Table A-8.  FY 2000 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Education, Service, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group
		EDUCATIONAL TIER
	RACE/	TIER 1				TIER 2				TIER 3				TOTAL
	ETHNICITY	#		%		#		%		#		%		#	%
	ARMY
	White	74,111		79.15%		16,778		17.92%		2,740		2.93%		93,629	100.00%
	Black	37,193		88.39%		4,324		10.28%		561		1.33%		42,078	100.00%
	Hispanic	16,370		86.92%		2,218		11.78%		246		1.31%		18,834	100.00%
	Other	7,804		87.45%		974		10.91%		146		1.64%		8,924	100.00%
	Total	135,478		82.88%		24,294		14.86%		3,693		2.26%		163,465	100.00%
	NAVY
	White	41,041		80.65%		6,814		13.39%		3,030		5.95%		50,885	100.00%
	Black	18,955		88.72%		1,891		8.85%		520		2.43%		21,366	100.00%
	Hispanic	9,743		85.58%		1,290		11.33%		352		3.09%		11,385	100.00%
	Other	7,909		85.49%		978		10.57%		364		3.93%		9,251	100.00%
	Total	77,648		83.59%		10,973		11.81%		4,266		4.59%		92,887	100.00%
	MARINE CORPS
	White	33,729		95.05%		1,588		4.48%		169		0.48%		35,486	100.00%
	Black	7,937		96.82%		232		2.83%		29		0.35%		8,198	100.00%
	Hispanic	7,334		96.13%		282		3.70%		13		0.17%		7,629	100.00%
	Other	3,053		95.86%		121		3.80%		11		0.35%		3,185	100.00%
	Total	52,053		95.51%		2,223		4.08%		222		0.41%		54,498	100.00%
	AIR FORCE
	White	33,272		94.47%		1,089		3.09%		859		2.44%		35,220	100.00%
	Black	11,727		96.70%		262		2.16%		138		1.14%		12,127	100.00%
	Hispanic	3,720		97.18%		73		1.91%		35		0.91%		3,828	100.00%
	Other	3,214		96.72%		79		2.38%		30		0.90%		3,323	100.00%
	Total	51,933		95.29%		1,503		2.76%		1,062		1.95%		54,498	100.00%
	TOTAL DoD
	White	182,153		84.64%		26,269		12.21%		6,798		3.16%		215,220	100.00%
	Black	75,812		90.50%		6,709		8.01%		1,248		1.49%		83,769	100.00%
	Hispanic	37,167		89.18%		3,863		9.27%		646		1.55%		41,676	100.00%
	Other	21,980		89.05%		2,152		8.72%		551		2.23%		24,683	100.00%
	Total	317,112		86.80%		38,993		10.67%		9,243		2.53%		365,348	100.00%
	18-24 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS
	White	14,521,927		84.16%		**		**		2,732,509		15.84%		17,254,436	100.00%
	Black	2,788,961		74.26%		**		**		966,669		25.74%		3,755,630	100.00%
	Hispanic	2,265,976		57.44%		**		**		1,679,303		42.56%		3,945,279	100.00%
	Other	1,131,974		84.81%		**		**		202,672		15.19%		1,334,646	100.00%
	Total	20,708,837		78.77%		**		**		5,581,153		21.23%		26,289,991	100.00%
	* Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 2000.
	** 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 File, October 1999-September 2000.