Table D-7.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Tier 11 Enlisted Accessions by Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 1973-2018
                             
SERVICE   18-24 YR-OLD
FISCAL ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   CIVILIANS
YEAR #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        %
1973 98,618 58.18 66,328 70.83 21,829 44.60 79,464 84.95 266,239 65.64
1974 89,173 49.55 61,879 68.72 20,985 46.30 63,001 85.86 235,038 60.47
1975 103,566 57.44 72,596 73.74 26,804 46.92 64,016 86.66 266,982 65.16
1976 103,780 58.00 71,406 78.14 32,518 63.16 65,017 90.83 272,721 69.33
19772 131,786 60.76 96,554 74.69 41,338 71.79 84,421 92.40 354,099 71.52 79.10
1978 89,427 73.06 56,851 72.83 26,824 70.32 57,509 85.78 230,611 75.45 78.70
1979 82,437 64.26 57,321 74.46 28,136 72.65 55,941 83.89 223,835 72.05 79.00
1980 82,541 52.03 65,132 73.57 29,299 69.62 59,747 83.57 236,719 65.62 78.90
1981 82,902 75.91 65,247 75.87 28,569 73.57 62,699 88.97 239,417 78.62 78.80
1982 97,331 81.03 62,364 77.86 29,428 77.53 63,476 94.33 252,599 82.69 79.20
1983 111,464 84.03 66,967 90.61 31,221 85.24 59,179 98.18 268,831 88.59 79.50
1984 111,901 86.29 71,255 92.35 34,976 89.41 58,349 98.73 276,481 90.63 80.00
1985 102,615 86.17 73,374 88.48 30,765 90.35 64,248 98.91 271,002 90.03 79.80
1986 114,608 90.43 75,264 85.22 31,279 90.22 63,353 98.91 284,504 90.67 80.50
1987 109,835 91.24 79,591 90.70 30,292 90.35 54,158 99.07 273,876 92.42 79.80
1988 98,136 92.82 81,875 91.20 33,377 95.47 40,394 99.06 253,782 93.56 79.90
1989 99,347 88.63 77,834 86.86 31,158 94.59 42,763 99.03 251,102 90.38 80.10
1990 79,631 94.22 63,257 89.65 30,695 93.30 35,421 99.08 209,004 93.42 79.00
1991 74,830 96.38 64,317 93.93 28,399 95.83 29,427 98.89 196,973 95.85 79.20
1992 75,548 98.66 56,234 96.19 30,953 97.43 34,331 98.60 197,066 97.74 79.90
1993 68,778 93.02 58,241 92.22 33,361 96.04 30,890 98.72 191,270 94.17 79.90
1994 57,047 92.91 49,968 93.41 30,275 95.34 29,351 98.64 166,641 94.46 80.10
1995 53,866 93.84 43,566 92.39 30,315 94.89 30,371 98.65 158,118 94.52 79.30
1996 65,260 93.35 42,168 91.38 30,909 95.01 30,198 98.85 168,535 94.08 78.70
1997 68,173 90.02 46,708 95.07 32,669 96.23 29,699 98.71 177,249 93.83 78.80
1998 61,383 89.84 44,001 94.17 32,015 95.71 31,087 98.58 168,486 93.59 78.80
1999 59,074 88.16 45,303 88.08 31,489 95.43 31,787 98.33 167,653 91.23 78.80
2000 57,409 86.46 43,731 88.64 28,853 95.44 32,473 98.81 162,466 90.85 78.80
2001 57,657 83.43 44,457 89.15 28,939 95.99 33,511 99.00 164,564 89.94 79.10
2002 58,725 84.39 39,732 91.34 31,021 97.03 36,135 99.14 165,613 91.24 79.40
2003 58,288 85.79 37,151 92.41 30,806 93.35 35,947 99.34 162,192 91.94 79.20
2004 62,463 85.91 36,993 93.85 29,115 96.55 33,345 98.98 161,916 92.01 79.70
2005 51,821 81.83 35,669 94.54 30,246 94.47 18,968 99.35 136,704 89.84 79.90
2006 51,075 73.22 34,149 95.28 30,217 96.35 30,241 99.38 145,682 87.03 80.70
2007 44,107 70.13 32,189 93.13 32,448 95.32 27,516 99.17 136,260 85.57 81.20
2008 51,137 73.74 35,824 94.40 35,143 94.96 27,309 98.45 149,413 86.84 82.19
2009 54,448 85.52 33,823 96.03 30,035 97.09 31,183 98.12 149,489 92.50 82.83
2010 67,886 96.87 33,273 97.72 27,614 98.56 27,855 98.21 156,628 97.58 82.56
2011 60,277 97.31 32,882 98.58 29,403 98.83 27,802 98.36 150,364 98.08 82.73
2012 56,205 95.44 35,789 98.66 30,177 98.93 28,358 98.61 150,529 97.48 83.08
2013 65,364 98.40 39,144 98.11 31,688 98.77 26,134 99.50 162,330 98.58 84.19
2014 51,894 94.08 33,138 98.52 25,545 98.35 24,010 99.49 134,587 96.89 85.00
2015 55,798 97.91 34,676 99.46 29,359 99.90 23,971 99.77 143,804 98.99 85.19
2016 56,414 96.12 30,235 99.18 30,243 99.87 31,834 99.70 148,726 98.24 85.06
2017 59,630 95.83 34,515 98.73 31,696 99.81 30,530 99.63 156,371 97.99 85.68
2018 60,356 95.02   37,925 97.87   31,212 99.69   29,847 99.49   159,340 97.41   85.70
     
1. Tier 1 accessions are primarily high school diploma graduates, but they also include people with educational backgrounds beyond high school, as well as those with adult education diplomas, one semester of college, and in recent years, some home-schooled and virtual/distance learning graduates.
2. The end of the fiscal year was moved from June 30 to September 30 during calendar year 1977. As a result, the data for FY77 reflect accession counts for five quarters.
Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  Civilian data prior to 1989 represent calendar year.  Civilian data through 2015 are from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files provided by DMDC. Data since 2016, were produced using Current Population Survey data by CNA replicating DMDC's approach for earlier periods.