Table A-4.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY19: 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 4,514 22,552 15,851 22,865 10,198 2,710 2,916 81,606 42,917
   Females 642 4,615 4,454 7,809 4,488 1,050 363 23,421 9,711
   Total 5,156 27,167 20,305 30,674 14,686 3,760 3,279 105,027 52,628
   Percent Females 12.45 16.99 21.94 25.46 30.56 27.93 11.07 22.30 18.45
NAVY                  
   Males 3,464 15,112 9,441 10,348 3,421 582 133 42,501 28,017
   Females 478 3,868 3,782 5,547 2,246 358 28 16,307 8,128
   Total 3,942 18,980 13,223 15,895 5,667 940 161 58,808 36,145
   Percent Females 12.13 20.38 28.60 34.90 39.63 38.09 17.39 27.73 22.49
MARINE CORPS                  
   Males 1,662 13,230 10,006 11,346 3,278 521 100 40,143 24,898
   Females 159 1,603 1,533 1,717 717 115 7 5,851 3,295
   Total 1,821 14,833 11,539 13,063 3,995 636 107 45,994 28,193
   Percent Females 8.73 10.81 13.29 13.14 17.95 18.08 6.54 12.72 11.69
AIR FORCE                  
   Males 2,798 14,744 8,146 6,122 1,910 219 217 34,156 25,688
   Females 492 4,364 3,650 3,749 1,494 183 73 14,005 8,506
   Total 3,290 19,108 11,796 9,871 3,404 402 290 48,161 34,194
   Percent Females 14.95 22.84 30.94 37.98 43.89 45.52 25.17 29.08 24.88
TOTAL DoD                  
   Males 12,438 65,638 43,444 50,681 18,807 4,032 3,366 198,406 121,520
   Females 1,771 14,450 13,419 18,822 8,945 1,706 471 59,584 29,640
   Total 14,209 80,088 56,863 69,503 27,752 5,738 3,837 257,990 151,160
   Percent Females 12.46 18.04 23.60 27.08 32.23 29.73 12.28 23.10 19.61
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 5.53 27.64 19.42 28.02 12.50 3.32 3.57 100 52.59
   Females 2.74 19.70 19.02 33.34 19.16 4.48 1.55 100 41.46
   Total 4.91 25.87 19.33 29.21 13.98 3.58 3.12 100 50.11
NAVY                  
   Males 8.15 35.56 22.21 24.35 8.05 1.37 0.31 100 65.92
   Females 2.93 23.72 23.19 34.02 13.77 2.20 0.17 100 49.84
   Total 6.70 32.27 22.49 27.03 9.64 1.60 0.27 100 61.46
MARINE CORPS                  
   Males 4.14 32.96 24.93 28.26 8.17 1.30 0.25 100 62.02
   Females 2.72 27.40 26.20 29.35 12.25 1.97 0.12 100 56.32
   Total 3.96 32.25 25.09 28.40 8.69 1.38 0.23 100 61.30
AIR FORCE                  
   Males 8.19 43.17 23.85 17.92 5.59 0.64 0.64 100 75.21
   Females 3.51 31.16 26.06 26.77 10.67 1.31 0.52 100 60.74
   Total 6.83 39.68 24.49 20.50 7.07 0.83 0.60 100 71.00
TOTAL DoD                  
   Males 6.27 33.08 21.90 25.54 9.48 2.03 1.70 100 61.25
   Females 2.97 24.25 22.52 31.59 15.01 2.86 0.79 100 49.74
   Total 5.51 31.04 22.04 26.94 10.76 2.22 1.49 100 58.59
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 FY19.  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).