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            | Table B-10. FY 1998 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Quality, Service, and Race/Ethnicity  | 
         
        
            | RACE/ ETHNICITY | 
            QUALITY | 
              | 
            TOTAL | 
         
        
            | HIGH QUALITY * | 
              | 
            NON-HIGH QUALITY | 
              | 
         
        
            | # | 
            % | 
              | 
            # | 
            % | 
              | 
            # | 
            % | 
         
        
            | ARMY | 
         
        
            |  White | 
            26,376 | 
            62.83% | 
              | 
            15,606 | 
            37.17% | 
              | 
            41,982 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Black | 
            7,118 | 
            44.83% | 
              | 
            8,759 | 
            55.17% | 
              | 
            15,877 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Hispanic | 
            3,261 | 
            46.45% | 
              | 
            3,759 | 
            53.55% | 
              | 
            7,020 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Other | 
            1,941 | 
            56.39% | 
              | 
            1,501 | 
            43.61% | 
              | 
            3,442 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Total | 
            38,696 | 
            56.64% | 
              | 
            29,625 | 
            43.36% | 
              | 
            68,321 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            | NAVY | 
         
        
            |  White | 
            18,524 | 
            66.57% | 
              | 
            9,302 | 
            33.43% | 
              | 
            27,826 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Black | 
            3,689 | 
            39.43% | 
              | 
            5,668 | 
            60.57% | 
              | 
            9,357 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Hispanic | 
            2,619 | 
            50.69% | 
              | 
            2,548 | 
            49.31% | 
              | 
            5,167 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Other | 
            2,502 | 
            57.18% | 
              | 
            1,874 | 
            42.82% | 
              | 
            4,376 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Total | 
            27,334 | 
            58.50% | 
              | 
            19,392 | 
            41.50% | 
              | 
            46,726 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            | MARINE CORPS | 
         
        
            |  White | 
            14,988 | 
            65.36% | 
              | 
            7,945 | 
            34.64% | 
              | 
            22,933 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Black | 
            1,912 | 
            43.49% | 
              | 
            2,484 | 
            56.51% | 
              | 
            4,396 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Hispanic | 
            2,211 | 
            50.65% | 
              | 
            2,154 | 
            49.35% | 
              | 
            4,365 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Other | 
            1,023 | 
            58.26% | 
              | 
            733 | 
            41.74% | 
              | 
            1,756 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Total | 
            20,134 | 
            60.19% | 
              | 
            13,316 | 
            39.81% | 
              | 
            33,450 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            | AIR FORCE | 
         
        
            |  White | 
            17,103 | 
            78.69% | 
              | 
            4,632 | 
            21.31% | 
              | 
            21,735 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Black | 
            3,501 | 
            61.37% | 
              | 
            2,204 | 
            38.63% | 
              | 
            5,705 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Hispanic | 
            1,460 | 
            66.42% | 
              | 
            738 | 
            33.58% | 
              | 
            2,198 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Other | 
            1,405 | 
            74.10% | 
              | 
            491 | 
            25.90% | 
              | 
            1,896 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Total | 
            23,469 | 
            74.42% | 
              | 
            8,065 | 
            25.58% | 
              | 
            31,534 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            | TOTAL DoD | 
         
        
            |  White | 
            76,991 | 
            67.26% | 
              | 
            37,485 | 
            32.74% | 
              | 
            114,476 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Black | 
            16,220 | 
            45.90% | 
              | 
            19,115 | 
            54.10% | 
              | 
            35,335 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Hispanic | 
            9,551 | 
            50.94% | 
              | 
            9,199 | 
            49.06% | 
              | 
            18,750 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Other | 
            6,871 | 
            59.90% | 
              | 
            4,599 | 
            40.10% | 
              | 
            11,470 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  Total | 
            109,633 | 
            60.90% | 
              | 
            70,398 | 
            39.10% | 
              | 
            180,031 | 
            100.00% | 
         
        
            |  * High quality accessions are AFQT Category I-IIIA, high school graduates. | 
         
     
     Last Updated on 11/29/99 
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