| Table A-8. FY 2002 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Education, Service, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group | ||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL TIER | ||||||||||||||||
| RACE/ | TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
| ETHNICITY | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||||||||
| ARMY | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 83,429 | 79.02% | 19,110 | 18.10% | 3,039 | 2.88% | 105,578 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Black | 28,961 | 88.68% | 3,246 | 9.94% | 451 | 1.38% | 32,658 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 18,489 | 88.11% | 2,190 | 10.44% | 304 | 1.45% | 20,983 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Other | 8,889 | 88.21% | 1,032 | 10.24% | 156 | 1.55% | 10,077 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Total | 139,768 | 82.56% | 25,578 | 15.11% | 3,950 | 2.33% | 169,296 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| NAVY | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 43,038 | 86.24% | 5,178 | 10.38% | 1,688 | 3.38% | 49,904 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Black | 17,424 | 90.96% | 1,421 | 7.42% | 310 | 1.62% | 19,155 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 10,142 | 90.04% | 900 | 7.99% | 222 | 1.97% | 11,264 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Other | 8,283 | 89.07% | 766 | 8.24% | 250 | 2.69% | 9,299 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Total | 78,887 | 88.02% | 8,265 | 9.22% | 2,470 | 2.76% | 89,622 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 36,658 | 96.12% | 1,361 | 3.57% | 117 | 0.31% | 38,136 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Black | 6,112 | 97.36% | 146 | 2.33% | 20 | 0.32% | 6,278 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 7,699 | 96.76% | 240 | 3.02% | 18 | 0.23% | 7,957 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Other | 3,447 | 96.61% | 105 | 2.94% | 16 | 0.45% | 3,568 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Total | 53,916 | 96.38% | 1,852 | 3.31% | 171 | 0.31% | 55,939 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| AIR FORCE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 43,581 | 94.56% | 1,247 | 2.71% | 1,258 | 2.73% | 46,086 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Black | 11,086 | 96.40% | 254 | 2.21% | 160 | 1.39% | 11,500 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 4,569 | 96.43% | 88 | 1.86% | 81 | 1.71% | 4,738 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Other | 3,702 | 97.04% | 66 | 1.73% | 47 | 1.23% | 3,815 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Total | 62,938 | 95.16% | 1,655 | 2.50% | 1,546 | 2.34% | 66,139 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 206,706 | 86.23% | 26,896 | 11.22% | 6,102 | 2.55% | 239,704 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Black | 63,583 | 91.37% | 5,067 | 7.28% | 941 | 1.35% | 69,591 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 40,899 | 91.00% | 3,418 | 7.61% | 625 | 1.39% | 44,942 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Other | 24,321 | 90.89% | 1,969 | 7.36% | 469 | 1.75% | 26,759 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Total | 335,509 | 88.06% | 37,350 | 9.80% | 8,137 | 2.14% | 380,996 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| 18-24 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 14,363,811 | 84.27% | ** | ** | 2,680,165 | 15.73% | 17,043,976 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Black | 2,778,977 | 74.95% | ** | ** | 928,827 | 25.05% | 3,707,803 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 2,464,719 | 60.34% | ** | ** | 1,620,086 | 39.66% | 4,084,805 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Other | 1,158,077 | 87.02% | ** | ** | 172,685 | 12.98% | 1,330,762 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Total | 20,765,583 | 79.36% | ** | ** | 5,401,763 | 20.64% | 26,167,346 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| * Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 2002. | ||||||||||||||||
| ** Civilian numbers and percentages combine tiers 1 and 2. | ||||||||||||||||
| Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2001-September 2002. | ||||||||||||||||
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