Table A-3.  FY 2006 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	84,869	17,735	102,604		33,547	8,651	42,198		38,428	3,362	41,790		24,943	9,470	34,413		181,787	39,218	221,005		11,059,558	10,697,897	21,757,455
Black	14,365	6,745	21,110		10,802	4,789	15,591		4,209	792	5,001		5,520	3,451	8,971		34,896	15,777	50,673		1,917,929	2,094,560	4,012,489
AIAN	1,272	443	1,715		3,421	1,159	4,580		610	119	729		253	174	427		5,556	1,895	7,451		119,060	134,180	253,240
Asian	2,200	619	2,819		2,400	694	3,094		1,018	124	1,142		967	453	1,420		6,585	1,890	8,475		588,843	572,459	1,161,303
NHPI	1,579	503	2,082		685	246	931		583	81	664		536	308	844		3,383	1,138	4,521		48,222	44,347	92,569
Two or more	992	301	1,293		1,047	345	1,392		338	42	380		369	196	565		2,746	884	3,630		317,458	301,887	619,345
Unknown	15,628	3,021	18,649		323	100	423		843	109	952		217	106	323		17,011	3,336	20,347		0	0	0
TOTAL	120,905	29,367	150,272		52,225	15,984	68,209		46,029	4,629	50,658		32,805	14,158	46,963		251,964	64,138	316,102		14,051,070	13,845,331	27,896,401
Hispanic	14,850	4,155	19,005		8,872	3,151	12,023		7,800	995	8,795		3,749	1,899	5,648		35,271	10,200	45,471		2,586,937	2,300,697	4,887,635
Not Hispanic**	106,055	25,212	131,267		43,353	12,833	56,186		38,229	3,634	41,863		29,056	12,259	41,315		216,693	53,938	270,631		11,464,133	11,544,634	23,008,767
TOTAL	120,905	29,367	150,272		52,225	15,984	68,209		46,029	4,629	50,658		32,805	14,158	46,963		251,964	64,138	316,102		14,051,070	13,845,331	27,896,401
b.  Percent
White	70.19%	60.39%	68.28%		64.24%	54.12%	61.87%		83.49%	72.63%	82.49%		76.03%	66.89%	73.28%		72.15%	61.15%	69.92%		78.71%	77.27%	77.99%
Black	11.88%	22.97%	14.05%		20.68%	29.96%	22.86%		9.14%	17.11%	9.87%		16.83%	24.37%	19.10%		13.85%	24.60%	16.03%		13.65%	15.13%	14.38%
AIAN	1.05%	1.51%	1.14%		6.55%	7.25%	6.71%		1.33%	2.57%	1.44%		0.77%	1.23%	0.91%		2.21%	2.95%	2.36%		0.85%	0.97%	0.91%
Asian	1.82%	2.11%	1.88%		4.60%	4.34%	4.54%		2.21%	2.68%	2.25%		2.95%	3.20%	3.02%		2.61%	2.95%	2.68%		4.19%	4.13%	4.16%
NHPI	1.31%	1.71%	1.39%		1.31%	1.54%	1.36%		1.27%	1.75%	1.31%		1.63%	2.18%	1.80%		1.34%	1.77%	1.43%		0.34%	0.32%	0.33%
Two or more	0.82%	1.02%	0.86%		2.00%	2.16%	2.04%		0.73%	0.91%	0.75%		1.12%	1.38%	1.20%		1.09%	1.38%	1.15%		2.26%	2.18%	2.22%
Unknown	12.93%	10.29%	12.41%		0.62%	0.63%	0.62%		1.83%	2.35%	1.88%		0.66%	0.75%	0.69%		6.75%	5.20%	6.44%		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%	14.15%	12.65%		16.99%	19.71%	17.63%		16.95%	21.49%	17.36%		11.43%	13.41%	12.03%		14.00%	15.90%	14.38%		18.41%	16.62%	17.52%
Not Hispanic**	87.72%	85.85%	87.35%		83.01%	80.29%	82.37%		83.05%	78.51%	82.64%		88.57%	86.59%	87.97%		86.00%	84.10%	85.62%		81.59%	83.38%	82.48%
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 2006.
**   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 2005-September 2006.