Table B-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY18: by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Category, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
Number
  AFQT CATEGORY1   I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Unknown TOTAL Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 3,324 18,022 13,396 16,840 1,064 37 52,683 34,742
   Females 332 2,930 2,662 4,746 153 13 10,836 5,924
   Total 3,656 20,952 16,058 21,586 1,217 50 63,519 40,666
   Percent Females 9.08 13.98 16.58 21.99 12.57 26.00 17.06 14.57
NAVY                
   Males 2,775 12,810 7,409 6,299 0 15 29,308 22,994
   Females 363 3,006 2,790 3,283 0 2 9,444 6,159
   Total 3,138 15,816 10,199 9,582 0 17 38,752 29,153
   Percent Females 11.57 19.01 27.36 34.26 ----- 11.76 24.37 21.13
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 1,346 10,583 7,823 8,268 1 8 28,029 19,752
   Females 129 1,124 1,045 981 1 1 3,281 2,298
   Total 1,475 11,707 8,868 9,249 2 9 31,310 22,050
   Percent Females 8.75 9.60 11.78 10.61 50.00 11.11 10.48 10.42
AIR FORCE                
   Males 2,205 10,815 5,868 3,462 3 439 22,792 18,888
   Females 324 2,936 2,238 1,594 1 116 7,209 5,498
   Total 2,529 13,751 8,106 5,056 4 555 30,001 24,386
   Percent Females 12.81 21.35 27.61 31.53 25.00 20.90 24.03 22.55
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 9,650 52,230 34,496 34,869 1,068 499 132,812 96,376
   Females 1,148 9,996 8,735 10,604 155 132 30,770 19,879
   Total 10,798 62,226 43,231 45,473 1,223 631 163,582 116,255
   Percent Females 10.63 16.06 20.21 23.32 12.67 20.92 18.81 17.10
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS2              
   Males 858,426 3,063,109 1,619,470 1,943,276 2,075,562 1,012,481 10,572,324 5,541,005
   Females 800,745 2,775,846 1,661,068 2,021,007 2,303,734 972,965 10,535,365 5,237,659
   Total 1,659,171 5,838,955 3,280,538 3,964,283 4,379,296 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 CATEGORY1   I + II + IIIA
GENDER       I      II     IIIA     IIIB      IV Unknown TOTAL Subtotal
ARMY                
   Males 6.31 34.21 25.43 31.96 2.02 0.07 100 65.95
   Females 3.06 27.04 24.57 43.80 1.41 0.12 100 54.67
   Total 5.76 32.99 25.28 33.98 1.92 0.08 100 64.02
NAVY                
   Males 9.47 43.71 25.28 21.49 0 0.05 100 78.46
   Females 3.84 31.83 29.54 34.76 0 0.02 100 65.22
   Total 8.10 40.81 26.32 24.73 0 0.04 100 75.23
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 4.80 37.76 27.91 29.50 0 0.03 100 70.47
   Females 3.93 34.26 31.85 29.90 0.03 0.03 100 70.04
   Total 4.71 37.39 28.32 29.54 0.01 0.03 100 70.42
AIR FORCE                
   Males 9.67 47.45 25.75 15.19 0.01 1.93 100 82.87
   Females 4.49 40.73 31.04 22.11 0.01 1.61 100 76.27
   Total 8.43 45.84 27.02 16.85 0.01 1.85 100 81.28
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 7.27 39.33 25.97 26.25 0.80 0.38 100 72.57
   Females 3.73 32.49 28.39 34.46 0.50 0.43 100 64.61
   Total 6.60 38.04 26.43 27.80 0.75 0.39 100 71.07
1997,  18-23 YR-OLD CIVILIANS2              
   Males 8.12 28.97 15.32 18.38 19.63 9.58 100 52.41
   Females 7.60 26.35 15.77 19.18 21.87 9.24 100 49.72
   Total 7.86 27.66 15.54 18.78 20.75 9.41 100 51.07
   
1. 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
2. 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.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  See http://official-asvab.com/PAY97_res.htm for more information about the 1997 ASVAB norming and civilian population.  Civilian and military data are provided by Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The military data in this table reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2017 through 30 September 2018.