Table C-3.  FY 2008 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains by Race/Ethnicity, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  RACE/ETHNICI2      
WHITE   BLACK   AIAN   ASIAN   NHPI   TWO OR MORE   UNKNOWN   TOTAL
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %     
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                                            
   Male 29,354 81.63% 4,834 13.44% 253 0.70% 753 2.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 766 2.13% 35,960 100.00%
   Female 6,595 70.70% 2,235 23.96% 117 1.25% 205 2.20% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 176 1.89% 9,328 100.00%
   Total 35,949 79.38% 7,069 15.61% 370 0.82% 958 2.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 942 2.08% 45,288 100.00%
ARMY RESERVE                                            
   Male 12,577 78.19% 2,692 16.74% 120 0.75% 542 3.37% 146 0.91% 0 0.00% 8 0.05% 16,085 100.00%
   Female 4,137 62.62% 2,125 32.16% 60 0.91% 191 2.89% 92 1.39% 0 0.00% 2 0.03% 6,607 100.00%
   Total 16,714 73.66% 4,817 21.23% 180 0.79% 733 3.23% 238 1.05% 0 0.00% 10 0.04% 22,692 100.00%
NAVAL RESERVE                                            
   Male 594 59.22% 199 19.84% 65 6.48% 63 6.28% 18 1.79% 47 4.69% 17 1.69% 1,003 100.00%
   Female 125 52.97% 66 27.97% 15 6.36% 12 5.08% 1 0.42% 15 6.36% 2 0.85% 236 100.00%
   Total 719 58.03% 265 21.39% 80 6.46% 75 6.05% 19 1.53% 62 5.00% 19 1.53% 1,239 100.00%
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                                            
   Male 3,495 86.13% 275 6.78% 15 0.37% 158 3.89% 33 0.81% 0 0.00% 82 2.02% 4,058 100.00%
   Female 155 79.49% 26 13.33% 5 2.56% 6 3.08% 1 0.51% 0 0.00% 2 1.03% 195 100.00%
   Total 3,650 85.82% 301 7.08% 20 0.47% 164 3.86% 34 0.80% 0 0.00% 84 1.98% 4,253 100.00%
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                                            
   Male 3,317 82.68% 369 9.20% 26 0.65% 89 2.22% 57 1.42% 52 1.30% 102 2.54% 4,012 100.00%
   Female 978 74.54% 209 15.93% 15 1.14% 37 2.82% 28 2.13% 24 1.83% 21 1.60% 1,312 100.00%
   Total 4,295 80.67% 578 10.86% 41 0.77% 126 2.37% 85 1.60% 76 1.43% 123 2.31% 5,324 100.00%
AIR FORCE RESERVE                                            
   Male 966 69.35% 281 20.17% 5 0.36% 30 2.15% 26 1.87% 15 1.08% 70 5.03% 1,393 100.00%
   Female 431 54.42% 270 34.09% 3 0.38% 23 2.90% 17 2.15% 4 0.51% 44 5.56% 792 100.00%
   Total 1,397 63.94% 551 25.22% 8 0.37% 53 2.43% 43 1.97% 19 0.87% 114 5.22% 2,185 100.00%
TOTAL DoD                                              
   Male 50,303 80.47% 8,650 13.84% 484 0.77% 1,635 2.62% 280 0.45% 114 0.18% 1,045 1.67% 62,511 100.00%
   Female 12,421 67.25% 4,931 26.70% 215 1.16% 474 2.57% 139 0.75% 43 0.23% 247 1.34% 18,470 100.00%
   Total 62,724 77.46% 13,581 16.77% 699 0.86% 2,109 2.60% 419 0.52% 157 0.19% 1,292 1.60% 80,981 100.00%
                                               
18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS                                             
   Male 11,211,801 78.34% 1,987,397 13.89% 173,971 1.22% 580,623 4.06% 43,881 0.31% 314,669 2.20% 0 NA 14,312,341 100.00%
   Female 10,836,775 77.11% 2,132,779 15.18% 143,397 1.02% 596,981 4.25% 52,572 0.37% 291,333 2.07% 0 NA 14,053,837 100.00%
   Total 22,048,576 77.73% 4,120,177 14.52% 317,368 1.12% 1,177,604 4.15% 96,453 0.34% 606,001 2.14% 0 NA 28,366,179 100.00%
RACE/ETHNICI2
HISPANIC   NOT HISPANIC1   TOTAL
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %     
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD              
   Male 2,928 8.14% 33,032 91.86% 35,960 100.00%
   Female 813 8.72% 8,515 91.28% 9,328 100.00%
   Total 3,741 8.26% 41,547 91.74% 45,288 100.00%
ARMY RESERVE              
   Male 2,016 12.53% 14,069 87.47% 16,085 100.00%
   Female 846 12.80% 5,761 87.20% 6,607 100.00%
   Total 2,862 12.61% 19,830 87.39% 22,692 100.00%
NAVAL RESERVE              
   Male 169 16.85% 834 83.15% 1,003 100.00%
   Female 37 15.68% 199 84.32% 236 100.00%
   Total 206 16.63% 1,033 83.37% 1,239 100.00%
MARINE CORPS RESERVE              
   Male 270 6.65% 3,788 93.35% 4,058 100.00%
   Female 3 1.54% 192 98.46% 195 100.00%
   Total 273 6.42% 3,980 93.58% 4,253 100.00%
AIR NATIONAL GUARD              
   Male 128 3.19% 3,884 96.81% 4,012 100.00%
   Female 29 2.21% 1,283 97.79% 1,312 100.00%
   Total 157 2.95% 5,167 97.05% 5,324 100.00%
AIR FORCE RESERVE              
   Male 69 4.95% 1,324 95.05% 1,393 100.00%
   Female 43 5.43% 749 94.57% 792 100.00%
   Total 112 5.13% 2,073 94.87% 2,185 100.00%
TOTAL DoD                
   Male 5,580 8.93% 56,931 91.07% 62,511 77.19%
   Female 1,771 9.59% 16,699 90.41% 18,470 22.81%
   Total 7,351 9.08% 73,630 90.92% 80,981 100.00%
                 
18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS               
   Male 2,622,763 18.33% 11,689,578 81.67% 14,312,341 100.00%
   Female 2,432,350 17.31% 11,621,487 82.69% 14,053,837 100.00%
   Total 5,055,113 17.82%   23,311,066 82.18% 28,366,179 100.00%
     
  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, October 2007-September 2008 average.