B28 - Enlisted Force by Education & Race/Ethnicity

Table B-28. FY 1998 Active Component Enlisted Members by Education, Service, and Race/Ethnicity with
Civilian Comparison Group

RACE/ ETHNICITY

EDUCATIONAL TIER

 

TOTAL

TIER 1

 

TIER 2

 

TIER 3

 

#

 

%

 

#

 

%

 

#

 

%

 

#

 

%

ARMY

 White

206,964

 

91.43%

 

9,077

 

4.01%

 

10,314

 

4.56%

 

226,355

 

100.00%

 Black

112,901

 

95.34%

 

1,892

 

1.60%

 

3,627

 

3.06%

 

118,420

 

100.00%

 Hispanic

28,386

 

92.49%

 

894

 

2.91%

 

1,410

 

4.59%

 

30,690

 

100.00%

 Other

25,109

 

94.69%

 

742

 

2.80%

 

667

 

2.52%

 

26,518

 

100.00%

 Total

373,360

 

92.88%

 

12,605

 

3.14%

 

16,018

 

3.98%

 

401,983

 

100.00%

NAVY

 White

188,718

 

92.75%

 

10,262

 

5.04%

 

4,500

 

2.21%

 

203,480

 

100.00%

 Black

61,500

 

95.87%

 

1,835

 

2.86%

 

813

 

1.27%

 

64,148

 

100.00%

 Hispanic

26,434

 

91.02%

 

1,966

 

6.77%

 

643

 

2.21%

 

29,043

 

100.00%

 Other

24,151

 

94.98%

 

996

 

3.92%

 

280

 

1.10%

 

25,427

 

100.00%

 Total

300,803

 

93.39%

 

15,059

 

4.68%

 

6,236

 

1.94%

 

322,098

 

100.00%

MARINE CORPS

 White

98,367

 

95.15%

 

4,844

 

4.69%

 

167

 

0.16%

 

103,378

 

100.00%

 Black

24,621

 

95.29%

 

1,183

 

4.58%

 

33

 

0.13%

 

25,837

 

100.00%

 Hispanic

18,274

 

95.91%

 

761

 

3.99%

 

19

 

0.10%

 

19,054

 

100.00%

 Other

6,693

 

95.74%

 

291

 

4.16%

 

7

 

0.10%

 

6,991

 

100.00%

 Total

147,955

 

95.29%

 

7,079

 

4.56%

 

226

 

0.15%

 

155,260

 

100.00%

AIR FORCE

 White

212,676

 

99.91%

 

179

 

0.08%

 

19

 

0.01%

 

212,874

 

100.00%

 Black

51,771

 

99.96%

 

20

 

0.04%

 

2

 

0.00%

 

51,793

 

100.00%

 Hispanic

14,768

 

99.93%

 

8

 

0.05%

 

2

 

0.01%

 

14,778

 

100.00%

 Other

12,138

 

99.94%

 

7

 

0.06%

 

0

 

0.00%

 

12,145

 

100.00%

 Total

291,353

 

99.92%

 

214

 

0.07%

 

23

 

0.01%

 

291,590

 

100.00%

TOTAL DoD

 White

706,725

 

94.72%

 

24,362

 

3.27%

 

15,000

 

2.01%

 

746,087

 

100.00%

 Black

250,793

 

96.39%

 

4,930

 

1.89%

 

4,475

 

1.72%

 

260,198

 

100.00%

 Hispanic

87,862

 

93.90%

 

3,629

 

3.88%

 

2,074

 

2.22%

 

93,565

 

100.00%

 Other

68,091

 

95.79%

 

2,036

 

2.86%

 

954

 

1.34%

 

71,081

 

100.00%

 Total

1,113,471

 

95.09%

 

34,957

 

2.99%

 

22,503

 

1.92%

 

1,170,931

 

100.00%

18-44 YEAR OLD CIVILIAN WORKFORCE

 White

58,245,202

 

92.72%

 

*

 

*

 

4,574,980

 

7.28%

 

62,820,182

 

100.00%

 Black

9,628,417

 

87.67%

 

*

 

*

 

1,353,637

 

12.33%

 

10,982,055

 

100.00%

 Hispanic

6,886,480

 

61.96%

 

*

 

*

 

4,227,707

 

38.04%

 

11,114,188

 

100.00%

 Other

3,738,693

 

90.28%

 

*

 

*

 

402,301

 

9.72%

 

4,140,994

 

100.00%

 Total

78,498,793

 

88.14%

 

*

 

*

 

10,558,626

 

11.86%

 

89,057,419

 

100.00%

 * Civilian numbers and percentages combine tiers 1 and 2.

 Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.

 Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, September 1998.


Last Updated on 11/29/99

 

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