Table D-4

Table D-4.  NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity
with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 1973-1997

a.  Number

FISCAL
 YEAR

DoD

18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

TOTAL

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

TOTAL

 1973

311,143

69,333

21,951

3,223

405,650

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 1974

280,346

81,138

21,846

5,388

388,718

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 1975

307,230

73,323

21,881

7,324

409,758

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 1976

267,221

51,749

69,776

4,616

393,362

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 1977

354,670

99,756

30,005

10,678

495,109

21,730,284

3,307,340

1,589,228

474,827

27,101,678

 1978

209,935

70,019

18,638

7,052

305,644

21,890,932

3,386,537

1,683,094

510,018

27,470,580

 1979

202,622

80,330

19,566

8,161

310,679

22,071,649

3,453,212

1,741,633

530,870

27,797,364

 1980

253,734

79,563

16,993

10,455

360,745

22,428,497

3,602,332

1,925,289

717,424

28,673,541

 1981

225,412

58,219

12,168

8,707

304,506

22,452,932

3,707,097

2,052,281

756,337

28,968,646

 1982

228,530

57,514

10,898

8,517

305,459

22,368,445

3,775,319

2,025,521

757,281

28,926,565

 1983

229,496

54,520

10,775

8,670

303,461

22,140,109

3,828,947

2,028,490

768,593

28,766,138

 1984

228,226

55,717

11,674

9,446

305,063

21,693,757

3,844,514

2,029,331

796,190

28,363,792

 1985

223,530

55,937

11,219

10,331

301,017

20,803,019

3,718,625

2,275,029

805,421

27,602,095

 1986

229,560

59,922

13,155

11,140

313,777

19,947,062

3,637,110

2,483,653

770,172

26,837,998

 1987

213,241

58,723

15,104

9,257

296,325

19,261,510

3,581,552

2,579,195

778,697

26,200,954

 1988

190,831

56,419

15,284

8,710

271,244

18,752,423

3,518,923

2,637,116

849,530

25,757,992

 1989

191,820

60,004

17,220

8,776

277,820

18,308,611

3,472,237

2,709,534

889,339

25,379,721

 1990

155,014

46,213

15,544

6,954

223,725

18,030,299

3,493,823

2,708,565

850,963

25,083,650

 1991

150,016

33,882

14,908

6,695

205,501

17,576,619

3,475,377

2,750,787

901,289

24,704,072

 1992

146,225

33,467

15,305

6,625

201,622

17,209,448

3,458,851

2,761,473

947,194

24,376,966

 1993

146,911

33,888

15,351

6,965

203,115

16,964,142

3,463,246

2,790,458

967,280

24,185,126

 1994

124,749

31,624

13,547

6,489

176,409

17,176,858

3,558,868

3,253,751

1,022,177

25,011,654

 1995

114,248

30,820

15,080

7,139

167,287

17,093,530

3,576,769

3,489,912

907,466

25,067,677

1996

118,400

34,287

17,564

8,882

179,133

16,464,697

3,558,606

3,533,023

1,162,487

24,718,814

1997

121,644

37,565

18,453

11,233

188,895

16,432,120

3,566,710

3,607,728

1,249,958

24,856,516

Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files.  Civilian data prior to 1989 represent calendar year.

b.  Percent

 1973

76.70%

17.09%

5.41%

0.79%

100.00%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 1974

72.12%

20.87%

5.62%

1.39%

100.00%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 1975

74.98%

17.89%

5.34%

1.79%

100.00%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 1976

67.93%

13.16%

17.74%

1.17%

100.00%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 1977

71.63%

20.15%

6.06%

2.16%

100.00%

80.18%

12.20%

5.86%

1.75%

100.00%

 1978

68.69%

22.91%

6.10%

2.31%

100.00%

79.69%

12.33%

6.13%

1.86%

100.00%

 1979

65.22%

25.86%

6.30%

2.63%

100.00%

79.40%

12.42%

6.27%

1.91%

100.00%

 1980

70.34%

22.06%

4.71%

2.90%

100.00%

78.22%

12.56%

6.71%

2.50%

100.00%

 1981

74.03%

19.12%

4.00%

2.86%

100.00%

77.51%

12.80%

7.08%

2.61%

100.00%

 1982

74.82%

18.83%

3.57%

2.79%

100.00%

77.33%

13.05%

7.00%

2.62%

100.00%

 1983

75.63%

17.97%

3.55%

2.86%

100.00%

76.97%

13.31%

7.05%

2.67%

100.00%

 1984

74.81%

18.26%

3.83%

3.10%

100.00%

76.48%

13.55%

7.15%

2.81%

100.00%

 1985

74.26%

18.58%

3.73%

3.43%

100.00%

75.37%

13.47%

8.24%

2.92%

100.00%

 1986

73.16%

19.10%

4.19%

3.55%

100.00%

74.32%

13.55%

9.25%

2.87%

100.00%

 1987

71.96%

19.82%

5.10%

3.12%

100.00%

73.51%

13.67%

9.84%

2.97%

100.00%

 1988

70.35%

20.80%

5.63%

3.21%

100.00%

72.80%

13.66%

10.24%

3.30%

100.00%

 1989

69.04%

21.60%

6.20%

3.16%

100.00%

72.14%

13.68%

10.68%

3.50%

100.00%

 1990

69.29%

20.66%

6.95%

3.11%

100.00%

71.88%

13.93%

10.80%

3.39%

100.00%

 1991

73.00%

16.49%

7.25%

3.26%

100.00%

71.15%

14.07%

11.13%

3.65%

100.00%

 1992

72.52%

16.60%

7.59%

3.29%

100.00%

70.60%

14.19%

11.33%

3.89%

100.00%

 1993

72.33%

16.68%

7.56%

3.43%

100.00%

70.14%

14.32%

11.54%

4.00%

100.00%

 1994

70.72%

17.93%

7.68%

3.68%

100.00%

68.68%

14.23%

13.01%

4.09%

100.00%

 1995

68.29%

18.42%

9.01%

4.27%

100.00%

68.19%

14.27%

13.92%

3.62%

100.00%

1996

66.10%

19.14%

9.81%

4.96%

100.00%

66.61%

14.40%

14.29%

4.70%

100.00%

1997

64.40%

19.89%

9.77%

5.95%

100.00%

66.11%

14.35%

14.51%

5.03%

100.00%

Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files.  Civilian data prior to 1989 represent calendar year.
Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.

 

 

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