Table B-10.  FY 2007 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Gender, Race, 
Ethnicity, and Service with Civilian Comparison Group
  SERVICE            
GENDER/RACE ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY2 # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %
a. Male & Female Combined
White 47,802 76.00% 23,141 66.95% 28,937 85.01% 21,515 77.55% 121,395 76.23% 21,895,012 77.93%
Black 8,046 12.79% 6,088 17.61% 3,111 9.14% 4,406 15.88% 21,651 13.60% 4,024,210 14.32%
AIAN 660 1.05% 2,369 6.85% 454 1.33% 253 0.91% 3,736 2.35% 303,316 1.08%
Asian 1,178 1.87% 1,485 4.30% 697 2.05% 837 3.02% 4,197 2.64% 1,182,119 4.21%
NHPI 504 0.80% 489 1.41% 335 0.98% 371 1.34% 1,699 1.07% 102,623 0.37%
Two or more 325 0.52% 798 2.31% 161 0.47% 204 0.74% 1,488 0.93% 589,133 2.10%
Unknown 4,381 6.97%   195 0.56%   345 1.01%   159 0.57%   5,080 3.19%   0 0.00%
TOTAL 62,896 100.00% 34,565 100.00% 34,040 100.00% 27,745 100.00% 159,246 100.00% 28,096,413 100.00%
Male & Female - Not Hispanic1
White 41,598 74.57% 19,331 67.05% 23,767 83.44% 18,882 76.47% 103,578 75.17% 17,307,011 74.93%
Black 7,736 13.87% 5,454 18.92% 2,946 10.34% 4,205 17.03% 20,341 14.76% 3,870,454 16.76%
AIAN 617 1.11% 1,876 6.51% 400 1.40% 211 0.85% 3,104 2.25% 191,461 0.83%
Asian 1,157 2.07% 1,235 4.28% 672 2.36% 786 3.18% 3,850 2.79% 1,157,763 5.01%
NHPI 476 0.85% 367 1.27% 310 1.09% 318 1.29% 1,471 1.07% 90,423 0.39%
Two or more 284 0.51% 455 1.58% 134 0.47% 185 0.75% 1,058 0.77% 479,079 2.07%
Unknown 3,918 7.02%   113 0.39%   256 0.90%   106 0.43%   4,393 3.19%   0 0.00%
TOTAL 55,786 100.00% 28,831 100.00% 28,485 100.00% 24,693 100.00% 137,795 100.00% 23,096,192 100.00%
Male & Female - Hispanic
White 6,204 87.26% 3,810 66.45% 5,170 93.07% 2,633 86.27% 17,817 83.06% 4,588,001 91.76%
Black 310 4.36% 634 11.06% 165 2.97% 201 6.59% 1,310 6.11% 153,756 3.07%
AIAN 43 0.60% 493 8.60% 54 0.97% 42 1.38% 632 2.95% 111,855 2.24%
Asian 21 0.30% 250 4.36% 25 0.45% 51 1.67% 347 1.62% 24,356 0.49%
NHPI 28 0.39% 122 2.13% 25 0.45% 53 1.74% 228 1.06% 12,200 0.24%
Two or more 41 0.58% 343 5.98% 27 0.49% 19 0.62% 430 2.00% 110,053 2.20%
Unknown 463 6.51%   82 1.43%   89 1.60%   53 1.74%   687 3.20%   0 0.00%
TOTAL 7,110 100.00% 5,734 100.00% 5,555 100.00% 3,052 100.00% 21,451 100.00% 5,000,221 100.00%
  SERVICE            
GENDER/RACE ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY2 # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %
b. Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is male.)
White 41,101 65.35% 19,411 56.16% 27,027 79.40% 16,879 60.84% 104,418 65.57% 11,176,467 39.78%
Black 5,746 9.14% 4,510 13.05% 2,740 8.05% 3,040 10.96% 16,036 10.07% 1,930,443 6.87%
AIAN 501 0.80% 1,871 5.41% 396 1.16% 171 0.62% 2,939 1.85% 176,104 0.63%
Asian 956 1.52% 1,189 3.44% 640 1.88% 654 2.36% 3,439 2.16% 598,381 2.13%
NHPI 399 0.63% 378 1.09% 290 0.85% 267 0.96% 1,334 0.84% 50,703 0.18%
Two or more 247 0.39% 645 1.87% 148 0.43% 149 0.54% 1,189 0.75% 281,781 1.00%
Unknown 3,710 5.90%   157 0.45%   317 0.93%   117 0.42%   4,301 2.70%   0 0.00%
TOTAL 52,660 83.73% 28,161 81.47% 31,558 92.71% 21,277 76.69% 133,656 83.93% 14,213,879 50.59%
Male - Not Hispanic1 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is male.)
