Table A-3. FY 2008 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	78,916	15,090	94,006	38,898	9,506	48,404	46,767	3,514	50,281	27,074	8,788	35,862	191,655	36,898	228,553	11,211,801	10,836,775	22,048,576
Black	14,571	6,014	20,585	14,946	7,076	22,022	6,189	843	7,032	7,221	4,067	11,288	42,927	18,000	60,927	1,987,397	2,132,779	4,120,177
AIAN	969	385	1,354	4,408	1,383	5,791	644	112	756	290	161	451	6,311	2,041	8,352	173,971	143,397	317,368
Asian	1,963	488	2,451	2,836	903	3,739	1,246	104	1,350	1,013	448	1,461	7,058	1,943	9,001	580,623	596,981	1,177,604
NHPI	1,337	521	1,858	1,104	379	1,483	725	97	822	581	343	924	3,747	1,340	5,087	43,881	52,572	96,453
Two or more	753	174	927	2,812	883	3,695	360	31	391	393	222	615	4,318	1,310	5,628	314,669	291,333	606,001
Unknown	12,510	2,342	14,852	393	136	529	551	38	589	104	41	145	13,558	2,557	16,115	0	0	0
TOTAL	111,019	25,014	136,033	65,397	20,266	85,663	56,482	4,739	61,221	36,676	14,070	50,746	269,574	64,089	333,663	14,312,341	14,053,837	28,366,179

Hispanic	12,694	3,316	16,010	12,734	4,292	17,026	10,469	1,066	11,535	4,557	1,948	6,505	40,454	10,622	51,076	2,622,763	2,432,350	5,055,113
Not Hispanic²	98,325	21,698	120,023	52,663	15,974	68,637	46,013	3,673	49,686	32,119	12,122	44,241	229,120	53,467	282,587	11,689,578	11,621,487	23,311,066
TOTAL	111,019	25,014	136,033	65,397	20,266	85,663	56,482	4,739	61,221	36,676	14,070	50,746	269,574	64,089	333,663	14,312,341	14,053,837	28,366,179

b. Percent

White	71.08%	60.33%	69.11%	59.48%	46.91%	56.51%	82.80%	74.15%	82.13%	73.82%	62.46%	70.67%	71.10%	57.57%	68.50%	78.34%	77.11%	77.73%
Black	13.12%	24.04%	15.13%	22.85%	34.92%	25.71%	10.96%	17.79%	11.49%	19.69%	28.91%	22.24%	15.92%	28.09%	18.26%	13.89%	15.18%	14.52%
AIAN	0.87%	1.54%	1.00%	6.74%	6.82%	6.76%	1.14%	2.36%	1.23%	0.79%	1.14%	0.89%	2.34%	3.18%	2.50%	1.22%	1.02%	1.12%
Asian	1.77%	1.95%	1.80%	4.34%	4.46%	4.36%	2.21%	2.19%	2.21%	2.76%	3.18%	2.88%	2.62%	3.03%	2.70%	4.06%	4.25%	4.15%
NHPI	1.20%	2.08%	1.37%	1.69%	1.87%	1.73%	1.28%	2.05%	1.34%	1.58%	2.44%	1.82%	1.39%	2.09%	1.52%	0.31%	0.37%	0.34%
Two or more	0.68%	0.70%	0.68%	4.30%	4.36%	4.31%	0.64%	0.65%	0.64%	1.07%	1.58%	1.21%	1.60%	2.04%	1.69%	2.20%	2.07%	2.14%
Unknown	11.27%	9.36%	10.92%	0.60%	0.67%	0.62%	0.98%	0.80%	0.96%	0.28%	0.29%	0.29%	5.03%	3.99%	4.83%	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	11.43%	13.26%	11.77%	19.47%	21.18%	19.88%	18.54%	22.49%	18.84%	12.43%	13.85%	12.82%	15.01%	16.57%	15.31%	18.33%	17.31%	17.82%
Not Hispanic²	88.57%	86.74%	88.23%	80.53%	78.82%	80.12%	81.46%	77.51%	81.16%	87.57%	86.15%	87.18%	84.99%	83.43%	84.69%	81.67%	82.69%	82.18%
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 2008. 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 2007-September 2008 average.