Table D-23.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group, FY 1973-20021
Number
  DoD Civilian
  Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic Non-Hispanic Other TOTAL   Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic Non-Hispanic Other TOTAL
 1973 311,143 69,333 21,951 3,223 405,650
 1974 280,346 81,138 21,846 5,388 388,718
 1975 307,230 73,323 21,881 7,324 409,758
 1976 267,221 51,749 69,776 4,616 393,362
 1977 354,670 2 99756 2 30,005 2 10,678 2 495,109 2 21,730,284 3,307,340 1,589,228 474,827 27,101,678
 1978 209,935 70,019 18,638 7,052 305,644 21,890,932 3,386,537 1,683,094 510,018 27,470,580
 1979 202,622 80,330 19,566 8,161 310,679 22,071,649 3,453,212 1,741,633 530,870 27,797,364
 1980 253,734 79,563 16,993 10,455 360,745 22,428,497 3,602,332 1,925,289 717,424 28,673,541
 1981 225,412 58,219 12,168 8,707 304,506 22,452,932 3,707,097 2,052,281 756,337 28,968,646
 1982 228,530 57,514 10,898 8,517 305,459 22,368,445 3,775,319 2,025,521 757,281 28,926,565
 1983 229,496 54,520 10,775 8,670 303,461 22,140,109 3,828,947 2,028,490 768,593 28,766,138
 1984 228,226 55,717 11,674 9,446 305,063 21,693,757 3,844,514 2,029,331 796,190 28,363,792
 1985 223,530 55,937 11,219 10,331 301,017 20,803,019 3,718,625 2,275,029 805,421 27,602,095
 1986 229,560 59,922 13,155 11,140 313,777 19,947,062 3,637,110 2,483,653 770,172 26,837,998
 1987 213,241 58,723 15,104 9,257 296,325 19,261,510 3,581,552 2,579,195 778,697 26,200,954
 1988 190,831 56,419 15,284 8,710 271,244 18,752,423 3,518,923 2,637,116 849,530 25,757,992
 1989 191,820 60,004 17,220 8,776 277,820 18,308,611 3,472,237 2,709,534 889,339 25,379,721
 1990 155,014 46,213 15,544 6,954 223,725 18,030,299 3,493,823 2,708,565 850,963 25,083,650
 1991 150,016 33,882 14,908 6,695 205,501 17,576,619 3,475,377 2,750,787 901,289 24,704,072
 1992 146,225 33,467 15,305 6,625 201,622 17,209,448 3,458,851 2,761,473 947,194 24,376,966
 1993 146,911 33,888 15,351 6,965 203,115 16,964,142 3,463,246 2,790,458 967,280 24,185,126
 1994 124,749 31,624 13,547 6,489 176,409 17,176,858 3,558,868 3,253,751 1,022,177 25,011,654
 1995 114,248 30,820 15,080 7,139 167,287 17,093,530 3,576,769 3,489,912 907,466 25,067,677
1996 118,400 34,287 17,564 8,882 179,133 16,464,697 3,558,606 3,533,023 1,162,487 24,718,814
1997 121,644 37,565 18,453 11,233 188,895 16,432,120 3,566,710 3,607,728 1,249,958 24,856,516
1998 114,476 35,335 18,750 11,470 180,031 16,607,142 3,586,467 3,781,602 1,222,904 25,198,115
1999 115,468 36,500 19,820 11,980 183,768 16,939,623 3,671,712 3,908,748 1,269,600 25,789,683
2000 111,809 35,744 20,011 11,269 178,833 17,254,436 3,755,630 3,945,279 1,334,646 26,289,991
2001 115,487 35,694 20,668 11,127 182,976 16,400,938 3,627,338 3,946,795 1,340,807 25,315,878
2002 121,534 28,520 20,500 10,956 181,510 17,043,976 3,707,803 4,084,805 1,330,762 26,167,346
Percent
  DoD Civilian
  Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic Non-Hispanic Other TOTAL   Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic Non-Hispanic Other TOTAL
 1973 76.7 17.1 5.4 0.79 100
 1974 72.1 20.9 5.6 1.4 100
 1975 75.0 17.9 5.3 1.8 100
 1976 67.9 13.2 17.7 1.2 100
 1977 71.6 20.1 6.1 2.2 100 80.2 12.2 5.9 1.8 100
 1978 68.7 22.9 6.1 2.3 100 79.7 12.3 6.1 1.9 100
 1979 65.2 25.9 6.3 2.6 100 79.4 12.4 6.3 1.9 100
 1980 70.3 22.1 4.7 2.9 100 78.2 12.6 6.7 2.5 100
 1981 74.0 19.1 4.0 2.9 100 77.5 12.8 7.1 2.6 100
 1982 74.8 18.8 3.6 2.8 100 77.3 13.1 7.0 2.6 100
 1983 75.6 18.0 3.6 2.9 100 77.0 13.3 7.1 2.7 100
 1984 74.8 18.3 3.8 3.1 100 76.5 13.6 7.2 2.8 100
 1985 74.3 18.6 3.7 3.4 100 75.4 13.5 8.2 2.9 100
 1986 73.2 19.1 4.2 3.6 100 74.3 13.6 9.3 2.9 100
 1987 72.0 19.8 5.1 3.1 100 73.5 13.7 9.8 3.0 100
 1988 70.4 20.8 5.6 3.2 100 72.8 13.7 10.2 3.3 100
 1989 69.0 21.6 6.2 3.2 100 72.1 13.7 10.7 3.5 100
 1990 69.3 20.7 6.9 3.1 100 71.9 13.9 10.8 3.4 100
 1991 73.0 16.5 7.3 3.3 100 71.1 14.1 11.1 3.6 100
 1992 72.5 16.6 7.6 3.3 100 70.6 14.2 11.3 3.9 100
 1993 72.3 16.7 7.6 3.4 100 70.1 14.3 11.5 4.0 100
 1994 70.7 17.9 7.7 3.7 100 68.7 14.2 13.0 4.1 100
 1995 68.3 18.4 9.0 4.3 100 68.2 14.3 13.9 3.6 100
1996 66.1 19.1 9.8 5.0 100 66.6 14.4 14.3 4.7 100
1997 64.4 19.9 9.8 5.9 100 66.1 14.3 14.5 5.0 100
1998 63.6 19.6 10.4 6.4 100 65.9 14.2 15.0 4.9 100
1999 62.8 19.9 10.8 6.5 100 65.7 14.2 15.2 4.9 100
2000 62.5 20.0 11.2 6.3 100 65.6 14.3 15.0 5.1 100
2001 63.1 19.5 11.3 6.1 100 64.8 14.3 15.6 5.3 100
2002 67.0 15.7 11.3 6.0 100 65.1 14.2 15.6 5.1 100
                       
  1. This table has been constructed using pre-FY03 race/ethnicity categories for comparison purposes. Hispanics of all races are reported as a single group. The remaining 
      individuals are listed as "Non-Hispanic White," "Non-Hispanic Black," or "Non-Hispanic Other."
  2. The end of the fiscal year was moved from June 30 to September 30 during calendar year 1977. As a result, the data for FY77 reflect accession counts for five quarters.