CHAPTER 2
Active Component Non-Prior Service Applicants

Chapter 2

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In FY 1999, approximately 344,000 individuals applied to serve in the active enlisted military force (Appendix Table A-1). The distribution of FY 1999 Active Component NPS applicants by race/ethnicity and gender is shown in Table 2.2.

 

Table 2.2. Race/Ethnicity and Gender of FY 1999 Active Component NPS Applicants*, by Service

 

Army

Navy

Marine Corps

Air Force

DoD

MALES

White

60.8

58.1

66.0

70.4

62.2

Black

22.6

20.9

15.0

17.0

20.0

Hispanic

10.9

11.1

13.6

6.7

10.9

Other

5.7

10.0

5.5

5.9

6.8

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

FEMALES

White

47.3

48.2

58.3

60.1

50.7

Black

36.1

30.9

20.7

25.8

31.9

Hispanic

10.2

11.2

14.9

7.5

10.2

Other

6.4

9.7

6.2

6.6

7.2

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

TOTAL

Male

75.0

78.5

91.1

69.0

77.6

Female

25.0

21.6

8.9

31.0

22.4

Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* Applicant data reported for FY 1999 are based on the DMDC edit version of the MEPCOM file, which has been "cleaned" by the edit process. FY 1999 applicant data are consistent with Information Delivery System (IDS) data. However, comparisons of FY 1999 applicant data to data reported in Population Representation reports for FY 1994 or earlier (from unedited MEPCOM files) may show differences.
Also see Appendix Tables A-3 (Race/Ethnicity by Service and Gender) and A-4 (Ethnicity by Service).

Seventy-eight percent of the applicants were male, of whom 62 percent were White, 20 percent Black, 11 percent Hispanic, and 7 percent “Other.” [1] For female applicants, approximately 51 percent were White, 32 percent Black, 10 percent Hispanic, and 7 percent “Other.”Additional statistics on applicant characteristics (e.g., age, education levels, AFQT scores, and marital status, by gender and race/ethnicity) are contained in Appendix A, Tables A-1 through A-8.


[1] Includes Native Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders.


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