Table B-10.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY13: by Service, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group
 
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # % # %
Male and Female
White 46,747 70.6 22,988 61.1 26,843 83.8 19,966 76.2 116,544 71.9 22,289,047 74.3
Black 15,482 23.4 7,333 19.5 3,404 10.6 4,250 16.2 30,469 18.8 4,661,366 15.5
AIAN2 462 0.70 745 2.0 296 0.92 194 0.74 1,697 1.0 397,138 1.3
Asian 2,830 4.3 1,166 3.1 818 2.6 943 3.6 5,757 3.6 1,598,513 5.3
NHPI3 184 0.28 326 0.87 242 0.76 241 0.92 993 0.61 146,161 0.49
Two or more 278 0.42 4,271 11.4 403 1.3 588 2.2 5,540 3.4 903,686 3.0
Unknown 219 0.33   797 2.1   18 0.06   22 0.08   1,056 0.65   0 0
TOTAL 66,202 100 37,626 100 32,024 100 26,204 100 162,056 100 29,995,912 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic 4
White 37,268 66.4 19,781 59.7 20,354 80.9 16,576 75.2 93,979 68.9 16,694,838 70.5
Black 15,044 26.8 6,919 20.9 3,163 12.6 3,910 17.7 29,036 21.3 4,341,458 18.3
AIAN2 433 0.77 576 1.7 249 0.99 132 0.60 1,390 1.0 245,673 1.0
Asian 2,805 5.0 1,103 3.3 790 3.1 758 3.4 5,456 4.0 1,543,226 6.5
NHPI3 172 0.31 285 0.86 224 0.89 168 0.76 849 0.62 119,517 0.50
Two or more 256 0.46 3,861 11.7 356 1.4 481 2.2 4,954 3.6 729,515 3.1
Unknown 181 0.32   601 1.8   8 0.03   15 0.07   805 0.59   0 0
TOTAL 56,159 100 33,126 100 25,144 100 22,040 100 136,469 100 23,674,227 100
Male and Female - Hispanic
White 9,479 94.4 3,207 71.3 6,489 94.3 3,390 81.4 22,565 88.2 5,594,210 88.5
Black 438 4.4 414 9.2 241 3.5 340 8.2 1,433 5.6 319,908 5.1
AIAN2 29 0.29 169 3.8 47 0.68 62 1.5 307 1.2 151,465 2.4
Asian 25 0.25 63 1.4 28 0.41 185 4.4 301 1.2 55,287 0.87
NHPI3 12 0.12 41 0.91 18 0.26 73 1.8 144 0.56 26,644 0.42
Two or more 22 0.22 410 9.1 47 0.68 107 2.6 586 2.3 174,171 2.8
Unknown 38 0.38   196 4.4   10 0.15   7 0.17   251 0.98   0 0
TOTAL 10,043 100 4,500 100 6,880 100 4,164 100 25,587 100 6,321,685 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 40,630 73.1 18,327 63.5 24,675 84.4 16,460 77.6 100,092 74.2 11,262,788 74.8
Black 11,757 21.1 5,031 17.4 2,989 10.2 3,183 15.0 22,960 17.0 2,240,271 14.9
AIAN2 357 0.64 567 2.0 256 0.88 143 0.67 1,323 0.98 198,377 1.3
Asian 2,342 4.2 912 3.2 738 2.5 762 3.6 4,754 3.5 826,681 5.5
NHPI3 142 0.26 238 0.82 210 0.72 194 0.91 784 0.58 69,611 0.46
Two or more 219 0.39 3,205 11.1 356 1.2 447 2.1 4,227 3.1 454,460 3.0
Unknown 164 0.29   591 2.0   16 0.05   18 0.08   789 0.58   0 0
TOTAL 55,611 100 28,871 100 29,240 100 21,207 100 134,929 100 15,052,188 100
Male - Not Hispanic4 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 32,798 69.3 15,999 62.4 18,918 81.7 13,753 76.8 81,468 71.4 8,386,988 71.0
Black 11,422 24.1 4,740 18.5 2,785 12.0 2,912 16.3 21,859 19.2 2,084,129 17.7
AIAN2 330 0.70 436 1.7 219 0.95 105 0.59 1,090 0.96 118,778 1.0
Asian 2,321 4.9 863 3.4 714 3.1 625 3.5 4,523 4.0 794,864 6.7
NHPI3 133 0.28 209 0.82 198 0.85 132 0.74 672 0.59 56,602 0.48
Two or more 204 0.43 2,917 11.4 318 1.4 372 2.1 3,811 3.3 364,531 3.1
Unknown 135 0.29   456 1.8   7 0.03   13 0.07   611 0.54   0 0
TOTAL 47,343 100 25,620 100 23,159 100 17,912 100 114,034 100 11,805,892 100
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each raceial group among males.)
