Table B-28.  FY 2000 Active Component Enlisted Members by Education, Service, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group
                                 
   
EDUCATIONAL TIER
        
 
RACE/
TIER 1
  
TIER 2
  
TIER 3
  
TOTAL
 
ETHNICITY
#
  
%
  
#
  
%
  
#
  
%
  
#
  
%
  ARMY                              
     White 207,417   93.39%   13,834   6.23%   858   0.39%   222,109   100.00%
     Black 113,941   97.45%   2,667   2.28%   317   0.27%   116,925   100.00%
     Hispanic 34,833   95.05%   1,699   4.64%   114   0.31%   36,646   100.00%
     Other 25,386   95.90%   1,001   3.78%   83   0.31%   26,470   100.00%
     Total 381,577   94.88%   19,201   4.77%   1,372   0.34%   402,150   100.00%
  NAVY                              
     White 174,441   91.59%   11,537   6.06%   4,471   2.35%   190,449   100.00%
     Black 61,829   95.40%   2,162   3.34%   822   1.27%   64,813   100.00%
     Hispanic 28,195   90.40%   2,263   7.26%   730   2.34%   31,188   100.00%
     Other 25,698   93.00%   1,507   5.45%   428   1.55%   27,633   100.00%
     Total 290,163   92.38%   17,469   5.56%   6,451   2.05%   314,083   100.00%
  MARINE CORPS                              
     White 97,863   95.18%   4,741   4.61%   212   0.21%   102,816   100.00%
     Black 24,091   95.91%   994   3.96%   34   0.14%   25,119   100.00%
     Hispanic 20,078   96.02%   810   3.87%   23   0.11%   20,911   100.00%
     Other 5,940   95.93%   246   3.97%   6   0.10%   6,192   100.00%
     Total 147,972   95.44%   6,791   4.38%   275   0.18%   155,038   100.00%
  AIR FORCE                              
     White 204,990   99.79%   428   0.21%   6   0.00%   205,424   100.00%
     Black 51,915   99.86%   73   0.14%   0   0.00%   51,988   100.00%
     Hispanic 15,501   99.83%   27   0.17%   0   0.00%   15,528   100.00%
     Other 9,354   99.89%   10   0.11%   0   0.00%   9,364   100.00%
     Total 281,760   99.81%   538   0.19%   6   0.00%   282,304   100.00%
  TOTAL DoD                              
     White 684,711   94.99%   30,540   4.24%   5,547   0.77%   720,798   100.00%
     Black 251,776   97.27%   5,896   2.28%   1,173   0.45%   258,845   100.00%
     Hispanic 98,607   94.57%   4,799   4.60%   867   0.83%   104,273   100.00%
     Other 66,378   95.29%   2,764   3.97%   517   0.74%   69,659   100.00%
     Total 1,101,472   95.48%   43,999   3.81%   8,104   0.70%   1,153,575   100.00%
  18-44 YEAR OLD CIVILIAN WORKFORCE                        
     White 57,022,385   92.85%  
*
*
   4,391,271   7.15%   61,413,656   100.00%
     Black 9,699,317   88.48%  
*
*
   1,262,869   11.52%   10,962,186   100.00%
     Hispanic 7,404,332   64.13%  
*
*
   4,140,748   35.87%   11,545,080   100.00%
     Other 4,057,475   91.31%  
*
*
   385,978   8.69%   4,443,453   100.00%
     Total 78,183,509   88.48%  
*
*
   10,180,866   11.52%   88,364,375   100.00%
                                 
     * 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, September 2000.