B26 - Enlisted Force by Ethnicity

Table B-26. FY 1998 Active Component Enlisted Members by Ethnicity and Service

ETHNICITY

SERVICE

 

TOTAL DoD

ARMY

 

 NAVY

 

MARINE CORPS

 

AIR FORCE

 

#

%

 

#

%

 

 #

%

 

#

%

 

#

%

MEXICAN

11,108

2.76%

 

9,986

3.10%

 

11,672

7.52%

 

8,448

2.90%

 

41,214

3.52%

PUERTO RICAN

9,529

2.37%

 

3,780

1.17%

 

2,145

1.38%

 

2,890

0.99%

 

18,344

1.57%

CUBAN

372

0.09%

 

328

0.10%

 

198

0.13%

 

159

0.05%

 

1,057

0.09%

 LATIN AMER.

3,688

0.92%

 

966

0.30%

 

1,176

0.76%

 

30

0.01%

 

5,860

0.50%

 OTHER HISP.

5,993

1.49%

 

13,983

4.34%

 

3,863

2.49%

 

3,251

1.11%

 

27,090

2.31%

ALEUTIAN

51

0.01%

 

53

0.02%

 

17

0.01%

 

10

0.00%

 

131

0.01%

ESKIMO

65

0.02%

 

45

0.01%

 

25

0.02%

 

16

0.01%

 

151

0.01%

N. AMER. INDIAN

1,887

0.47%

 

2,951

0.92%

 

1,207

0.78%

 

1,424

0.49%

 

7,469

0.64%

CHINESE

302

0.08%

 

331

0.10%

 

188

0.12%

 

140

0.05%

 

961

0.08%

JAPANESE

273

0.07%

 

412

0.13%

 

86

0.06%

 

344

0.12%

 

1,115

0.10%

KOREAN

1,287

0.32%

 

593

0.18%

 

267

0.17%

 

406

0.14%

 

2,553

0.22%

INDIAN

462

0.11%

 

201

0.06%

 

92

0.06%

 

15

0.01%

 

770

0.07%

FILIPINO

2,908

0.72%

 

14,251

4.42%

 

1,073

0.69%

 

3,953

1.36%

 

22,185

1.89%

VIETNAMESE

452

0.11%

 

587

0.18%

 

241

0.16%

 

2

0.00%

 

1,282

0.11%

OTHER ASIAN

1,151

0.29%

 

920

0.29%

 

556

0.36%

 

2,116

0.73%

 

4,743

0.41%

MELANESIAN

103

0.03%

 

34

0.01%

 

11

0.01%

 

1

0.00%

 

149

0.01%

MICRONESIAN

274

0.07%

 

129

0.04%

 

48

0.03%

 

2

0.00%

 

453

0.04%

POLYNESIAN

571

0.14%

 

282

0.09%

 

66

0.04%

 

20

0.01%

 

939

0.08%

GUAMANIAN

4

0.00%

 

4

0.00%

 

8

0.01%

 

26

0.01%

 

42

0.00%

OTHER PACIFIC

820

0.20%

 

609

0.19%

 

150

0.10%

 

15

0.01%

 

1,594

0.14%

OTHER/NONE *

359,016

89.31%

 

271,069

84.16%

 

132,021

85.03%

 

268,321

92.02%

 

1,030,427

88.00%

UNKNOWN

1,667

0.41%

 

584

0.18%

 

150

0.10%

 

1

0.00%

 

2,402

0.21%

 

TOTAL

401,983

100.00%

 

322,098

100.00%

 

155,260

100.00%

 

291,590

100.00%

 

1,170,931

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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