Table A-5.  FY 2008 Applicants1 for Active Component Enlistment by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) Category, Service, and Race/Ethnicity
	a.  Number
	RACE/	AFQT CATEGORY3								I-IIIA
	ETHNICITY4	I	II	IIIA	IIIB	IV	V	Other/Unk.	TOTAL	TOTAL
	ARMY
	White	4,726	26,235	19,341	24,181	12,461	2,648	4,414	94,006	50,302
	Black	193	2,634	3,230	6,696	5,486	1,292	1,054	20,585	6,057
	AIAN	26	260	255	433	283	49	48	1,354	541
	Asian	162	599	398	591	462	163	76	2,451	1,159
	NHPI	32	198	181	382	601	424	40	1,858	411
	Two or more	27	203	188	216	157	43	93	927	418
	Unknown	721	3,869	2,589	3,089	1,788	416	2,380	14,852	7,179
	TOTAL	5,887	33,998	26,182	35,588	21,238	5,035	8,105	136,033	66,067
	Hispanic	264	2,553	2,811	4,913	3,494	1,133	842	16,010	5,628
	Not Hispanic2	5,623	31,445	23,371	30,675	17,744	3,902	7,263	120,023	60,439
	TOTAL	5,887	33,998	26,182	35,588	21,238	5,035	8,105	136,033	66,067
	NAVY
	White	3,271	17,443	11,187	11,146	4,074	551	732	48,404	31,901
	Black	199	3,282	4,390	7,721	5,232	988	210	22,022	7,871
	AIAN	360	2,117	1,409	1,243	543	84	35	5,791	3,886
	Asian	192	959	707	991	670	179	41	3,739	1,858
	NHPI	50	386	315	381	265	73	13	1,483	751
	Two or more	155	1,212	872	858	476	99	23	3,695	2,239
	Unknown	15	93	95	167	121	23	15	529	203
	TOTAL	4,242	25,492	18,975	22,507	11,381	1,997	1,069	85,663	48,709
	Hispanic	519	4,353	3,896	4,973	2,622	499	164	17,026	8,768
	Not Hispanic2	3,723	21,139	15,079	17,534	8,759	1,498	905	68,637	39,941
	TOTAL	4,242	25,492	18,975	22,507	11,381	1,997	1,069	85,663	48,709
	MARINE CORPS
	White	2,091	16,629	11,878	13,291	4,579	644	1,169	50,281	30,598
	Black	88	1,169	1,363	2,586	1,394	302	130	7,032	2,620
	AIAN	13	155	155	263	135	18	17	756	323
	Asian	72	454	302	332	138	36	16	1,350	828
	NHPI	14	147	155	227	177	85	17	822	316
	Two or more	16	105	82	92	68	7	21	391	203
	Unknown	17	173	150	155	59	15	20	589	340
	TOTAL	2,311	18,832	14,085	16,946	6,550	1,107	1,390	61,221	35,228
	Hispanic	175	2,438	2,639	3,968	1,780	284	251	11,535	5,252
	Not Hispanic2	2,136	16,394	11,446	12,978	4,770	823	1,139	49,686	29,976
	TOTAL	2,311	18,832	14,085	16,946	6,550	1,107	1,390	61,221	35,228
	AIR FORCE
	White	2,408	14,952	8,419	7,119	2,463	254	247	35,862	25,779
	Black	126	2,331	2,589	3,687	2,232	299	24	11,288	5,046
	AIAN	22	153	87	131	48	9	1	451	262
	Asian	82	485	350	337	163	28	16	1,461	917
	NHPI	28	233	223	256	152	29	3	924	484
	Two or more	36	235	129	142	62	5	6	615	400
	Unknown	6	51	25	40	14	5	4	145	82
	TOTAL	2,708	18,440	11,822	11,712	5,134	629	301	50,746	32,970
	Hispanic	183	1,917	1,609	1,763	866	131	36	6,505	3,709
