Table B-12 (Continued).  2005 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Gender, Race, Hispanic and Service with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE
GENDER/RACE	ARMY*			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
c. Female
White	6,772	10.69%		3,579	9.49%		1,716	5.36%		3,020	15.82%		15,087	9.92%		10,768,506	38.51%
Black	2,261	3.57%		1,472	3.90%		282	0.88%		835	4.37%		4,850	3.19%		2,102,898	7.52%
AIAN	182	0.29%		454	1.20%		63	0.20%		41	0.21%		740	0.49%		141,008	0.50%
Asian	260	0.41%		300	0.80%		65	0.20%		146	0.76%		771	0.51%		571,617	2.04%
NHPI	138	0.22%		71	0.19%		22	0.07%		83	0.43%		314	0.21%		45,164	0.16%
Two or more	60	0.09%		125	0.33%		18	0.06%		59	0.31%		262	0.17%		301,874	1.08%
Unknown	1,227	1.94%		158	0.42%		96	0.30%		119	0.62%		1,600	1.05%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	10,900	17.21%		6,159	16.32%		2,262	7.07%		4,303	22.54%		23,624	15.53%		13,931,068	49.81%
Female - Not Hispanic**
White	5,715	10.28%		2,876	9.09%		1,359	5.07%		2,631	15.48%		12,581	9.60%		8,648,914	37.54%
Black	2,189	3.94%		1,364	4.31%		273	1.02%		806	4.74%		4,632	3.53%		2,016,413	8.75%
AIAN	170	0.31%		364	1.15%		54	0.20%		35	0.21%		623	0.48%		98,430	0.43%
Asian	256	0.46%		251	0.79%		61	0.23%		137	0.81%		705	0.54%		563,566	2.45%
NHPI	117	0.21%		59	0.19%		19	0.07%		71	0.42%		266	0.20%		41,032	0.18%
Two or more	55	0.10%		80	0.25%		15	0.06%		55	0.32%		205	0.16%		243,715	1.06%
Unknown	834	1.50%		31	0.10%		47	0.18%		44	0.26%		956	0.73%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	9,336	16.79%		5,025	15.88%		1,828	6.82%		3,779	22.23%		19,968	15.24%		11,612,069	50.41%
Female - Hispanic
White	1,057	13.69%		703	11.55%		357	6.86%		389	18.58%		2,506	11.87%		2,119,592	43.00%
Black	72	0.93%		108	1.77%		9	0.17%		29	1.38%		218	1.03%		86,485	1.75%
AIAN	12	0.16%		90	1.48%		9	0.17%		6	0.29%		117	0.55%		42,578	0.86%
Asian	4	0.05%		49	0.81%		4	0.08%		9	0.43%		66	0.31%		8,051	0.16%
NHPI	21	0.27%		12	0.20%		3	0.06%		12	0.57%		48	0.23%		4,133	0.08%
Two or more	5	0.06%		45	0.74%		3	0.06%		4	0.19%		57	0.27%		58,159	1.18%
Unknown	393	5.09%		127	2.09%		49	0.94%		75	3.58%		644	3.05%		0	0.00%
TOTAL	1,564	20.26%		1,134	18.63%		434	8.34%		524	25.02%		3,656	17.32%		2,318,998	47.04%
*   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.