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Race/Ethnicity. Table 5.3 presents the
racial/ethnic makeup of FY 1998 NPS enlisted accessions by Selected Reserve Component. These figures are similar to those seen in FY 1997, with the greatest changes being found in the USAR NPS recruits, as the
percentage of Whites increased from 59 percent in FY 1997 to 65 percent in FY 1998. The percentage of USAR prior service Whites also increased from FY 1997 to FY 1998 (62 to 66 percent). The percentage of
USAFR NPS Hispanics increased 3 percentage points. Other than these results, differences in the racial/ethnic makeup of the FY 1997 and FY 1998 cohorts were generally less than 3 percentage points.
| Table 5.3. FY 1998 Selected Reserve Non-Prior Service and Prior Service
Enlisted Accessions, by Race/Ethnicity, and Civilians (Percent) |
| Race/ Ethnicity |
Army National Guard |
Army Reserve |
Naval Reserve |
Marine Corps Reserve |
Air National Guard |
Air Force Reserve |
Total DoD |
Civilians * |
| NON-PRIOR SERVICE |
| White |
72.5 |
64.5 |
63.5 |
68.3 |
76.2 |
58.8 |
69.5 |
65.9 |
| Black |
15.9 |
24.5 |
18.5 |
11.6 |
10.3 |
25.8 |
17.7 |
14.2 |
| Hispanic |
7.0 |
5.7 |
11.6 |
13.2 |
5.5 |
7.7 |
7.4 |
15.0 |
| Other |
4.7 |
5.3 |
6.5 |
6.9 |
8.0 |
7.7 |
5.4 |
4.9 |
| PRIOR SERVICE |
| White |
69.4 |
65.8 |
70.5 |
66.7 |
77.1 |
73.5 |
69.0 |
69.8 |
| Black |
19.0 |
25.3 |
16.7 |
13.8 |
11.8 |
15.7 |
19.9 |
12.6 |
| Hispanic |
7.2 |
4.8 |
8.5 |
13.9 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
6.7 |
12.8 |
| Other |
4.4 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
5.6 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
| TOTAL ACCESSIONS |
| White |
71.0 |
65.4 |
69.5 |
67.6 |
76.8 |
71.0 |
69.2 |
|
| Black |
17.4 |
25.0 |
16.9 |
12.5 |
11.2 |
17.4 |
19.9 |
|
| Hispanic |
7.1 |
5.1 |
9.0 |
13.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
7.0 |
|
| Other |
4.5 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
6.4 |
6.5 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
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Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* NPS civilian comparison is 18- to 24-year-old civilians;
prior service civilian comparison is 20- to 39-year-old civilian labor force.
Also see Appendix Tables C-3
(NPS Race/Ethnicity by Component and Gender) and C-11 (Prior Service Race/Ethnicity by Component and Gender).
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 1997 – September 1998. |
Since the inception of the All Volunteer Force, Blacks have been somewhat
overrepresented in the active duty ranks, while Whites and Hispanics have been underrepresented as compared to the nation's youth population as a whole. We
would expect this to be reflected in the makeup of the Reserve Forces. Table 5.3 demonstrates that the proportion of prior service Black accessions in each of the
Selected Reserve components, except the ANG, is higher than their representation among the 20- to 39-year-old civilian labor force. Conversely, Hispanics are
underrepresented across the board, with the exception of the USMCR's prior service recruits. In previous years, Whites also have made up a smaller proportion
of Reserve accessions than of the comparison group. However, in FY 1998, the proportion of NPS White accessions in the ARNG, USMCR, and ANG and prior
service White accessions in the ARNG and ANG was higher than in the civilian comparison groups.Black females represented the largest proportion of minority Reserve accessions (see Appendix Tables C-3 and C-11). Across the Reserve Component, the proportion
of Black women (29 and 31 percent for NPS and prior service, respectively) was nearly twice that of Black men (14 and 18 percent for NPS and prior service,
respectively). The USAR had the highest proportion of Black female recruits (35 percent of NPS and 37 percent of prior service). The USAFR also had a 35-percent proportion of NPS Black females. Go to next.
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