Table A-3.  FY 2007 Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment by Race/Hispanic Ethnicity, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE
RACE/	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY3	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a.  Number
White	71,242	14,126	85,368		34,713	8,655	43,368		41,239	3,500	44,739		25,048	8,623	33,671		172,242	34,904	207,146		11,176,467	10,718,545	21,895,012
Black	11,690	5,041	16,731		11,221	5,403	16,624		5,025	877	5,902		5,934	3,593	9,527		33,870	14,914	48,784		1,930,443	2,093,767	4,024,210
AIAN	987	383	1,370		3,710	1,249	4,959		614	103	717		280	206	486		5,591	1,941	7,532		176,104	127,212	303,316
Asian	1,790	509	2,299		2,563	847	3,410		1,107	110	1,217		951	390	1,341		6,411	1,856	8,267		598,381	583,738	1,182,119
NHPI	1,470	515	1,985		890	310	1,200		612	137	749		505	351	856		3,477	1,313	4,790		50,703	51,920	102,623
Two or more	788	196	984		1,508	440	1,948		374	45	419		237	121	358		2,907	802	3,709		281,781	307,351	589,133
Unknown	12,791	2,482	15,273		327	120	447		453	45	498		117	52	169		13,688	2,699	16,387		0	0	0
TOTAL	100,758	23,252	124,010		54,932	17,024	71,956		49,424	4,817	54,241		33,072	13,336	46,408		238,186	58,429	296,615		14,213,879	13,882,534	28,096,413
Hispanic	11,832	3,097	14,929		9,690	3,415	13,105		8,685	1,014	9,699		3,820	1,778	5,598		34,027	9,304	43,331		2,631,570	2,368,651	5,000,221
Not Hispanic2	88,926	20,155	109,081		45,242	13,609	58,851		40,739	3,803	44,542		29,252	11,558	40,810		204,159	49,125	253,284		11,582,309	11,513,883	23,096,192
TOTAL	100,758	23,252	124,010		54,932	17,024	71,956		49,424	4,817	54,241		33,072	13,336	46,408		238,186	58,429	296,615		14,213,879	13,882,534	28,096,413
b.  Percent
White	70.71%	60.75%	68.84%		63.19%	50.84%	60.27%		83.44%	72.66%	82.48%		75.74%	64.66%	72.55%		72.31%	59.74%	69.84%		78.63%	77.21%	77.93%
Black	11.60%	21.68%	13.49%		20.43%	31.74%	23.10%		10.17%	18.21%	10.88%		17.94%	26.94%	20.53%		14.22%	25.52%	16.45%		13.58%	15.08%	14.32%
AIAN	0.98%	1.65%	1.10%		6.75%	7.34%	6.89%		1.24%	2.14%	1.32%		0.85%	1.54%	1.05%		2.35%	3.32%	2.54%		1.24%	0.92%	1.08%
Asian	1.78%	2.19%	1.85%		4.67%	4.98%	4.74%		2.24%	2.28%	2.24%		2.88%	2.92%	2.89%		2.69%	3.18%	2.79%		4.21%	4.20%	4.21%
NHPI	1.46%	2.21%	1.60%		1.62%	1.82%	1.67%		1.24%	2.84%	1.38%		1.53%	2.63%	1.84%		1.46%	2.25%	1.61%		0.36%	0.37%	0.37%
Two or more	0.78%	0.84%	0.79%		2.75%	2.58%	2.71%		0.76%	0.93%	0.77%		0.72%	0.91%	0.77%		1.22%	1.37%	1.25%		1.98%	2.21%	2.10%
Unknown	12.69%	10.67%	12.32%		0.60%	0.70%	0.62%		0.92%	0.93%	0.92%		0.35%	0.39%	0.36%		5.75%	4.62%	5.52%		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	11.74%	13.32%	12.04%		17.64%	20.06%	18.21%		17.57%	21.05%	17.88%		11.55%	13.33%	12.06%		14.29%	15.92%	14.61%		18.51%	17.06%	17.80%
Not Hispanic2	88.26%	86.68%	87.96%		82.36%	79.94%	81.79%		82.43%	78.95%	82.12%		88.45%	86.67%	87.94%		85.71%	84.08%	85.39%		81.49%	82.94%	82.20%
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%
1. Refers to non-prior service (NPS) individuals whose first formal application (i.e., taking a screening physical exam or the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)) was in FY 2007.  Does not include participants in the
High School Testing Program unless otherwise tested.
2. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
3. The race groupings used in this table reflect the number of individuals who indicate a single racial identity.  Individuals who self-identify as multiracial are counted in the "two or more" category.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, age 17-35, October 2006-September 2007 average.