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Characteristics
of Active Component Non-Prior Service Applicants
In
FY 2000, approximately 365,000 individuals applied to serve in the active
enlisted military force (Appendix Table
A-1), up from nearly 344,000 in FY 1999. The distribution of FY 2000
Active Component NPS applicants by race/ethnicity and gender is shown
in Table 2.2.
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Table
2.2. Race/Ethnicity and Gender of FY 2000 Active Component NPS
Applicants,*
by Service (Percent)
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Army
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Navy
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Marine
Corps
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Air
Force
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DoD
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MALES
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| White |
61.3
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56.7
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65.8
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68.3
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61.9
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| Black |
21.8
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21.2
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14.4
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19.1
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20.0
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| Hispanic |
11.6
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12.1
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14.0
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6.8
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11.5
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| Other |
5.3
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9.9
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5.8
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5.9
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6.7
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| Total |
100.0
|
100.0
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100.0
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100.0
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100.0
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FEMALES
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White
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45.7
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47.5
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57.3
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56.4
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48.9
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Black
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37.1
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29.7
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21.9
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29.4
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33.0
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Hispanic
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11.3
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12.8
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14.2
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7.6
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11.1
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Other
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5.9
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10.1
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6.6
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6.6
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7.1
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Total
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100.0
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100.0
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100.0
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100.0
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100.0
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TOTAL
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Male
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74.1
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78.9
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91.6
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69.3
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77.2
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Female
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25.9
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21.1
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8.4
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30.7
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22.8
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Columns may
not add to total due to rounding.
* Applicant data reported for FY 2000 are based on the DMDC edit
version of the USMEPCOM file, which has been "cleaned" by the
edit process. FY 2000 applicant data are consistent with Information
Delivery System (IDS) data.
Also see Appendix Tables A-3
(Race/Ethnicity by Service and Gender) and A-4
(Ethnicity by Service).
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Seventy-seven
percent of the applicants were male, of whom 62 percent were White, 20
percent Black, 12 percent Hispanic, and 7 percent "Other." For
female applicants, approximately 50 percent were White, 33 percent Black,
11 percent Hispanic, and 7 percent "Other." [footnote
16] Additional statistics on applicant characteristics (e.g., age,
education levels, AFQT scores, and marital status, by gender and race/ethnicity)
are contained in Appendix A,
Tables A-1 through A-8.
[footnote
16] Includes Native Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders. [back
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