Table C-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains, FY16: 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 1,531 7,372 4,906 7,477 816 27 22,129 13,809
   Females 246 1,974 1,711 3,263 59 2 7,255 3,931
   Total 1,777 9,346 6,617 10,740 875 29 29,384 17,740
   Percent Females 13.84 21.12 25.86 30.38 6.74 6.90 24.69 22.16
ARMY RESERVE                
   Males 879 3,750 2,202 3,033 27 101 9,992 6,831
   Females 179 1,292 1,009 1,547 18 36 4,081 2,480
   Total 1,058 5,042 3,211 4,580 45 137 14,073 9,311
   Percent Females 16.92 25.62 31.42 33.78 40.00 26.28 29.00 26.64
NAVAL RESERVE                
   Males 37 313 266 189 1 65 871 616
   Females 3 101 108 67 0 30 309 212
   Total 40 414 374 256 1 95 1,180 828
   Percent Females 7.50 24.40 28.88 26.17 0 31.58 26.19 25.60
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                
   Males 385 2,263 1,392 1,158 5 84 5,287 4,040
   Females 9 50 37 13 0 6 115 96
   Total 394 2,313 1,429 1,171 5 90 5,402 4,136
   Percent Females 2.28 2.16 2.59 1.11 0 6.67 2.13 2.32
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                
   Males 335 1,575 737 559 0 111 3,317 2,647
   Females 70 522 411 369 2 20 1,394 1,003
   Total 405 2,097 1,148 928 2 131 4,711 3,650
   Percent Females 17.28 24.89 35.80 39.76 100 15.27 29.59 27.48
AIR FORCE RESERVE                
   Males 143 817 439 310 0 34 1,743 1,399
   Females 50 399 312 276 0 5 1,042 761
   Total 193 1,216 751 586 0 39 2,785 2,160
   Percent Females 25.91 32.81 41.54 47.10 ----- 12.82 37.41 35.23
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 3,310 16,090 9,942 12,726 849 422 43,339 29,342
   Females 557 4,338 3,588 5,535 79 99 14,196 8,483
   Total 3,867 20,428 13,530 18,261 928 521 57,535 37,825
   Percent Females 14.40 21.24 26.52 30.31 8.51 19.00 24.67 22.43
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 48.26 47.54 50.63 50.98 52.61 49.00 49.91 48.59
Percent
  AFQT CATEGORY1   I + II + IIIA
GENDER I       II       IIIA      IIIB      IV       Inelig./Unk. * TOTAL  Subtotal
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                
   Males 6.92 33.31 22.17 33.79 3.69 0.12 100 62.40
   Females 3.39 27.21 23.58 44.98 0.81 0.03 100 54.18
   Total 6.05 31.81 22.52 36.55 2.98 0.10 100 60.37
ARMY RESERVE                
   Males 8.80 37.53 22.04 30.35 0.27 1.01 100 68.36
   Females 4.39 31.66 24.72 37.91 0.44 0.88 100 60.77
   Total 7.52 35.83 22.82 32.54 0.32 0.97 100 66.16
NAVAL RESERVE                
   Males 4.25 35.94 30.54 21.70 0.11 7.46 100 70.72
   Females 0.97 32.69 34.95 21.68 0 9.71 100 68.61
   Total 3.39 35.08 31.69 21.69 0.08 8.05 100 70.17
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                
   Males 7.28 42.80 26.33 21.90 0.09 1.59 100 76.41
   Females 7.83 43.48 32.17 11.30 0 5.22 100 83.48
   Total 7.29 42.82 26.45 21.68 0.09 1.67 100 76.56
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                
   Males 10.10 47.48 22.22 16.85 0 3.35 100 79.80
   Females 5.02 37.45 29.48 26.47 0.14 1.43 100 71.95
   Total 8.60 44.51 24.37 19.70 0.04 2.78 100 77.48
AIR FORCE RESERVE                
   Males 8.20 46.87 25.19 17.79 0 1.95 100 80.26
   Females 4.80 38.29 29.94 26.49 0 0.48 100 73.03
   Total 6.93 43.66 26.97 21.04 0 1.40 100 77.56
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 7.64 37.13 22.94 29.36 1.96 0.97 100 67.70
   Females 3.92 30.56 25.27 38.99 0.56 0.70 100 59.76
   Total 6.72 35.51 23.52 31.74 1.61 0.91 100 65.74
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS 2              
   Males 8.12 28.97 15.32 18.38 19.63 9.58 100 52.41
   Females 7.60 26.35 15.77 19.18 21.87 9.24 100 49.72
   Total 7.86 27.66 15.54 18.78 20.75 9.41 100 51.07
   
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.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of  Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, October 2015-September 2016 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).