Table E-4.  FY 2007 Coast Guard Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment by Education, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
		EDUCATIONAL TIER
		TIER 1				TIER 2				TIER 3				TOTAL
	GENDER	#		%		#		%		#		%		#		%
	Males	7,130		96.48%		216		2.92%		44		0.60%		7,390		100.00%
	Females	1,396		95.36%		61		4.17%		7		0.48%		1,464		100.00%
	TOTAL	8,526		96.30%		277		3.13%		51		0.58%		8,854		100.00%
	RACE/ETHNICITY3
	White	6,884		96.67%		189		2.65%		48		0.67%		7,121		100.00%
	Black	797		93.54%		53		6.22%		2		0.23%		852		100.00%
	AIAN	206		94.50%		12		5.50%		0		NA		218		100.00%
	Asian	134		97.81%		3		2.19%		0		0.00%		137		100.00%
	NHPI	131		93.57%		9		6.43%		0		0.00%		140		100.00%
	Two or more	198		95.19%		10		4.81%		0		0.00%		208		100.00%
	Unknown	176		98.88%		1		0.56%		1		NA		178		100.00%
	TOTAL	8,526		96.30%		277		3.13%		51		0.58%		8,854		100.00%
	Hispanic	1,406		96.90%		39		2.69%		6		0.41%		1,451		100.00%
	Not Hispanic2	7,120		96.18%		238		3.21%		45		0.61%		7,403		100.00%
	TOTAL	8,526		96.30%		277		3.13%		51		0.58%		8,854		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.
	2. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question.
	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.
	Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.