Race/Ethnicity and Gender of USGC RC Accessions

Race and Gender. Compared to the overall DoD, USCG Reserve enlisted accessions were more likely to be White, as shown in Table 8.10. In FY 1998, 85 percent of USCG Reserve NPS enlisted accessions were male and 15 percent were female (Appendix E, Table E-6 ).

Table 8.10. Race by Gender of FY 1998 USCG and DoD Reserve Component Enlisted Accessions and Civilians (Percent)
Race/ Ethnicity	Coast Guard			DoD
Race/ Ethnicity	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
NON-PRIOR SERVICE
White	79.1	76.6	78.6	72.4	60.1	69.5
Black	14.7	15.6	14.9	14.3	28.6	17.7
Hispanic	*	*	*	7.8	6.3	7.4
Other	6.2	7.8	6.5	5.5	5.1	5.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
PRIOR SERVICE
White	89.6	87.6	89.3	70.9	58.6	69.0
Black	4.2	6.2	4.5	17.7	31.3	19.9
Hispanic	*	*	*	7.0	5.5	6.7
Other	6.2	6.2	6.2	4.4	4.6	4.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
TOTAL ACCESSIONS
White	87.8	85.0	87.4	71.5	59.3	69.2
Black	6.0	8.4	6.3	16.4	30.0	19.0
Hispanic	*	*	*	7.3	5.8	7.0
Other	6.2	6.6	6.2	4.8	4.9	4.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
18–24/20–39 Year-Old Non-Institutionalized Civilians
White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Total	Male	Female
65.9/69.8	14.2/12.6	15.0/12.8	4.9/4.7	100.0	50.1/54.0	49.9/46.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. * Coast Guard Reserve reports racial data only. Also see Appendix Tables C-3 (NPS Selected Reserve Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Component, and Gender), C-11 (Prior Service Selected Reserve Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Component, and Gender), E-26 (NPS Coast Guard Reserve Enlisted Accessions by AFQT Category, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity), and E-29 (Prior Service Coast Guard Reserve Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).