White 7,832 94.7 2,328 71.6 5,757 94.7 2,707 82.2 18,624 89.1 2,875,800 88.6
Black 335 4.1 291 9.0 204 3.4 271 8.2 1,101 5.3 156,142 4.8
AIAN2 27 0.33 131 4.0 37 0.61 38 1.2 233 1.1 79,598 2.5
Asian 21 0.25 49 1.5 24 0.39 137 4.2 231 1.1 31,817 0.98
NHPI3 9 0.11 29 0.89 12 0.20 62 1.9 112 0.54 13,009 0.40
Two or more 15 0.18 288 8.9 38 0.62 75 2.3 416 2.0 89,929 2.8
Unknown 29 0.35   135 4.2   9 0.15   5 0.15   178 0.85   0 0
TOTAL 8,268 100 3,251 100 6,081 100 3,295 100 20,895 100 3,246,296 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 6,117 57.8 4,661 53.2 2,168 77.9 3,506 70.2 16,452 60.6 11,026,259 73.8
Black 3,725 35.2 2,302 26.3 415 14.9 1,067 21.4 7,509 27.7 2,421,095 16.2
AIAN2 105 0.99 178 2.0 40 1.4 51 1.0 374 1.4 198,761 1.3
Asian 488 4.6 254 2.9 80 2.9 181 3.6 1,003 3.7 771,832 5.2
NHPI3 42 0.40 88 1.0 32 1.1 47 0.94 209 0.77 76,550 0.51
Two or more 59 0.56 1,066 12.2 47 1.7 141 2.8 1,313 4.8 449,226 3.0
Unknown 55 0.52   206 2.4   2 0.07   4 0.08   267 0.98   0 0
TOTAL 10,591 100 8,755 100 2,784 100 4,997 100 27,127 100 14,943,724 100
Female - Not Hispanic4 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 4,470 50.7 3,782 50.4 1,436 72.3 2,823 68.4 12,511 55.8 8,307,850 70.0
Black 3,622 41.1 2,179 29.0 378 19.0 998 24.2 7,177 32.0 2,257,329 19.0
AIAN2 103 1.2 140 1.9 30 1.5 27 0.65 300 1.3 126,895 1.1
Asian 484 5.5 240 3.2 76 3.8 133 3.2 933 4.2 748,362 6.3
NHPI3 39 0.44 76 1.0 26 1.3 36 0.87 177 0.79 62,915 0.53
Two or more 52 0.59 944 12.6 38 1.9 109 2.6 1,143 5.1 364,984 3.1
Unknown 46 0.52   145 1.9   1 0.05   2 0.05   194 0.86   0 0
TOTAL 8,816 100 7,506 100 1,985 100 4,128 100 22,435 100 11,868,335 100
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 1,647 92.8 879 70.4 732 91.6 683 78.6 3,941 84.0 2,718,410 88.4
Black 103 5.8 123 9.8 37 4.6 69 7.9 332 7.1 163,766 5.3
AIAN2 2 0.11 38 3.0 10 1.3 24 2.8 74 1.6 71,866 2.3
Asian 4 0.23 14 1.1 4 0.50 48 5.5 70 1.5 23,470 0.76
NHPI3 3 0.17 12 0.96 6 0.75 11 1.3 32 0.68 13,635 0.44
Two or more 7 0.39 122 9.8 9 1.1 32 3.7 170 3.6 84,242 2.7
Unknown 9 0.51   61 4.9   1 0.13   2 0.23   73 1.6   0 0
TOTAL 1,775 100 1,249 100 799 100 869 100 4,692 100 3,075,389 100
     
  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. 2019 males and 599 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 2012-September 2013 average.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).