Table D-1.  Number of 18 Year-Old Youth and Military Non-Prior Service (NPS) Accessions by Gender, 1950-2015 (in Thousands)
  18 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS NPS PERCENTAGE      18 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS NPS PERCENTAGE 
YEAR MALES FEMALES ACCESSIONS OF CIVILIANS   YEAR MALES FEMALES ACCESSIONS OF CIVILIANS
1954 1,075 1,060 576 27.0   1985 1,877 1,809 301 8.2
1955 1,074 1,068 623 29.1   1986 1,849 1,774 314 8.7
1956 1,132 1,113 482 21.5   1987 1,892 1,812 296 8.0
1957 1,148 1,126 457 20.1   1988 1,947 1,856 271 7.1
1958 1,164 1,143 367 15.9   1989 1,994 1,894 278 7.1
1959 1,228 1,203 392 16.1   1990 1,849 1,755 224 6.2
1960 1,323 1,289 389 14.9   1991 1,740 1,651 206 6.1
1961 1,507 1,469 395 13.3   1992 1,696 1,615 202 6.1
1962 1,424 1,393 519 18.4   1993 1,740 1,653 203 6.0
1963 1,409 1,377 370 13.3   1994 1,716 1,633 176 5.3
1964 1,398 1,365 477 17.3   1995 1,796 1,710 167 4.8
1965 1,929 1,876 414 10.9   1996 1,812 1,726 179 5.1
1966 1,792 1,743 903 25.5   1997 1,869 1,780 189 5.2
1967 1,794 1,751 770 21.7   1998 1,965 1,872 180 4.7
1968 1,791 1,749 843 23.8   1999 1,965 1,873 184 4.8
1969 1,858 1,818 822 22.4   2000 2,011 1,918 179 4.6
1970 1,914 1,868 632 16.7   2001 2,037 1,933 183 4.6
1971 1,962 1,917 544 14.0   2002 2,001 1,898 182 4.7
1972 2,010 1,966 418 10.5   2003 2,063 1,957 176 4.4
1973 2,052 2,000 406 10.0   2004 2,074 1,966 176 4.4
1974 2,078 2,024 389 9.5   2005 2,081 1,975 152 3.8
1975 2,159 2,097 410 9.6   2006 2,110 2,005 167 4.1
1976 2,164 2,101 393 9.2   2007 2,160 2,050 159 3.8
19771 2,159 2,099 495 11.6   2008 2,241 2,127 172 3.9
1978 2,157 2,090 306 7.2   2009 2,253 2,140 162 3.7
1979 2,196 2,121 311 7.2   2010 2,148 2,013 161 3.9
1980 2,156 2,089 361 8.5   2011 2,177 2,064 153 3.6
1981 2,128 2,058 305 7.3   2012 2,169 2,072 154 3.6
1982 2,107 2,030 305 7.4   2013 2,072 1,981 165 4.1
1983 2,022 1,955 303 7.6   2014 2,124 1,954 139 3.4
1984 1,922 1,852 305 8.1   2015 2,094 2,036 145 3.5
     
      Sources:  America's Volunteers: A Report on the All-Volunteer Forces (Washington, DC:  DoD, December 1978); Patterson, D. A., & Haskins, J. A.,
      The Air Force, Conscription, and the All-Volunteer Force (Montgomery, AL:  Air University  Press, December 1987);  DMDC; and OASD (FMP)
      (MPP)(AP).
  1. The end of the fiscal year was moved from June 30 to September 30 during calendar year 1977. As a result, the data for FY77 reflect accession
      counts for five quarters.
      Civilian data compiled by the Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC (21 June 1993).
      Accessions reported for 1954-1963 include males only; including females would increase accessions by less than 2 percent.