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                        | 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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