Table B-41.   Jan- Sep 2003 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Gender, Race, Hispanic and Service with Civilian Comparison Group (see continued)
	SERVICE
GENDER/RACE	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY*	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
a. Male & Female Combined
White	42,770	76.82%		21,411	67.44%		20,067	80.84%		21,035	78.87%		105,283	75.79%		21,442,380	78.40%
Black	8,856	15.91%		6,030	18.99%		2,246	9.05%		3,689	13.83%		20,821	14.99%		3,855,865	14.10%
AIAN	651	1.17%		1,392	4.38%		296	1.19%		192	0.72%		2,531	1.82%		260,808	0.95%
Asian	621	1.12%		555	1.75%		226	0.91%		308	1.15%		1,710	1.23%		1,140,574	4.17%
NHPI	247	0.44%		149	0.47%		86	0.35%		107	0.40%		589	0.42%		95,512	0.35%
Two or more	1,341	2.41%		1,053	3.32%		491	1.98%		819	3.07%		3,704	2.67%		554,833	2.03%
Unknown	1,187	2.13%		1,159	3.65%		1,411	5.68%		519	1.95%		4,276	3.08%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	55,673	100.00%		31,749	100.00%		24,823	100.00%		26,669	100.00%		138,914	100.00%		27,349,972	100.00%
Male & Female - Not Hispanic**
White	37,838	76.14%		18,416	66.84%		17,284	81.57%		19,323	78.85%		92,861	75.53%		17,076,026	75.52%
Black	8,587	17.28%		5,812	21.09%		2,153	10.16%		3,574	14.58%		20,126	16.37%		3,706,290	16.39%
AIAN	616	1.24%		1,294	4.70%		277	1.31%		181	0.74%		2,368	1.93%		181,125	0.80%
Asian	612	1.23%		504	1.83%		220	1.04%		298	1.22%		1,634	1.33%		1,107,928	4.90%
NHPI	231	0.46%		123	0.45%		70	0.33%		96	0.39%		520	0.42%		81,828	0.36%
Two or more	1,279	2.57%		987	3.58%		456	2.15%		778	3.17%		3,500	2.85%		458,350	2.03%
Unknown	531	1.07%		417	1.51%		730	3.45%		257	1.05%		1,935	1.57%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	49,694	100.00%		27,553	100.00%		21,190	100.00%		24,507	100.00%		122,944	100.00%		22,611,547	100.00%
Male & Female - Hispanic
White	4,932	82.49%		2,995	71.38%		2,783	76.60%		1,712	79.19%		12,422	77.78%		4,366,354	92.15%
Black	269	4.50%		218	5.20%		93	2.56%		115	5.32%		695	4.35%		149,575	3.16%
AIAN	35	0.59%		98	2.34%		19	0.52%		11	0.51%		163	1.02%		79,683	1.68%
Asian	9	0.15%		51	1.22%		6	0.17%		10	0.46%		76	0.48%		32,646	0.69%
NHPI	16	0.27%		26	0.62%		16	0.44%		11	0.51%		69	0.43%		13,684	0.29%
Two or more	62	1.04%		66	1.57%		35	0.96%		41	1.90%		204	1.28%		96,483	2.04%
Unknown	656	10.97%		742	17.68%		681	18.74%		262	12.12%		2,341	14.66%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	5,979	100.00%		4,196	100.00%		3,633	100.00%		2,162	100.00%		15,970	100.00%		4,738,425	100.00%
*  New race and ethnicity data were not available for all Services until after the first quarter of FY03. Therefore, DOD and civilian race and ethnicity data only represent the last
three quarters of FY03 (January 2003-September 2003).
**Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to ethnicity question.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, January 2003-September 2003.