Table A-6.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY18: by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
                               
  EDUCATIONAL TIER2
  TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3 TOTAL
GENDER #         %       #         %       #         %       #         %    
ARMY                              
   Males 73,438 94.32 4,417 5.67 8 0.01 77,863 100
   Females 20,267 97.55 506 2.44 3 0.01 20,776 100
   Total 93,705 95.00 4,923 4.99 11 0.01 98,639 100
   Percent Females 21.63 10.28 27.27 21.06
NAVY                              
   Males 41,265 97.79 928 2.20 5 0.01 42,198 100
   Females 16,532 98.72 215 1.28 0 0 16,747 100
   Total 57,797 98.05 1,143 1.94 5 0.01 58,945 100
   Percent Females 28.60 18.81 0 28.41
MARINE CORPS                              
   Males 40,053 99.45 138 0.34 83 0.21 40,274 100
   Females 5,466 99.64 5 0.09 15 0.27 5,486 100
   Total 45,519 99.47 143 0.31 98 0.21 45,760 100
   Percent Females 12.01 3.50 15.31 11.99
AIR FORCE                              
   Males 34,280 98.52 443 1.27 71 0.20 34,794 100
   Females 14,352 99.11 120 0.83 9 0.06 14,481 100
   Total 48,632 98.70 563 1.14 80 0.16 49,275 100
   Percent Females 29.51 21.31 11.25 29.39
TOTAL DoD                              
   Males 189,036 96.88 5,926 3.04 167 0.09 195,129 100
   Females 56,617 98.48 846 1.47 27 0.05 57,490 100
   Total 245,653 97.24 6,772 2.68 194 0.08 252,619 100
   Percent Females 23.05 12.49 13.92 22.76
                               
18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION                        
   Males 12,351,671 84.49 (3) (3) 2,266,978 15.51 14,618,648 100
   Females 12,591,101 86.92 (3) (3) 1,894,975 13.08 14,486,076 100
   Total 24,942,772 85.70 (3) (3) 4,161,953 14.30 29,104,724 100
   Percent Females 50.48 45.53 49.77
   
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. Tier 1 recruits are primarily high school diploma graduates, but they also include people with educational backgrounds beyond high school, as well as those who who have earned adult education diplomas, those with one semester of college, and those who have attended virtual or distance learning and adult or alternative schools.  Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the General Educational Development (GED) certificate.  Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates.
3. Civilian numbers and percentages combine Tiers 1 and 2.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, age 18-24, October 2017-September 2018 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).