Table A-6. Applicants
1 for Active
Component Enlistment, FY15: by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian
Comparison Group |
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EDUCATIONAL TIER2 |
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TIER 1 |
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TIER 2 |
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TIER 3 |
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TOTAL |
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GENDER |
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ARMY |
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Males |
77,732 |
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99.8 |
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98 |
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0.13 |
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39 |
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0.05 |
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77,869 |
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100 |
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Females |
19,560 |
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99.8 |
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22 |
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0.11 |
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12 |
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0.06 |
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19,594 |
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100 |
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Total |
97,292 |
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99.8 |
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120 |
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0.12 |
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51 |
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0.05 |
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97,463 |
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Percent Females |
20.1 |
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18.3 |
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23.5 |
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20.1 |
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NAVY |
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Males |
44,364 |
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99.9 |
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37 |
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0.08 |
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15 |
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0.03 |
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44,416 |
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100 |
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Females |
17,072 |
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99.8 |
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31 |
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0.18 |
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5 |
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0.03 |
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17,108 |
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100 |
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Total |
61,436 |
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99.9 |
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68 |
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0.11 |
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20 |
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0.03 |
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61,524 |
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100 |
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Percent Females |
27.8 |
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45.6 |
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25.0 |
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27.8 |
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MARINE CORPS |
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Males |
41,350 |
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99.9 |
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42 |
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0.10 |
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12 |
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0.03 |
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41,404 |
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100 |
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Females |
5,292 |
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99.9 |
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3 |
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0.06 |
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1 |
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0.02 |
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5,296 |
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100 |
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Total |
46,642 |
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99.9 |
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45 |
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0.10 |
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13 |
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0.03 |
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46,700 |
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100 |
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Percent Females |
11.3 |
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6.7 |
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7.7 |
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11.3 |
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AIR FORCE |
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Males |
29,350 |
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99.8 |
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39 |
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0.13 |
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15 |
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0.05 |
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29,404 |
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100 |
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Females |
10,193 |
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99.8 |
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22 |
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0.22 |
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3 |
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0.03 |
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10,218 |
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100 |
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Total |
39,543 |
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99.8 |
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61 |
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0.15 |
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18 |
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0.05 |
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39,622 |
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100 |
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Percent Females |
25.8 |
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36.1 |
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16.7 |
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25.8 |
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TOTAL DoD |
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Males |
192,796 |
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99.8 |
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216 |
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0.11 |
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81 |
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0.04 |
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193,093 |
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100 |
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Females |
52,117 |
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99.8 |
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78 |
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0.15 |
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21 |
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0.04 |
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52,216 |
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100 |
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Total |
244,913 |
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99.8 |
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294 |
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0.12 |
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102 |
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0.04 |
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245,309 |
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100 |
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Percent Females |
21.3 |
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26.5 |
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20.6 |
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21.3 |
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18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION |
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Males |
12,575,162 |
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83.9 |
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(3) |
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2,408,274 |
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16.1 |
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14,983,436 |
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100 |
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Females |
12,839,655 |
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86.5 |
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(3) |
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2,009,849 |
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13.5 |
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14,849,505 |
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100 |
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Total |
25,414,818 |
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85.2 |
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(3) |
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4,418,123 |
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14.8 |
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29,832,941 |
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100 |
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Percent Females |
50.5 |
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45.5 |
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49.8 |
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1.
Refers to non-prior service (NPS) individuals whose first formal application
(i.e., taking a screening physical exam or the Armed Services Vocational |
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Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)) was in FY15. |
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2.
Tier 1 recruits are primarily high school diploma graduates, but they also
include people with educational backgrounds |
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beyond high school, as well as those who have earned adult education
diplomas, those with one semester of college, |
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and those who have attended virtual or distance learming and adult or
alternative schools. Tier 2 indicates
alternate |
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high school credentials, such as the General Educational Development
certificate (GED). Tier 3 represents
non-high |
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school graduates. |
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3.
Civilian numbers and percentages combine Tiers 1 and 2. |
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Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding. |
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Source: Civilian data from
Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, age
18-24, October 2014-September 2015 average. |
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