Table D-23.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity 1 and Service
with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 1973-2002
Non-Hispanic white
  SERVICE         18-24 YR-OLD
FISCAL ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   CIVILIANS
YEAR 2 #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        %     
1973 122,434 72.2 78,962 84.3 34,493 70.5 75,254 80.5 311,143 76.7 NA
1974 115,680 64.3 75,441 83.8 31,780 70.1 57,445 78.3 280,346 72.1 NA
1975 125,857 69.8 81,242 82.5 40,669 71.2 59,462 80.5 307,230 75.0 NA
1976 105,642 59.1 69,962 76.6 34,068 66.2 57,549 80.4 267,221 67.9 NA
1977 133,476 61.5 105,303 81.5 40,120 69.7 75,771 82.9 354,670 71.6 79.7
1978 68,566 56.0 62,718 80.4 24,860 65.2 53,791 80.2 209,935 68.7 79.4
1979 67,834 52.9 59,533 77.3 23,619 61.0 51,636 77.4 202,622 65.2 78.2
1980 96,990 61.1 70,854 80.0 28,694 68.2 57,196 80.0 253,734 70.3 77.5
1981 70,149 64.2 69,703 81.1 28,900 74.4 56,660 80.4 225,412 74.0 77.3
1982 82,133 68.4 64,387 80.4 28,729 75.7 53,281 79.2 228,530 74.8 77.0
1983 95,128 71.7 57,780 78.2 28,050 76.6 48,538 80.5 229,496 75.6 76.5
1984 91,781 70.8 59,069 76.6 29,381 75.1 47,995 81.2 228,226 74.8 75.4
1985 84,168 70.7 63,013 76.0 25,080 73.7 51,269 78.9 223,530 74.3 74.3
1986 89,084 70.3 64,953 73.6 25,429 73.4 50,094 78.2 229,560 73.2 73.5
1987 83,203 69.1 62,110 70.8 24,246 72.3 43,682 79.9 213,241 72.0 72.8
1988 70,818 67.0 62,285 69.4 24,896 71.2 32,832 80.5 190,831 70.4 72.8
1989 72,953 65.1 60,218 67.2 23,541 71.5 35,108 81.3 191,820 69.0 72.1
1990 55,465 65.6 47,092 66.7 23,280 70.8 29,177 81.6 155,014 69.3 71.9
1991 54,944 70.8 48,420 70.7 22,018 74.3 24,634 82.8 150,016 73.0 71.2
1992 53,467 69.8 40,331 69.0 23,792 74.9 28,635 82.2 146,225 72.5 70.6
1993 51,366 69.5 44,718 70.8 25,926 74.6 24,901 79.6 146,911 72.3 70.1
1994 41,199 67.1 37,375 69.9 23,214 73.1 22,961 77.2 124,749 70.7 68.7
1995 37,800 65.9 30,887 65.5 22,639 70.9 22,922 74.5 114,248 68.3 68.2
1996 44,412 63.5 29,154 63.2 22,572 69.4 22,262 72.9 118,400 66.1 66.6
1997 47,085 62.2 30,170 61.4 23,272 68.6 21,117 70.2 121,644 64.4 66.1
1998 41,982 61.5 27,826 59.6 22,933 68.6 21,735 68.9 114,476 63.6 65.9
1999 40,295 60.1 30,501 59.3 22,434 68.0 22,238 68.8 115,468 62.8 65.7
2000 40,714 61.3 28,573 57.9 20,309 67.2 22,213 67.6 111,809 62.5 65.6
2001 42,885 62.1 28,449 57.1 20,467 67.9 23,686 70.0 115,487 63.1 64.8
2002 46,287 66.5 26,328 60.5 22,642 70.8 26,277 72.1 121,534 67.0 65.1
Non-Hispanic black
  SERVICE         18-24 YR-OLD
FISCAL ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   CIVILIANS
YEAR 2 #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        %     
1973 35,031 20.7 10,275 11.0 10,504 21.5 13,523 14.5 69,333 17.1 NA
1974 49,237 27.4 9,984 11.1 9,754 21.5 12,163 16.6 81,138 20.9 NA
1975 41,059 22.8 10,000 10.2 11,485 20.1 10,779 14.6 73,323 17.9 NA
1976 33,112 18.5 5,612 6.1 6,271 12.2 6,754 9.4 51,749 13.2 NA
