Table B-15

Table B-15.  FY 1999 PS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE
RACE/	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				17-35 YR OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a.  Number
White	2,301	177	2,478		495	52	547		62	2	64		503	72	575		3,361	303	3,664		20,848,113	18,325,298	39,173,410
Black	760	229	989		181	33	214		12	3	15		38	15	53		991	280	1,271		3,413,261	3,927,625	7,340,886
Hispanic	317	25	342		57	13	70		15	0	15		17	8	25		406	46	452		4,711,521	3,075,347	7,786,868
Other	118	26	144		46	11	57		5	0	5		29	6	35		198	43	241		1,426,067	1,258,624	2,684,690
TOTAL	3,496	457	3,953		779	109	888		94	5	99		587	101	688		4,956	672	5,628		30,398,961	26,586,893	56,985,854
b.  Percent
White	65.82%	38.73%	62.69%		63.54%	47.71%	61.60%		65.96%	40.00%	64.65%		85.69%	71.29%	83.58%		67.82%	45.09%	65.10%		68.58%	68.93%	68.74%
Black	21.74%	50.11%	25.02%		23.23%	30.28%	24.10%		12.77%	60.00%	15.15%		6.47%	14.85%	7.70%		20.00%	41.67%	22.58%		11.23%	14.77%	12.88%
Hispanic	9.07%	5.47%	8.65%		7.32%	11.93%	7.88%		15.96%	0.00%	15.15%		2.90%	7.92%	3.63%		8.19%	6.85%	8.03%		15.50%	11.57%	13.66%
Other	3.38%	5.69%	3.64%		5.91%	10.09%	6.42%		5.32%	0.00%	5.05%		4.94%	5.94%	5.09%		4.00%	6.40%	4.28%		4.69%	4.73%	4.71%
TOTAL	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, October 1998-September 1999.