Table D-25.  Black 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*	8,856	15.91%		6,030	18.99%		2,246	9.05%		3,689	13.83%		20,821	14.99%		14.10%
2004	10,359	14.25%		7,777	19.73%		2,516	8.34%		4,933	14.64%		25,585	14.54%		13.96%
2005	7,584	11.98%		7,084	18.78%		2,467	7.71%		2,748	14.39%		19,883	13.07%		14.24%
2006**	8,793	12.61%		6,152	17.17%		2,375	7.57%		4,478	14.72%		21,798	13.02%		14.38%
*   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.