B16 - PS Accessions by Ethnicity

Table B-16. FY 1998 PS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Ethnicity and Service

ETHNICITY

SERVICE

 

TOTAL DoD

ARMY

 

NAVY

 

MARINE CORPS

 

AIR FORCE

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

MEXICAN

110

2.56%

 

24

3.39%

 

10

5.43%

 

5

1.57%

 

149

2.71%

PUERTO RICAN

150

3.49%

 

6

0.85%

 

2

1.09%

 

0

0.00%

 

158

2.87%

CUBAN

7

0.16%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

1

0.31%

 

8

0.15%

 LATIN AMER.

65

1.51%

 

3

0.42%

 

0

0.00%

 

1

0.31%

 

69

1.25%

 OTHER HISP.

68

1.58%

 

21

2.97%

 

2

1.09%

 

8

2.52%

 

99

1.80%

ALEUTIAN

2

0.05%

 

2

0.28%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

4

0.07%

ESKIMO

1

0.02%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

1

0.02%

N. AMER. INDIAN

40

0.93%

 

8

1.13%

 

3

1.63%

 

2

0.63%

 

53

0.96%

CHINESE

3

0.07%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

1

0.31%

 

4

0.07%

JAPANESE

3

0.07%

 

2

0.28%

 

0

0.00%

 

1

0.31%

 

6

0.11%

KOREAN

9

0.21%

 

0

0.00%

 

1

0.54%

 

0

0.00%

 

10

0.18%

INDIAN

4

0.09%

 

2

0.28%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

6

0.11%

FILIPINO

38

0.88%

 

10

1.41%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

48

0.87%

VIETNAMESE

6

0.14%

 

1

0.14%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

7

0.13%

OTHER ASIAN

7

0.16%

 

3

0.42%

 

2

1.09%

 

1

0.31%

 

13

0.24%

MELANESIAN

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

MICRONESIAN

1

0.02%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

1

0.02%

POLYNESIAN

4

0.09%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

4

0.07%

GUAMANIAN

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

OTHER PACIFIC

10

0.23%

 

2

0.28%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

12

0.22%

OTHER/NONE *

3,763

87.53%

 

622

87.98%

 

164

89.13%

 

298

93.71%

 

4,847

88.00%

UNKNOWN

8

0.19%

 

1

0.14%

 

0

0.00%

 

0

0.00%

 

9

0.16%

 

TOTAL

4,299

100.00%

 

707

100.00%

 

184

100.00%

 

318

100.00%

 

5,508

100.00%

 * "Other/None" includes Whites and Blacks who claim no other ethnic category.

 Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.


Last Updated on 11/29/99

 

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