1977 63,561 29.3 14,450 11.2 11,495 20.0 10,250 11.2 99,756 20.2 12.2
1978 41,841 34.2 9,924 12.7 9,158 24.0 9,096 13.6 70,019 22.9 12.3
1979 47,054 36.7 12,012 15.6 10,679 27.6 10,585 15.9 80,330 25.9 12.4
1980 46,988 29.6 12,116 13.7 9,722 23.1 10,737 15.0 79,563 22.1 12.6
1981 30,298 27.7 10,998 12.8 6,904 17.8 10,019 14.2 58,219 19.1 12.8
1982 29,426 24.5 10,974 13.7 6,626 17.5 10,488 15.6 57,514 18.8 13.1
1983 29,037 21.9 10,548 14.3 6,216 17.0 8,719 14.5 54,520 18.0 13.3
1984 29,263 22.6 11,445 14.8 6,852 17.5 8,157 13.8 55,717 18.3 13.6
1985 26,699 22.4 12,715 15.3 6,400 18.8 10,123 15.6 55,937 18.6 13.5
1986 28,381 22.4 15,234 17.3 5,963 17.2 10,344 16.2 59,922 19.1 13.6
1987 28,226 23.5 16,640 19.0 6,051 18.1 7,806 14.3 58,723 19.8 13.7
1988 26,530 25.1 17,980 20.0 6,420 18.4 5,489 13.5 56,419 20.8 13.7
1989 29,486 26.3 19,158 21.4 5,887 17.9 5,473 12.7 60,004 21.6 13.7
1990 21,319 25.2 14,576 20.7 5,786 17.6 4,532 12.7 46,213 20.7 13.9
1991 15,535 20.0 10,956 16.0 4,193 14.2 3,198 10.8 33,882 16.5 14.1
1992 15,649 20.4 9,832 16.8 4,118 13.0 3,868 11.1 33,467 16.6 14.2
1993 15,103 20.4 10,619 16.8 4,201 12.1 3,965 12.7 33,888 16.7 14.3
1994 13,643 22.2 9,760 18.2 4,041 12.7 4,180 14.1 31,624 17.9 14.2
1995 12,901 22.5 9,219 19.6 4,233 13.3 4,467 14.5 30,820 18.4 14.3
1996 16,383 23.4 8,871 19.2 4,416 13.6 4,617 15.1 34,287 19.1 14.4
1997 17,735 23.4 9,896 20.1 4,742 14.0 5,192 17.3 37,565 19.9 14.4
1998 15,877 23.2 9,357 20.0 4,396 13.1 5,705 18.1 35,335 19.7 14.2
1999 16,085 24.0 10,260 20.0 4,308 13.1 5,847 18.1 36,500 19.9 14.2
2000 15,286 23.0 10,252 20.8 3,874 12.8 6,332 19.3 35,744 20.0 14.3
2001 15,444 22.4 10,429 20.9 3,662 12.2 6,159 18.2 35,694 19.5 14.3
2002 11,916 17.1 7,751 17.8 3,188 10.0 5,665 15.5 28,520 15.7 14.2
Hispanic
  SERVICE         18-24 YR-OLD
FISCAL ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   CIVILIANS
YEAR 2 #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        %     
1973 10,303 6.1 4,085 4.4 3,567 7.3 3,996 4.3 21,951 5.4 NA
1974 11,496 6.4 4,194 4.7 3,304 7.3 2,852 3.9 21,846 5.6 NA
1975 10,239 5.7 4,512 4.6 4,330 7.6 2,800 3.8 21,881 5.3 NA
1976 37,507 21.0 15,236 16.7 10,563 20.5 6,470 9.0 69,776 17.7 NA
1977 14,850 6.9 6,419 5.0 4,924 8.6 3,812 4.2 30,005 6.1 5.9
1978 8,811 7.2 3,700 4.7 3,245 8.5 2,882 4.3 18,638 6.1 6.1
1979 9,664 7.5 3,573 4.6 3,395 8.8 2,934 4.4 19,566 6.3 6.3
1980 9,315 5.9 3,250 3.7 2,390 5.7 2,038 2.9 16,993 4.7 6.7
1981 5,322 4.9 3,079 3.6 1,801 4.6 1,966 2.8 12,168 4.0 7.1
1982 4,912 4.1 2,752 3.4 1,417 3.7 1,817 2.7 10,898 3.6 7.0
1983 4,671 3.5 3,379 4.6 1,259 3.4 1,466 2.4 10,775 3.6 7.1
1984 4,610 3.6 4,179 5.4 1,481 3.8 1,404 2.4 11,674 3.8 7.2
1985 4,114 3.5 4,192 5.1 1,288 3.8 1,625 2.5 11,219 3.7 8.2
1986 4,882 3.9 5,093 5.8 1,653 4.8 1,527 2.4 13,155 4.2 9.3
1987 5,269 4.4 6,140 7.0 2,063 6.2 1,632 3.0 15,104 5.1 9.8
1988 5,132 4.9 6,334 7.1 2,518 7.2 1,300 3.2 15,284 5.6 10.2