	Not Hispanic2	2,525	16,523	10,213	9,949	4,268	498	265	44,241	29,261
	TOTAL	2,708	18,440	11,822	11,712	5,134	629	301	50,746	32,970
	TOTAL DoD
	White	12,496	75,259	50,825	55,737	23,577	4,097	6,562	228,553	138,580
	Black	606	9,416	11,572	20,690	14,344	2,881	1,418	60,927	21,594
	AIAN	421	2,685	1,906	2,070	1,009	160	101	8,352	5,012
	Asian	508	2,497	1,757	2,251	1,433	406	149	9,001	4,762
	NHPI	124	964	874	1,246	1,195	611	73	5,087	1,962
	Two or more	234	1,755	1,271	1,308	763	154	143	5,628	3,260
	Unknown	759	4,186	2,859	3,451	1,982	459	2,419	16,115	7,804
	TOTAL	15,148	96,762	71,064	86,753	44,303	8,768	10,865	333,663	182,974
	Hispanic	1,141	11,261	10,955	15,617	8,762	2,047	1,293	51,076	23,357
	Not Hispanic2	14,007	85,501	60,109	71,136	35,541	6,721	9,572	282,587	159,617
	TOTAL	15,148	96,762	71,064	86,753	44,303	8,768	10,865	333,663	182,974
	b.  Percent
	RACE or	AFQT CATEGORY1								I-IIIA
	ETHNICITY4	I	II	IIIA	IIIB	IV	V	Other/Unk.	TOTAL	TOTAL
	ARMY
	White	5.03%	27.91%	20.57%	25.72%	13.26%	2.82%	4.70%	100.00%	53.51%
	Black	0.94%	12.80%	15.69%	32.53%	26.65%	6.28%	5.12%	100.00%	29.42%
	AIAN	1.92%	19.20%	18.83%	31.98%	20.90%	3.62%	3.55%	100.00%	39.96%
	Asian	6.61%	24.44%	16.24%	24.11%	18.85%	6.65%	3.10%	100.00%	47.29%
	NHPI	1.72%	10.66%	9.74%	20.56%	32.35%	22.82%	2.15%	100.00%	22.12%
	Two or more	2.91%	21.90%	20.28%	23.30%	16.94%	4.64%	10.03%	100.00%	45.09%
	Unknown	4.85%	26.05%	17.43%	20.80%	12.04%	2.80%	16.02%	100.00%	48.34%
	TOTAL	4.33%	24.99%	19.25%	26.16%	15.61%	3.70%	5.96%	100.00%	48.57%
	Hispanic	1.65%	15.95%	17.56%	30.69%	21.82%	7.08%	5.26%	100.00%	35.15%
	Not Hispanic2	4.68%	26.20%	19.47%	25.56%	14.78%	3.25%	6.05%	100.00%	50.36%
	TOTAL	4.33%	24.99%	19.25%	26.16%	15.61%	3.70%	5.96%	100.00%	48.57%
	NAVY
	White	6.76%	36.04%	23.11%	23.03%	8.42%	1.14%	1.51%	100.00%	65.91%
	Black	0.90%	14.90%	19.93%	35.06%	23.76%	4.49%	0.95%	100.00%	35.74%
	AIAN	6.22%	36.56%	24.33%	21.46%	9.38%	1.45%	0.60%	100.00%	67.10%
	Asian	5.14%	25.65%	18.91%	26.50%	17.92%	4.79%	1.10%	100.00%	49.69%
	NHPI	3.37%	26.03%	21.24%	25.69%	17.87%	4.92%	0.88%	100.00%	50.64%
	Two or more	4.19%	32.80%	23.60%	23.22%	12.88%	2.68%	0.62%	100.00%	60.60%
	Unknown	2.84%	17.58%	17.96%	31.57%	22.87%	4.35%	2.84%	100.00%	38.37%
	TOTAL	4.95%	29.76%	22.15%	26.27%	13.29%	2.33%	1.25%	100.00%	56.86%
	Hispanic	3.05%	25.57%	22.88%	29.21%	15.40%	2.93%	0.96%	100.00%	51.50%
	Not Hispanic2	5.42%	30.80%	21.97%	25.55%	12.76%	2.18%	1.32%	100.00%	58.19%
	TOTAL	4.95%	29.76%	22.15%	26.27%	13.29%	2.33%	1.25%	100.00%	56.86%
	MARINE CORPS
	White	4.16%	33.07%	23.62%	26.43%	9.11%	1.28%	2.32%	100.00%	60.85%
	Black	1.25%	16.62%	19.38%	36.77%	19.82%	4.29%	1.85%	100.00%	37.26%
