Table C-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains, FY15: 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 1,678 8,969 5,928 8,812 1,120 15 26,522 16,575
   Females 248 2,107 1,958 3,591 56 6 7,966 4,313
   Total 1,926 11,076 7,886 12,403 1,176 21 34,488 20,888
   Percent Females 12.9 19.0 24.8 29.0 4.8 28.6 23.1 20.6
ARMY RESERVE                
   Males 648 3,384 2,176 3,096 11 28 9,343 6,208
   Females 116 1,022 947 1,592 10 12 3,699 2,085
   Total 764 4,406 3,123 4,688 21 40 13,042 8,293
   Percent Females 15.2 23.2 30.3 34.0 47.6 30.0 28.4 25.1
NAVAL RESERVE                
   Males 38 426 317 141 0 20 942 781
   Females 6 129 111 46 0 7 299 246
   Total 44 555 428 187 0 27 1,241 1,027
   Percent Females 13.6 23.2 25.9 24.6 ----- 25.9 24.1 24.0
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                
   Males 360 2,274 1,388 1,048 4 126 5,200 4,022
   Females 7 74 55 32 0 3 171 136
   Total 367 2,348 1,443 1,080 4 129 5,371 4,158
   Percent Females 1.9 3.2 3.8 3.0 0 2.3 3.2 3.3
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                
   Males 329 1,508 711 613 0 111 3,272 2,548
   Females 60 474 360 333 1 16 1,244 894
   Total 389 1,982 1,071 946 1 127 4,516 3,442
   Percent Females 15.4 23.9 33.6 35.2 100 12.6 27.5 26.0
AIR FORCE RESERVE                
   Males 119 735 369 289 0 43 1,555 1,223
   Females 37 298 258 233 0 9 835 593
   Total 156 1,033 627 522 0 52 2,390 1,816
   Percent Females 23.7 28.8 41.1 44.6 ----- 17.3 34.9 32.7
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 3,172 17,296 10,889 13,999 1,135 343 46,834 31,357
   Females 474 4,104 3,689 5,827 67 53 14,214 8,267
   Total 3,646 21,400 14,578 19,826 1,202 396 61,048 39,624
   Percent Females 13.0 19.2 25.3 29.4 5.6 13.4 23.3 20.9
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 6.3 33.8 22.4 33.2 4.2 0.06 100 62.5
   Females 3.1 26.4 24.6 45.1 0.70 0.08 100 54.1
   Total 5.6 32.1 22.9 36.0 3.4 0.06 100 60.6
ARMY RESERVE                
   Males 6.9 36.2 23.3 33.1 0.12 0.30 100 66.4
   Females 3.1 27.6 25.6 43.0 0.27 0.32 100 56.4
   Total 5.9 33.8 23.9 35.9 0.16 0.31 100 63.6
NAVAL RESERVE                
   Males 4.0 45.2 33.7 15.0 0 2.1 100 82.9
   Females 2.0 43.1 37.1 15.4 0 2.3 100 82.3
   Total 3.5 44.7 34.5 15.1 0 2.2 100 82.8
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                
   Males 6.9 43.7 26.7 20.2 0.08 2.4 100 77.3
   Females 4.1 43.3 32.2 18.7 0 1.8 100 79.5
   Total 6.8 43.7 26.9 20.1 0.07 2.4 100 77.4
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                
   Males 10.1 46.1 21.7 18.7 0 3.4 100 77.9
   Females 4.8 38.1 28.9 26.8 0.08 1.3 100 71.9
   Total 8.6 43.9 23.7 20.9 0.02 2.8 100 76.2
AIR FORCE RESERVE                
   Males 7.7 47.3 23.7 18.6 0 2.8 100 78.6
   Females 4.4 35.7 30.9 27.9 0 1.1 100 71.0
   Total 6.5 43.2 26.2 21.8 0 2.2 100 76.0
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 6.8 36.9 23.3 29.9 2.4 0.73 100 67.0
   Females 3.3 28.9 26.0 41.0 0.47 0.37 100 58.2
   Total 6.0 35.1 23.9 32.5 2.0 0.65 100 64.9
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:  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.