Table A-3. Applicants¹ for Active Component Enlistment, FY10: by Service, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group

	SERVICE
RACE/	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY²	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total

Number
White	76,324	14,361	90,685		29,906	8,717	38,623		37,890	4,064	41,954		32,857	9,034	41,891		176,977	36,176	213,153		11,359,687	11,040,835	22,400,523
Black	16,989	7,351	24,340		10,015	5,696	15,711		4,248	914	5,162		7,468	3,460	10,928		38,720	17,421	56,141		2,057,574	2,243,346	4,300,919
AIAN³	762	247	1,009		2,709	1,055	3,764		411	116	527		363	164	527		4,245	1,582	5,827		160,177	150,713	310,890
Asian	2,692	680	3,372		2,342	808	3,150		1,129	137	1,266		1,281	509	1,790		7,444	2,134	9,578		622,799	597,648	1,220,447
NHPI⁴	1,340	485	1,825		600	238	838		477	118	595		597	245	842		3,014	1,086	4,100		66,129	60,964	127,092
Two or more	535	159	694		4,555	1,767	6,322		345	67	412		798	296	1,094		6,233	2,289	8,522		315,060	329,983	645,043
Unknown	8,671	1,681	10,352		180	81	261		70	10	80		77	21	98		8,998	1,793	10,791		0	0	0
TOTAL	107,313	24,964	132,277		50,307	18,362	68,669		44,570	5,426	49,996		43,441	13,729	57,170		245,631	62,481	308,112		14,581,426	14,423,489	29,004,915

Hispanic	13,395	3,287	16,682		9,864	4,039	13,903		8,705	1,310	10,015		6,554	2,401	8,955		38,518	11,037	49,555		2,797,687	2,585,888	5,383,575
Not Hispanic	85,406	19,749	105,155		40,149	14,215	54,364		35,806	4,103	39,909		36,771	11,290	48,061		198,132	49,357	247,489		11,783,739	11,837,601	23,621,340
Unknown	8,512	1,928	10,440		294	108	402		59	13	72		116	38	154		8,981	2,087	11,068		0	0	0
TOTAL	107,313	24,964	132,277		50,307	18,362	68,669		44,570	5,426	49,996		43,441	13,729	57,170		245,631	62,481	308,112		14,581,426	14,423,489	29,004,915

Percent
White	71.1%	57.5%	68.6%		59.4%	47.5%	56.2%		85.0%	74.9%	83.9%		75.6%	65.8%	73.3%		72.0%	57.9%	69.2%		77.9%	76.5%	77.2%
Black	15.8%	29.4%	18.4%		19.9%	31.0%	22.9%		9.5%	16.8%	10.3%		17.2%	25.2%	19.1%		15.8%	27.9%	18.2%		14.1%	15.6%	14.8%
AIAN³	0.71%	1.0%	0.76%		5.4%	5.7%	5.5%		0.92%	2.1%	1.1%		0.84%	1.2%	0.92%		1.7%	2.5%	1.9%		1.1%	1.0%	1.1%
Asian	2.5%	2.7%	2.5%		4.7%	4.4%	4.6%		2.5%	2.5%	2.5%		2.9%	3.7%	3.1%		3.0%	3.4%	3.1%		4.3%	4.1%	4.2%
NHPI⁴	1.2%	1.9%	1.4%		1.2%	1.3%	1.2%		1.1%	2.2%	1.2%		1.4%	1.8%	1.5%		1.2%	1.7%	1.3%		0.45%	0.42%	0.44%
Two or more	0.50%	0.64%	0.52%		9.1%	9.6%	9.2%		0.77%	1.2%	0.82%		1.8%	2.2%	1.9%		2.5%	3.7%	2.8%		2.2%	2.3%	2.2%
Unknown	8.1%	6.7%	7.8%		0.36%	0.44%	0.38%		0.16%	0.18%	0.16%		0.18%	0.15%	0.17%		3.7%	2.9%	3.5%		0%	0%	0%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%

Hispanic	12.5%	13.2%	12.6%		19.6%	22.0%	20.2%		19.5%	24.1%	20.0%		15.1%	17.5%	15.7%		15.7%	17.7%	16.1%		19.2%	17.9%	18.6%
Not Hispanic	79.6%	79.1%	79.5%		79.8%	77.4%	79.2%		80.3%	75.6%	79.8%		84.6%	82.2%	84.1%		80.7%	79.0%	80.3%		80.8%	82.1%	81.4%
Unknown	7.9%	7.7%	7.9%		0.58%	0.59%	0.59%		0.13%	0.24%	0.14%		0.27%	0.28%	0.27%		3.7%	3.3%	3.6%		0%	0%	0%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%

1. Refers to non-prior service (NPS) individuals whose first formal application (i.e., taking a screening physical exam or the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)) was in FY10. Does not include participants in the
High School Testing Program unless otherwise tested.
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.
3. American Indian, Alaska Native
4. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, age 18-24, October 2009-September 2010 average.