Table B-6.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY19: by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  EDUCATION TIER1        
TIER 1   TIER 2   TIER 3   TOTAL
GENDER    #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %
ARMY                              
   Males 47,313 93.07 3,518 6.92 5 0.01 50,836 100
   Females 10,917 97.20 314 2.80 1 0.01 11,232 100
   Total 58,230 93.82 3,832 6.17 6 0.01 62,068 100
   Percent Females 18.75 8.19 16.67 18.10
NAVY                              
   Males 28,213 97.53 710 2.45 5 0.02 28,928 100
   Females 9,186 98.47 138 1.48 5 0.05 9,329 100
   Total 37,399 97.76 848 2.22 10 0.03 38,257 100
   Percent Females 24.56 16.27 50.00 24.39
MARINE CORPS                              
   Males 28,008 99.45 148 0.53 6 0.02 28,162 100
   Females 3,262 99.85 5 0.15 0 0 3,267 100
   Total 31,270 99.49 153 0.49 6 0.02 31,429 100
   Percent Females 10.43 3.27 0 10.39
AIR FORCE                              
   Males 23,562 98.78 268 1.12 22 0.09 23,852 100
   Females 7,914 99.32 51 0.64 3 0.04 7,968 100
   Total 31,476 98.92 319 1.00 25 0.08 31,820 100
   Percent Females 25.14 15.99 12.00 25.04
TOTAL DoD                              
   Males 127,096 96.45 4,644 3.52 38 0.03 131,778 100
   Females 31,279 98.37 508 1.60 9 0.03 31,796 100
   Total 158,375 96.82 5,152 3.15 47 0.03 163,574 100
   Percent Females 19.75 9.86 19.15 19.44
                               
CIVILIAN POPULATION, 18-24 YEARS-OLD                    
   Males 12,330,455 84.53 (2) (2) 2,256,503 15.47 14,586,959 100
   Females 12,774,262 88.05 (2) (2) 1,734,522 11.95 14,508,784 100
   Total 25,104,717 86.28 (2) (2) 3,991,026 13.72 29,095,743 100
   Percent Females 50.88 43.46 49.87
       
1. Tier 1 recruits are primarily high school diploma graduates, but they also include people with educational backgrounds beyond high school, as well as those who have earned adult education diplomas, those with one semester of college, and those who have attended virtual or distance learning and adult or alternative schools.  Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the General Educational Development (GED) certificate.  Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates.
2. Civilian data combine Tiers 1 and 2.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2018-September 2019 average.  The military data in this table reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2018 through 30 September 2019.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).