Table B-26

Table B-26.  FY 1997 Active Component Enlisted Members by Ethnicity and Service

 

SERVICE

 

TOTAL DoD

ARMY

 

 NAVY

 

MARINE CORPS

 

AIR FORCE

 

ETHNICITY

#

%

 

#

%

 

 #

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

MEXICAN

10,563

2.59%

 

9,490

2.84%

 

11,182

7.16%

 

8,146

2.72%

 

39,381

3.29%

PUERTO RICAN

9,153

2.24%

 

3,847

1.15%

 

2,232

1.43%

 

2,845

0.95%

 

18,077

1.51%

CUBAN

359

0.09%

 

329

0.10%

 

240

0.15%

 

185

0.06%

 

1,113

0.09%

 LATIN AMER.

3,025

0.74%

 

706

0.21%

 

1,090

0.70%

 

32

0.01%

 

4,853

0.41%

 OTHER HISP.

5,347

1.31%

 

14,167

4.24%

 

3,339

2.14%

 

3,088

1.03%

 

25,941

2.17%

ALEUTIAN

38

0.01%

 

16

0.00%

 

14

0.01%

 

11

0.00%

 

79

0.01%

ESKIMO

47

0.01%

 

34

0.01%

 

30

0.02%

 

20

0.01%

 

131

0.01%

N. AMER. INDIAN

1,778

0.44%

 

1,990

0.60%

 

1,213

0.78%

 

1,517

0.51%

 

6,498

0.54%

CHINESE

282

0.07%

 

311

0.09%

 

166

0.11%

 

153

0.05%

 

912

0.08%

JAPANESE

245

0.06%

 

426

0.13%

 

103

0.07%

 

369

0.12%

 

1,143

0.10%

KOREAN

1,139

0.28%

 

569

0.17%

 

278

0.18%

 

399

0.13%

 

2,385

0.20%

INDIAN

435

0.11%

 

172

0.05%

 

83

0.05%

 

14

0.00%

 

704

0.06%

FILIPINO

2,824

0.69%

 

14,359

4.30%

 

1,097

0.70%

 

3,770

1.26%

 

22,050

1.84%

VIETNAMESE

439

0.11%

 

584

0.17%

 

230

0.15%

 

0

0.00%

 

1,253

0.10%

OTHER ASIAN

1,124

0.28%

 

866

0.26%

 

488

0.31%

 

2,086

0.70%

 

4,564

0.38%

MELANESIAN

103

0.03%

 

35

0.01%

 

13

0.01%

 

1

0.00%

 

152

0.01%

MICRONESIAN

265

0.06%

 

119

0.04%

 

51

0.03%

 

2

0.00%

 

437

0.04%

POLYNESIAN

511

0.13%

 

283

0.08%

 

71

0.05%

 

20

0.01%

 

885

0.07%

GUAMANIAN

4

0.00%

 

2

0.00%

 

8

0.01%

 

29

0.01%

 

43

0.00%

OTHER PACIFIC

735

0.18%

 

532

0.16%

 

163

0.10%

 

13

0.00%

 

1,443

0.12%

OTHER/NONE *

368,253

90.23%

 

284,773

85.20%

 

133,894

85.74%

 

276,672

92.42%

 

1,063,592

88.79%

UNKNOWN

1,450

0.36%

 

615

0.18%

 

182

0.12%

 

1

0.00%

 

2,248

0.19%

 

TOTAL

408,119

100.00%

 

334,225

100.00%

 

156,167

100.00%

 

299,373

100.00%

 

1,197,884

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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