Table B-7.   FY 2003 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	36,822	86.09%		5,694	13.31%		254	0.59%		42,770	100.00%
Black	8,098	91.44%		723	8.16%		35	0.40%		8,856	100.00%
AIAN	570	87.56%		76	11.67%		5	0.77%		651	100.00%
Asian	565	90.98%		41	6.60%		15	2.42%		621	100.00%
NHPI	214	86.64%		31	12.55%		2	0.81%		247	100.00%
Two or more	1,199	89.41%		130	9.69%		12	0.89%		1,341	100.00%
Unknown	1,051	88.54%		130	10.95%		6	0.51%		1,187	100.00%
SUBTOTAL	48,519	87.15%		6,825	12.26%		329	0.59%		55,673	100.00%
Hispanic	5,410	90.48%		549	9.18%		20	0.33%		5,979	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	43,109	86.75%		6,276	12.63%		309	0.62%		49,694	100.00%
SUBTOTAL	48,519	87.15%		6,825	12.26%		329	0.59%		55,673	100.00%
Q1 Total	9,769	79.64%		2,426	19.78%		72	0.59%		12,267	100.00%
TOTAL	58,288	85.79%		9,251	13.62%		401	0.59%		67,940	100.00%
NAVY
White	19,631	91.69%		1,321	6.17%		459	2.14%		21,411	100.00%
Black	5,667	93.98%		265	4.39%		98	1.63%		6,030	100.00%
AIAN	1,238	88.94%		115	8.26%		39	2.80%		1,392	100.00%
Asian	509	91.71%		28	5.05%		18	3.24%		555	100.00%
NHPI	137	91.95%		6	4.03%		6	4.03%		149	100.00%
Two or more	971	92.21%		58	5.51%		24	2.28%		1,053	100.00%
Unknown	1,083	93.44%		49	4.23%		27	2.33%		1,159	100.00%
SUBTOTAL	29,236	92.08%		1,842	5.80%		671	2.11%		31,749	100.00%
Hispanic	3,862	92.04%		231	5.51%		103	2.45%		4,196	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	25,374	92.09%		1,611	5.85%		568	2.06%		27,553	100.00%
SUBTOTAL	29,236	92.08%		1,842	5.80%		671	2.11%		31,749	100.00%
Q1 Total	7,915	93.61%		443	5.24%		97	1.15%		8,455	100.00%
TOTAL	37,151	92.41%		2,285	5.68%		768	1.91%		40,204	100.00%
MARINE CORPS
White	19,251	95.93%		797	3.97%		19	0.09%		20,067	100.00%
Black	2,198	97.86%		45	2.00%		3	0.13%		2,246	100.00%
AIAN	284	95.95%		12	4.05%		0	0.00%		296	100.00%
Asian	222	98.23%		3	1.33%		1	0.44%		226	100.00%
NHPI	80	93.02%		6	6.98%		0	0.00%		86	100.00%
Two or more	473	96.33%		18	3.67%		0	0.00%		491	100.00%
Unknown	1,361	96.46%		48	3.40%		2	0.14%		1,411	100.00%
SUBTOTAL	23,869	96.16%		929	3.74%		25	0.10%		24,823	100.00%
Hispanic	3,503	96.42%		124	3.41%		6	0.17%		3,633	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	20,366	96.11%		805	3.80%		19	0.09%		21,190	100.00%
SUBTOTAL	23,869	96.16%		929	3.74%		25	0.10%		24,823	100.00%
Q1 Total	6,937	95.62%		311	4.29%		7	0.10%		7,255	100.00%
TOTAL	30,806	96.03%		1,240	3.87%		32	0.10%		32,078	100.00%
AIR FORCE
White	20,873	99.23%		151	0.72%		11	0.05%		21,035	100.00%
Black	3,676	99.65%		9	0.24%		4	0.11%		3,689	100.00%
AIAN	192	100.00%		0	0.00%		0	0.00%		192	100.00%
Asian	308	100.00%		0	0.00%		0	0.00%		308	100.00%
NHPI	107	100.00%		0	0.00%		0	0.00%		107	100.00%
Two or more	817	99.76%		1	0.12%		1	0.12%		819	100.00%
Unknown	517	99.61%		2	0.39%		0	0.00%		519	100.00%
SUBTOTAL	26,490	99.33%		163	0.61%		16	0.06%		26,669	100.00%
Hispanic	2,152	99.54%		9	0.42%		1	0.05%		2,162	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	24,338	99.31%		154	0.63%		15	0.06%		24,507	100.00%
SUBTOTAL	26,490	99.33%		163	0.61%		16	0.06%		26,669	100.00%
Q1 Total	9,457	99.37%		51	0.54%		9	0.09%		9,517	100.00%
TOTAL	35,947	99.34%		214	0.59%		25	0.07%		36,186	100.00%
TOTAL DoD
White	96,577	91.73%		7,963	7.56%		743	0.71%		105,283	100.00%
Black	19,639	94.32%		1,042	5.00%		140	0.67%		20,821	100.00%
AIAN	2,284	90.24%		203	8.02%		44	1.74%		2,531	100.00%
Asian	1,604	93.80%		72	4.21%		34	1.99%		1,710	100.00%
NHPI	538	91.34%		43	7.30%		8	1.36%		589	100.00%
Two or more	3,460	93.41%		207	5.59%		37	1.00%		3,704	100.00%
Unknown	4,012	93.83%		229	5.36%		35	0.82%		4,276	100.00%
SUBTOTAL	128,114	92.23%		9,759	7.03%		1,041	0.75%		138,914	100.00%
Hispanic	14,927	93.47%		913	5.72%		130	0.81%		15,970	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	113,187	92.06%		8,846	7.20%		911	0.74%		122,944	100.00%
SUBTOTAL	128,114	92.23%		9,759	7.03%		1,041	0.75%		138,914	100.00%
Q1 Total	34,078	90.89%		3,231	8.62%		185	0.49%		37,494	100.00%
TOTAL	162,192	91.94%		12,990	7.36%		1,226	0.69%		176,408	100.00%
18-24 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS
White	16,952,976	79.06%		***	***		4,489,404	20.94%		21,442,380	100.00%
Black	2,815,379	73.02%		***	***		1,040,485	26.98%		3,855,865	100.00%
AIAN	175,468	67.28%		***	***		85,340	32.72%		260,808	100.00%
Asian	984,142	86.28%		***	***		156,432	13.72%		1,140,574	100.00%
NHPI	83,636	87.57%		***	***		11,876	12.43%		95,512	100.00%
Two or more	454,973	82.00%		***	***		99,860	18.00%		554,833	100.00%
Unknown	0	NA		***	***		0	NA		0	NA
TOTAL	21,466,575	78.49%		***	***		5,883,397	21.51%		27,349,972	100.00%
Hispanic	2,884,378	60.87%		***	***		1,854,047	39.13%		4,738,425	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	18,582,197	82.18%		***	***		4,029,350	17.82%		22,611,547	100.00%
TOTAL	21,466,575	78.49%		***	***		5,883,397	21.51%		27,349,972	100.00%
*     New race and ethnicity data were not available for all Services until after the first quarter of FY03. Therefore, DOD and civilian race and ethnicity
data only represent the last three quarters of FY03. First quarter totals, (represented by Q1) are added to DOD second through fourth quarter
subtotals for comparison purposes.
**   Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to ethnicity question.
***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, January 2003-September 2003.