Table D-24.  White NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 2003-2006
                                 
SERVICE 18-24 YR OLD
FISCAL ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   CIVILIANS
YEAR #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        %
2003* 42,770 76.82% 21,411 67.44% 20,067 80.84% 21,035 78.87% 105,283 75.79% 78.40%
2004 52,735 72.53% 25,497 64.69% 24,597 81.57% 25,847 76.72% 128,676 73.12% 78.52%
2005 45,488 71.83% 24,249 64.27% 26,781 83.65% 14,643 76.70% 111,161 73.06% 78.14%
2006** 52,272 74.93% 23,769 66.32% 26,681 85.07% 23,535 77.34% 126,257 75.43% 77.99%
*  In FY 2003 there was a change in the way DOD reported race/ethnicity data. The new race/ethnicity data were not available for all Services until after the first quarter of FY03.
    Therefore, DOD and civilian race and ethnicity data only represent the last three quarters of FY03. 
**The Population Representation in the Military Services (POPREP) is based on data from the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). Breakouts of accessions by service component  
    and prior service/non-prior service designation will not match reports by individual services because of differences in defining prior service accessions. DMDC uses the Defense Enrollment
    Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) to determine prior service, but the services each use their own criteria.
    Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files.

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