Table B-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY19: 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 3,070 16,527 12,071 18,074 1,063 31 50,836 31,668
   Females 354 2,843 2,756 5,074 192 13 11,232 5,953
   Total 3,424 19,370 14,827 23,148 1,255 44 62,068 37,621
   Percent Females 10.34 14.68 18.59 21.92 15.30 29.55 18.10 15.82
NAVY                
   Males 2,775 12,011 6,752 7,360 1 29 28,928 21,538
   Females 384 2,873 2,587 3,479 1 5 9,329 5,844
   Total 3,159 14,884 9,339 10,839 2 34 38,257 27,382
   Percent Females 12.16 19.30 27.70 32.10 50.00 14.71 24.39 21.34
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 1,311 10,491 7,751 8,597 1 11 28,162 19,553
   Females 119 1,089 1,024 1,035 0 0 3,267 2,232
   Total 1,430 11,580 8,775 9,632 1 11 31,429 21,785
   Percent Females 8.32 9.40 11.67 10.75 0 0 10.39 10.25
AIR FORCE                
   Males 2,119 11,518 6,103 3,795 0 317 23,852 19,740
   Females 361 3,174 2,441 1,909 0 83 7,968 5,976
   Total 2,480 14,692 8,544 5,704 0 400 31,820 25,716
   Percent Females 14.56 21.60 28.57 33.47 ----- 20.75 25.04 23.24
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 9,275 50,547 32,677 37,826 1,065 388 131,778 92,499
   Females 1,218 9,979 8,808 11,497 193 101 31,796 20,005
   Total 10,493 60,526 41,485 49,323 1,258 489 163,574 112,504
   Percent Females 11.61 16.49 21.23 23.31 15.34 20.65 19.44 17.78
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 6.04 32.51 23.74 35.55 2.09 0.06 100 62.29
   Females 3.15 25.31 24.54 45.17 1.71 0.12 100 53.00
   Total 5.52 31.21 23.89 37.29 2.02 0.07 100 60.61
NAVY                
   Males 9.59 41.52 23.34 25.44 0 0.10 100 74.45
   Females 4.12 30.80 27.73 37.29 0.01 0.05 100 62.64
   Total 8.26 38.91 24.41 28.33 0.01 0.09 100 71.57
MARINE CORPS                
   Males 4.66 37.25 27.52 30.53 0 0.04 100 69.43
   Females 3.64 33.33 31.34 31.68 0 0 100 68.32
   Total 4.55 36.84 27.92 30.65 0 0.03 100 69.31
AIR FORCE                
   Males 8.88 48.29 25.59 15.91 0 1.33 100 82.76
   Females 4.53 39.83 30.64 23.96 0 1.04 100 75.00
   Total 7.79 46.17 26.85 17.93 0 1.26 100 80.82
TOTAL DoD                
   Males 7.04 38.36 24.80 28.70 0.81 0.29 100 70.19
   Females 3.83 31.38 27.70 36.16 0.61 0.32 100 62.92
   Total 6.41 37.00 25.36 30.15 0.77 0.30 100 68.78
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 2018 through 30 September 2019.