Table B-7.  FY 2005 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	36,887	81.09%		8,173	17.97%		428	0.94%		45,488	100.00%
Black	6,459	85.17%		1,051	13.86%		74	0.98%		7,584	100.00%
AIAN	594	80.27%		142	19.19%		4	0.54%		740	100.00%
Asian	1,141	88.31%		115	8.90%		36	2.79%		1,292	100.00%
NHPI	483	86.40%		69	12.34%		7	1.25%		559	100.00%
Two or more	264	75.43%		80	22.86%		6	1.71%		350	100.00%
Unknown	5,993	81.97%		1,231	16.84%		87	1.19%		7,311	100.00%
TOTAL	51,821	81.83%		10,861	17.15%		642	1.01%		63,324	100.00%
Hispanic	6,517	84.41%		1,126	14.58%		78	1.01%		7,721	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	45,304	81.48%		9,735	17.51%		564	1.01%		55,603	100.00%
TOTAL	51,821	81.83%		10,861	17.15%		642	1.01%		63,324	100.00%
NAVY
White	22,838	94.18%		1,119	4.61%		292	1.20%		24,249	100.00%
Black	6,788	95.82%		228	3.22%		68	0.96%		7,084	100.00%
AIAN	2,479	94.22%		122	4.64%		30	1.14%		2,631	100.00%
Asian	1,754	94.96%		76	4.11%		17	0.92%		1,847	100.00%
NHPI	431	94.31%		20	4.38%		6	1.31%		457	100.00%
Two or more	585	94.05%		23	3.70%		14	2.25%		622	100.00%
Unknown	794	94.64%		36	4.29%		9	1.07%		839	100.00%
TOTAL	35,669	94.54%		1,624	4.30%		436	1.16%		37,729	100.00%
Hispanic	5,766	94.74%		239	3.93%		81	1.33%		6,086	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	29,903	94.50%		1,385	4.38%		355	1.12%		31,643	100.00%
TOTAL	35,669	94.54%		1,624	4.30%		436	1.16%		37,729	100.00%
MARINE CORPS
White	25,265	94.34%		1,464	5.47%		52	0.19%		26,781	100.00%
Black	2,365	95.87%		98	3.97%		4	0.16%		2,467	100.00%
AIAN	400	94.12%		24	5.65%		1	0.24%		425	100.00%
Asian	641	94.54%		36	5.31%		1	0.15%		678	100.00%
NHPI	280	93.96%		17	5.70%		1	0.34%		298	100.00%
Two or more	189	96.43%		7	3.57%		0	0.00%		196	100.00%
Unknown	1,106	94.53%		62	5.30%		2	0.17%		1,170	100.00%
TOTAL	30,246	94.47%		1,708	5.33%		61	0.19%		32,015	100.00%
Hispanic	4,867	93.49%		329	6.32%		10	0.19%		5,206	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	25,379	94.67%		1,379	5.14%		51	0.19%		26,809	100.00%
TOTAL	30,246	94.47%		1,708	5.33%		61	0.19%		32,015	100.00%
AIR FORCE
White	14,541	99.30%		88	0.60%		14	0.10%		14,643	100.00%
Black	2,736	99.56%		11	0.40%		1	0.04%		2,748	100.00%
AIAN	148	99.33%		1	0.67%		0	0.00%		149	100.00%
Asian	589	99.66%		2	0.34%		0	0.00%		591	100.00%
NHPI	265	98.51%		4	1.49%		0	0.00%		269	100.00%
Two or more	241	99.59%		1	0.41%		0	0.00%		242	100.00%
Unknown	448	99.56%		1	0.22%		1	0.22%		450	100.00%
TOTAL	18,968	99.35%		108	0.57%		16	0.08%		19,092	100.00%
Hispanic	2,081	99.38%		11	0.53%		2	0.10%		2,094	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	16,887	99.35%		97	0.57%		14	0.08%		16,998	100.00%
TOTAL	18,968	99.35%		108	0.57%		16	0.08%		19,092	100.00%
TOTAL DoD
White	99,531	89.54%		10,844	9.76%		786	0.71%		111,161	100.00%
Black	18,348	92.28%		1,388	6.98%		147	0.74%		19,883	100.00%
AIAN	3,621	91.79%		289	7.33%		35	0.89%		3,945	100.00%
Asian	4,125	93.58%		229	5.20%		54	1.23%		4,408	100.00%
NHPI	1,459	92.17%		110	6.95%		14	0.88%		1,583	100.00%
Two or more	1,279	90.71%		111	7.87%		20	1.42%		1,410	100.00%
Unknown	8,341	85.37%		1,330	13.61%		99	1.01%		9,770	100.00%
TOTAL	136,704	89.84%		14,301	9.40%		1,155	0.76%		152,160	100.00%
Hispanic	19,231	91.11%		1,705	8.08%		171	0.81%		21,107	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	117,473	89.64%		12,596	9.61%		984	0.75%		131,053	100.00%
TOTAL	136,704	89.84%		14,301	9.40%		1,155	0.76%		152,160	100.00%
18-24 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS***
White	17,605,344	80.56%		***	***		4,247,937	19.44%		21,853,281	100.00%
Black	2,974,315	74.68%		***	***		1,008,300	25.32%		3,982,615	100.00%
AIAN	187,529	67.44%		***	***		90,559	32.56%		278,088	100.00%
Asian	1,017,777	88.83%		***	***		127,988	11.17%		1,145,765	100.00%
NHPI	68,517	82.53%		***	***		14,504	17.47%		83,021	100.00%
Two or more	499,816	80.19%		***	***		123,499	19.81%		623,315	100.00%
Unknown	0	NA		***	***		0	NA		0	NA
TOTAL	22,353,297	79.93%		***	***		5,612,788	20.07%		27,966,085	100.00%
Hispanic	3,088,443	62.65%		***	***		1,841,364	37.35%		4,929,807	100.00%
Not Hispanic**	19,264,854	83.63%		***	***		3,771,424	16.37%		23,036,278	100.00%
TOTAL	22,353,297	79.93%		***	***		5,612,788	20.07%		27,966,085	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.
***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, October 2004-September 2005.