Population Representation 2004

U.S. COAST GUARD

Characteristics of Active Component Non-Prior Service Applicants

As with the other Armed Forces, the USCG has entrance standards for age, physical fitness, maximum number of dependents, citizenship status, moral character, and mental ability to include minimum scores on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT). In this section various demographic characteristics of USCG active component enlisted applicants along with similar overall DoD figures and civilian comparisons are reported.

In FY 2004, a total of 8,652 individuals without prior military experience applied to serve in the USCG, less than the 10,267 in FY 2003. The distribution of FY 2004 USCG and overall DoD Active Component NPS applicants’ race/ethnicity by gender is shown in Table 7.1. Eighty-three percent of the USCG applicants were male (Appendix Table E-2), of whom 73 percent were White, 12 percent Black and over 19 percent were Hispanic. For female applicants, 73 percent were White, 13 percent Black, and 16 percent Hispanic. Additional statistics on applicant characteristics (e.g., age, education levels, and AFQT scores, by gender and race/ethnicity) are contained in Appendix E, Tables E-1 through E-4 for the USCG and Appendix A for the overall DoD.

Table 7.1. Race and Ethnicity by Gender of FY 2004 USCG and DoD Active Component NPS Applicants and Accessions, and Civilians 18-24 Years Old (Percent)
Race & Ethnicity	Coast Guard¹			DoD
Race & Ethnicity	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
NPS ACTIVE COMPONENT APPLICANTS
White	73.0	72.5	72.9	68.1	57.6	66.0
Black	11.5	13.2	11.8	14.9	23.9	16.7
American Indian & Alaskan Native	2.7	2.1	2.6	2.1	2.6	2.2
Asian	1.7	1.6	1.7	3.0	3.2	3.1
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.6	4.2	2.9	1.6	2.2	1.7
Two or more races	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.6	1.4
Unknown	7.1	5.1	6.7	9.0	8.8	9.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	19.3	16.4	18.8	13.9	15.5	14.2
Not Hispanic	80.7	83.6	81.2	86.1	84.5	85.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
NPS ACTIVE COMPONENT ACCESSIONS
White	79.1	80.6	79.4	74.9	64.0	73.1
Black	9.0	10.4	9.3	13.0	22.2	14.5
American Indian & Alaskan Native	2.3	0.7	2.1	1.9	2.5	2.0
Asian	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.8	3.2	2.8
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.1
Two or more races	1.3	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.5
Unknown	4.7	3.1	4.4	4.9	5.0	4.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	16.7	11.6	15.8	12.9	14.8	13.2
Not Hispanic	83.3	88.4	84.2	87.2	85.2	86.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED CIVILIANS 18-24 YEARS OLD
White	Black	AIAN	Asian	NHPI	Two or more races	Unknown
78.5	14.0	1.0	4.1	0.3	2.1	0.0
Hispanic	Not Hispanic		Male		Female
17.7	82.3		50.4		49.6
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. ¹ See Appendix Tables A-3 (Applicants for Active Component Enlistment by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender), B-3 (NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender), E-2 (Coast Guard Applicants for Active Component Enlistment by Race/Ethnicity and Gender), and E-6 (Coast Guard NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).

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