Table D-1.  Number of 18 Year-Old Youth and Military Non-Prior Service (NPS) Accessions by Gender, 1950-2016 (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 26.98   1986 1,849 1,774 314 8.66
1955 1,074 1,068 623 29.08   1987 1,892 1,812 296 8.00
1956 1,132 1,113 482 21.47   1988 1,947 1,856 271 7.13
1957 1,148 1,126 457 20.10   1989 1,994 1,894 278 7.15
1958 1,164 1,143 367 15.91   1990 1,849 1,755 224 6.21
1959 1,228 1,203 392 16.13   1991 1,740 1,651 206 6.06
1960 1,323 1,289 389 14.89   1992 1,696 1,615 202 6.09
1961 1,507 1,469 395 13.27   1993 1,740 1,653 203 5.99
1962 1,424 1,393 519 18.42   1994 1,716 1,633 176 5.27
1963 1,409 1,377 370 13.28   1995 1,796 1,710 167 4.77
1964 1,398 1,365 477 17.26   1996 1,812 1,726 179 5.06
1965 1,929 1,876 414 10.88   1997 1,869 1,780 189 5.18
1966 1,792 1,743 903 25.54   1998 1,965 1,872 180 4.69
1967 1,794 1,751 770 21.72   1999 1,965 1,873 184 4.79
1968 1,791 1,749 843 23.81   2000 2,011 1,918 179 4.55
1969 1,858 1,818 822 22.36   2001 2,037 1,933 183 4.61
1970 1,914 1,868 632 16.71   2002 2,001 1,898 182 4.66
1971 1,962 1,917 544 14.02   2003 2,063 1,957 176 4.39
1972 2,010 1,966 418 10.51   2004 2,074 1,966 176 4.36
1973 2,052 2,000 406 10.01   2005 2,081 1,975 152 3.75
1974 2,078 2,024 389 9.48   2006 2,110 2,005 167 4.07
1975 2,159 2,097 410 9.63   2007 2,160 2,050 159 3.78
1976 2,164 2,101 393 9.22   2008 2,241 2,127 172 3.94
19771 2,159 2,099 495 11.63   2009 2,253 2,140 162 3.68
1978 2,157 2,090 306 7.20   2010 2,148 2,013 161 3.86
1979 2,196 2,121 311 7.20   2011 2,177 2,064 153 3.61
1980 2,156 2,089 361 8.50   2012 2,169 2,072 154 3.64
1981 2,128 2,058 305 7.27   2013 2,072 1,981 165 4.06
1982 2,107 2,030 305 7.38   2014 2,124 1,954 139 3.41
1983 2,022 1,955 303 7.63   2015 2,094 2,036 145 3.52
1984 1,922 1,852 305 8.08   2016 2,088 2,000 151 3.70
1985 1,877 1,809 301 8.17            
     
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.
Accessions reported for 1954-1963 include males only; including females would increase accessions by less than 2 percent.
DMDC did not provide 2016 civilian data; 2016 data is provided as an estimate for the 2016 population.
Civilian data compiled by the Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC (21 June 1993) and DMDC.