Table B-10.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY10: by Service, Gender, 
and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group
 
  SERVICE            
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # % # %
Male and Female Combined
White 49,271 73.4% 16,797 49.3% 23,442 85.1% 21,546 76.0% 111,056 70.7% 22,400,523 77.2%
Black 12,302 18.3% 5,741 16.9% 2,655 9.6% 4,459 15.7% 25,157 16.0% 4,300,919 14.8%
AIAN2 538 0.80% 2,824 8.3% 278 1.0% 214 0.75% 3,854 2.5% 310,890 1.1%
Asian 2,299 3.4% 1,489 4.4% 684 2.5% 711 2.5% 5,183 3.3% 1,220,447 4.2%
NHPI3 1,414 2.1% 563 1.7% 269 1.0% 393 1.4% 2,639 1.7% 127,092 0.44%
Two or more 374 0.56% 5,852 17.2% 170 0.62% 1,005 3.5% 7,401 4.7% 645,043 2.2%
Unknown 892 1.3%   783 2.3%   41 0.15%   32 0.11%   1,748 1.1%   0 0%
TOTAL 67,090 100% 34,049 100% 27,539 100% 28,360 100% 157,038 100% 29,004,915 100%
Male and Female - Not Hispanic4
White 41,815 71.6% 13,402 51.8% 18,666 83.3% 17,578 75.6% 91,461 70.4% 17,501,913 74.1%
Black 11,924 20.4% 4,455 17.2% 2,452 10.9% 4,040 17.4% 22,871 17.6% 4,084,579 17.3%
AIAN2 499 0.85% 2,049 7.9% 241 1.1% 147 0.63% 2,936 2.3% 225,979 1.0%
Asian 2,257 3.9% 1,218 4.7% 661 2.9% 518 2.2% 4,654 3.6% 1,186,810 5.0%
NHPI3 1,099 1.9% 351 1.4% 238 1.1% 192 0.83% 1,880 1.4% 104,243 0.44%
Two or more 322 0.55% 3,814 14.7% 142 0.63% 772 3.3% 5,050 3.9% 517,815 2.2%
Unknown 481 0.82%   593 2.3%   13 0.06%   12 0.05%   1,099 0.85%   0 0%
TOTAL 58,397 100% 25,882 100% 22,413 100% 23,259 100% 129,951 100% 23,621,340 100%
Male and Female - Hispanic
White 7,456 85.8% 3,395 41.6% 4,776 93.2% 3,968 77.8% 19,595 72.3% 4,898,609 91.0%
Black 378 4.3% 1,286 15.7% 203 4.0% 419 8.2% 2,286 8.4% 216,340 4.0%
AIAN2 39 0.45% 775 9.5% 37 0.72% 67 1.3% 918 3.4% 84,911 1.6%
Asian 42 0.48% 271 3.3% 23 0.45% 193 3.8% 529 2.0% 33,637 0.62%
NHPI3 315 3.6% 212 2.6% 31 0.60% 201 3.9% 759 2.8% 22,850 0.42%
Two or more 52 0.60% 2,038 25.0% 28 0.55% 233 4.6% 2,351 8.7% 127,228 2.4%
Unknown 411 4.7%   190 2.3%   28 0.55%   20 0.39%   649 2.4%   0 0%
TOTAL 8,693 100% 8,167 100% 5,126 100% 5,101 100% 27,087 100% 5,383,575 100%
  SERVICE            
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is male.)
White 43,003 76.2% 13,595 51.3% 21,589 85.7% 17,775 77.6% 95,962 73.2% 11,359,687 77.9%
Black 8,910 15.8% 3,966 15.0% 2,319 9.2% 3,352 14.6% 18,547 14.2% 2,057,574 14.1%
AIAN2 434 0.77% 2,229 8.4% 232 0.92% 169 0.74% 3,064 2.3% 160,177 1.1%
Asian 1,890 3.3% 1,164 4.4% 610 2.4% 545 2.4% 4,209 3.2% 622,799 4.3%
NHPI3 1,172 2.1% 436 1.6% 244 1.0% 293 1.3% 2,145 1.6% 66,129 0.45%
Two or more 291 0.52% 4,478 16.9% 146 0.58% 733 3.2% 5,648 4.3% 315,060 2.2%
Unknown 729 1.3%   657 2.5%   39 0.15%   26 0.11%   1,451 1.1%   0 0%
TOTAL 56,429 100% 26,525 100% 25,179 100% 22,893 100% 131,026 100% 14,581,426 100%
Male - Not Hispanic4 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is male.)
