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
 74,321 19,308 93,629   41,574 9,311 50,885   32,871 2,615 35,486   25,770 9,450 35,220   174,536 40,684 215,220   8,634,718 8,619,718 17,254,436
Black
 26,407 15,671 42,078   15,547 5,819 21,366   7,196 1,002 8,198   7,208 4,919 12,127   56,358 27,411 83,769   1,730,101 2,025,529 3,755,630
Hispanic
 14,052 4,782 18,834   8,876 2,509 11,385   6,982 647 7,629   2,564 1,264 3,828   32,474 9,202 41,676   2,069,593 1,875,686 3,945,279
Other
 6,420 2,504 8,924   7,281 1,970 9,251   2,883 302 3,185   2,211 1,112 3,323   18,795 5,888 24,683   659,882 674,764 1,334,646
                                               
TOTAL 121,200 42,265 163,465   73,278 19,609 92,887   49,932 4,566 54,498   37,753 16,745 54,498   282,163 83,185 365,348   13,094,293 13,195,698 26,289,991
                                               
b.  Percent                                              
                                               
White
 61.32% 45.68% 57.28%   56.73% 47.48% 54.78%   65.83% 57.27% 65.11%   68.26% 56.43% 64.63%   61.86% 48.91% 58.91%   65.94% 65.32% 65.63%
Black
 21.79% 37.08% 25.74%   21.22% 29.68% 23.00%   14.41% 21.94% 15.04%   19.09% 29.38% 22.25%   19.97% 32.95% 22.93%   13.21% 15.35% 14.29%
Hispanic
 11.59% 11.31% 11.52%   12.11% 12.80% 12.26%   13.98% 14.17% 14.00%   6.79% 7.55% 7.02%   11.51% 11.06% 11.41%   15.81% 14.21% 15.01%
Other
 5.30% 5.92% 5.46%   9.94% 10.05% 9.96%   5.77% 6.61% 5.84%   5.86% 6.64% 6.10%   6.66% 7.08% 6.76%   5.04% 5.11% 5.08%
                                               
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%
                                               
   * Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 2000.                          
      Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.                                    
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 1999-September 2000.