Table B-10.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY17: by Service, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group
 
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY # % # % # % # % # % # %
Male and Female1
White 44,435 71.41 22,464 64.27 26,630 83.87 21,902 71.55 115,431 72.35 21,508,021 73.44
Black 13,955 22.43 6,152 17.60 2,888 9.10 5,432 17.75 28,427 17.82 4,428,712 15.12
AIAN2 492 0.79 333 0.95 191 0.60 280 0.91 1,296 0.81 432,032 1.48
Asian 3,217 5.17 1,791 5.12 863 2.72 1,359 4.44 7,230 4.53 1,775,986 6.06
NHPI3 27 0.04 348 1.00 226 0.71 323 1.06 924 0.58 157,285 0.54
Two or more 96 0.15 1,533 4.39 871 2.74 1,253 4.09 3,753 2.35 986,355 3.37
Unknown 4 0.01   2,334 6.68   84 0.26   61 0.20   2,483 1.56   0 0
TOTAL 62,226 100 34,955 100 31,753 100 30,610 100 159,544 100 29,288,391 100
Male and Female with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 71.41 68.86 84.09 71.69 73.49 73.44
Black 22.43 18.86 9.12 17.78 18.10 15.12
AIAN2 0.79 1.02 0.60 0.92 0.83 1.48
Asian 5.17 5.49 2.73 4.45 4.60 6.06
NHPI3 0.04 1.07 0.71 1.06 0.59 0.54
Two or more   0.15     4.70     2.75     4.10     2.39     3.37
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic
White 33,285 65.80 18,338 61.60 18,538 79.77 17,396 68.81 87,557 67.94 15,784,592 69.26
Black 13,524 26.74 5,747 19.31 2,725 11.73 5,096 20.16 27,092 21.02 4,148,579 18.20
AIAN2 466 0.92 236 0.79 149 0.64 172 0.68 1,023 0.79 279,297 1.23
Asian 3,198 6.32 1,752 5.89 832 3.58 1,280 5.06 7,062 5.48 1,691,076 7.42
NHPI3 27 0.05 313 1.05 205 0.88 241 0.95 786 0.61 113,941 0.50
Two or more 85 0.17 1,381 4.64 757 3.26 1,053 4.17 3,276 2.54 772,244 3.39
Unknown 0 0   2,002 6.73   34 0.15   44 0.17   2,080 1.61   0 0
TOTAL 50,585 100 29,769 100 23,240 100 25,282 100 128,876 100 22,789,729 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic , with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 65.80 66.04 79.88 68.93 69.05 69.26
Black 26.74 20.70 11.74 20.19 21.37 18.20
AIAN2 0.92 0.85 0.64 0.68 0.81 1.23
Asian 6.32 6.31 3.59 5.07 5.57 7.42
NHPI3 0.05 1.13 0.88 0.95 0.62 0.50
Two or more   0.17     4.97     3.26     4.17     2.58     3.39
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male and Female - Hispanic
White 11,150 95.78 4,126 79.56 8,092 95.05 4,506 84.57 27,874 90.89 5,723,429 88.07
Black 431 3.70 405 7.81 163 1.91 336 6.31 1,335 4.35 280,133 4.31
AIAN2 26 0.22 97 1.87 42 0.49 108 2.03 273 0.89 152,735 2.35
Asian 19 0.16 39 0.75 31 0.36 79 1.48 168 0.55 84,910 1.31
NHPI3 0 0 35 0.67 21 0.25 82 1.54 138 0.45 43,344 0.67
Two or more 11 0.09 152 2.93 114 1.34 200 3.75 477 1.56 214,111 3.29
Unknown 4 0.03   332 6.40   50 0.59   17 0.32   403 1.31   0 0
TOTAL 11,641 100 5,186 100 8,513 100 5,328 100 30,668 100 6,498,662 100
Male and Female - Hispanic , with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 95.82 85.00 95.62 84.84 92.10 88.07
Black 3.70 8.34 1.93 6.33 4.41 4.31
AIAN2 0.22 2.00 0.50 2.03 0.90 2.35
Asian 0.16 0.80 0.37 1.49 0.56 1.31
NHPI3 0 0.72 0.25 1.54 0.46 0.67
Two or more   0.09     3.13     1.35     3.77     1.58     3.29
