Table D-13.  Female Active Component Enlisted Members by Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 1970-2019
  SERVICE         18-44 YR-OLD
FISCAL ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   DoD   CIVILIANS
YEAR #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        %
1970 11,476 1.00 5,366 0.90 2,119 0.90 8,987 1.40 27,948 1.10
1971 11,825 1.20 5,476 1.00 1,981 1.00 10,132 1.60 29,414 1.20
1972 12,349 1.80 5,723 1.10 2,066 1.20 11,725 2.00 31,863 1.60
1973 16,448 2.40 8,835 1.80 1,973 1.10 15,022 2.60 42,278 2.20
1974 26,320 3.90 13,143 2.80 2,402 1.40 19,463 3.70 61,328 3.30
1975 37,703 5.60 17,357 3.70 2,841 1.60 25,232 5.00 83,133 4.60
1976 43,806 6.50 19,194 4.20 3,065 1.80 29,235 6.10 95,300 5.30
1977 46,093 6.80 19,210 4.20 3,509 2.00 34,609 7.40 103,421 5.80 41.80
1978 50,288 7.50 20,937 4.50 4,652 2.70 40,710 8.70 116,587 6.60 42.50
1979 54,815 8.30 24,751 5.40 5,501 3.30 45,954 10.00 131,021 7.50 43.00
1980 61,349 9.10 29,806 6.50 6,219 3.70 51,397 11.30 148,771 8.50 43.40
1981 64,877 9.60 34,348 7.30 7,090 4.10 53,902 11.50 160,217 9.00 43.70
1982 64,261 9.60 37,024 7.70 7,874 4.50 54,064 11.30 163,223 9.00 44.00
1983 66,056 9.90 39,873 8.30 8,286 4.70 54,864 11.40 169,079 9.30 44.30
1984 66,664 10.00 41,579 8.50 8,577 4.90 55,339 11.40 172,159 9.50 44.50
1985 67,930 10.20 44,492 9.00 9,041 5.10 57,586 11.80 179,049 9.80 44.90
1986 69,200 10.40 45,602 9.00 9,246 5.20 60,694 12.30 184,742 10.00 45.10
1987 71,136 10.60 45,938 9.00 9,140 5.10 62,666 12.70 188,880 10.20 45.40
1988 71,519 10.80 47,539 9.20 8,959 5.10 60,981 13.10 188,998 10.40 45.50
1989 73,780 11.20 49,602 9.60 8,975 5.10 63,175 13.70 195,532 10.80 45.70
1990 70,741 11.40 49,275 9.80 8,647 4.90 60,250 14.00 188,913 10.90 45.70
1991 67,229 11.20 48,172 9.70 8,278 4.80 58,540 14.30 182,219 10.80 45.50
1992 61,211 12.00 47,688 10.20 7,704 4.70 55,598 14.80 172,201 11.30 45.60
1993 59,668 12.40 45,919 10.50 7,228 4.50 53,940 15.10 166,755 11.60 45.70
1994 58,395 12.90 44,339 11.00 7,029 4.50 53,433 15.70 163,196 12.10 46.10
1995 56,666 13.40 44,375 12.00 7,402 4.70 51,478 16.20 159,921 12.60 46.20
1996 58,084 14.30 43,240 12.20 7,823 5.00 52,129 16.90 161,276 13.20 46.40
1997 61,661 15.10 41,309 12.40 8,499 5.40 53,167 17.80 164,636 13.70 46.50
1998 60,830 15.10 41,367 12.80 8,925 5.70 53,542 18.40 164,664 14.10 46.40
1999 60,283 15.20 41,399 13.20 9,276 6.00 53,968 18.90 164,926 14.30 46.50
2000 62,491 15.50 42,750 13.60 9,499 6.10 54,344 19.30 169,084 14.70 46.60
2001 62,827 15.70 44,630 14.00 9,552 6.20 54,856 19.60 171,865 14.90 46.50
2002 62,806 15.50 46,490 14.30 9,459 6.10 57,957 19.80 176,712 15.00 46.40
2003 62,943 15.20 46,535 14.50 9,560 6.00 59,354 20.00 178,392 15.00 45.70
2004 60,361 14.60 45,318 14.40 9,654 6.10 59,436 19.90 174,769 14.80 45.80
2005 57,196 14.10 43,698 14.30 9,849 6.10 54,906 19.90 165,649 14.40 45.80
2006 58,012 13.80 42,331 14.40 10,045 6.20 54,957 20.10 165,345 14.40 45.70
2007 58,117 13.40 41,144 14.70 10,568 6.30 52,595 20.00 162,424 14.20 45.90
2008 59,703 13.21 41,194 14.96 11,113 6.24 51,404 19.92 163,414 14.04 45.82
2009 59,425 12.97 42,129 15.48 11,757 6.45 51,966 19.73 165,277 14.05 46.10
2010 60,411 12.92 43,153 15.96 12,218 6.74 50,947 19.34 166,729 14.10 46.19
2011 60,255 12.99 43,896 16.44 12,363 6.90 50,301 19.10 166,815 14.22 46.02
2012 57,460 12.85 44,457 17.02 12,633 7.14 49,752 18.86 164,302 14.30 46.53
2013 55,681 12.98 46,991 17.67 12,826 7.35 49,111 18.76 164,609 14.55 46.43
2014 53,859 13.24 48,079 18.00 12,781 7.65 46,696 18.67 161,415 14.80 46.53
2015 53,418 13.61 49,855 18.52 12,625 7.76 46,289 18.79 162,187 15.15 46.58
2016 53,232 14.05 50,176 18.88 13,331 8.19 48,286 19.10 165,025 15.57 46.71
2017 54,415 14.32 51,410 19.40 13,938 8.54 50,087 19.49 169,850 15.94 46.75
2018 54,586 14.38 53,622 19.81 14,343 8.74 51,780 19.99 174,331 16.24 46.91
2019 56,785 14.67   55,924 20.16   14,857 9.03   54,205 20.53   181,771 16.63   47.02
     
Source: Civilian data prior to 1989 represent calendar year. Service data 1970-1972 from OASD (FMP)(MPP)(AP). Service data 1973-2015 from Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). CNA replicated DMDC's approach to produce civilian data for 2016-present using Current Population Survey data. Military data are provided by DMDC.