Table A-1.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY17: by Service, Gender, and Age with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
  SERVICE                
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 17-39 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POP
AGE Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
17 13,511 4,830 18,341 7,015 3,445 10,460 13,171 1,935 15,106 5,108 2,532 7,640 38,805 12,742 51,547 2,218,374 2,186,172 4,404,546
18 17,112 4,590 21,702 10,273 3,782 14,055 12,630 1,677 14,307 9,399 3,361 12,760 49,414 13,410 62,824 2,092,377 1,991,870 4,084,247
19 10,839 2,385 13,224 6,122 2,009 8,131 5,737 710 6,447 5,966 2,040 8,006 28,664 7,144 35,808 1,899,132 1,831,178 3,730,310
20 7,547 1,551 9,098 3,993 1,287 5,280 3,160 395 3,555 3,829 1,351 5,180 18,529 4,584 23,113 2,122,966 2,021,320 4,144,285
21 5,583 1,171 6,754 2,866 917 3,783 1,911 241 2,152 2,772 977 3,749 13,132 3,306 16,438 2,140,198 2,113,883 4,254,081
22 4,869 997 5,866 2,349 740 3,089 1,301 164 1,465 2,246 832 3,078 10,765 2,733 13,498 2,124,850 2,165,393 4,290,242
23 4,006 800 4,806 1,819 602 2,421 869 113 982 1,784 710 2,494 8,478 2,225 10,703 2,139,303 2,178,020 4,317,323
24 3,112 642 3,754 1,452 507 1,959 605 84 689 1,351 524 1,875 6,520 1,757 8,277 2,241,576 2,226,327 4,467,903
25 2,505 557 3,062 1,074 333 1,407 427 49 476 967 413 1,380 4,973 1,352 6,325 2,262,950 2,119,123 4,382,073
26 1,979 402 2,381 800 261 1,061 290 39 329 717 290 1,007 3,786 992 4,778 2,310,521 2,366,222 4,676,743
27 1,614 327 1,941 590 201 791 202 31 233 544 218 762 2,950 777 3,727 2,226,928 2,308,027 4,534,954
28 1,218 263 1,481 418 146 564 108 20 128 318 165 483 2,062 594 2,656 2,209,052 2,269,040 4,478,092
29 985 200 1,185 307 108 415 24 4 28 233 109 342 1,549 421 1,970 2,215,647 2,263,458 4,479,105
30 753 173 926 231 64 295 10 2 12 203 69 272 1,197 308 1,505 2,132,240 2,147,326 4,279,566
31 655 149 804 173 65 238 6 0 6 151 69 220 985 283 1,268 2,172,755 2,112,272 4,285,027
32 482 112 594 152 58 210 8 0 8 123 45 168 765 215 980 2,127,214 2,175,557 4,302,771
33 395 111 506 115 51 166 1 2 3 103 38 141 614 202 816 1,991,698 2,140,869 4,132,567
34 372 119 491 110 37 147 1 1 2 78 36 114 561 193 754 2,116,468 2,207,044 4,323,513
35 45 6 51 54 13 67 1 0 1 75 41 116 175 60 235 2,102,764 2,158,160 4,260,924
36 28 4 32 25 9 34 1 0 1 72 27 99 126 40 166 2,111,375 2,179,896 4,291,271
37 18 2 20 15 13 28 2 0 2 50 36 86 85 51 136 2,058,747 2,137,784 4,196,531
38 13 2 15 18 6 24 0 0 0 52 31 83 83 39 122 1,970,160 2,028,548 3,998,708
39 5 1 6 16 8 24 0 0 0 38 17 55 59 26 85 1,903,413 1,990,722 3,894,135
40+ 17 1 18 4 1 5 0 0 0 17 8 25 38 10 48
Unknown 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 4 1 0 1 5 1 6
Total 77,663 19,395 97,058   39,991 14,664 54,655   40,469 5,467 45,936   36,197 13,939 50,136   194,320 53,465 247,785   48,890,706 49,318,211 98,208,917
Percent
  SERVICE                
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 17-39 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POP
AGE Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
17 17.4 24.9 18.9 17.5 23.5 19.1 32.5 35.4 32.9 14.1 18.2 15.2 20.0 23.8 20.8 4.5 4.4 4.5
18 22.0 23.7 22.4 25.7 25.8 25.7 31.2 30.7 31.1 26.0 24.1 25.5 25.4 25.1 25.4 4.3 4.0 4.2
19 14.0 12.3 13.6 15.3 13.7 14.9 14.2 13.0 14.0 16.5 14.6 16.0 14.8 13.4 14.5 3.9 3.7 3.8
20 9.7 8.0 9.4 10.0 8.8 9.7 7.8 7.2 7.7 10.6 9.7 10.3 9.5 8.6 9.3 4.3 4.1 4.2
21 7.2 6.0 7.0 7.2 6.3 6.9 4.7 4.4 4.7 7.7 7.0 7.5 6.8 6.2 6.6 4.4 4.3 4.3
22 6.3 5.1 6.0 5.9 5.0 5.7 3.2 3.0 3.2 6.2 6.0 6.1 5.5 5.1 5.4 4.3 4.4 4.4
23 5.2 4.1 5.0 4.5 4.1 4.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4
24 4.0 3.3 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.3 4.6 4.5 4.5
25 3.2 2.9 3.2 2.7 2.3 2.6 1.1 0.90 1.0 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6 4.6 4.3 4.5
26 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.0 1.8 1.9 0.72 0.71 0.72 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 4.7 4.8 4.8
27 2.1 1.7 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.4 0.50 0.57 0.51 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 4.6 4.7 4.6
28 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.27 0.37 0.28 0.88 1.2 0.96 1.1 1.1 1.1 4.5 4.6 4.6
29 1.3 1.0 1.2 0.77 0.74 0.76 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.64 0.78 0.68 0.80 0.79 0.80 4.5 4.6 4.6
30 0.97 0.89 0.95 0.58 0.44 0.54 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.56 0.50 0.54 0.62 0.58 0.61 4.4 4.4 4.4
31 0.84 0.77 0.83 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.01 0 0.01 0.42 0.50 0.44 0.51 0.53 0.51 4.4 4.3 4.4
32 0.62 0.58 0.61 0.38 0.40 0.38 0.02 0 0.02 0.34 0.32 0.34 0.39 0.40 0.40 4.4 4.4 4.4
33 0.51 0.57 0.52 0.29 0.35 0.30 0 0.04 0.01 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.32 0.38 0.33 4.1 4.3 4.2
34 0.48 0.61 0.51 0.28 0.25 0.27 0 0.02 0 0.22 0.26 0.23 0.29 0.36 0.30 4.3 4.5 4.4
35 0.06 0.03 0.05 0.14 0.09 0.12 0 0 0 0.21 0.29 0.23 0.09 0.11 0.09 4.3 4.4 4.3
36 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.06 0 0 0 0.20 0.19 0.20 0.06 0.07 0.07 4.3 4.4 4.4
37 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.09 0.05 0 0 0 0.14 0.26 0.17 0.04 0.10 0.05 4.2 4.3 4.3
38 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.04 0 0 0 0.14 0.22 0.17 0.04 0.07 0.05 4.0 4.1 4.1
39 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.05 0.04 0 0 0 0.10 0.12 0.11 0.03 0.05 0.03 3.9 4.0 4.0
40+ 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0 0 0 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.02
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0.01 0 0.01 0 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 100 100 100   100 100 100   100 100 100   100 100 100   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 FY17.    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 2016-September 2017 average. Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).