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 38,329 73.99 17,415 66.92 24,074 84.35 17,296 73.60 97,114 74.78 10,900,516 73.85
Black 10,421 20.12 4,004 15.39 2,489 8.72 3,793 16.14 20,707 15.94 2,169,352 14.70
AIAN2 392 0.76 213 0.82 170 0.60 189 0.80 964 0.74 217,828 1.48
Asian 2,568 4.96 1,339 5.15 789 2.76 1,064 4.53 5,760 4.44 891,396 6.04
NHPI3 23 0.04 235 0.90 203 0.71 233 0.99 694 0.53 72,570 0.49
Two or more 70 0.14 1,070 4.11 749 2.62 883 3.76 2,772 2.13 508,739 3.45
Unknown 3 0.01   1,748 6.72   66 0.23   42 0.18   1,859 1.43   0 0
TOTAL 51,806 100 26,024 100 28,540 100 23,500 100 129,870 100 14,760,401 100
Male with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 73.99 71.74 84.55 73.73 75.86 73.85
Black 20.12 16.49 8.74 16.17 16.18 14.70
AIAN2 0.76 0.88 0.60 0.81 0.75 1.48
Asian 4.96 5.52 2.77 4.54 4.50 6.04
NHPI3 0.04 0.97 0.71 0.99 0.54 0.49
Two or more   0.14     4.41     2.63     3.76     2.17     3.45
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male - Not Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 29,411 69.17 14,481 64.66 16,970 80.52 13,927 71.16 74,789 70.85 7,992,307 69.70
Black 10,099 23.75 3,725 16.63 2,344 11.12 3,557 18.17 19,725 18.69 2,048,770 17.87
AIAN2 372 0.87 158 0.71 131 0.62 110 0.56 771 0.73 131,764 1.15
Asian 2,553 6.00 1,317 5.88 762 3.62 1,012 5.17 5,644 5.35 852,183 7.43
NHPI3 23 0.05 211 0.94 184 0.87 178 0.91 596 0.56 52,417 0.46
Two or more 64 0.15 969 4.33 655 3.11 756 3.86 2,444 2.32 389,235 3.39
Unknown 0 0   1,534 6.85   29 0.14   32 0.16   1,595 1.51   0 0
TOTAL 42,522 100 22,395 100 21,075 100 19,572 100 105,564 100 11,466,675 100
Male - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 69.17 69.42 80.63 71.27 71.93 69.70
Black 23.75 17.86 11.14 18.20 18.97 17.87
AIAN2 0.87 0.76 0.62 0.56 0.74 1.15
Asian 6.00 6.31 3.62 5.18 5.43 7.43
NHPI3 0.05 1.01 0.87 0.91 0.57 0.46
Two or more   0.15     4.65     3.11     3.87     2.35     3.39
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Male - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 8,918 96.06 2,934 80.85 7,104 95.16 3,369 85.77 22,325 91.85 2,908,209 88.30
Black 322 3.47 279 7.69 145 1.94 236 6.01 982 4.04 120,583 3.66
AIAN2 20 0.22 55 1.52 39 0.52 79 2.01 193 0.79 86,064 2.61
Asian 15 0.16 22 0.61 27 0.36 52 1.32 116 0.48 39,214 1.19
NHPI3 0 0 24 0.66 19 0.25 55 1.40 98 0.40 20,153 0.61
Two or more 6 0.06 101 2.78 94 1.26 127 3.23 328 1.35 119,504 3.63
Unknown 3 0.03   214 5.90   37 0.50   10 0.25   264 1.09   0 0
TOTAL 9,284 100 3,629 100 7,465 100 3,928 100 24,306 100 3,293,726 100
Male - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 96.09 85.92 95.64 85.99 92.86 88.30
Black 3.47 8.17 1.95 6.02 4.08 3.66
AIAN2 0.22 1.61 0.53 2.02 0.80 2.61
Asian 0.16 0.64 0.36 1.33 0.48 1.19
NHPI3 0 0.70 0.26 1.40 0.41 0.61
Two or more   0.06     2.96     1.27     3.24     1.36     3.63
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD
RACE/ETHNICITY # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 6,106 58.60 5,049 56.53 2,556 79.55 4,606 64.78 18,317 61.73 10,607,505 73.01
