Table 9
Enlisted Accessions by Service, FY73 to FY97 (as total number and
percentage of enlistments)
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Service
Marine
Fiscal
Army
Navy
Corps
Air Force
Total DoD
Year
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
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1973 169,517 41.79
93,648 23.09 48,946 12.07 93,539 23.06 405,650 100.00
1974
179,968 46.30
90,051 23.17 45,323 11.66 73,376 18.88 388,718 100.00
1975
180,311 44.00
98,455 24.03 57,122 13.94 73,870 18.03 409,758 100.00
1976
178,916 45.48
91,380 23.23 51,484 13.09 71,582 18.20 393,362 100.00
1977
216,883 43.81 129,280 26.11 57,579 11.63 91,367 18.45 495,109 100.00
1978
122,399 40.05
78,060 25.54 38,146 12.48 67,039 21.93 305,644 100.00
1979
128,289 41.29
76,980 24.78 38,726 12.46 66,684 21.46 310,679 100.00
1980
158,630 43.97
88,536 24.54 42,085 11.67 71,494 19.82 360,745 100.00
1981
109,209 35.86
85,995 28.24 38,830 12.75 70,472 23.14 304,506 100.00
1982
120,114 39.32
80,095 26.22 37,956 12.43 67,294 22.03 305,459 100.00
1983
132,650 43.71
73,909 24.36 36,628 12.07 60,274 19.86 303,461 100.00
1984
129,682 42.51
77,161 25.29 39,119 12.82 59,101 19.37 305,063 100.00
1985
119,082 39.56
82,930 27.55 34,051 11.31 64,954 21.58 301,017 100.00
1986
126,740 40.39
88,315 28.15 34,669 11.05 64,053 20.41 313,777 100.00
1987
120,376 40.62
87,753 29.61 33,528 11.31 54,668 18.45 296,325 100.00
1988
105,728 38.98
89,779 33.10 34,960 12.89 40,777 15.03 271,244 100.00
1989
112,091 40.35
89,606 32.25 32,941 11.86 43,182 15.54 277,820 100.00
1990
84,516 37.78
70,559 31.54 32,901 14.71 35,749 15.98 223,725 100.00
1991
77,638 37.78
68,472 33.32 29,635 14.42 29,756 14.48 205,501 100.00
1992
76,573 37.98
58,464 29.00 31,768 15.76 34,817 17.27 201,622 100.00
1993
73,937 36.40
63,154 31.09 34,735 17.10 31,289 15.40 203,115 100.00
1994
61,401 34.81
53,496 30.32 31,756 18.00 29,756 16.87 176,409 100.00
1995
57,401 34.31
47,152 28.19 31,946 19.10 30,788 18.40 167,287 100.00
1996
69,910 39.03
46,144 25.76 32,531 18.16 30,548 17.05 179,133 100.00
1997
75,727 40.09
49,131 26.01 33,949 17.97 30,088 15.93 188,895 100.00
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