Table B-3.  FY 2005 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE
RACE/	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	38,716	6,772	45,488		20,670	3,579	24,249		25,065	1,716	26,781		11,623	3,020	14,643		96,074	15,087	111,161		11,084,775	10,768,506	21,853,281
Black	5,323	2,261	7,584		5,612	1,472	7,084		2,185	282	2,467		1,913	835	2,748		15,033	4,850	19,883		1,879,718	2,102,898	3,982,615
AIAN	558	182	740		2,177	454	2,631		362	63	425		108	41	149		3,205	740	3,945		137,079	141,008	278,088
Asian	1,032	260	1,292		1,547	300	1,847		613	65	678		445	146	591		3,637	771	4,408		574,148	571,617	1,145,765
NHPI	421	138	559		386	71	457		276	22	298		186	83	269		1,269	314	1,583		37,857	45,164	83,021
Two or more	290	60	350		497	125	622		178	18	196		183	59	242		1,148	262	1,410		321,441	301,874	623,315
Unknown	6,084	1,227	7,311		681	158	839		1,074	96	1,170		331	119	450		8,170	1,600	9,770		0	0	0
TOTAL	52,424	10,900	63,324		31,570	6,159	37,729		29,753	2,262	32,015		14,789	4,303	19,092		128,536	23,624	152,160		14,035,017	13,931,068	27,966,085
Hispanic	6,157	1,564	7,721		4,952	1,134	6,086		4,772	434	5,206		1,570	524	2,094		17,451	3,656	21,107		2,610,809	2,318,998	4,929,807
Not Hispanic**	46,267	9,336	55,603		26,618	5,025	31,643		24,981	1,828	26,809		13,219	3,779	16,998		111,085	19,968	131,053		11,424,209	11,612,069	23,036,278
TOTAL	52,424	10,900	63,324		31,570	6,159	37,729		29,753	2,262	32,015		14,789	4,303	19,092		128,536	23,624	152,160		14,035,017	13,931,068	27,966,085
b.  Percent
White	73.85%	62.13%	71.83%		65.47%	58.11%	64.27%		84.24%	75.86%	83.65%		78.59%	70.18%	76.70%		74.74%	63.86%	73.06%		78.98%	77.30%	78.14%
Black	10.15%	20.74%	11.98%		17.78%	23.90%	18.78%		7.34%	12.47%	7.71%		12.94%	19.41%	14.39%		11.70%	20.53%	13.07%		13.39%	15.10%	14.24%
AIAN	1.06%	1.67%	1.17%		6.90%	7.37%	6.97%		1.22%	2.79%	1.33%		0.73%	0.95%	0.78%		2.49%	3.13%	2.59%		0.98%	1.01%	0.99%
Asian	1.97%	2.39%	2.04%		4.90%	4.87%	4.90%		2.06%	2.87%	2.12%		3.01%	3.39%	3.10%		2.83%	3.26%	2.90%		4.09%	4.10%	4.10%
NHPI	0.80%	1.27%	0.88%		1.22%	1.15%	1.21%		0.93%	0.97%	0.93%		1.26%	1.93%	1.41%		0.99%	1.33%	1.04%		0.27%	0.32%	0.30%
Two or more	0.55%	0.55%	0.55%		1.57%	2.03%	1.65%		0.60%	0.80%	0.61%		1.24%	1.37%	1.27%		0.89%	1.11%	0.93%		2.29%	2.17%	2.23%
Unknown	11.61%	11.26%	11.55%		2.16%	2.57%	2.22%		3.61%	4.24%	3.65%		2.24%	2.77%	2.36%		6.36%	6.77%	6.42%		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	11.74%	14.35%	12.19%		15.69%	18.41%	16.13%		16.04%	19.19%	16.26%		10.62%	12.18%	10.97%		13.58%	15.48%	13.87%		18.60%	16.65%	17.63%
Not Hispanic**	88.26%	85.65%	87.81%		84.31%	81.59%	83.87%		83.96%	80.81%	83.74%		89.38%	87.82%	89.03%		86.42%	84.52%	86.13%		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%
*   The Army's previously reported NPS accession achievement of 65,019 included three days of accessions in FY 2004 (September 28-30 2004), in conjunction with its FY 2005 recruiting calendar.
The number in this report accurately reflects NPS accessions from 1 October 2004 through 30 September 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, October 2004-September 2005.