629 3,517 321 637 958 1,209 3,266 4,475 498,450 1,577,733 2,076,183 706,070 1,471,923 2,177,993
27 716 1,777 2,493 267 421 688 983 2,198 3,181 589,480 1,493,207 2,082,687 828,487 1,243,988 2,072,475
28 605 1,249 1,854 216 291 507 821 1,540 2,361 777,059 1,437,378 2,214,437 965,635 1,205,467 2,171,102
29 570 871 1,441 184 187 371 754 1,058 1,812 832,421 1,285,220 2,117,641 1,058,212 1,109,977 2,168,189
30 429 597 1,026 134 150 284 563 747 1,310 971,306 1,092,143 2,063,449 1,128,759 971,942 2,100,701
31 407 452 859 113 106 219 520 558 1,078 994,413 1,007,259 2,001,672 1,154,052 915,929 2,069,981
32 345 314 659 104 104 208 449 418 867 1,113,699 968,642 2,082,341 1,273,971 908,597 2,182,568
33 298 227 525 104 72 176 402 299 701 1,116,067 920,605 2,036,672 1,256,616 902,965 2,159,581
34 246 179 425 77 69 146 323 248 571 1,254,660 907,717 2,162,377 1,332,601 826,124 2,158,725
35 47 49 96 15 18 33 62 67 129 1,259,718 843,239 2,102,957 1,356,841 829,563 2,186,404
36 46 36 82 13 11 24 59 47 106 1,247,994 718,421 1,966,415 1,271,174 725,990 1,997,164
37 46 19 65 11 9 20 57 28 85 1,250,279 681,532 1,931,811 1,285,775 724,834 2,010,609
38 33 22 55 10 9 19 43 31 74 1,209,708 656,580 1,866,288 1,246,320 680,156 1,926,476
39 25 15 40 7 7 14 32 22 54 1,215,477 607,605 1,823,082 1,209,501 728,798 1,938,299
40+ 16 15 31 4 3 7 20 18 38
TOTAL 11,993 181,096 193,089   4,537 47,678 52,215   16,530 228,774 245,304   15,585,996 32,385,968 47,971,964   18,205,977 30,404,681 48,610,658
Percent
                                     
AGE MILITARY 17-39 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MALES   FEMALES
Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total
17 0.33 99.7 100 0.42 99.6 100 0.35 99.6 100 0.94 99.1 100 0.65 99.4 100
18 0.95 99.0 100 1.2 98.8 100 1.0 99.0 100 1.2 98.8 100 1.7 98.3 100
19 2.3 97.7 100 4.3 95.7 100 2.7 97.3 100 1.4 98.6 100 3.2 96.8 100
20 4.7 95.3 100 7.3 92.7 100 5.2 94.8 100 2.2 97.8 100 6.0 94.0 100
21 7.2 92.8 100 11.1 88.9 100 8.0 92.0 100 3.9 96.1 100 9.1 90.9 100
22 9.7 90.3 100 14.5 85.5 100 10.7 89.3 100 6.8 93.2 100 12.3 87.7 100
23 11.9 88.1 100 20.4 79.6 100 13.6 86.4 100 10.0 90.0 100 17.0 83.0 100
24 15.7 84.3 100 24.3 75.7 100 17.5 82.5 100 12.6 87.4 100 20.3 79.7 100
25 19.4 80.6 100 29.6 70.4 100 21.6 78.4 100 18.0 82.0 100 25.5 74.5 100
26 25.2 74.8 100 33.5 66.5 100 27.0 73.0 100 24.0 76.0 100 32.4 67.6 100
27 28.7 71.3 100 38.8 61.2 100 30.9 69.1 100 28.3 71.7 100 40.0 60.0 100
28 32.6 67.4 100 42.6 57.4 100 34.8 65.2 100 35.1 64.9 100 44.5 55.5 100
29 39.6 60.4 100 49.6 50.4 100 41.6 58.4 100 39.3 60.7 100 48.8 51.2 100
30 41.8 58.2 100 47.2 52.8 100 43.0 57.0 100 47.1 52.9 100 53.7 46.3 100
31 47.4 52.6 100 51.6 48.4 100 48.2 51.8 100 49.7 50.3 100 55.8 44.2 100
32 52.4 47.6 100 50.0 50.0 100 51.8 48.2 100 53.5 46.5 100 58.4 41.6 100
33 56.8 43.2 100 59.1 40.9 100 57.3 42.7 100 54.8 45.2 100 58.2 41.8 100
34 57.9 42.1 100 52.7 47.3 100 56.6 43.4 100 58.0 42.0 100 61.7 38.3 100
35 49.0 51.0 100 45.5 54.5 100 48.1 51.9 100 59.9 40.1 100 62.1 37.9 100
36 56.1 43.9 100 54.2 45.8 100 55.7 44.3 100 63.5 36.5 100 63.6 36.4 100
37 70.8 29.2 100 55.0 45.0 100 67.1 32.9 100 64.7 35.3 100 63.9 36.1 100
38 60.0 40.0 100 52.6 47.4 100 58.1 41.9 100 64.8 35.2 100 64.7 35.3 100
39 62.5 37.5 100 50.0 50.0 100 59.3 40.7 100 66.7 33.3 100 62.4 37.6 100
40+ 51.6 48.4 100 57.1 42.9 100 52.6 47.4 100
TOTAL 100 100 100   100 100 100   6.7 93.3 100   100 100 100   100 100 100
   
  1. Refers to non-prior service (NPS) individuals whose first formal application (i.e., taking a screening physical exam or the Armed Services Vocational 
      Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)) was in FY15.  Does not include participants in the High School Testing Program unless otherwise tested.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, age 17-39, October 2014-September 2015 average.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).