Table A-4.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY17: 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 Unknown TOTAL SUBTOTAL
ARMY                  
   Males 4,072 21,699 16,269 21,965 9,167 1,878 2,613 77,663 42,040
   Females 478 3,769 3,780 6,690 3,683 687 308 19,395 8,027
   Total 4,550 25,468 20,049 28,655 12,850 2,565 2,921 97,058 50,067
   Percent Females 10.51 14.80 18.85 23.35 28.66 26.78 10.54 19.98 16.03
NAVY                  
   Males 3,829 16,332 9,593 7,479 2,377 291 90 39,991 29,754
   Females 578 4,367 3,978 3,897 1,639 184 21 14,664 8,923
   Total 4,407 20,699 13,571 11,376 4,016 475 111 54,655 38,677
   Percent Females 13.12 21.10 29.31 34.26 40.81 38.74 18.92 26.83 23.07
MARINE CORPS                  
   Males 1,689 13,955 10,890 10,830 2,625 325 155 40,469 26,534
   Females 163 1,637 1,610 1,465 523 65 4 5,467 3,410
   Total 1,852 15,592 12,500 12,295 3,148 390 159 45,936 29,944
   Percent Females 8.80 10.50 12.88 11.92 16.61 16.67 2.52 11.90 11.39
AIR FORCE                  
   Males 2,961 15,452 8,677 6,484 1,908 185 530 36,197 27,090
   Females 448 4,429 3,717 3,586 1,404 152 203 13,939 8,594
   Total 3,409 19,881 12,394 10,070 3,312 337 733 50,136 35,684
   Percent Females 13.14 22.28 29.99 35.61 42.39 45.10 27.69 27.80 24.08
TOTAL DoD                  
   Males 12,551 67,438 45,429 46,758 16,077 2,679 3,388 194,320 125,418
   Females 1,667 14,202 13,085 15,638 7,249 1,088 536 53,465 28,954
   Total 14,218 81,640 58,514 62,396 23,326 3,767 3,924 247,785 154,372
   Percent Females 11.72 17.40 22.36 25.06 31.08 28.88 13.66 21.58 18.76
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 Unknown TOTAL SUBTOTAL
ARMY                  
   Males 5.24 27.94 20.95 28.28 11.80 2.42 3.36 100 54.13
   Females 2.46 19.43 19.49 34.49 18.99 3.54 1.59 100 41.39
   Total 4.69 26.24 20.66 29.52 13.24 2.64 3.01 100 51.58
NAVY                  
   Males 9.57 40.84 23.99 18.70 5.94 0.73 0.23 100 74.40
   Females 3.94 29.78 27.13 26.58 11.18 1.25 0.14 100 60.85
   Total 8.06 37.87 24.83 20.81 7.35 0.87 0.20 100 70.77
MARINE CORPS                  
   Males 4.17 34.48 26.91 26.76 6.49 0.80 0.38 100 65.57
   Females 2.98 29.94 29.45 26.80 9.57 1.19 0.07 100 62.37
   Total 4.03 33.94 27.21 26.77 6.85 0.85 0.35 100 65.19
AIR FORCE                  
   Males 8.18 42.69 23.97 17.91 5.27 0.51 1.46 100 74.84
   Females 3.21 31.77 26.67 25.73 10.07 1.09 1.46 100 61.65
   Total 6.80 39.65 24.72 20.09 6.61 0.67 1.46 100 71.17
TOTAL DoD                  
   Males 6.46 34.70 23.38 24.06 8.27 1.38 1.74 100 64.54
   Females 3.12 26.56 24.47 29.25 13.56 2.03 1.00 100 54.16
   Total 5.74 32.95 23.61 25.18 9.41 1.52 1.58 100 62.30
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 FY17.  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.  See http://official-asvab.com/PAY97_res.htm for more information about the 1997 ASVAB norming and civilian population.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).