White 36,023 64.57% 16,419 56.95% 22,359 78.49% 14,943 60.52% 89,744 65.13% 8,756,445 37.91%
Black 5,503 9.86% 4,037 14.00% 2,587 9.08% 2,901 11.75% 15,028 10.91% 1,859,432 8.05%
AIAN 468 0.84% 1,487 5.16% 347 1.22% 139 0.56% 2,441 1.77% 108,630 0.47%
Asian 940 1.69% 979 3.40% 619 2.17% 617 2.50% 3,155 2.29% 586,838 2.54%
NHPI 380 0.68% 286 0.99% 268 0.94% 231 0.94% 1,165 0.85% 44,443 0.19%
Two or more 216 0.39% 349 1.21% 121 0.42% 137 0.55% 823 0.60% 226,523 0.98%
Unknown 3,346 6.00%   91 0.32%   239 0.84%   78 0.32%   3,754 2.72%   0 0.00%
TOTAL 46,876 84.03% 23,648 82.02% 26,540 93.17% 19,046 77.13% 116,110 84.26% 11,582,309 50.15%
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each raceial group that is male.)
White 5,078 71.42% 2,992 52.18% 4,668 84.03% 1,936 63.43% 14,674 68.41% 2,420,022 48.40%
Black 243 3.42% 473 8.25% 153 2.75% 139 4.55% 1,008 4.70% 71,011 1.42%
AIAN 33 0.46% 384 6.70% 49 0.88% 32 1.05% 498 2.32% 67,474 1.35%
Asian 16 0.23% 210 3.66% 21 0.38% 37 1.21% 284 1.32% 11,544 0.23%
NHPI 19 0.27% 92 1.60% 22 0.40% 36 1.18% 169 0.79% 6,260 0.13%
Two or more 31 0.44% 296 5.16% 27 0.49% 12 0.39% 366 1.71% 55,259 1.11%
Unknown 364 5.12%   66 1.15%   78 1.40%   39 1.28%   547 2.55%   0 0.00%
TOTAL 5,784 81.35% 4,513 78.71% 5,018 90.33% 2,231 73.10% 17,546 81.80% 2,631,570 52.63%
  SERVICE            
GENDER/RACE ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY2 # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %
c. Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
White 6,701 10.65% 3,730 10.79% 1,910 5.61% 4,636 16.71% 16,977 10.66% 10,718,545 38.15%
Black 2,300 3.66% 1,578 4.57% 371 1.09% 1,366 4.92% 5,615 3.53% 2,093,767 7.45%
AIAN 159 0.25% 498 1.44% 58 0.17% 82 0.30% 797 0.50% 127,212 0.45%
Asian 222 0.35% 296 0.86% 57 0.17% 183 0.66% 758 0.48% 583,738 2.08%
NHPI 105 0.17% 111 0.32% 45 0.13% 104 0.37% 365 0.23% 51,920 0.18%
Two or more 78 0.12% 153 0.44% 13 0.04% 55 0.20% 299 0.19% 307,351 1.09%
Unknown 671 1.07%   38 0.11%   28 0.08%   42 0.15%   779 0.49%   0 0.00%
TOTAL 10,236 16.27% 6,404 18.53% 2,482 7.29% 6,468 23.31% 25,590 16.07% 13,882,534 49.41%
Female - Not Hispanic1 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
White 5,575 9.99% 2,912 10.10% 1,408 4.94% 3,939 15.95% 13,834 10.04% 8,550,566 37.02%
Black 2,233 4.00% 1,417 4.91% 359 1.26% 1,304 5.28% 5,313 3.86% 2,011,023 8.71%
AIAN 149 0.27% 389 1.35% 53 0.19% 72 0.29% 663 0.48% 82,831 0.36%
Asian 217 0.39% 256 0.89% 53 0.19% 169 0.68% 695 0.50% 570,926 2.47%
NHPI 96 0.17% 81 0.28% 42 0.15% 87 0.35% 306 0.22% 45,980 0.20%
Two or more 68 0.12% 106 0.37% 13 0.05% 48 0.19% 235 0.17% 252,557 1.09%
Unknown 572 1.03%   22 0.08%   17 0.06%   28 0.11%   639 0.46%   0 0.00%
TOTAL 8,910 15.97% 5,183 17.98% 1,945 6.83% 5,647 22.87% 21,685 15.74% 11,513,883 49.85%
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
White 1,126 15.84% 818 14.27% 502 9.04% 697 22.84% 3,143 14.65% 2,167,978 43.36%
Black 67 0.94% 161 2.81% 12 0.22% 62 2.03% 302 1.41% 82,744 1.65%
AIAN 10 0.14% 109 1.90% 5 0.09% 10 0.33% 134 0.62% 44,381 0.89%
Asian 5 0.07% 40 0.70% 4 0.07% 14 0.46% 63 0.29% 12,813 0.26%
NHPI 9 0.13% 30 0.52% 3 0.05% 17 0.56% 59 0.28% 5,940 0.12%
Two or more 10 0.14% 47 0.82% 0 0.00% 7 0.23% 64 0.30% 54,794 1.10%
Unknown 99 1.39%   16 0.28%   11 0.20%   14 0.46%   140 0.65%   0 0.00%
TOTAL 1,326 18.65% 1,221 21.29% 537 9.67% 821 26.90% 3,905 18.20% 2,368,651 47.37%
     
  1. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question.
  2. The race groupings used in this table reflect the number of individuals who indicate a single racial identity.  Individuals who self-identify as multiracial are 
      counted in the "two or more" category.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2006-September 2007 average.