Table A-3.  FY 2004 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Race or Hispanic Ethnicity, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE
RACE or	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a.  Number
White	69,270	15,911	85,181		36,041	7,946	43,987		36,100	3,122	39,222		26,600	8,988	35,588		168,011	35,967	203,978		11,127,854	10,673,595	21,801,448
Black	13,186	6,562	19,748		13,511	4,602	18,113		4,410	701	5,111		5,684	3,071	8,755		36,791	14,936	51,727		1,832,352	2,042,728	3,875,080
AIAN	1,109	479	1,588		3,292	886	4,178		580	96	676		304	159	463		5,285	1,620	6,905		142,239	131,405	273,644
Asian	2,230	715	2,945		3,060	740	3,800		943	107	1,050		1,180	463	1,643		7,413	2,025	9,438		570,974	577,406	1,148,380
NHPI	1,931	698	2,629		841	272	1,113		545	73	618		530	318	848		3,847	1,361	5,208		32,151	47,705	79,856
Two or more	1,047	346	1,393		1,067	302	1,369		443	41	484		758	302	1,060		3,315	991	4,306		292,422	295,212	587,634
Unknown	17,427	4,457	21,884		1,646	474	2,120		2,394	240	2,634		713	348	1,061		22,180	5,519	27,699		0	0	0
TOTAL	106,200	29,168	135,368		59,458	15,222	74,680		45,415	4,380	49,795		35,769	13,649	49,418		246,842	62,419	309,261		13,997,991	13,768,051	27,766,042
Hispanic	13,040	4,308	17,348		9,544	2,743	12,287		7,915	860	8,775		3,695	1,760	5,455		34,194	9,671	43,865		2,640,870	2,267,179	4,908,048
Not Hispanic**	93,160	24,860	118,020		49,914	12,479	62,393		37,500	3,520	41,020		32,074	11,889	43,963		212,648	52,748	265,396		11,357,122	11,500,872	22,857,994
TOTAL	106,200	29,168	135,368		59,458	15,222	74,680		45,415	4,380	49,795		35,769	13,649	49,418		246,842	62,419	309,261		13,997,991	13,768,051	27,766,042
b.  Percent
White	65.23%	54.55%	62.93%		60.62%	52.20%	58.90%		79.49%	71.28%	78.77%		74.37%	65.85%	72.01%		68.06%	57.62%	65.96%		79.50%	77.52%	78.52%
Black	12.42%	22.50%	14.59%		22.72%	30.23%	24.25%		9.71%	16.00%	10.26%		15.89%	22.50%	17.72%		14.90%	23.93%	16.73%		13.09%	14.84%	13.96%
AIAN	1.04%	1.64%	1.17%		5.54%	5.82%	5.59%		1.28%	2.19%	1.36%		0.85%	1.16%	0.94%		2.14%	2.60%	2.23%		1.02%	0.95%	0.99%
Asian	2.10%	2.45%	2.18%		5.15%	4.86%	5.09%		2.08%	2.44%	2.11%		3.30%	3.39%	3.32%		3.00%	3.24%	3.05%		4.08%	4.19%	4.14%
NHPI	1.82%	2.39%	1.94%		1.41%	1.79%	1.49%		1.20%	1.67%	1.24%		1.48%	2.33%	1.72%		1.56%	2.18%	1.68%		0.23%	0.35%	0.29%
Two or more	0.99%	1.19%	1.03%		1.79%	1.98%	1.83%		0.98%	0.94%	0.97%		2.12%	2.21%	2.14%		1.34%	1.59%	1.39%		2.09%	2.14%	2.12%
Unknown	16.41%	15.28%	16.17%		2.77%	3.11%	2.84%		5.27%	5.48%	5.29%		1.99%	2.55%	2.15%		8.99%	8.84%	8.96%		NA	NA	NA
TOTAL	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Hispanic	12.28%	14.77%	12.82%		16.05%	18.02%	16.45%		17.43%	19.63%	17.62%		10.33%	12.89%	11.04%		13.85%	15.49%	14.18%		18.87%	16.47%	17.68%
Not Hispanic**	87.72%	85.23%	87.18%		83.95%	81.98%	83.55%		82.57%	80.37%	82.38%		89.67%	87.11%	88.96%		86.15%	84.51%	85.82%		81.13%	83.53%	82.32%
TOTAL	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
* Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 2004.
** Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to ethnicity question.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2003-September 2004.