Table B-4

Table B-4.  FY 1997 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Ethnicity and Service

 

SERVICE

 

TOTAL DoD

ARMY

 

NAVY

 

MARINE CORPS

 

AIR FORCE

 

ETHNICITY

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

MEXICAN

2,674

3.53%

 

1,893

3.85%

 

2,194

6.46%

 

888

2.95%

 

7,649

4.05%

PUERTO RICAN

1,879

2.48%

 

462

0.94%

 

462

1.36%

 

335

1.11%

 

3,138

1.66%

CUBAN

120

0.16%

 

56

0.11%

 

48

0.14%

 

11

0.04%

 

235

0.12%

 LATIN AMER.

1,049

1.39%

 

343

0.70%

 

304

0.90%

 

106

0.35%

 

1,802

0.95%

 OTHER HISP.

1,514

2.00%

 

2,247

4.57%

 

1,167

3.44%

 

701

2.33%

 

5,629

2.98%

ALEUTIAN

17

0.02%

 

38

0.08%

 

11

0.03%

 

6

0.02%

 

72

0.04%

ESKIMO

17

0.02%

 

19

0.04%

 

8

0.02%

 

5

0.02%

 

49

0.03%

N. AMER. INDIAN

581

0.77%

 

1,086

2.21%

 

438

1.29%

 

172

0.57%

 

2,277

1.21%

CHINESE

88

0.12%

 

106

0.22%

 

55

0.16%

 

28

0.09%

 

277

0.15%

JAPANESE

49

0.06%

 

70

0.14%

 

17

0.05%

 

35

0.12%

 

171

0.09%

KOREAN

309

0.41%

 

130

0.26%

 

51

0.15%

 

61

0.20%

 

551

0.29%

INDIAN

121

0.16%

 

49

0.10%

 

14

0.04%

 

22

0.07%

 

206

0.11%

FILIPINO

523

0.69%

 

1,156

2.35%

 

202

0.60%

 

383

1.27%

 

2,264

1.20%

VIETNAMESE

114

0.15%

 

150

0.31%

 

69

0.20%

 

13

0.04%

 

346

0.18%

OTHER ASIAN

256

0.34%

 

316

0.64%

 

121

0.36%

 

234

0.78%

 

927

0.49%

MELANESIAN

9

0.01%

 

5

0.01%

 

1

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

15

0.01%

MICRONESIAN

47

0.06%

 

3

0.01%

 

6

0.02%

 

3

0.01%

 

59

0.03%

POLYNESIAN

108

0.14%

 

36

0.07%

 

13

0.04%

 

15

0.05%

 

172

0.09%

OTHER PACIFIC

175

0.23%

 

153

0.31%

 

32

0.09%

 

43

0.14%

 

403

0.21%

OTHER/NONE *

65,945

87.08%

 

40,693

82.83%

 

28,671

84.45%

 

26,943

89.55%

 

162,252

85.90%

UNKNOWN

132

0.17%

 

120

0.24%

 

65

0.19%

 

84

0.28%

 

401

0.21%

 

TOTAL

75,727

100.00%

 

49,131

100.00%

 

33,949

100.00%

 

30,088

100.00%

 

188,895

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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