Table B-11.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY17: by Service, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity (multiple race identifications) with Civilian Comparison Group
 
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD2
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # % # %
Male and Female
White 48,120 71.46 23,888 64.81 27,397 83.22 23,237 71.57 122,642 72.32 22,427,145 73.95
Black 15,174 22.53 6,864 18.62 3,358 10.20 6,074 18.71 31,470 18.56 4,908,190 16.19
AIAN3 563 0.84 1,007 2.73 332 1.01 548 1.69 2,450 1.44 734,384 2.42
Asian 3,430 5.09 2,204 5.98 1,266 3.85 1,908 5.88 8,808 5.19 2,041,074 6.73
NHPI4 51 0.08 555 1.51 484 1.47 638 1.97 1,728 1.02 212,576 0.70
Unknown 4 0.01   2,338 6.34   84 0.26   61 0.19   2,487 1.47   2,074 0.01
TOTAL 67,342 100 36,856 100 32,921 100 32,466 100 169,585 100 30,325,443 100
Male and Female - Not Hispanic 5
White 36,288 66.02 19,624 62.35 19,197 79.24 18,525 68.97 93,634 68.08 16,503,287 69.92
Black 14,698 26.74 6,373 20.25 3,132 12.93 5,658 21.07 29,861 21.71 4,523,517 19.17
AIAN3 527 0.96 833 2.65 251 1.04 382 1.42 1,993 1.45 493,981 2.09
Asian 3,407 6.20 2,143 6.81 1,188 4.90 1,749 6.51 8,487 6.17 1,921,953 8.14
NHPI4 47 0.09 498 1.58 424 1.75 501 1.87 1,470 1.07 156,627 0.66
Unknown 0 0.00   2,005 6.37   34 0.14   44 0.16   2,083 1.51   2,074 0.01
TOTAL 54,967 100 31,476 100 24,226 100 26,859 100 137,528 100 23,601,438 100
Male and Female - Hispanic 5
White 11,832 95.61 4,264 79.26 8,200 94.31 4,712 84.04 29,008 90.49 5,923,858 88.10
Black 476 3.85 491 9.13 226 2.60 416 7.42 1,609 5.02 384,674 5.72
AIAN3 36 0.29 174 3.23 81 0.93 166 2.96 457 1.43 240,403 3.58
Asian 23 0.19 61 1.13 78 0.90 159 2.84 321 1.00 119,121 1.77
NHPI4 4 0.03 57 1.06 60 0.69 137 2.44 258 0.80 55,949 0.83
Unknown 4 0.03   333 6.19   50 0.58   17 0.30   404 1.26   0 0
TOTAL 12,375 100 5,380 100 8,695 100 5,607 100 32,057 100 6,724,005 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD 18-24 YEARS-OLD2
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # % # %
Male (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 41,653 73.99 18,434 67.39 24,730 83.71 18,282 73.55 103,099 74.68 11,379,033 74.37
Black 11,397 20.24 4,464 16.32 2,893 9.79 4,223 16.99 22,977 16.64 2,397,861 15.67
AIAN3 450 0.80 685 2.50 291 0.98 381 1.53 1,807 1.31 377,842 2.47
Asian 2,750 4.88 1,647 6.02 1,143 3.87 1,469 5.91 7,009 5.08 1,041,339 6.81
NHPI4 45 0.08 373 1.36 421 1.42 460 1.85 1,299 0.94 103,630 0.68
Unknown 3 0.01   1,751 6.40   66 0.22   42 0.17   1,862 1.35   0 0
TOTAL 56,298 100 27,354 100 29,544 100 24,857 100 138,053 100 15,299,703 100
Male - Not Hispanic5 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 32,142 69.30 15,404 65.27 17,537 79.98 14,775 71.23 79,858 70.89 8,354,661 70.33
Black 11,043 23.81 4,131 17.50 2,695 12.29 3,942 19.00 21,811 19.36 2,222,937 18.71
AIAN3 421 0.91 584 2.47 220 1.00 265 1.28 1,490 1.32 243,490 2.05
Asian 2,732 5.89 1,609 6.82 1,075 4.90 1,360 6.56 6,776 6.02 982,630 8.27
NHPI4 41 0.09 335 1.42 370 1.69 370 1.78 1,116 0.99 75,344 0.63
Unknown 0 0.00   1,537 6.51   29 0.13   32 0.15   1,598 1.42   0 0
TOTAL 46,379 100 23,600 100 21,926 100 20,744 100 112,649 100 11,879,062 100
Male - Hispanic5 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among males.)
