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                        | Table B-16.  FY 1997 PS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Ethnicity and Service | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        SERVICE | 
                          | 
                        TOTAL DoD | 
                     
                    
                        | ARMY | 
                          | 
                        NAVY | 
                          | 
                        MARINE CORPS | 
                          | 
                        AIR FORCE | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        | ETHNICITY | 
                        # | 
                        % | 
                          | 
                        # | 
                        % | 
                          | 
                        # | 
                        % | 
                          | 
                        # | 
                        % | 
                          | 
                        # | 
                        % | 
                     
                    
                        | MEXICAN | 
                        116 | 
                        2.02% | 
                          | 
                        8 | 
                        1.17% | 
                          | 
                        10 | 
                        5.24% | 
                          | 
                        3 | 
                        1.35% | 
                          | 
                        137 | 
                        2.01% | 
                     
                    
                        | PUERTO RICAN | 
                        154 | 
                        2.69% | 
                          | 
                        5 | 
                        0.73% | 
                          | 
                        2 | 
                        1.05% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        161 | 
                        2.36% | 
                     
                    
                        | CUBAN | 
                        8 | 
                        0.14% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        8 | 
                        0.12% | 
                     
                    
                        |  LATIN AMER. | 
                        63 | 
                        1.10% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.15% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.45% | 
                          | 
                        65 | 
                        0.95% | 
                     
                    
                        |  OTHER HISP. | 
                        90 | 
                        1.57% | 
                          | 
                        18 | 
                        2.63% | 
                          | 
                        3 | 
                        1.57% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.45% | 
                          | 
                        112 | 
                        1.64% | 
                     
                    
                        | ALEUTIAN | 
                        4 | 
                        0.07% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        4 | 
                        0.06% | 
                     
                    
                        | ESKIMO | 
                        2 | 
                        0.03% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        2 | 
                        0.03% | 
                     
                    
                        | N. AMER. INDIAN | 
                        44 | 
                        0.77% | 
                          | 
                        6 | 
                        0.88% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        2 | 
                        0.90% | 
                          | 
                        52 | 
                        0.76% | 
                     
                    
                        | CHINESE | 
                        1 | 
                        0.02% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.01% | 
                     
                    
                        | JAPANESE | 
                        3 | 
                        0.05% | 
                          | 
                        2 | 
                        0.29% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        5 | 
                        0.07% | 
                     
                    
                        | KOREAN | 
                        13 | 
                        0.23% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.15% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.45% | 
                          | 
                        15 | 
                        0.22% | 
                     
                    
                        | INDIAN | 
                        5 | 
                        0.09% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.15% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        6 | 
                        0.09% | 
                     
                    
                        | FILIPINO | 
                        43 | 
                        0.75% | 
                          | 
                        13 | 
                        1.90% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.52% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        57 | 
                        0.83% | 
                     
                    
                        | VIETNAMESE | 
                        8 | 
                        0.14% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        8 | 
                        0.12% | 
                     
                    
                        | OTHER ASIAN | 
                        16 | 
                        0.28% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.15% | 
                          | 
                        2 | 
                        1.05% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.45% | 
                          | 
                        20 | 
                        0.29% | 
                     
                    
                        | MELANESIAN | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                     
                    
                        | MICRONESIAN | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.15% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.01% | 
                     
                    
                        | POLYNESIAN | 
                        8 | 
                        0.14% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.15% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        9 | 
                        0.13% | 
                     
                    
                        | OTHER PACIFIC | 
                        10 | 
                        0.17% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        10 | 
                        0.15% | 
                     
                    
                        | OTHER/NONE * | 
                        5,133 | 
                        89.57% | 
                          | 
                        626 | 
                        91.52% | 
                          | 
                        173 | 
                        90.58% | 
                          | 
                        212 | 
                        95.50% | 
                          | 
                        6,144 | 
                        89.98% | 
                     
                    
                        | UNKNOWN | 
                        10 | 
                        0.17% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        0 | 
                        0.00% | 
                          | 
                        1 | 
                        0.45% | 
                          | 
                        11 | 
                        0.16% | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                     
                    
                        | TOTAL | 
                        5,731 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        684 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        191 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        222 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        6,828 | 
                        100.00% | 
                     
                    
                        |   * "Other/None" includes Whites and Blacks who claim no other ethnic category. | 
                     
                    
                        |       Columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | 
                     
                 
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