Table B-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY15: 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 2,531 14,866 11,779 17,764 350 31 47,321 29,176
   Females 268 2,238 2,495 4,592 71 5 9,669 5,001
   Total 2,799 17,104 14,274 22,356 421 36 56,990 34,177
   Percent Females 9.6 13.1 17.5 20.5 16.9 13.9 17.0 14.6
NAVY                
   Males 2,748 12,894 8,231 2,236 0 12 26,121 23,873
   Females 396 3,316 3,384 1,643 0 4 8,743 7,096
   Total 3,144 16,210 11,615 3,879 0 16 34,864 30,969
   Percent Females 12.6 20.5 29.1 42.4 ----- 25.0 25.1 22.9
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 1,215 9,987 8,210 7,156 14 10 26,592 19,412
   Females 76 975 996 748 0 2 2,797 2,047
   Total 1,291 10,962 9,206 7,904 14 12 29,389 21,459
   Percent Females 5.9 8.9 10.8 9.5 0 16.7 9.5 9.5
AIR FORCE                
   Males 1,909 10,204 5,345 1,388 0 227 19,073 17,458
   Females 238 2,330 1,888 453 0 45 4,954 4,456
   Total 2,147 12,534 7,233 1,841 0 272 24,027 21,914
   Percent Females 11.1 18.6 26.1 24.6 ----- 16.5 20.6 20.3
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 8,403 47,951 33,565 28,544 364 280 119,107 89,919
   Females 978 8,859 8,763 7,436 71 56 26,163 18,600
   Total 9,381 56,810 42,328 35,980 435 336 145,270 108,519
   Percent Females 10.4 15.6 20.7 20.7 16.3 16.7 18.0 17.1
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 5.3 31.4 24.9 37.5 0.74 0.07 100 61.7
   Females 2.8 23.1 25.8 47.5 0.73 0.05 100 51.7
   Total 4.9 30.0 25.0 39.2 0.74 0.06 100 60.0
NAVY                
   Males 10.5 49.4 31.5 8.6 0 0.05 100 91.4
   Females 4.5 37.9 38.7 18.8 0 0.05 100 81.2
   Total 9.0 46.5 33.3 11.1 0 0.05 100 88.8
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 4.6 37.6 30.9 26.9 0.05 0.04 100 73.0
   Females 2.7 34.9 35.6 26.7 0 0.07 100 73.2
   Total 4.4 37.3 31.3 26.9 0.05 0.04 100 73.0
AIR FORCE                
   Males 10.0 53.5 28.0 7.3 0 1.2 100 91.5
   Females 4.8 47.0 38.1 9.1 0 0.91 100 89.9
   Total 8.9 52.2 30.1 7.7 0 1.1 100 91.2
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 7.1 40.3 28.2 24.0 0.31 0.24 100 75.5
   Females 3.7 33.9 33.5 28.4 0.27 0.21 100 71.1
   Total 6.5 39.1 29.1 24.8 0.30 0.23 100 74.7
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).