Black 3,534 33.92 2,148 24.05 399 12.42 1,639 23.05 7,720 26.02 2,259,360 15.55
AIAN2 100 0.96 120 1.34 21 0.65 91 1.28 332 1.12 214,204 1.47
Asian 649 6.23 452 5.06 74 2.30 295 4.15 1,470 4.95 884,589 6.09
NHPI3 4 0.04 113 1.27 23 0.72 90 1.27 230 0.78 84,715 0.58
Two or more 26 0.25 463 5.18 122 3.80 370 5.20 981 3.31 477,616 3.29
Unknown 1 0.01   586 6.56   18 0.56   19 0.27   624 2.10   0 0
TOTAL 10,420 100 8,931 100 3,213 100 7,110 100 29,674 100 14,527,990 100
Female with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 58.60 60.50 80.00 64.96 63.05 73.01
Black 33.92 25.74 12.49 23.11 26.57 15.55
AIAN2 0.96 1.44 0.66 1.28 1.14 1.47
Asian 6.23 5.42 2.32 4.16 5.06 6.09
NHPI3 0.04 1.35 0.72 1.27 0.79 0.58
Two or more   0.25     5.55     3.82     5.22     3.38     3.29
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Female - Not Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 3,874 48.05 3,857 52.31 1,568 72.42 3,469 60.75 12,768 54.77 7,792,285 68.82
Black 3,425 42.48 2,022 27.42 381 17.60 1,539 26.95 7,367 31.60 2,099,809 18.54
AIAN2 94 1.17 78 1.06 18 0.83 62 1.09 252 1.08 147,533 1.30
Asian 645 8.00 435 5.90 70 3.23 268 4.69 1,418 6.08 838,893 7.41
NHPI3 4 0.05 102 1.38 21 0.97 63 1.10 190 0.82 61,524 0.54
Two or more 21 0.26 412 5.59 102 4.71 297 5.20 832 3.57 383,009 3.38
Unknown 0 0   468 6.35   5 0.23   12 0.21   485 2.08   0 0
TOTAL 8,063 100 7,374 100 2,165 100 5,710 100 23,312 100 11,323,054 100
Female - Not Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 48.05 55.85 72.59 60.88 55.93 68.82
Black 42.48 29.28 17.64 27.01 32.27 18.54
AIAN2 1.17 1.13 0.83 1.09 1.10 1.30
Asian 8.00 6.30 3.24 4.70 6.21 7.41
NHPI3 0.05 1.48 0.97 1.11 0.83 0.54
Two or more   0.26     5.97     4.72     5.21     3.64     3.38
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
Female - Hispanic (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 2,232 94.70 1,192 76.56 988 94.27 1,137 81.21 5,549 87.22 2,815,220 87.84
Black 109 4.62 126 8.09 18 1.72 100 7.14 353 5.55 159,551 4.98
AIAN2 6 0.25 42 2.70 3 0.29 29 2.07 80 1.26 66,671 2.08
Asian 4 0.17 17 1.09 4 0.38 27 1.93 52 0.82 45,696 1.43
NHPI3 0 0 11 0.71 2 0.19 27 1.93 40 0.63 23,191 0.72
Two or more 5 0.21 51 3.28 20 1.91 73 5.21 149 2.34 94,607 2.95
Unknown 1 0.04   118 7.58   13 1.24   7 0.50   139 2.18   0 0
TOTAL 2,357 100 1,557 100 1,048 100 1,400 100 6,362 100 3,204,936 100
Female - Hispanic, with the Unknown Race distributed like the Knowns
White 94.74 82.84 95.46 81.62 89.17 87.84
Black 4.63 8.76 1.74 7.18 5.67 4.98
AIAN2 0.25 2.92 0.29 2.08 1.29 2.08
Asian 0.17 1.18 0.39 1.94 0.84 1.43
NHPI3 0 0.76 0.19 1.94 0.64 0.72
Two or more   0.21     3.54     1.93     5.24     2.39     2.95
TOTAL 100 100 100 100 100 100
     
1. 36 males and 3 females with Unknown ethnicity are not included in this table.
2. American Indian, Alaska Native
3. 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 2016-September 2017 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  The military data in this table reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2016 through 30 September 2017.