Table B-11.  FY 2009 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Gender, Race (Multiple Categories),
Ethnicity, and Service with Civilian Comparison Group
 
  SERVICE            
GENDER and ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS2
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %
a. Male and Female Combined
White 51,420 72.37% 21,881 53.35% 26,693 84.40% 24,925 75.43% 124,919 70.68% 22,745,585 77.86%
Black 11,349 15.97% 8,324 20.29% 3,149 9.96% 5,653 17.11% 28,475 16.11% 4,433,770 15.18%
AIAN 767 1.08% 6,302 15.36% 420 1.33% 549 1.66% 8,038 4.55% 572,540 1.96%
Asian 1,882 2.65% 2,318 5.65% 757 2.39% 1,174 3.55% 6,131 3.47% 1,302,931 4.46%
NHPI 1,078 1.52% 1,404 3.42% 397 1.26% 710 2.15% 3,589 2.03% 154,768 0.53%
Unknown 4,555 6.41%   788 1.92%   210 0.66%   35 0.11%   5,588 3.16%   3,777 0.01%
TOTAL 71,051 100% 41,017 100% 31,626 100% 33,046 100% 176,740 100% 29,213,370 100%
Male and Female - Not Hispanic3
White 44,323 70.52% 17,409 56.21% 21,848 82.75% 20,745 74.82% 104,325 70.51% 17,985,591 74.99%
Black 10,976 17.46% 6,204 20.03% 2,955 11.19% 5,181 18.69% 25,316 17.11% 4,189,257 17.47%
AIAN 697 1.11% 4,525 14.61% 363 1.37% 432 1.56% 6,017 4.07% 423,782 1.77%
Asian 1,835 2.92% 1,527 4.93% 724 2.74% 944 3.40% 5,030 3.40% 1,249,424 5.21%
NHPI 1,005 1.60% 693 2.24% 342 1.30% 408 1.47% 2,448 1.65% 131,694 0.55%
Unknown 4,018 6.39%   611 1.97%   169 0.64%   18 0.06%   4,816 3.26%   3,056 0.01%
TOTAL 62,854 100% 30,969 100% 26,401 100% 27,728 100% 147,952 100% 23,982,804 100%
Male and Female - Hispanic
White 7,097 86.58% 4,472 44.51% 4,845 92.73% 4,180 78.60% 20,594 71.54% 4,759,994 91.00%
Black 373 4.55% 2,120 21.10% 194 3.71% 472 8.88% 3,159 10.97% 244,512 4.67%
AIAN 70 0.85% 1,777 17.69% 57 1.09% 117 2.20% 2,021 7.02% 148,758 2.84%
Asian 47 0.57% 791 7.87% 33 0.63% 230 4.32% 1,101 3.82% 53,507 1.02%
NHPI 73 0.89% 711 7.08% 55 1.05% 302 5.68% 1,141 3.96% 23,074 0.44%
Unknown 537 6.55%   177 1.76%   41 0.78%   17 0.32%   772 2.68%   720 0.01%
TOTAL 8,197 100% 10,048 100% 5,225 100% 5,318 100% 28,788 100% 5,230,566 100%
  SERVICE            
GENDER and ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS2
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %
b. Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is male.)
White 44,934 63.24% 17,890 43.62% 24,701 78.10% 20,150 60.98% 107,675 60.92% 11,527,120 39.46%
Black 8,340 11.74% 5,900 14.38% 2,755 8.71% 4,047 12.25% 21,042 11.91% 2,130,192 7.29%
AIAN 619 0.87% 4,938 12.04% 358 1.13% 390 1.18% 6,305 3.57% 293,699 1.01%
Asian 1,554 2.19% 1,849 4.51% 690 2.18% 901 2.73% 4,994 2.83% 672,072 2.30%
NHPI 886 1.25% 1,078 2.63% 353 1.12% 494 1.49% 2,811 1.59% 75,147 0.26%
Unknown 3,988 5.61%   648 1.58%   196 0.62%   28 0.08%   4,860 2.75%   2,927 0.01%
TOTAL 60,321 84.90% 32,303 78.76% 29,053 91.86% 26,010 78.71% 147,687 83.56% 14,701,156 50.32%
Male - Not Hispanic3 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is male.)
White 38,958 61.98% 14,371 46.40% 20,374 77.17% 16,883 60.89% 90,586 61.23% 9,075,524 37.84%
Black 8,056 12.82% 4,319 13.95% 2,578 9.76% 3,682 13.28% 18,635 12.60% 1,995,586 8.32%
AIAN 557 0.89% 3,552 11.47% 308 1.17% 305 1.10% 4,722 3.19% 210,965 0.88%
Asian 1,518 2.42% 1,229 3.97% 660 2.50% 730 2.63% 4,137 2.80% 649,705 2.71%
NHPI 833 1.33% 528 1.70% 307 1.16% 299 1.08% 1,967 1.33% 65,876 0.27%
Unknown 3,523 5.61%   499 1.61%   158 0.60%   14 0.05%   4,194 2.83%   2,341 0.01%
TOTAL 53,445 85.03% 24,498 79.10% 24,385 92.36% 21,913 79.03% 124,241 83.97% 11,999,996 50.04%
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is male.)