White 9,511 95.89 3,030 80.71 7,193 94.42 3,507 85.27 23,241 91.49 3,024,371 88.42
Black 354 3.57 333 8.87 198 2.60 281 6.83 1,166 4.59 174,924 5.11
AIAN3 29 0.29 101 2.69 71 0.93 116 2.82 317 1.25 134,352 3.93
Asian 18 0.18 38 1.01 68 0.89 109 2.65 233 0.92 58,709 1.72
NHPI4 4 0.04 38 1.01 51 0.67 90 2.19 183 0.72 28,286 0.83
Unknown 3 0.03   214 5.70   37 0.49   10 0.24   264 1.04   0 0
TOTAL 9,919 100 3,754 100 7,618 100 4,113 100 25,404 100 3,420,642 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN POPULATION
GENDER and ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD   18-24 YEARS-OLD2
RACE/ETHNICITY1 # % # % # % # % # %   # %
Female (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 6,467 58.56 5,454 57.40 2,667 78.98 4,955 65.12 19,543 61.98 11,048,112 73.53
Black 3,777 34.20 2,400 25.26 465 13.77 1,851 24.33 8,493 26.93 2,510,330 16.71
AIAN3 113 1.02 322 3.39 41 1.21 167 2.19 643 2.04 356,542 2.37
Asian 680 6.16 557 5.86 123 3.64 439 5.77 1,799 5.71 999,735 6.65
NHPI4 6 0.05 182 1.92 63 1.87 178 2.34 429 1.36 108,946 0.73
Unknown 1 0.01   587 6.18   18 0.53   19 0.25   625 1.98   2,074 0.01
TOTAL 11,044 100 9,502 100 3,377 100 7,609 100 31,532 100 15,025,740 100
Female - Not Hispanic5 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 4,146 48.28 4,220 53.58 1,660 72.17 3,750 61.32 13,776 55.37 8,148,626 69.51
Black 3,655 42.56 2,242 28.47 437 19.00 1,716 28.06 8,050 32.36 2,300,580 19.63
AIAN3 106 1.23 249 3.16 31 1.35 117 1.91 503 2.02 250,491 2.14
Asian 675 7.86 534 6.78 113 4.91 389 6.36 1,711 6.88 939,323 8.01
NHPI4 6 0.07 163 2.07 54 2.35 131 2.14 354 1.42 81,283 0.69
Unknown 0 0.00   468 5.94   5 0.22   12 0.20   485 1.95   2,074 0.02
TOTAL 8,588 100 7,876 100 2,300 100 6,115 100 24,879 100 11,722,376 100
Female - Hispanic5 (Percentages indicate the proportion of each racial group among females.)
White 2,321 94.50 1,234 75.89 1,007 93.50 1,205 80.66 5,767 86.68 2,899,487 87.77
Black 122 4.97 158 9.72 28 2.60 135 9.04 443 6.66 209,750 6.35
AIAN3 7 0.29 73 4.49 10 0.93 50 3.35 140 2.10 106,051 3.21
Asian 5 0.20 23 1.41 10 0.93 50 3.35 88 1.32 60,412 1.83
NHPI4 0 0.00 19 1.17 9 0.84 47 3.15 75 1.13 27,663 0.84
Unknown 1 0.04   119 7.32   13 1.21   7 0.47   140 2.10   0 0
TOTAL 2,456 100 1,626 100 1,077 100 1,494 100 6,653 100 3,303,363 100
     
1. The race groupings used in this table reflect all racial identities reported by respondents.  Thus, an individual who identifies him or herself as multiracial will be counted more than once.  For example, someone who self-identifies as "Asian and Black or African-American" will be counted in both the "Black" and "Asian" categories above.  Thus, the counts overstate accessions and do not match other tables in this report.
2. Civilians who Declined to Respond are included in "Unknown."
3. American Indian, Alaska Native
4. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
5. Individuals with Unknown ethnicity (43 males and 4 females) 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 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.