Table B-2.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY18: by Gender, Marital Status, and Age with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
  MILITARY   CIVILIAN POPULATION, 17-39 YEARS-OLD
MALES FEMALES   TOTAL DoD MALES FEMALES
AGE Married Single Total Married Single Total   Married Single Total Married Single Total Married Single Total
17 26 4,560 4,586 8 1,535 1,543 34 6,095 6,129 15,055 2,291,580 2,306,635 14,896 2,230,045 2,244,942
18 529 44,227 44,756 202 10,690 10,892 731 54,917 55,648 14,564 2,051,322 2,065,886 31,858 1,992,843 2,024,701
19 810 27,067 27,877 257 5,382 5,639 1,067 32,449 33,516 30,869 1,867,483 1,898,352 51,772 1,797,746 1,849,519
20 876 14,651 15,527 295 2,921 3,216 1,171 17,572 18,743 48,023 2,056,348 2,104,371 124,013 1,920,588 2,044,601
21 903 9,055 9,958 286 1,867 2,153 1,189 10,922 12,111 102,527 2,037,025 2,139,552 180,058 1,951,492 2,131,551
22 997 6,738 7,735 299 1,380 1,679 1,296 8,118 9,414 135,610 1,944,110 2,079,719 255,117 1,851,005 2,106,122
23 957 5,107 6,064 353 1,106 1,459 1,310 6,213 7,523 192,008 1,938,740 2,130,748 347,973 1,812,126 2,160,098
24 864 3,751 4,615 283 806 1,089 1,147 4,557 5,704 289,556 1,910,463 2,200,018 445,503 1,723,982 2,169,485
25 773 2,548 3,321 255 553 808 1,028 3,101 4,129 403,199 1,916,119 2,319,318 570,715 1,627,466 2,198,181
26 675 1,742 2,417 207 402 609 882 2,144 3,026 483,788 1,754,409 2,238,197 694,343 1,568,142 2,262,485
27 547 1,233 1,780 165 265 430 712 1,498 2,210 604,416 1,665,153 2,269,569 861,194 1,531,714 2,392,908
28 449 853 1,302 168 178 346 617 1,031 1,648 770,431 1,528,201 2,298,632 937,404 1,371,514 2,308,919
29 341 503 844 125 140 265 466 643 1,109 874,499 1,430,310 2,304,809 1,079,059 1,213,642 2,292,701
30 280 348 628 100 65 165 380 413 793 928,917 1,315,067 2,243,984 1,139,170 1,050,620 2,189,790
31 201 234 435 71 59 130 272 293 565 1,024,258 1,110,708 2,134,966 1,162,045 962,325 2,124,370
32 148 161 309 44 47 91 192 208 400 1,102,976 1,061,477 2,164,453 1,258,516 940,770 2,199,286
33 149 132 281 48 35 83 197 167 364 1,106,588 988,382 2,094,970 1,249,134 916,003 2,165,137
34 124 99 223 61 34 95 185 133 318 1,166,103 871,401 2,037,504 1,335,168 845,653 2,180,821
35 33 27 60 21 8 29 54 35 89 1,256,717 850,092 2,106,808 1,333,075 867,591 2,200,666
36 18 16 34 9 9 18 27 25 52 1,303,563 817,485 2,121,048 1,313,283 825,573 2,138,856
37 10 10 20 6 2 8 16 12 28 1,363,673 737,390 2,101,064 1,325,884 842,893 2,168,777
38 10 5 15 8 4 12 18 9 27 1,296,581 725,803 2,022,384 1,375,244 780,485 2,155,729
39 12 9 21 9 1 10 21 10 31 1,361,449 645,832 2,007,281 1,256,791 761,759 2,018,550
40+ 4 0 4 0 1 1 4 1 5
TOTAL 1 9,736 123,076 132,812   3,280 27,490 30,770   13,016 150,566 163,582   15,875,369 33,514,901 49,390,270   18,342,217 31,385,976 49,728,193
Percent by Age
  MILITARY   CIVILIAN POPULATION, 17-39 YEARS-OLD
MALES FEMALES   TOTAL DoD MALES FEMALES
AGE Married Single Total Married Single Total   Married Single Total Married Single Total Married Single Total
17 0.57 99.43 100 0.52 99.48 100 0.26 4.05 3.75 0.65 99.35 100 0.66 99.34 100
18 1.18 98.82 100 1.85 98.15 100 5.62 36.47 34.02 0.70 99.30 100 1.57 98.43 100
19 2.91 97.09 100 4.56 95.44 100 8.20 21.55 20.49 1.63 98.37 100 2.80 97.20 100
20 5.64 94.36 100 9.17 90.83 100 9.00 11.67 11.46 2.28 97.72 100 6.07 93.93 100
21 9.07 90.93 100 13.28 86.72 100 9.13 7.25 7.40 4.79 95.21 100 8.45 91.55 100
22 12.89 87.11 100 17.81 82.19 100 9.96 5.39 5.75 6.52 93.48 100 12.11 87.89 100
23 15.78 84.22 100 24.19 75.81 100 10.06 4.13 4.60 9.01 90.99 100 16.11 83.89 100
24 18.72 81.28 100 25.99 74.01 100 8.81 3.03 3.49 13.16 86.84 100 20.53 79.47 100
25 23.28 76.72 100 31.56 68.44 100 7.90 2.06 2.52 17.38 82.62 100 25.96 74.04 100