White 5,976 72.90% 3,519 35.02% 4,327 82.81% 3,267 61.43% 17,089 59.36% 2,451,597 46.87%
Black 284 3.46% 1,581 15.73% 177 3.39% 365 6.86% 2,407 8.36% 134,606 2.57%
AIAN 62 0.76% 1,386 13.79% 50 0.96% 85 1.60% 1,583 5.50% 82,733 1.58%
Asian 36 0.44% 620 6.17% 30 0.57% 171 3.22% 857 2.98% 22,367 0.43%
NHPI 53 0.65% 550 5.47% 46 0.88% 195 3.67% 844 2.93% 9,270 0.18%
Unknown 465 5.67%   149 1.48%   38 0.73%   14 0.26%   666 2.31%   586 0.01%
TOTAL 6,876 83.88% 7,805 77.68% 4,668 89.34% 4,097 77.04% 23,446 81.44% 2,701,160 51.64%
  SERVICE            
GENDER and ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS2
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # %   # %   # %   # %   # %   # %
c. Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
White 6,486 9.13% 3,991 9.73% 1,992 6.30% 4,775 14.45% 17,244 9.76% 11,218,464 38.40%
Black 3,009 4.23% 2,424 5.91% 394 1.25% 1,606 4.86% 7,433 4.21% 2,303,578 7.89%
AIAN 148 0.21% 1,364 3.33% 62 0.20% 159 0.48% 1,733 0.98% 278,841 0.95%
Asian 328 0.46% 469 1.14% 67 0.21% 273 0.83% 1,137 0.64% 630,859 2.16%
NHPI 192 0.27% 326 0.79% 44 0.14% 216 0.65% 778 0.44% 79,622 0.27%
Unknown 567 0.80%   140 0.34%   14 0.04%   7 0.02%   728 0.41%   850 0.00%
TOTAL 10,730 15.10% 8,714 21.24% 2,573 8.14% 7,036 21.29% 29,053 16.44% 14,512,214 49.68%
Female - Not Hispanic3 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
White 5,365 8.54% 3,038 9.81% 1,474 5.58% 3,862 13.93% 13,739 9.29% 8,910,067 37.15%
Black 2,920 4.65% 1,885 6.09% 377 1.43% 1,499 5.41% 6,681 4.52% 2,193,671 9.15%
AIAN 140 0.22% 973 3.14% 55 0.21% 127 0.46% 1,295 0.88% 212,817 0.89%
Asian 317 0.50% 298 0.96% 64 0.24% 214 0.77% 893 0.60% 599,719 2.50%
NHPI 172 0.27% 165 0.53% 35 0.13% 109 0.39% 481 0.33% 65,818 0.27%
Unknown 495 0.79%   112 0.36%   11 0.04%   4 0.01%   622 0.42%   716 0.00%
TOTAL 9,409 14.97% 6,471 20.90% 2,016 7.64% 5,815 20.97% 23,711 16.03% 11,982,808 49.96%
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
White 1,121 13.68% 953 9.48% 518 9.91% 913 17.17% 3,505 12.18% 2,308,397 44.13%
Black 89 1.09% 539 5.36% 17 0.33% 107 2.01% 752 2.61% 109,906 2.10%
AIAN 8 0.10% 391 3.89% 7 0.13% 32 0.60% 438 1.52% 66,025 1.26%
Asian 11 0.13% 171 1.70% 3 0.06% 59 1.11% 244 0.85% 31,140 0.60%
NHPI 20 0.24% 161 1.60% 9 0.17% 107 2.01% 297 1.03% 13,804 0.26%
Unknown 72 0.88%   28 0.28%   3 0.06%   3 0.06%   106 0.37%   134 0.00%
TOTAL 1,321 16.12% 2,243 22.32% 557 10.66% 1,221 22.96% 5,342 18.56% 2,529,406 48.36%
     
  1. The race groupings used in this table reflect all racial identities reported by respondents.  Thus, an individual who identifies him or herself as multiracial 
      may be counted more than once.  For example, someone who self-identifies as "Asian and Black or Africa-American" will be counted in both the 
     "Black" and "Asian" categories above.
  2. Civilians who Declined to Respond are included in "Unknown."
  3. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question.
      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 2008-September 2009 average.