8-AC Applicants

As with the other Armed Services, the USCG has entrance standards for age, physical fitness, maximum number of dependents, citizenship status, moral character, and mental ability to include minimum scores on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT). In this section various demographic characteristics of USCG active component enlisted applicants along with similar overall DoD figures and civilian comparisons are reported.

In FY 1999, a total of 7,823 individuals without prior military experience applied to serve in the USCG, down from 7,999 in FY 1998. The distribution of FY 1999 USCG and overall DoD Active Component NPS applicantsby race/ethnicity by ~~and~~ gender is shown in Table 8.1. Eighty-four percent of the USCG applicants were male (Appendix Table E-2), of whom 78 percent were White, 6 percent Black, 12 percent Hispanic, and 5 percent Other. For female applicants, approximately 75 percent were White, 10 percent Black, 10 percent Hispanic, and 5 percent Other. Additional statistics on applicant characteristics (e.g., age, education levels, and AFQT scores, by gender and race/ethnicity) are contained in Appendix E, Tables E-1 through E-4 for the USCG and Appendix A for the overall DoD.

Table 8.1. Race/Ethnicity by Gender of FY 1999 USCG and DoD Active Component NPS Applicants and Accessions, and Civilians 1824 Years Old (Percent)
Race/Ethnicity		Coast Guard						DoD
		Male		Female		Total		Male	Female	Total
NPS ACTIVE COMPONENT APPLICANTS
White		77.5		75.0		77.1		62.2	50.7	59.7
Black		6.4		9.8		6.9		20.0	31.9	22.7
Hispanic		11.5		9.9		11.3		10.9	10.2	10.8
Other		4.6		5.4		4.7		6.8	7.2	6.9
Total		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0	100.0	100.0
NPS ACTIVE COMPONENT ACCESSIONS
White		83.5		81.8		83.3		65.0	53.2	62.8
Black		3.8		4.9		4.0		17.8	29.3	19.9
Hispanic		8.9		6.7		8.6		10.9	10.2	10.8
Other		3.8		6.7		4.2		6.3	7.3	6.5
Total		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0	100.0	100.0
Non-Institutionalized Civilians 1824 Years Old
White	Black		Hispanic		Other		Total		Male		Female
65.7	14.2		15.2		4.9		100.0		49.8		50.2
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Also see Appendix Tables A-3 (Applicants for Active Component Enlistment by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender), B-3 (NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender), E-2 (Coast Guard Applicants for Active Component Enlistment by Race/Ethnicity and Gender), and E-6 (Coast Guard NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).

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