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                        | Table B-10.  FY 1997 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Quality, Service, and Race/Ethnicity  | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        QUALITY | 
                          | 
                        TOTAL | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        RACE  ETHNICITY | 
                        HIGH QUALITY * | 
                          | 
                        NON-HIGH QUALITY | 
                          | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                             # | 
                            % | 
                          | 
                             # | 
                            % | 
                          | 
                             # | 
                            % | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        ARMY | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           White | 
                        30,254 | 
                        64.25% | 
                          | 
                        16,831 | 
                        35.75% | 
                          | 
                        47,085 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Black | 
                        8,171 | 
                        46.07% | 
                          | 
                        9,564 | 
                        53.93% | 
                          | 
                        17,735 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Hispanic | 
                        3,317 | 
                        45.84% | 
                          | 
                        3,919 | 
                        54.16% | 
                          | 
                        7,236 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Other | 
                        2,012 | 
                        54.81% | 
                          | 
                        1,659 | 
                        45.19% | 
                          | 
                        3,671 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        43,754 | 
                        57.78% | 
                          | 
                        31,973 | 
                        42.22% | 
                          | 
                        75,727 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        NAVY | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           White | 
                        21,018 | 
                        69.67% | 
                          | 
                        9,152 | 
                        30.33% | 
                          | 
                        30,170 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Black | 
                        4,132 | 
                        41.75% | 
                          | 
                        5,764 | 
                        58.25% | 
                          | 
                        9,896 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Hispanic | 
                        2,657 | 
                        53.13% | 
                          | 
                        2,344 | 
                        46.87% | 
                          | 
                        5,001 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Other | 
                        2,358 | 
                        58.02% | 
                          | 
                        1,706 | 
                        41.98% | 
                          | 
                        4,064 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        30,165 | 
                        61.40% | 
                          | 
                        18,966 | 
                        38.60% | 
                          | 
                        49,131 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        MARINE CORPS | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           White | 
                        15,691 | 
                        67.42% | 
                          | 
                        7,581 | 
                        32.58% | 
                          | 
                        23,272 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Black | 
                        2,067 | 
                        43.59% | 
                          | 
                        2,675 | 
                        56.41% | 
                          | 
                        4,742 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Hispanic | 
                        2,153 | 
                        51.57% | 
                          | 
                        2,022 | 
                        48.43% | 
                          | 
                        4,175 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Other | 
                        1,063 | 
                        60.40% | 
                          | 
                        697 | 
                        39.60% | 
                          | 
                        1,760 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        20,974 | 
                        61.78% | 
                          | 
                        12,975 | 
                        38.22% | 
                          | 
                        33,949 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        AIR FORCE | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           White | 
                        17,329 | 
                        82.06% | 
                          | 
                        3,788 | 
                        17.94% | 
                          | 
                        21,117 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Black | 
                        3,234 | 
                        62.29% | 
                          | 
                        1,958 | 
                        37.71% | 
                          | 
                        5,192 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Hispanic | 
                        1,426 | 
                        69.87% | 
                          | 
                        615 | 
                        30.13% | 
                          | 
                        2,041 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Other | 
                        1,325 | 
                        76.24% | 
                          | 
                        413 | 
                        23.76% | 
                          | 
                        1,738 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        23,314 | 
                        77.49% | 
                          | 
                        6,774 | 
                        22.51% | 
                          | 
                        30,088 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        TOTAL DoD | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           White | 
                        84,292 | 
                        69.29% | 
                          | 
                        37,352 | 
                        30.71% | 
                          | 
                        121,644 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Black | 
                        17,604 | 
                        46.86% | 
                          | 
                        19,961 | 
                        53.14% | 
                          | 
                        37,565 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Hispanic | 
                        9,553 | 
                        51.77% | 
                          | 
                        8,900 | 
                        48.23% | 
                          | 
                        18,453 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Other | 
                        6,758 | 
                        60.16% | 
                          | 
                        4,475 | 
                        39.84% | 
                          | 
                        11,233 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        118,207 | 
                        62.58% | 
                          | 
                        70,688 | 
                        37.42% | 
                          | 
                        188,895 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                            * High quality accessions are AFQT Category I-IIIA, high school graduates. | 
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