Table E-3.  Coast Guard Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY16: by Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT) Category, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Number
  AFQT CATEGORY2  
GENDER I   II  IIIA  IIIB  IV   V   Other/Unk. TOTAL
Males 415 2,131 1,286 1,032 448 88 57 5,457
Females 52 335 244 266 133 13 11 1,054
TOTAL 467 2,466 1,530 1,298 581 101 68 6,511
   Percent Females 11.1 13.6 15.9 20.5 22.9 12.9 16.2 16.2
RACE/ETHNICITY                
White 425 2,139 1,274 988 394 61 58 5,339
Black 11 149 136 205 121 26 4 652
AIAN3 4 28 17 10 2 1 0 62
Asian 14 49 24 28 15 1 1 132
NHPI4 4 22 30 21 15 3 2 97
Two or more 9 44 23 20 13 4 3 116
Unknown 0 35 26 26 21 5 0 113
TOTAL 467 2,466 1,530 1,298 581 101 68 6,511
Hispanic 44 398 349 353 229 50 16 1,439
Not Hispanic 422 2,067 1,181 945 352 51 52 5,070
Unknown 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
TOTAL 467 2,466 1,530 1,298 581 101 68 6,511
Percent
  AFQT CATEGORY2  
GENDER I      II      IIIA      IIIB      IV      V      Other/Unk. TOTAL
Males 7.6 39.1 23.6 18.9 8.2 1.6 1.0 100
Females 4.9 31.8 23.1 25.2 12.6 1.2 1.0 100
TOTAL 7.2 37.9 23.5 19.9 8.9 1.6 1.0 100
RACE/ETHNICITY                
White 8.0 40.1 23.9 18.5 7.4 1.1 1.1 100
Black 1.7 22.9 20.9 31.4 18.6 4.0 0.61 100
AIAN3 6.5 45.2 27.4 16.1 3.2 1.6 0 100
Asian 10.6 37.1 18.2 21.2 11.4 0.76 0.76 100
NHPI4 4.1 22.7 30.9 21.6 15.5 3.1 2.1 100
Two or more 7.8 37.9 19.8 17.2 11.2 3.4 2.6 100
Unknown 0 31.0 23.0 23.0 18.6 4.4 0 100
TOTAL 7.2 37.9 23.5 19.9 8.9 1.6 1.0 100
Hispanic 3.1 27.7 24.3 24.5 15.9 3.5 1.1 100
Not Hispanic 8.3 40.8 23.3 18.6 6.9 1.0 1.0 100
Unknown 50.0 50.0 0 0 0 0 0 100
TOTAL 7.2 37.9 23.5 19.9 8.9 1.6 1.0 100
   
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.
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. American Indian, Alaska Native
4. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).