1989 6,276 5.6 7,052 7.9 2,433 7.4 1,459 3.4 17,220 6.2 10.7
1990 5,199 6.2 6,392 9.1 2,748 8.4 1,205 3.4 15,544 7.0 10.8
1991 4,748 6.1 6,647 9.7 2,447 8.3 1,066 3.6 14,908 7.3 11.1
1992 5,093 6.7 6,188 10.6 2,733 8.6 1,291 3.7 15,305 7.6 11.3
1993 4,963 6.7 5,685 9.0 3,354 9.7 1,349 4.3 15,351 7.6 11.5
1994 4,431 7.2 4,245 7.9 3,429 10.8 1,442 4.9 13,547 7.7 13.0
1995 4,503 7.8 4,743 10.1 3,921 12.3 1,913 6.2 15,080 9.0 13.9
1996 6,199 8.9 5,109 11.1 4,219 13.0 2,037 6.7 17,564 9.8 14.3
1997 7,236 9.6 5,001 10.2 4,175 12.3 2,041 6.8 18,453 9.8 14.5
1998 7,020 10.3 5,167 11.1 4,365 13.1 2,198 7.0 18,750 10.4 15.0
1999 7,145 10.7 5,771 11.2 4,571 13.9 2,333 7.2 19,820 10.8 15.2
2000 7,261 10.9 5,904 12.0 4,411 14.6 2,435 7.4 20,011 11.2 15.0
2001 7,642 11.1 6,283 12.6 4,393 14.6 2,350 6.9 20,668 11.3 15.6
2002 8,072 11.6 5,374 12.4 4,407 13.8 2,647 7.3 20,500 11.3 15.6
Non-Hispanic other
  SERVICE         18-24 YR-OLD
FISCAL ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   CIVILIANS
YEAR 2 #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        %     
1973 1,749 1.0 326 0.35 382 0.78 766 0.82 3,223 0.79 NA
1974 3,555 2.0 432 0.48 485 1.1 916 1.3 5,388 1.4 NA
1975 3,156 1.8 2,701 2.7 638 1.1 829 1.1 7,324 1.8 NA
1976 2,655 1.5 570 0.62 582 1.1 809 1.1 4,616 1.2 NA
1977 4,996 2.3 3,108 2.4 1,040 1.8 1,534 1.7 10,678 2.2 1.8
1978 3,181 2.6 1,718 2.2 883 2.3 1,270 1.9 7,052 2.3 1.9
1979 3,737 2.9 1,862 2.4 1,033 2.7 1,529 2.3 8,161 2.6 1.9
1980 5,337 3.4 2,316 2.6 1,279 3.0 1,523 2.1 10,455 2.9 2.5
1981 3,440 3.2 2,215 2.6 1,225 3.2 1,827 2.6 8,707 2.9 2.6
1982 3,643 3.0 1,982 2.5 1,184 3.1 1,708 2.5 8,517 2.8 2.6
1983 3,814 2.9 2,202 3.0 1,103 3.0 1,551 2.6 8,670 2.9 2.7
1984 4,028 3.1 2,468 3.2 1,405 3.6 1,545 2.6 9,446 3.1 2.8
1985 4,101 3.4 3,010 3.6 1,283 3.8 1,937 3.0 10,331 3.4 2.9
1986 4,393 3.5 3,035 3.4 1,624 4.7 2,088 3.3 11,140 3.6 2.9
1987 3,678 3.1 2,863 3.3 1,168 3.5 1,548 2.8 9,257 3.1 3.0
1988 3,248 3.1 3,180 3.5 1,126 3.2 1,156 2.8 8,710 3.2 3.3
1989 3,376 3.0 3,178 3.6 1,080 3.3 1,142 2.6 8,776 3.2 3.5
1990 2,533 3.0 2,499 3.5 1,087 3.3 835 2.3 6,954 3.1 3.4
1991 2,411 3.1 2,449 3.6 977 3.3 858 2.9 6,695 3.3 3.7
1992 2,364 3.1 2,113 3.6 1,125 3.5 1,023 2.9 6,625 3.3 3.9
1993 2,505 3.4 2,132 3.4 1,254 3.6 1,074 3.4 6,965 3.4 4.0
1994 2,128 3.5 2,116 4.0 1,072 3.4 1,173 3.9 6,489 3.7 4.1
1995 2,197 3.8 2,303 4.9 1,153 3.6 1,486 4.8 7,139 4.3 3.6
1996 2,916 4.2 3,010 6.5 1,324 4.1 1,632 5.3 8,882 5.0 4.7
1997 3,671 4.9 4,064 8.3 1,760 5.2 1,738 5.8 11,233 6.0 5.0
1998 3,442 5.0 4,376 9.4 1,756 5.3 1,896 6.0 11,470 6.4 4.9
1999 3,482 5.2 4,904 9.5 1,685 5.1 1,909 5.9 11,980 6.5 4.9
2000 3,138 4.7 4,609 9.3 1,638 5.4 1,884 5.7 11,269 6.3 5.1
2001 3,138 4.5 4,709 9.4 1,625 5.4 1,655 4.9 11,127 6.1 5.3
2002 3,316 4.4 4,047 9.3 1,735 5.4 1,858 5.1 10,956 6.0 5.1
  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.