26 27.93 72.07 100 33.99 66.01 100 6.78 1.42 1.85 21.62 78.38 100 30.69 69.31 100
27 30.73 69.27 100 38.37 61.63 100 5.47 0.99 1.35 26.63 73.37 100 35.99 64.01 100
28 34.49 65.51 100 48.55 51.45 100 4.74 0.68 1.01 33.52 66.48 100 40.60 59.40 100
29 40.40 59.60 100 47.17 52.83 100 3.58 0.43 0.68 37.94 62.06 100 47.06 52.94 100
30 44.59 55.41 100 60.61 39.39 100 2.92 0.27 0.48 41.40 58.60 100 52.02 47.98 100
31 46.21 53.79 100 54.62 45.38 100 2.09 0.19 0.35 47.98 52.02 100 54.70 45.30 100
32 47.90 52.10 100 48.35 51.65 100 1.48 0.14 0.24 50.96 49.04 100 57.22 42.78 100
33 53.02 46.98 100 57.83 42.17 100 1.51 0.11 0.22 52.82 47.18 100 57.69 42.31 100
34 55.61 44.39 100 64.21 35.79 100 1.42 0.09 0.19 57.23 42.77 100 61.22 38.78 100
35 55.00 45.00 100 72.41 27.59 100 0.41 0.02 0.05 59.65 40.35 100 60.58 39.42 100
36 52.94 47.06 100 50.00 50.00 100 0.21 0.02 0.03 61.46 38.54 100 61.40 38.60 100
37 50.00 50.00 100 75.00 25.00 100 0.12 0.01 0.02 64.90 35.10 100 61.14 38.86 100
38 66.67 33.33 100 66.67 33.33 100 0.14 0.01 0.02 64.11 35.89 100 63.79 36.21 100
39 57.14 42.86 100 90.00 10.00 100 0.16 0.01 0.02 67.83 32.17 100 62.26 37.74 100
40+ 100 0 100 0 100 100 0.03 0 0
TOTAL 1 7.33 92.67 100   10.66 89.34 100   100 100 100   32.14 67.86 100   36.88 63.12 100
Percent by Marital Status
  MILITARY   CIVILIAN POPULATION, 17-39 YEARS-OLD
MALES FEMALES   TOTAL DoD MALES FEMALES
AGE Married Single Total Married Single Total   Married Single Total Married Single Total Married Single Total
17 0.27 3.71 3.45 0.24 5.58 5.01 0 0 0 0.09 6.84 4.67 0.08 7.11 4.51
18 5.43 35.93 33.70 6.16 38.89 35.40 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.09 6.12 4.18 0.17 6.35 4.07
19 8.32 21.99 20.99 7.84 19.58 18.33 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.19 5.57 3.84 0.28 5.73 3.72
20 9.00 11.90 11.69 8.99 10.63 10.45 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.30 6.14 4.26 0.68 6.12 4.11
21 9.27 7.36 7.50 8.72 6.79 7.00 0.07 0 0 0.65 6.08 4.33 0.98 6.22 4.29
22 10.24 5.47 5.82 9.12 5.02 5.46 0.08 0 0 0.85 5.80 4.21 1.39 5.90 4.24
23 9.83 4.15 4.57 10.76 4.02 4.74 0.08 0 0 1.21 5.78 4.31 1.90 5.77 4.34
24 8.87 3.05 3.47 8.63 2.93 3.54 0.07 0 0 1.82 5.70 4.45 2.43 5.49 4.36
25 7.94 2.07 2.50 7.77 2.01 2.63 0.06 0 0 2.54 5.72 4.70 3.11 5.19 4.42
26 6.93 1.42 1.82 6.31 1.46 1.98 0.05 0 0 3.05 5.23 4.53 3.79 5.00 4.55
27 5.62 1.00 1.34 5.03 0.96 1.40 0.04 0 0 3.81 4.97 4.60 4.70 4.88 4.81
28 4.61 0.69 0.98 5.12 0.65 1.12 0.04 0 0 4.85 4.56 4.65 5.11 4.37 4.64
29 3.50 0.41 0.64 3.81 0.51 0.86 0.03 0 0 5.51 4.27 4.67 5.88 3.87 4.61
30 2.88 0.28 0.47 3.05 0.24 0.54 0.02 0 0 5.85 3.92 4.54 6.21 3.35 4.40
31 2.06 0.19 0.33 2.16 0.21 0.42 0.02 0 0 6.45 3.31 4.32 6.34 3.07 4.27
32 1.52 0.13 0.23 1.34 0.17 0.30 0.01 0 0 6.95 3.17 4.38 6.86 3.00 4.42
33 1.53 0.11 0.21 1.46 0.13 0.27 0.01 0 0 6.97 2.95 4.24 6.81 2.92 4.35
34 1.27 0.08 0.17 1.86 0.12 0.31 0.01 0 0 7.35 2.60 4.13 7.28 2.69 4.39
35 0.34 0.02 0.05 0.64 0.03 0.09 0 0 0 7.92 2.54 4.27 7.27 2.76 4.43
36 0.18 0.01 0.03 0.27 0.03 0.06 0 0 0 8.21 2.44 4.29 7.16 2.63 4.30
37 0.10 0.01 0.02 0.18 0.01 0.03 0 0 0 8.59 2.20 4.25 7.23 2.69 4.36
38 0.10 0 0.01 0.24 0.01 0.04 0 0 0 8.17 2.17 4.09 7.50 2.49 4.34
39 0.12 0.01 0.02 0.27 0 0.03 0 0 0 8.58 1.93 4.06 6.85 2.43 4.06
40+ 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1 100 100 100   100 100 100   0.77 0.07 0.06   100 100 100   100 100 100
       
1. DoD FY18 NPS accessions do not include 0 individuals whose age and/or marital status was unknown.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 17-39 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2017-September 2018 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The data in this table reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2017 through 30 September 2018.