Table B-8. FY 2001 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Education, Service, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group
                           
   
EDUCATIONAL TIER
       
 
RACE/
TIER 1
TIER 2
TIER 3
TOTAL
 
 
ETHNICITY
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
 
  ARMY                        
  White
34,312
80.01%  
8,473
19.76%  
100
0.23%  
42,885
100.00%  
  Black
13,932
90.21%  
1,498
9.70%  
14
0.09%  
15,444
100.00%  
  Hispanic
6,674
87.33%  
951
12.44%  
17
0.22%  
7,642
100.00%  
  Other
2,739
87.28%  
385
12.27%  
14
0.45%  
3,138
100.00%  
  Total
57,657
83.43%  
11,307
16.36%  
145
0.21%  
69,109
100.00%  
  NAVY
   
   
   
   
  White
24,755
87.02%  
2,360
8.30%  
1,334
4.69%  
28,449
100.00%  
  Black
9,748
93.47%  
438
4.20%  
243
2.33%  
10,429
100.00%  
  Hispanic
5,728
91.17%  
346
5.51%  
209
3.33%  
6,283
100.00%  
  Other
4,226
89.74%  
309
6.56%  
174
3.70%  
4,709
100.00%  
  Total
44,457
89.15%  
3,453
6.92%  
1,960
3.93%  
49,870
100.00%  
  MARINE CORPS
   
   
   
   
  White
19,531
95.43%  
862
4.21%  
74
0.36%  
20,467
100.00%  
  Black
3,560
97.21%  
95
2.59%  
7
0.19%  
3,662
100.00%  
  Hispanic
4,273
97.27%  
102
2.32%  
18
0.41%  
4,393
100.00%  
  Other
1,575
96.92%  
49
3.02%  
1
0.06%  
1,625
100.00%  
  Total
28,939
95.99%  
1,108
3.68%  
100
0.33%  
30,147
100.00%  
  AIR FORCE
   
   
   
   
  White
23,394
98.77%  
258
1.09%  
34
0.14%  
23,686
100.00%  
  Black
6,139
99.68%  
15
0.24%  
5
0.08%  
6,159
100.00%  
  Hispanic
2,338
99.49%  
11
0.47%  
1
0.04%  
2,350
100.00%  
  Other
1,640
99.09%  
13
0.79%  
2
0.12%  
1,655
100.00%  
  Total
33,511
99.00%  
297
0.88%  
42
0.12%  
33,850
100.00%  
  TOTAL DoD
   
   
   
   
  White
101,992
88.31%  
11,953
10.35%  
1,542
1.34%  
115,487
100.00%  
  Black
33,379
93.51%  
2,046
5.73%  
269
0.75%  
35,694
100.00%  
  Hispanic
19,013
91.99%  
1,410
6.82%  
245
1.19%  
20,668
100.00%  
  Other
10,180
91.49%  
756
6.79%  
191
1.72%  
11,127
100.00%  
  Total
164,564
89.94%  
16,165
8.83%  
2,247
1.23%  
182,976
100.00%  
  18-24 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS          
       
  White
13,902,928
84.77%  
**
**
 
2,498,009
15.23%   16,400,938 100.00%  
  Black
2,693,295
74.25%  
**
**
 
934,043
25.75%   3,627,338 100.00%  
  Hispanic
2,297,335
58.21%  
**
**
 
1,649,460
41.79%   3,946,795 100.00%  
  Other
1,137,263
84.82%  
**
**
 
203,544
15.18%   1,340,807 100.00%  
  Total
20,030,822
79.12%  
**
**
 
5,285,057
20.88%   25,315,878 100.00%  
                           
  * Civilian numbers and percentages combine tiers 1 and 2.                    
  Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.                    
  Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, October 2000-September 2001.        

 

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