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Chapter 2:

Characteristics of Active Component Non-Prior Service Applicants

In FY 2001, approximately 370,000 individuals applied to serve in the active enlisted military force (Appendix Table A-1), up from nearly 365,000 in FY 2000. The distribution of FY 2001 Active Component NPS applicants by race/ethnicity and gender is shown in Table 2.2.

Table 2.2.  Race/Ethnicity and Gender of FY 2001 Active Component NPS Applicants,*
by Service (Percent)
 
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
DoD
MALES
White
62.8
56.6
66.7
69.8
63.0
Black
20.1
22.1
13.6
18.1
19.1
Hispanic
11.8
12.2
13.8
6.6
11.5
Other
5.4
9.2
5.9
5.6
6.5
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
FEMALES
White
46.2
48.3
58.3
57.2
49.9
Black
35.2
28.7
19.8
29.3
31.4
Hispanic
12.2
13.0
14.8
7.0
11.4
Other
6.4
9.9
7.1
6.6
7.3
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
TOTAL
Male
75.2
78.6
91.4
70.6
77.7
Female
24.8
21.4
8.6
29.4
22.3

Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* Applicant data reported for FY 2001 are based on the DMDC edit version of the USMEPCOM file, which has been "cleaned" by the edit process.  FY 2001 applicant data are consistent with Information Delivery System (IDS) data.
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 63 percent were White, 19 percent Black, 12 percent Hispanic, and 7 percent "Other."[Footnote 18] For female applicants, approximately 50 percent were White, 31 percent Black, 11 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.

[Footnote 18]  Includes Native Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders. [back to paragraph]

 

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