Table A-6

Table A-6.  FY 1997 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by AFQT Category, Service, and Race/Ethnicity

a.  Number

RACE/
ETHNICITY

AFQT CATEGORY

 

      I

     II

    IIIA

    IIIB

     IV

      V

Other/Unk.

TOTAL

ARMY

   White

5,150

35,580

25,312

26,451

11,783

1,089

272

105,637

   Black

326

6,133

8,895

17,350

14,412

1,563

94

48,773

   Hispanic

161

2,729

3,466

6,232

5,025

792

24

18,429

   Other

300

2,418

2,034

3,030

2,350

344

36

10,512

   Total

5,937

46,860

39,707

53,063

33,570

3,788

426

183,351

NAVY

   White

3,413

20,337

11,904

12,403

4,290

312

262

52,921

   Black

197

2,829

3,569

7,578

4,685

456

58

19,372

   Hispanic

190

2,026

1,921

2,985

1,606

173

51

8,952

   Other

325

2,379

1,646

2,392

1,562

218

49

8,571

   Total

4,125

27,571

19,040

25,358

12,143

1,159

420

89,816

MARINE CORPS

   White

1,530

14,226

10,138

10,897

3,821

216

125

40,953

   Black

75

1,518

2,021

3,919

2,406

238

30

10,207

   Hispanic

64

1,469

1,720

2,789

1,337

92

8

7,479

   Other

103

955

853

1,183

717

70

22

3,903

   Total

1,772

18,168

14,732

18,788

8,281

616

185

62,542

AIR FORCE

   White

2,019

15,757

9,520

7,858

1,835

97

436

37,522

   Black

96

2,140

2,749

4,115

1,853

97

57

11,107

   Hispanic

52

995

972

1,153

462

34

15

3,683

   Other

115

1,189

914

948

399

27

53

3,645

   Total

2,282

20,081

14,155

14,074

4,549

255

561

55,957

TOTAL DoD

   White

12,112

85,900

56,874

57,609

21,729

1,714

1,095

237,033

   Black

694

12,620

17,234

32,962

23,356

2,354

239

89,459

   Hispanic

467

7,219

8,079

13,159

8,430

1,091

98

38,543

   Other

843

6,941

5,447

7,553

5,028

659

160

26,631

   Total

14,116

112,680

87,634

111,283

58,543

5,818

1,592

391,666

    *  Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 1997.

b.  Percent

RACE/
ETHNICITY

AFQT CATEGORY

 

      I

     II

    IIIA

    IIIB

     IV

      V

Other/Unk.

TOTAL

ARMY

   White

4.88%

33.68%

23.96%

25.04%

11.15%

1.03%

0.26%

100.00%

   Black

0.67%

12.57%

18.24%

35.57%

29.55%

3.20%

0.19%

100.00%

   Hispanic

0.87%

14.81%

18.81%

33.82%

27.27%

4.30%

0.13%

100.00%

   Other

2.85%

23.00%

19.35%

28.82%

22.36%

3.27%

0.34%

100.00%

   Total

3.24%

25.56%

21.66%

28.94%

18.31%

2.07%

0.23%

100.00%

NAVY

   White

6.45%

38.43%

22.49%

23.44%

8.11%

0.59%

0.50%

100.00%

   Black

1.02%

14.60%

18.42%

39.12%

24.18%

2.35%

0.30%

100.00%

   Hispanic

2.12%

22.63%

21.46%

33.34%

17.94%

1.93%

0.57%

100.00%

   Other

3.79%

27.76%

19.20%

27.91%

18.22%

2.54%

0.57%

100.00%

   Total

4.59%

30.70%

21.20%

28.23%

13.52%

1.29%

0.47%

100.00%

MARINE CORPS

   White

3.74%

34.74%

24.76%

26.61%

9.33%

0.53%

0.31%

100.00%

   Black

0.73%

14.87%

19.80%

38.40%

23.57%

2.33%

0.29%

100.00%

   Hispanic

0.86%

19.64%

23.00%

37.29%

17.88%

1.23%

0.11%

100.00%

   Other

2.64%

24.47%

21.85%

30.31%

18.37%

1.79%

0.56%

100.00%

   Total

2.83%

29.05%

23.56%

30.04%

13.24%

0.98%

0.30%

100.00%

AIR FORCE

   White

5.38%

41.99%

25.37%

20.94%

4.89%

0.26%

1.16%

100.00%

   Black

0.86%

19.27%

24.75%

37.05%

16.68%

0.87%

0.51%

100.00%

   Hispanic

1.41%

27.02%

26.39%

31.31%

12.54%

0.92%

0.41%

100.00%

   Other

3.16%

32.62%

25.08%

26.01%

10.95%

0.74%

1.45%

100.00%

   Total

4.08%

35.89%

25.30%

25.15%

8.13%

0.46%

1.00%

100.00%

TOTAL DoD

   White

5.11%

36.24%

23.99%

24.30%

9.17%

0.72%

0.46%

100.00%

   Black

0.78%

14.11%

19.26%

36.85%

26.11%

2.63%

0.27%

100.00%

   Hispanic

1.21%

18.73%

20.96%

34.14%

21.87%

2.83%

0.25%

100.00%

   Other

3.17%

26.06%

20.45%

28.36%

18.88%

2.47%

0.60%

100.00%

   Total

3.60%

28.77%

22.37%

28.41%

14.95%

1.49%

0.41%

100.00%

    *  Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 1997.
        Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.

 

 

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