Table B-3.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY15: by Service, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group
  SERVICE           CIVILIAN POPULATION
RACE/ ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD 
ETHNICITY Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Number
White 33,801 5,263 39,064 17,626 5,044 22,670 22,223 2,186 24,409 14,573 3,370 17,943 88,223 15,863 104,086 11,173,687 10,873,404 22,047,091
Black 10,225 3,597 13,822 4,539 2,321 6,860 2,809 412 3,221 2,867 1,128 3,995 20,440 7,458 27,898 2,207,885 2,394,422 4,602,307
AIAN 1 386 113 499 307 133 440 223 44 267 146 49 195 1,062 339 1,401 234,990 214,651 449,641
Asian 2,730 643 3,373 1,276 374 1,650 754 68 822 812 219 1,031 5,572 1,304 6,876 835,370 827,824 1,663,195
NHPI 2 36 9 45 247 89 336 207 25 232 139 39 178 629 162 791 78,345 68,595 146,940
Two or more 118 43 161 1,354 545 1,899 349 58 407 508 138 646 2,329 784 3,113 453,159 470,608 923,767
Unknown 25 1 26   772 237 1,009   27 4 31   28 11 39   852 253 1,105   0 0 0
TOTAL 47,321 9,669 56,990 26,121 8,743 34,864 26,592 2,797 29,389 19,073 4,954 24,027 119,107 26,163 145,270 14,983,437 14,849,505 29,832,941
Hispanic 7,882 1,772 9,654 2,693 1,210 3,903 6,338 836 7,174 2,849 784 3,633 19,762 4,602 24,364 3,298,938 3,162,613 6,461,551
Not Hispanic 39,426 7,897 47,323 21,985 7,070 29,055 20,221 1,959 22,180 16,174 4,158 20,332 97,806 21,084 118,890 11,684,499 11,686,892 23,371,391
Unknown 13 0 13   1,443 463 1,906   33 2 35   50 12 62   1,539 477 2,016   0 0 0
TOTAL 47,321 9,669 56,990 26,121 8,743 34,864 26,592 2,797 29,389 19,073 4,954 24,027 119,107 26,163 145,270 14,983,437 14,849,505 29,832,941
Percent
White 71.4 54.4 68.5 67.5 57.7 65.0 83.6 78.2 83.1 76.4 68.0 74.7 74.1 60.6 71.7 74.6 73.2 73.9
Black 21.6 37.2 24.3 17.4 26.5 19.7 10.6 14.7 11.0 15.0 22.8 16.6 17.2 28.5 19.2 14.7 16.1 15.4
AIAN 1 0.82 1.2 0.88 1.2 1.5 1.3 0.84 1.6 0.91 0.77 0.99 0.81 0.89 1.3 0.96 1.6 1.4 1.5
Asian 5.8 6.7 5.9 4.9 4.3 4.7 2.8 2.4 2.8 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.7 5.0 4.7 5.6 5.6 5.6
NHPI 2 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.95 1.0 1.0 0.78 0.89 0.79 0.73 0.79 0.74 0.53 0.62 0.54 0.52 0.46 0.49
Two or more 0.25 0.44 0.28 5.2 6.2 5.4 1.3 2.1 1.4 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.0 3.0 2.1 3.0 3.2 3.1
Unknown 0.05 0.01 0.05   3.0 2.7 2.9   0.10 0.14 0.11   0.15 0.22 0.16   0.72 0.97 0.76   0 0 0
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Hispanic 16.7 18.3 16.9 10.3 13.8 11.2 23.8 29.9 24.4 14.9 15.8 15.1 16.6 17.6 16.8 22.0 21.3 21.7
Not Hispanic 83.3 81.7 83.0 84.2 80.9 83.3 76.0 70.0 75.5 84.8 83.9 84.6 82.1 80.6 81.8 78.0 78.7 78.3
Unknown 0.03 0 0.02   5.5 5.3 5.5   0.12 0.07 0.12   0.26 0.24 0.26   1.3 1.8 1.4   0 0 0
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
       
  1. American Indian, Alaska Native
  2. 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, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2014-September 2015 average.  Military data are provided by the
      the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).