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            | Table B-4. FY 1998 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Ethnicity and Service | 
         
        
            | ETHNICITY | 
            SERVICE | 
              | 
            TOTAL DoD | 
         
        
            | ARMY | 
              | 
            NAVY | 
              | 
            MARINE CORPS | 
              | 
            AIR FORCE | 
              | 
         
        
            | # | 
            % | 
              | 
            # | 
            % | 
              | 
            # | 
            % | 
              | 
            # | 
            % | 
              | 
            # | 
            % | 
         
        
            | MEXICAN | 
            2,555 | 
            3.74% | 
              | 
            2,192 | 
            4.69% | 
              | 
            2,328 | 
            6.96% | 
              | 
            908 | 
            2.88% | 
              | 
            7,983 | 
            4.43% | 
         
        
            | PUERTO RICAN | 
            1,824 | 
            2.67% | 
              | 
            546 | 
            1.17% | 
              | 
            495 | 
            1.48% | 
              | 
            384 | 
            1.22% | 
              | 
            3,249 | 
            1.80% | 
         
        
            | CUBAN | 
            93 | 
            0.14% | 
              | 
            78 | 
            0.17% | 
              | 
            83 | 
            0.25% | 
              | 
            23 | 
            0.07% | 
              | 
            277 | 
            0.15% | 
         
        
            |  LATIN AMER. | 
            1,108 | 
            1.62% | 
              | 
            403 | 
            0.86% | 
              | 
            277 | 
            0.83% | 
              | 
            145 | 
            0.46% | 
              | 
            1,933 | 
            1.07% | 
         
        
            |  OTHER HISP. | 
            1,440 | 
            2.11% | 
              | 
            1,948 | 
            4.17% | 
              | 
            1,182 | 
            3.53% | 
              | 
            738 | 
            2.34% | 
              | 
            5,308 | 
            2.95% | 
         
        
            | ALEUTIAN | 
            19 | 
            0.03% | 
              | 
            47 | 
            0.10% | 
              | 
            12 | 
            0.04% | 
              | 
            9 | 
            0.03% | 
              | 
            87 | 
            0.05% | 
         
        
            | ESKIMO | 
            29 | 
            0.04% | 
              | 
            28 | 
            0.06% | 
              | 
            9 | 
            0.03% | 
              | 
            5 | 
            0.02% | 
              | 
            71 | 
            0.04% | 
         
        
            | N. AMER. INDIAN | 
            531 | 
            0.78% | 
              | 
            1,461 | 
            3.13% | 
              | 
            372 | 
            1.11% | 
              | 
            170 | 
            0.54% | 
              | 
            2,534 | 
            1.41% | 
         
        
            | CHINESE | 
            91 | 
            0.13% | 
              | 
            82 | 
            0.18% | 
              | 
            51 | 
            0.15% | 
              | 
            23 | 
            0.07% | 
              | 
            247 | 
            0.14% | 
         
        
            | JAPANESE | 
            64 | 
            0.09% | 
              | 
            69 | 
            0.15% | 
              | 
            21 | 
            0.06% | 
              | 
            36 | 
            0.11% | 
              | 
            190 | 
            0.11% | 
         
        
            | KOREAN | 
            349 | 
            0.51% | 
              | 
            137 | 
            0.29% | 
              | 
            73 | 
            0.22% | 
              | 
            88 | 
            0.28% | 
              | 
            647 | 
            0.36% | 
         
        
            | INDIAN | 
            82 | 
            0.12% | 
              | 
            61 | 
            0.13% | 
              | 
            19 | 
            0.06% | 
              | 
            18 | 
            0.06% | 
              | 
            180 | 
            0.10% | 
         
        
            | FILIPINO | 
            503 | 
            0.74% | 
              | 
            1,150 | 
            2.46% | 
              | 
            183 | 
            0.55% | 
              | 
            427 | 
            1.35% | 
              | 
            2,263 | 
            1.26% | 
         
        
            | VIETNAMESE | 
            99 | 
            0.14% | 
              | 
            119 | 
            0.25% | 
              | 
            64 | 
            0.19% | 
              | 
            15 | 
            0.05% | 
              | 
            297 | 
            0.16% | 
         
        
            | OTHER ASIAN | 
            249 | 
            0.36% | 
              | 
            202 | 
            0.43% | 
              | 
            118 | 
            0.35% | 
              | 
            199 | 
            0.63% | 
              | 
            768 | 
            0.43% | 
         
        
            | MELANESIAN | 
            8 | 
            0.01% | 
              | 
            1 | 
            0.00% | 
              | 
            0 | 
            0.00% | 
              | 
            0 | 
            0.00% | 
              | 
            9 | 
            0.00% | 
         
        
            | MICRONESIAN | 
            26 | 
            0.04% | 
              | 
            18 | 
            0.04% | 
              | 
            4 | 
            0.01% | 
              | 
            7 | 
            0.02% | 
              | 
            55 | 
            0.03% | 
         
        
            | POLYNESIAN | 
            129 | 
            0.19% | 
              | 
            33 | 
            0.07% | 
              | 
            9 | 
            0.03% | 
              | 
            29 | 
            0.09% | 
              | 
            200 | 
            0.11% | 
         
        
            | OTHER PACIFIC | 
            161 | 
            0.24% | 
              | 
            131 | 
            0.28% | 
              | 
            45 | 
            0.13% | 
              | 
            61 | 
            0.19% | 
              | 
            398 | 
            0.22% | 
         
        
            | OTHER/NONE * | 
            58,818 | 
            86.09% | 
              | 
            37,942 | 
            81.20% | 
              | 
            28,001 | 
            83.71% | 
              | 
            28,149 | 
            89.27% | 
              | 
            152,910 | 
            84.94% | 
         
        
            | UNKNOWN | 
            143 | 
            0.21% | 
              | 
            78 | 
            0.17% | 
              | 
            104 | 
            0.31% | 
              | 
            100 | 
            0.32% | 
              | 
            425 | 
            0.24% | 
         
        
            |   | 
         
        
            | TOTAL | 
            68,321 | 
            100.00% | 
              | 
            46,726 | 
            100.00% | 
              | 
            33,450 | 
            100.00% | 
              | 
            31,534 | 
            100.00% | 
              | 
            180,031 | 
            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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