Table A-3.  FY 2005 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	69,007	15,053	84,060		33,237	7,685	40,922		35,738	3,209	38,947		21,905	8,060	29,965		159,887	34,007	193,894		11,084,775	10,768,506	21,853,281
Black	11,900	5,499	17,399		11,014	4,001	15,015		3,940	687	4,627		4,482	2,702	7,184		31,336	12,889	44,225		1,879,718	2,102,898	3,982,615
AIAN	1,077	425	1,502		3,788	999	4,787		586	122	708		208	171	379		5,659	1,717	7,376		137,079	141,008	278,088
Asian	1,893	560	2,453		2,648	734	3,382		918	99	1,017		820	411	1,231		6,279	1,804	8,083		574,148	571,617	1,145,765
NHPI	1,650	668	2,318		671	211	882		460	53	513		443	286	729		3,224	1,218	4,442		37,857	45,164	83,021
Two or more	943	297	1,240		1,011	317	1,328		355	27	382		370	186	556		2,679	827	3,506		321,441	301,874	623,315
Unknown	19,044	4,414	23,458		1,037	337	1,374		1,851	217	2,068		838	449	1,287		22,770	5,417	28,187		0	0	0
TOTAL	105,514	26,916	132,430		53,406	14,284	67,690		43,848	4,414	48,262		29,066	12,265	41,331		231,834	57,879	289,713		14,035,017	13,931,068	27,966,085
Hispanic	13,421	4,097	17,518		8,804	2,724	11,528		7,523	896	8,419		3,261	1,597	4,858		33,009	9,314	42,323		2,610,809	2,318,998	4,929,807
Not Hispanic**	92,093	22,819	114,912		44,602	11,560	56,162		36,325	3,518	39,843		25,805	10,668	36,473		198,825	48,565	247,390		11,424,209	11,612,069	23,036,278
TOTAL	105,514	26,916	132,430		53,406	14,284	67,690		43,848	4,414	48,262		29,066	12,265	41,331		231,834	57,879	289,713		14,035,017	13,931,068	27,966,085
b.  Percent
White	65.40%	55.93%	63.48%		62.23%	53.80%	60.46%		81.50%	72.70%	80.70%		75.36%	65.72%	72.50%		68.97%	58.76%	66.93%		78.98%	77.30%	78.14%
Black	11.28%	20.43%	13.14%		20.62%	28.01%	22.18%		8.99%	15.56%	9.59%		15.42%	22.03%	17.38%		13.52%	22.27%	15.27%		13.39%	15.10%	14.24%
AIAN	1.02%	1.58%	1.13%		7.09%	6.99%	7.07%		1.34%	2.76%	1.47%		0.72%	1.39%	0.92%		2.44%	2.97%	2.55%		0.98%	1.01%	0.99%
Asian	1.79%	2.08%	1.85%		4.96%	5.14%	5.00%		2.09%	2.24%	2.11%		2.82%	3.35%	2.98%		2.71%	3.12%	2.79%		4.09%	4.10%	4.10%
NHPI	1.56%	2.48%	1.75%		1.26%	1.48%	1.30%		1.05%	1.20%	1.06%		1.52%	2.33%	1.76%		1.39%	2.10%	1.53%		0.27%	0.32%	0.30%
Two or more	0.89%	1.10%	0.94%		1.89%	2.22%	1.96%		0.81%	0.61%	0.79%		1.27%	1.52%	1.35%		1.16%	1.43%	1.21%		2.29%	2.17%	2.23%
Unknown	18.05%	16.40%	17.71%		1.94%	2.36%	2.03%		4.22%	4.92%	4.28%		2.88%	3.66%	3.11%		9.82%	9.36%	9.73%		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	12.72%	15.22%	13.23%		16.49%	19.07%	17.03%		17.16%	20.30%	17.44%		11.22%	13.02%	11.75%		14.24%	16.09%	14.61%		18.60%	16.65%	17.63%
Not Hispanic**	87.28%	84.78%	86.77%		83.51%	80.93%	82.97%		82.84%	79.70%	82.56%		88.78%	86.98%	88.25%		85.76%	83.91%	85.39%		81.40%	83.35%	82.37%
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 2005.
**   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 2004-September 2005.