Table B-15.  FY 2008 Active Component Enlisted Members by Age Group, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE																				CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
		ARMY			NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				17 YEARS AND OLDER
AGE	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a.  Number
17-19	30,238	5,913	36,151		16,877	4,577	21,454		27,926	2,035	29,961		11,481	3,591	15,072		86,522	16,116	102,638		2,895,970	2,797,997	5,693,966
20-24	140,907	22,223	163,130		81,401	16,537	97,938		85,530	5,840	91,370		66,377	17,934	84,311		374,215	62,534	436,749		8,062,037	7,151,322	15,213,359
25-29	96,642	14,192	110,834		55,414	10,224	65,638		28,956	1,934	30,890		50,375	14,207	64,582		231,387	40,557	271,944		9,425,993	7,869,324	17,295,316
30-34	53,498	7,127	60,625		34,005	5,052	39,057		12,865	681	13,546		30,756	7,546	38,302		131,124	20,406	151,530		8,850,060	7,207,104	16,057,164
35-39	43,187	6,005	49,192		28,782	2,957	31,739		7,879	403	8,282		26,156	4,945	31,101		106,004	14,310	120,314		9,471,470	7,805,692	17,277,163
40-44	20,661	3,043	23,704		12,728	1,262	13,990		2,793	167	2,960		16,168	2,397	18,565		52,350	6,869	59,219		9,583,398	8,221,746	17,805,144
45-49	5,896	950	6,846		4,060	434	4,494		1,025	43	1,068		4,981	707	5,688		15,962	2,134	18,096		10,007,411	9,007,776	19,015,187
50+	1,332	250	1,582		835	151	986		125	10	135		397	77	474		2,689	488	3,177		23,972,637	21,615,785	45,588,422
Unknown	1	0	1		0	0	0		1	0	1		0	0	0		2	0	2		0	0	0
TOTAL	392,362	59,703	452,065		234,102	41,194	275,296		167,100	11,113	178,213		206,691	51,404	258,095		1,000,255	163,414	1,163,669		82,268,976	71,676,745	153,945,721
b.  Percent
17-19	83.64%	16.36%	100.00%		78.67%	21.33%	100.00%		93.21%	6.79%	100.00%		76.17%	23.83%	100.00%		84.30%	15.70%	100.00%		50.86%	49.14%	100.00%
20-24	86.38%	13.62%	100.00%		83.11%	16.89%	100.00%		93.61%	6.39%	100.00%		78.73%	21.27%	100.00%		85.68%	14.32%	100.00%		52.99%	47.01%	100.00%
25-29	87.20%	12.80%	100.00%		84.42%	15.58%	100.00%		93.74%	6.26%	100.00%		78.00%	22.00%	100.00%		85.09%	14.91%	100.00%		54.50%	45.50%	100.00%
30-34	88.24%	11.76%	100.00%		87.07%	12.93%	100.00%		94.97%	5.03%	100.00%		80.30%	19.70%	100.00%		86.53%	13.47%	100.00%		55.12%	44.88%	100.00%
35-39	87.79%	12.21%	100.00%		90.68%	9.32%	100.00%		95.13%	4.87%	100.00%		84.10%	15.90%	100.00%		88.11%	11.89%	100.00%		54.82%	45.18%	100.00%
40-44	87.16%	12.84%	100.00%		90.98%	9.02%	100.00%		94.36%	5.64%	100.00%		87.09%	12.91%	100.00%		88.40%	11.60%	100.00%		53.82%	46.18%	100.00%
45-49	86.12%	13.88%	100.00%		90.34%	9.66%	100.00%		95.97%	4.03%	100.00%		87.57%	12.43%	100.00%		88.21%	11.79%	100.00%		52.63%	47.37%	100.00%
50+	84.20%	15.80%	100.00%		84.69%	15.31%	100.00%		92.59%	7.41%	100.00%		83.76%	16.24%	100.00%		84.64%	15.36%	100.00%		52.58%	47.42%	100.00%
Unknown	100.00%	0.00%	100.00%		NA	NA	NA		100.00%	0.00%	100.00%		NA	NA	NA		100.00%	0.00%	100.00%		NA	NA	NA
TOTAL	86.79%	13.21%	100.00%		85.04%	14.96%	100.00%		93.76%	6.24%	100.00%		80.08%	19.92%	100.00%		85.96%	14.04%	100.00%		53.44%	46.56%	100.00%
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 17+ year-olds in the civilian workforce, September 2008.