B4 - Accessions by Ethnicity

Table B-4. FY 1998 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Ethnicity and Service

ETHNICITY

SERVICE

 

TOTAL DoD

ARMY

 

NAVY

 

MARINE CORPS

 

AIR FORCE

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

MEXICAN

2,555

3.74%

 

2,192

4.69%

 

2,328

6.96%

 

908

2.88%

 

7,983

4.43%

PUERTO RICAN

1,824

2.67%

 

546

1.17%

 

495

1.48%

 

384

1.22%

 

3,249

1.80%

CUBAN

93

0.14%

 

78

0.17%

 

83

0.25%

 

23

0.07%

 

277

0.15%

 LATIN AMER.

1,108

1.62%

 

403

0.86%

 

277

0.83%

 

145

0.46%

 

1,933

1.07%

 OTHER HISP.

1,440

2.11%

 

1,948

4.17%

 

1,182

3.53%

 

738

2.34%

 

5,308

2.95%

ALEUTIAN

19

0.03%

 

47

0.10%

 

12

0.04%

 

9

0.03%

 

87

0.05%

ESKIMO

29

0.04%

 

28

0.06%

 

9

0.03%

 

5

0.02%

 

71

0.04%

N. AMER. INDIAN

531

0.78%

 

1,461

3.13%

 

372

1.11%

 

170

0.54%

 

2,534

1.41%

CHINESE

91

0.13%

 

82

0.18%

 

51

0.15%

 

23

0.07%

 

247

0.14%

JAPANESE

64

0.09%

 

69

0.15%

 

21

0.06%

 

36

0.11%

 

190

0.11%

KOREAN

349

0.51%

 

137

0.29%

 

73

0.22%

 

88

0.28%

 

647

0.36%

INDIAN

82

0.12%

 

61

0.13%

 

19

0.06%

 

18

0.06%

 

180

0.10%

FILIPINO

503

0.74%

 

1,150

2.46%

 

183

0.55%

 

427

1.35%

 

2,263

1.26%

VIETNAMESE

99

0.14%

 

119

0.25%

 

64

0.19%

 

15

0.05%

 

297

0.16%

OTHER ASIAN

249

0.36%

 

202

0.43%

 

118

0.35%

 

199

0.63%

 

768

0.43%

MELANESIAN

8

0.01%

 

1

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

9

0.00%

MICRONESIAN

26

0.04%

 

18

0.04%

 

4

0.01%

 

7

0.02%

 

55

0.03%

POLYNESIAN

129

0.19%

 

33

0.07%

 

9

0.03%

 

29

0.09%

 

200

0.11%

OTHER PACIFIC

161

0.24%

 

131

0.28%

 

45

0.13%

 

61

0.19%

 

398

0.22%

OTHER/NONE *

58,818

86.09%

 

37,942

81.20%

 

28,001

83.71%

 

28,149

89.27%

 

152,910

84.94%

UNKNOWN

143

0.21%

 

78

0.17%

 

104

0.31%

 

100

0.32%

 

425

0.24%

 

TOTAL

68,321

100.00%

 

46,726

100.00%

 

33,450

100.00%

 

31,534

100.00%

 

180,031

100.00%

 * "Other/None" includes Whites and Blacks who claim no other ethnic category.

 Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.


Last Updated on 11/29/99

 

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