Table B-3

Table B-3.  FY 1999 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE
RACE/	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				18-24 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	33,883	6,412	40,295		25,745	4,756	30,501		21,075	1,359	22,434		16,934	5,304	22,238		97,637	17,831	115,468		8,520,203	8,419,420	16,939,623
Black	11,370	4,715	16,085		7,744	2,516	10,260		3,875	433	4,308		3,693	2,154	5,847		26,682	9,818	36,500		1,674,417	1,997,295	3,671,712
Hispanic	5,835	1,310	7,145		4,661	1,110	5,771		4,227	344	4,571		1,691	642	2,333		16,414	3,406	19,820		2,024,139	1,884,609	3,908,748
Other	2,667	815	3,482		4,018	886	4,904		1,521	164	1,685		1,317	592	1,909		9,523	2,457	11,980		625,177	644,423	1,269,600
TOTAL	53,755	13,252	67,007		42,168	9,268	51,436		30,698	2,300	32,998		23,635	8,692	32,327		150,256	33,512	183,768		12,843,938	12,945,746	25,789,684
b.  Percent
White	63.03%	48.39%	60.14%		61.05%	51.32%	59.30%		68.65%	59.09%	67.99%		71.65%	61.02%	68.79%		64.98%	53.21%	62.83%		66.34%	65.04%	65.68%
Black	21.15%	35.58%	24.00%		18.36%	27.15%	19.95%		12.62%	18.83%	13.06%		15.63%	24.78%	18.09%		17.76%	29.30%	19.86%		13.04%	15.43%	14.24%
Hispanic	10.85%	9.89%	10.66%		11.05%	11.98%	11.22%		13.77%	14.96%	13.85%		7.15%	7.39%	7.22%		10.92%	10.16%	10.79%		15.76%	14.56%	15.16%
Other	4.96%	6.15%	5.20%		9.53%	9.56%	9.53%		4.95%	7.13%	5.11%		5.57%	6.81%	5.91%		6.34%	7.33%	6.52%		4.87%	4.98%	4.92%
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.