Table A-2.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY16: 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
17 155 37,824 37,979 54 12,528 12,582 209 50,352 50,561 17,457 2,175,964 2,193,422 12,157 2,149,959 2,162,116
18 480 48,147 48,627 186 12,931 13,117 666 61,078 61,744 23,848 2,064,583 2,088,430 25,539 1,974,871 2,000,410
19 701 27,698 28,399 276 6,805 7,081 977 34,503 35,480 27,772 1,859,035 1,886,807 56,245 1,782,174 1,838,419
20 811 17,473 18,284 385 4,327 4,712 1,196 21,800 22,996 49,681 2,168,463 2,218,144 108,181 1,997,347 2,105,528
21 993 12,570 13,563 418 3,130 3,548 1,411 15,700 17,111 84,785 2,112,535 2,197,320 178,025 1,964,456 2,142,480
22 1,008 9,657 10,665 444 2,474 2,918 1,452 12,131 13,583 135,922 1,954,369 2,090,291 272,566 1,866,242 2,138,808
23 1,159 7,520 8,679 456 1,843 2,299 1,615 9,363 10,978 213,963 1,985,323 2,199,286 376,701 1,889,606 2,266,307
24 1,108 5,376 6,484 463 1,330 1,793 1,571 6,706 8,277 300,431 1,919,842 2,220,272 467,304 1,734,848 2,202,152
25 958 4,041 4,999 417 1,016 1,433 1,375 5,057 6,432 386,514 1,902,320 2,288,834 578,122 1,681,086 2,259,208
26 935 2,893 3,828 357 705 1,062 1,292 3,598 4,890 540,337 1,714,987 2,255,323 715,053 1,574,259 2,289,311
27 773 1,875 2,648 309 488 797 1,082 2,363 3,445 581,832 1,541,861 2,123,693 856,979 1,318,551 2,175,530
28 676 1,398 2,074 218 343 561 894 1,741 2,635 722,544 1,393,499 2,116,044 960,076 1,235,008 2,195,084
29 565 925 1,490 189 213 402 754 1,138 1,892 886,912 1,326,438 2,213,350 1,093,348 1,120,489 2,213,838
30 526 664 1,190 149 167 316 675 831 1,506 932,462 1,231,053 2,163,515 1,094,138 1,047,890 2,142,027
31 410 486 896 144 127 271 554 613 1,167 1,087,860 1,062,316 2,150,176 1,211,684 976,668 2,188,351
32 380 366 746 123 94 217 503 460 963 1,098,780 953,965 2,052,746 1,162,326 894,583 2,056,909
33 357 269 626 121 85 206 478 354 832 1,102,288 920,615 2,022,903 1,292,971 920,102 2,213,074
34 242 187 429 97 77 174 339 264 603 1,188,041 886,476 2,074,517 1,302,817 852,078 2,154,894
35 60 56 116 26 19 45 86 75 161 1,266,017 841,449 2,107,466 1,287,052 837,708 2,124,760
36 50 27 77 21 17 38 71 44 115 1,322,473 761,183 2,083,656 1,373,649 836,853 2,210,502
37 50 23 73 20 15 35 70 38 108 1,264,826 686,695 1,951,522 1,329,457 729,424 2,058,880
38 45 17 62 13 11 24 58 28 86 1,237,364 706,307 1,943,671 1,283,640 695,966 1,979,606
39 25 12 37 9 6 15 34 18 52 1,240,518 625,760 1,866,278 1,259,517 683,862 1,943,380
40+ 14 15 29 2 1 3 16 16 32
TOTAL 12,481 179,519 192,000   4,897 48,752 53,649   17,378 228,271 245,649   15,712,628 32,795,039 48,507,666   18,297,547 30,764,027 49,061,574
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 0.41 99.59 100 0.43 99.57 100 0.41 99.59 100 0.80 99.20 100 0.56 99.44 100
18 0.99 99.01 100 1.42 98.58 100 1.08 98.92 100 1.14 98.86 100 1.28 98.72 100
19 2.47 97.53 100 3.90 96.10 100 2.75 97.25 100 1.47 98.53 100 3.06 96.94 100
20 4.44 95.56 100 8.17 91.83 100 5.20 94.80 100 2.24 97.76 100 5.14 94.86 100
21 7.32 92.68 100 11.78 88.22 100 8.25 91.75 100 3.86 96.14 100 8.31 91.69 100
22 9.45 90.55 100 15.22 84.78 100 10.69 89.31 100 6.50 93.50 100 12.74 87.26 100
23 13.35 86.65 100 19.83 80.17 100 14.71 85.29 100 9.73 90.27 100 16.62 83.38 100
24 17.09 82.91 100 25.82 74.18 100 18.98 81.02 100 13.53 86.47 100 21.22 78.78 100
25 19.16 80.84 100 29.10 70.90 100 21.38 78.62 100 16.89 83.11 100 25.59 74.41 100
26 24.43 75.57 100 33.62 66.38 100 26.42 73.58 100 23.96 76.04 100 31.23 68.77 100
27 29.19 70.81 100 38.77 61.23 100 31.41 68.59 100 27.40 72.60 100 39.39 60.61 100
28 32.59 67.41 100 38.86 61.14 100 33.93 66.07 100 34.15 65.85 100 43.74 56.26 100
29 37.92 62.08 100 47.01 52.99 100 39.85 60.15 100 40.07 59.93 100 49.39 50.61 100
30 44.20 55.80 100 47.15 52.85 100 44.82 55.18 100 43.10 56.90 100 51.08 48.92 100
31 45.76 54.24 100 53.14 46.86 100 47.47 52.53 100 50.59 49.41 100 55.37 44.63 100
32 50.94 49.06 100 56.68 43.32 100 52.23 47.77 100 53.53 46.47 100 56.51 43.49 100
33 57.03 42.97 100 58.74 41.26 100 57.45 42.55 100 54.49 45.51 100 58.42 41.58 100
34 56.41 43.59 100 55.75 44.25 100 56.22 43.78 100 57.27 42.73 100 60.46 39.54 100
35 51.72 48.28 100 57.78 42.22 100 53.42 46.58 100 60.07 39.93 100 60.57 39.43 100
36 64.94 35.06 100 55.26 44.74 100 61.74 38.26 100 63.47 36.53 100 62.14 37.86 100
37 68.49 31.51 100 57.14 42.86 100 64.81 35.19 100 64.81 35.19 100 64.57 35.43 100
38 72.58 27.42 100 54.17 45.83 100 67.44 32.56 100 63.66 36.34 100 64.84 35.16 100
39 67.57 32.43 100 60.00 40.00 100 65.38 34.62 100 66.47 33.53 100 64.81 35.19 100
40+ 48.28 51.72 100 66.67 33.33 100 50.00 50.00 100
TOTAL 100 100 100   100 100 100   7.07 92.93 100   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 FY16.  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 2015-September 2016 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).