Table B-3.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY16: 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 35,093 5,723 40,816 15,272 4,166 19,438 22,600 2,351 24,951 18,228 4,704 22,932 91,193 16,944 108,137 11,021,248 10,731,161 21,752,409
Black 10,111 3,650 13,761 3,832 1,928 5,760 2,783 448 3,231 4,108 1,637 5,745 20,834 7,663 28,497 2,222,023 2,306,167 4,528,190
AIAN 1 383 91 474 238 96 334 199 38 237 179 75 254 999 300 1,299 244,794 232,726 477,520
Asian 2,879 621 3,500 1,126 353 1,479 790 88 878 1,197 311 1,508 5,992 1,373 7,365 874,280 865,548 1,739,828
NHPI 2 18 6 24 223 80 303 171 21 192 255 71 326 667 178 845 81,216 77,021 158,238
Two or more 83 26 109 1,113 441 1,554 638 106 744 808 273 1,081 2,642 846 3,488 456,989 481,481 938,471
Unknown 4 5 9   1,212 405 1,617   43 7 50   63 20 83   1,322 437 1,759   0 0 0
TOTAL 48,571 10,122 58,693 23,016 7,469 30,485 27,224 3,059 30,283 24,838 7,091 31,929 123,649 27,741 151,390 14,900,551 14,694,105 29,594,656
Hispanic 8,180 1,948 10,128 3,332 1,321 4,653 6,753 960 7,713 4,135 1,335 5,470 22,400 5,564 27,964 3,263,821 3,209,594 6,473,415
Not Hispanic 40,389 8,173 48,562 19,524 6,106 25,630 20,456 2,097 22,553 20,646 5,740 26,386 101,015 22,116 123,131 11,636,730 11,484,511 23,121,241
Unknown 2 1 3   160 42 202   15 2 17   57 16 73   234 61 295   0 0 0
TOTAL 48,571 10,122 58,693 23,016 7,469 30,485 27,224 3,059 30,283 24,838 7,091 31,929 123,649 27,741 151,390 14,900,551 14,694,105 29,594,656
Percent
White 72.25 56.54 69.54 66.35 55.78 63.76 83.01 76.86 82.39 73.39 66.34 71.82 73.75 61.08 71.43 73.97 73.03 73.50
Black 20.82 36.06 23.45 16.65 25.81 18.89 10.22 14.65 10.67 16.54 23.09 17.99 16.85 27.62 18.82 14.91 15.69 15.30
AIAN 1 0.79 0.90 0.81 1.03 1.29 1.10 0.73 1.24 0.78 0.72 1.06 0.80 0.81 1.08 0.86 1.64 1.58 1.61
Asian 5.93 6.14 5.96 4.89 4.73 4.85 2.90 2.88 2.90 4.82 4.39 4.72 4.85 4.95 4.86 5.87 5.89 5.88
NHPI 2 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.97 1.07 0.99 0.63 0.69 0.63 1.03 1.00 1.02 0.54 0.64 0.56 0.55 0.52 0.53
Two or more 0.17 0.26 0.19 4.84 5.90 5.10 2.34 3.47 2.46 3.25 3.85 3.39 2.14 3.05 2.30 3.07 3.28 3.17
Unknown 0.01 0.05 0.02   5.27 5.42 5.30   0.16 0.23 0.17   0.25 0.28 0.26   1.07 1.58 1.16   0 0 0
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Hispanic 16.84 19.25 17.26 14.48 17.69 15.26 24.81 31.38 25.47 16.65 18.83 17.13 18.12 20.06 18.47 21.90 21.84 21.87
Not Hispanic 83.15 80.74 82.74 84.83 81.75 84.07 75.14 68.55 74.47 83.12 80.95 82.64 81.69 79.72 81.33 78.10 78.16 78.13
Unknown 0 0.01 0.01   0.70 0.56 0.66   0.06 0.07 0.06   0.23 0.23 0.23   0.19 0.22 0.19   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 2015-September 2016 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).