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Chapter 5:

Race/Ethnicity

Table 5.3 presents the racial/ethnic makeup of FY 2000 NPS enlisted accessions by Selected Reserve Component. These figures are similar to those seen in FY 1999, with no component increasing or decreasing by more than 3 percentage points. The greatest change was a decrease of 2.7 percentage points in prior service Whites in the Army Reserve.

Table 5.3. FY 2000 Selected Reserve Non-Prior Service and Prior Service Enlisted Accessions,
by Race/Ethnicity, and Civilians (Percent)
Race/
Ethnicity
Army
National
Guard
Army
Reserve
Naval
Reserve
Marine
Corps
Reserve
Air
National
Guard
Air
Force
Reserve
Total
DoD

 

Civilians*

NON-PRIOR SERVICE

White

73.5
55.8
58.3
68.5
74.9
54.1
66.6
65.6

Black

15.1
22.9
22.5
11.1
11.2
29.5
17.6
14.3

Hispanic

7.0
10.8
13.4
13.9
5.5
8.2
8.9
15.0

Other

4.4
10.5
5.8
6.5
8.4
8.2
6.9
5.1

PRIOR SERVICE

White

68.4
54.9
69.2
63.2
76.8
69.8
64.5
68.5

Black

19.8
26.3
17.5
13.9
11.9
17.8
20.7
12.9

Hispanic

7.2
7.6
8.2
17.2
6.0
6.7
7.8
13.6

Other

4.6
11.2
5.0
5.7
5.3
5.6
7.0
5.0

TOTAL ACCESSIONS

White

71.1
55.3
67.3
66.5
75.9
66.3
65.4
 

Black

17.3
24.8
18.4
12.2
11.6
20.5
19.3
 

Hispanic

7.1
9.0
9.1
15.1
5.7
7.1
8.3
 

Other

4.5
10.9
5.2
6.2
6.8
6.2
6.9
 
Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* NPS civilian comparison is 18- to 24-year-old civilians; prior service civilian comparison is 20- to 39-year-old civilian labor force.
Also see Appendix Tables C-3 (NPS Race/Ethnicity by Component and Gender) and C-11 (Prior Service Race/Ethnicity by Component and Gender).
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 1999 – September 2000.

 

Since the inception of the All Volunteer Force, Blacks have been somewhat overrepresented in the active duty ranks, while Whites and Hispanics have been underrepresented as compared to the nation's youth population as a whole. We would expect this to be reflected in the makeup of the Reserve Forces. Table 5.3 demonstrates that aside from the Air National Guard, the proportion of prior service Black accessions in each of the Selected Reserve components is higher than their representation among the 20- to 39-year-old civilian labor force. Conversely, Hispanics are underrepresented across the board, with the exception of the USMCR’s prior service recruits. In previous years, Whites also have made up a smaller proportion of Reserve accessions than of the comparison group. However, in FY 2000, the proportion of NPS White accessions in the ARNG, USMCR, and ANG and prior service White accessions in the USNR, ANG, and USAFR was higher than in the civilian comparison groups.

Black females represented the largest proportion of minority Reserve accessions (see Appendix Tables C-3 and C-11). Across the Reserve Component, the proportion of Black women (27 and 34 percent for NPS and prior service, respectively) was nearly twice that of Black men (14 and 18 percent for NPS and prior service, respectively). The USAR had the highest proportion of Black female recruits (32 percent of NPS and 41 percent of prior service).


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