Table A-4.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY16: by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Category, 
Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
                   
AFQT CATEGORY2 I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV       V Other/Unk. TOTAL SUBTOTAL
ARMY                  
   Males 3,899 21,476 16,518 23,904 9,867 1,962 1,584 79,210 41,893
   Females 534 3,875 3,964 7,322 3,908 670 216 20,489 8,373
   Total 4,433 25,351 20,482 31,226 13,775 2,632 1,800 99,699 50,266
   Percent Females 12.05 15.29 19.35 23.45 28.37 25.46 12.00 20.55 16.66
NAVY                  
   Males 3,549 16,232 10,372 7,195 2,539 293 126 40,306 30,153
   Females 548 4,481 4,427 4,183 1,747 224 37 15,647 9,456
   Total 4,097 20,713 14,799 11,378 4,286 517 163 55,953 39,609
   Percent Females 13.38 21.63 29.91 36.76 40.76 43.33 22.70 27.96 23.87
MARINE CORPS                  
   Males 1,521 13,300 10,763 10,761 2,659 293 174 39,471 25,584
   Females 134 1,449 1,549 1,349 489 50 13 5,033 3,132
   Total 1,655 14,749 12,312 12,110 3,148 343 187 44,504 28,716
   Percent Females 8.10 9.82 12.58 11.14 15.53 14.58 6.95 11.31 10.91
AIR FORCE                  
   Males 2,673 14,356 7,893 5,747 1,621 187 536 33,013 24,922
   Females 391 3,964 3,557 3,051 1,252 139 126 12,480 7,912
   Total 3,064 18,320 11,450 8,798 2,873 326 662 45,493 32,834
   Percent Females 12.76 21.64 31.07 34.68 43.58 42.64 19.03 27.43 24.10
TOTAL DoD                  
   Males 11,642 65,364 45,546 47,607 16,686 2,735 2,420 192,000 122,552
   Females 1,607 13,769 13,497 15,905 7,396 1,083 392 53,649 28,873
   Total 13,249 79,133 59,043 63,512 24,082 3,818 2,812 245,649 151,425
   Percent Females 12.13 17.40 22.86 25.04 30.71 28.37 13.94 21.84 19.07
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS3                
   Males 858,426 3,063,109 1,619,470 1,943,276 2,075,562 0 1,012,481 10,572,324 5,541,005
   Females 800,745 2,775,846 1,661,068 2,021,007 2,303,734 0 972,965 10,535,365 5,237,659
   Total 1,659,171 5,838,955 3,280,538 3,964,283 4,379,296 0 1,985,446 21,107,689 10,778,664
   Percent Females 48.26 47.54 50.63 50.98 52.61 ----- 49.00 49.91 48.59
Percent
                   
AFQT CATEGORY2 I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV       V Other/Unk. TOTAL SUBTOTAL
ARMY                  
   Males 4.92 27.11 20.85 30.18 12.46 2.48 2.00 100 52.89
   Females 2.61 18.91 19.35 35.74 19.07 3.27 1.05 100 40.87
   Total 4.45 25.43 20.54 31.32 13.82 2.64 1.81 100 50.42
NAVY                  
   Males 8.81 40.27 25.73 17.85 6.30 0.73 0.31 100 74.81
   Females 3.50 28.64 28.29 26.73 11.17 1.43 0.24 100 60.43
   Total 7.32 37.02 26.45 20.33 7.66 0.92 0.29 100 70.79
MARINE CORPS                  
   Males 3.85 33.70 27.27 27.26 6.74 0.74 0.44 100 64.82
   Females 2.66 28.79 30.78 26.80 9.72 0.99 0.26 100 62.23
   Total 3.72 33.14 27.66 27.21 7.07 0.77 0.42 100 64.52
AIR FORCE                  
   Males 8.10 43.49 23.91 17.41 4.91 0.57 1.62 100 75.49
   Females 3.13 31.76 28.50 24.45 10.03 1.11 1.01 100 63.40
   Total 6.74 40.27 25.17 19.34 6.32 0.72 1.46 100 72.17
TOTAL DoD                  
   Males 6.06 34.04 23.72 24.80 8.69 1.42 1.26 100 63.83
   Females 3.00 25.66 25.16 29.65 13.79 2.02 0.73 100 53.82
   Total 5.39 32.21 24.04 25.85 9.80 1.55 1.14 100 61.64
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS3                
   Males 8.12 28.97 15.32 18.38 19.63 0 9.58 100 52.41
   Females 7.60 26.35 15.77 19.18 21.87 0 9.24 100 49.72
   Total 7.86 27.66 15.54 18.78 20.75 0 9.41 100 51.07
   
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.
2. 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
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. 
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).