Table A-4.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY18: 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 4,502 22,325 16,263 20,391 9,233 2,187 2,962 77,863 43,090
   Females 569 4,327 4,043 6,819 3,857 806 355 20,776 8,939
   Total 5,071 26,652 20,306 27,210 13,090 2,993 3,317 98,639 52,029
   Percent Females 11.22 16.24 19.91 25.06 29.47 26.93 10.70 21.06 17.18
NAVY                  
   Males 3,254 15,206 9,501 10,175 3,383 572 107 42,198 27,961
   Females 508 4,161 4,056 5,453 2,254 291 24 16,747 8,725
   Total 3,762 19,367 13,557 15,628 5,637 863 131 58,945 36,686
   Percent Females 13.50 21.49 29.92 34.89 39.99 33.72 18.32 28.41 23.78
MARINE CORPS                  
   Males 1,710 13,512 10,397 11,197 2,933 424 101 40,274 25,619
   Females 160 1,669 1,448 1,573 547 75 14 5,486 3,277
   Total 1,870 15,181 11,845 12,770 3,480 499 115 45,760 28,896
   Percent Females 8.56 10.99 12.22 12.32 15.72 15.03 12.17 11.99 11.34
AIR FORCE                  
   Males 2,964 14,853 8,292 6,178 1,747 201 559 34,794 26,109
   Females 523 4,616 3,801 3,634 1,452 174 281 14,481 8,940
   Total 3,487 19,469 12,093 9,812 3,199 375 840 49,275 35,049
   Percent Females 15.00 23.71 31.43 37.04 45.39 46.40 33.45 29.39 25.51
TOTAL DoD                  
   Males 12,430 65,896 44,453 47,941 17,296 3,384 3,729 195,129 122,779
   Females 1,760 14,773 13,348 17,479 8,110 1,346 674 57,490 29,881
   Total 14,190 80,669 57,801 65,420 25,406 4,730 4,403 252,619 152,660
   Percent Females 12.40 18.31 23.09 26.72 31.92 28.46 15.31 22.76 19.57
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 5.78 28.67 20.89 26.19 11.86 2.81 3.80 100 55.34
   Females 2.74 20.83 19.46 32.82 18.56 3.88 1.71 100 43.03
   Total 5.14 27.02 20.59 27.59 13.27 3.03 3.36 100 52.75
NAVY                  
   Males 7.71 36.03 22.52 24.11 8.02 1.36 0.25 100 66.26
   Females 3.03 24.85 24.22 32.56 13.46 1.74 0.14 100 52.10
   Total 6.38 32.86 23.00 26.51 9.56 1.46 0.22 100 62.24
MARINE CORPS                  
   Males 4.25 33.55 25.82 27.80 7.28 1.05 0.25 100 63.61
   Females 2.92 30.42 26.39 28.67 9.97 1.37 0.26 100 59.73
   Total 4.09 33.18 25.89 27.91 7.60 1.09 0.25 100 63.15
AIR FORCE                  
   Males 8.52 42.69 23.83 17.76 5.02 0.58 1.61 100 75.04
   Females 3.61 31.88 26.25 25.09 10.03 1.20 1.94 100 61.74
   Total 7.08 39.51 24.54 19.91 6.49 0.76 1.70 100 71.13
TOTAL DoD                  
   Males 6.37 33.77 22.78 24.57 8.86 1.73 1.91 100 62.92
   Females 3.06 25.70 23.22 30.40 14.11 2.34 1.17 100 51.98
   Total 5.62 31.93 22.88 25.90 10.06 1.87 1.74 100 60.43
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 FY18.  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).