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Table B-8. FY 1998 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Education, Service, and Race/Ethnicity with
Civilian Comparison Group |
| RACE/ ETHNICITY |
EDUCATIONAL TIER |
|
TOTAL |
| TIER 1 |
|
TIER 2 |
|
TIER 3 |
|
| # |
% |
|
# |
% |
|
# |
% |
|
# |
% |
| ARMY |
| White |
36,634 |
87.26% |
|
5,311 |
12.65% |
|
37 |
0.09% |
|
41,982 |
100.00% |
| Black |
15,042 |
94.74% |
|
815 |
5.13% |
|
20 |
0.13% |
|
15,877 |
100.00% |
| Hispanic |
6,508 |
92.71% |
|
505 |
7.19% |
|
7 |
0.10% |
|
7,020 |
100.00% |
| Other |
3,199 |
92.94% |
|
242 |
7.03% |
|
1 |
0.03% |
|
3,442 |
100.00% |
| Total |
61,383 |
89.84% |
|
6,873 |
10.06% |
|
65 |
0.10% |
|
68,321 |
100.00% |
| NAVY |
| White |
26,035 |
93.56% |
|
1,179 |
4.24% |
|
612 |
2.20% |
|
27,826 |
100.00% |
| Black |
8,926 |
95.39% |
|
262 |
2.80% |
|
169 |
1.81% |
|
9,357 |
100.00% |
| Hispanic |
4,893 |
94.70% |
|
161 |
3.12% |
|
113 |
2.19% |
|
5,167 |
100.00% |
| Other |
4,147 |
94.77% |
|
143 |
3.27% |
|
86 |
1.97% |
|
4,376 |
100.00% |
| Total |
44,001 |
94.17% |
|
1,745 |
3.73% |
|
980 |
2.10% |
|
46,726 |
100.00% |
| MARINE CORPS |
| White |
21,862 |
95.33% |
|
972 |
4.24% |
|
99 |
0.43% |
|
22,933 |
100.00% |
| Black |
4,243 |
96.52% |
|
141 |
3.21% |
|
12 |
0.27% |
|
4,396 |
100.00% |
| Hispanic |
4,221 |
96.70% |
|
130 |
2.98% |
|
14 |
0.32% |
|
4,365 |
100.00% |
| Other |
1,689 |
96.18% |
|
59 |
3.36% |
|
8 |
0.46% |
|
1,756 |
100.00% |
| Total |
32,015 |
95.71% |
|
1,302 |
3.89% |
|
133 |
0.40% |
|
33,450 |
100.00% |
| AIR FORCE |
| White |
21,413 |
98.52% |
|
290 |
1.33% |
|
32 |
0.15% |
|
21,735 |
100.00% |
| Black |
5,646 |
98.97% |
|
52 |
0.91% |
|
7 |
0.12% |
|
5,705 |
100.00% |
| Hispanic |
2,157 |
98.13% |
|
38 |
1.73% |
|
3 |
0.14% |
|
2,198 |
100.00% |
| Other |
1,871 |
98.68% |
|
21 |
1.11% |
|
4 |
0.21% |
|
1,896 |
100.00% |
| Total |
31,087 |
98.58% |
|
401 |
1.27% |
|
46 |
0.15% |
|
31,534 |
100.00% |
| TOTAL DoD |
| White |
105,944 |
92.55% |
|
7,752 |
6.77% |
|
780 |
0.68% |
|
114,476 |
100.00% |
| Black |
33,857 |
95.82% |
|
1,270 |
3.59% |
|
208 |
0.59% |
|
35,335 |
100.00% |
| Hispanic |
17,779 |
94.82% |
|
834 |
4.45% |
|
137 |
0.73% |
|
18,750 |
100.00% |
| Other |
10,906 |
95.08% |
|
465 |
4.05% |
|
99 |
0.86% |
|
11,470 |
100.00% |
| Total |
168,486 |
93.59% |
|
10,321 |
5.73% |
|
1,224 |
0.68% |
|
180,031 |
100.00% |
| 18-24 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS |
| White |
13,955,465 |
84.03% |
|
** |
** |
|
2,651,677 |
15.97% |
|
16,607,142 |
100.00% |
| Black |
2,630,449 |
73.34% |
|
** |
** |
|
956,018 |
26.66% |
|
3,586,467 |
100.00% |
| Hispanic |
2,242,001 |
59.29% |
|
** |
** |
|
1,539,601 |
40.71% |
|
3,781,602 |
100.00% |
| Other |
1,029,668 |
84.20% |
|
** |
** |
|
193,236 |
15.80% |
|
1,222,904 |
100.00% |
| Total |
19,857,583 |
78.81% |
|
** |
** |
|
5,340,532 |
21.19% |
|
25,198,115 |
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, October 1997-September 1998. |
Last Updated on 11/29/99
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