White 36,786 74.7% 10,998 54.1% 17,330 84.1% 14,642 77.4% 79,756 73.1% 8,806,227 74.7%
Black 8,637 17.5% 3,047 15.0% 2,143 10.4% 3,040 16.1% 16,867 15.5% 1,951,873 16.6%
AIAN2 404 0.82% 1,639 8.1% 200 1.0% 118 0.62% 2,361 2.2% 118,442 1.0%
Asian 1,859 3.8% 965 4.7% 594 2.9% 400 2.1% 3,818 3.5% 604,246 5.1%
NHPI3 908 1.8% 279 1.4% 216 1.0% 141 0.75% 1,544 1.4% 55,482 0.47%
Two or more 254 0.52% 2,898 14.3% 122 0.59% 574 3.0% 3,848 3.5% 247,469 2.1%
Unknown 384 0.78%   504 2.5%   11 0.05%   10 0.05%   909 0.83%   0 0%
TOTAL 49,232 100% 20,330 100% 20,616 100% 18,925 100% 109,103 100% 11,783,739 100%
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each raceial group that is male.)
White 6,217 86.4% 2,597 41.9% 4,259 93.3% 3,133 79.0% 16,206 73.9% 2,553,460 91.3%
Black 273 3.8% 919 14.8% 176 3.9% 312 7.9% 1,680 7.7% 105,700 3.8%
AIAN2 30 0.42% 590 9.5% 32 0.70% 51 1.3% 703 3.2% 41,735 1.5%
Asian 31 0.43% 199 3.2% 16 0.35% 145 3.7% 391 1.8% 18,554 0.66%
NHPI3 264 3.7% 157 2.5% 28 0.61% 152 3.8% 601 2.7% 10,647 0.38%
Two or more 37 0.51% 1,580 25.5% 24 0.53% 159 4.0% 1,800 8.2% 67,590 2.4%
Unknown 345 4.8%   153 2.5%   28 0.61%   16 0.40%   542 2.5%   0 0%
TOTAL 7,197 100% 6,195 100% 4,563 100% 3,968 100% 21,923 100% 2,797,687 100%
  SERVICE            
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
White 6,268 58.8% 3,202 42.6% 1,853 78.5% 3,771 69.0% 15,094 58.0% 11,040,835 76.5%
Black 3,392 31.8% 1,775 23.6% 336 14.2% 1,107 20.2% 6,610 25.4% 2,243,346 15.6%
AIAN2 104 1.0% 595 7.9% 46 1.9% 45 0.82% 790 3.0% 150,713 1.0%
Asian 409 3.8% 325 4.3% 74 3.1% 166 3.0% 974 3.7% 597,648 4.1%
NHPI3 242 2.3% 127 1.7% 25 1.1% 100 1.8% 494 1.9% 60,964 0.42%
Two or more 83 0.78% 1,374 18.3% 24 1.0% 272 5.0% 1,753 6.7% 329,983 2.3%
Unknown 163 1.5%   126 1.7%   2 0.08%   6 0.11%   297 1.1%   0 0%
TOTAL 10,661 100% 7,524 100% 2,360 100% 5,467 100% 26,012 100% 14,423,489 100%
Female - Not Hispanic4 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
White 5,029 54.9% 2,404 43.3% 1,336 74.3% 2,936 67.7% 11,705 56.1% 8,695,687 73.5%
Black 3,287 35.9% 1,408 25.4% 309 17.2% 1,000 23.1% 6,004 28.8% 2,132,706 18.0%
AIAN2 95 1.0% 410 7.4% 41 2.3% 29 0.67% 575 2.8% 107,537 0.91%
Asian 398 4.3% 253 4.6% 67 3.7% 118 2.7% 836 4.0% 582,564 4.9%
NHPI3 191 2.1% 72 1.3% 22 1.2% 51 1.2% 336 1.6% 48,761 0.41%
Two or more 68 0.74% 916 16.5% 20 1.1% 198 4.6% 1,202 5.8% 270,346 2.3%
Unknown 97 1.1%   89 1.6%   2 0.11%   2 0%   190 0.91%   0 0%
TOTAL 9,165 100% 5,552 100% 1,797 100% 4,334 100% 20,848 100% 11,837,601 100%
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group that is female.)
White 1,239 82.8% 798 40.5% 517 91.8% 835 73.7% 3,389 65.6% 2,345,149 90.7%
Black 105 7.0% 367 18.6% 27 4.8% 107 9.4% 606 11.7% 110,640 4.3%
AIAN2 9 0.60% 185 9.4% 5 0.89% 16 1.4% 215 4.2% 43,176 1.7%
Asian 11 0.74% 72 3.7% 7 1.2% 48 4.2% 138 2.7% 15,084 0.58%
NHPI3 51 3.4% 55 2.8% 3 0.53% 49 4.3% 158 3.1% 12,202 0.47%
Two or more 15 1.0% 458 23.2% 4 0.71% 74 6.5% 551 10.7% 59,637 2.3%
Unknown 66 4.4%   37 1.9%   0 0%   4 0.35%   107 2.1%   0 0%
TOTAL 1,496 100% 1,972 100% 563 100% 1,133 100% 5,164 100% 2,585,888 100%
     
  1. 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.
  2. American Indian, Alaska Native
  3. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
  4. 2879 males and 594 females with Unknown ethnicity are not included in this table.
      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 2009-September 2010 average.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).