	AIAN	1.72%	20.50%	20.50%	34.79%	17.86%	2.38%	2.25%	100.00%	42.72%
	Asian	5.33%	33.63%	22.37%	24.59%	10.22%	2.67%	1.19%	100.00%	61.33%
	NHPI	1.70%	17.88%	18.86%	27.62%	21.53%	10.34%	2.07%	100.00%	38.44%
	Two or more	4.09%	26.85%	20.97%	23.53%	17.39%	1.79%	5.37%	100.00%	51.92%
	Unknown	2.89%	29.37%	25.47%	26.32%	10.02%	2.55%	3.40%	100.00%	57.72%
	TOTAL	3.77%	30.76%	23.01%	27.68%	10.70%	1.81%	2.27%	100.00%	57.54%
	Hispanic	1.52%	21.14%	22.88%	34.40%	15.43%	2.46%	2.18%	100.00%	45.53%
	Not Hispanic2	4.30%	33.00%	23.04%	26.12%	9.60%	1.66%	2.29%	100.00%	60.33%
	TOTAL	3.77%	30.76%	23.01%	27.68%	10.70%	1.81%	2.27%	100.00%	57.54%
	AIR FORCE
	White	6.71%	41.69%	23.48%	19.85%	6.87%	0.71%	0.69%	100.00%	71.88%
	Black	1.12%	20.65%	22.94%	32.66%	19.77%	2.65%	0.21%	100.00%	44.70%
	AIAN	4.88%	33.92%	19.29%	29.05%	10.64%	2.00%	0.22%	100.00%	58.09%
	Asian	5.61%	33.20%	23.96%	23.07%	11.16%	1.92%	1.10%	100.00%	62.77%
	NHPI	3.03%	25.22%	24.13%	27.71%	16.45%	3.14%	0.32%	100.00%	52.38%
	Two or more	5.85%	38.21%	20.98%	23.09%	10.08%	0.81%	0.98%	100.00%	65.04%
	Unknown	4.14%	35.17%	17.24%	27.59%	9.66%	3.45%	2.76%	100.00%	56.55%
	TOTAL	5.34%	36.34%	23.30%	23.08%	10.12%	1.24%	0.59%	100.00%	64.97%
	Hispanic	2.81%	29.47%	24.73%	27.10%	13.31%	2.01%	0.55%	100.00%	57.02%
	Not Hispanic2	5.71%	37.35%	23.08%	22.49%	9.65%	1.13%	0.60%	100.00%	66.14%
	TOTAL	5.34%	36.34%	23.30%	23.08%	10.12%	1.24%	0.59%	100.00%	64.97%
	TOTAL DoD
	White	5.47%	32.93%	22.24%	24.39%	10.32%	1.79%	2.87%	100.00%	60.63%
	Black	0.99%	15.45%	18.99%	33.96%	23.54%	4.73%	2.33%	100.00%	35.44%
	AIAN	5.04%	32.15%	22.82%	24.78%	12.08%	1.92%	1.21%	100.00%	60.01%
	Asian	5.64%	27.74%	19.52%	25.01%	15.92%	4.51%	1.66%	100.00%	52.91%
	NHPI	2.44%	18.95%	17.18%	24.49%	23.49%	12.01%	1.44%	100.00%	38.57%
	Two or more	4.16%	31.18%	22.58%	23.24%	13.56%	2.74%	2.54%	100.00%	57.92%
	Unknown	4.71%	25.98%	17.74%	21.41%	12.30%	2.85%	15.01%	100.00%	48.43%
	TOTAL	4.54%	29.00%	21.30%	26.00%	13.28%	2.63%	3.26%	100.00%	54.84%
	Hispanic	2.23%	22.05%	21.45%	30.58%	17.15%	4.01%	2.53%	100.00%	45.73%
	Not Hispanic2	4.96%	30.26%	21.27%	25.17%	12.58%	2.38%	3.39%	100.00%	56.48%
	TOTAL	4.54%	29.00%	21.30%	26.00%	13.28%	2.63%	3.26%	100.00%	54.84%
	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.
	3. AFQT categories are based on normalized test scores:
	Cat I 100-93
	Cat II 92-65
	Cat IIIA 64-50
	Cat IIIB 49-31
	Cat IV 30-10
	Cat V 9-1
	4. The race groupings used in this table reflect the number of individuals who indicate a single racial identity.  Individuals who
	who self-identify as multiracial are counted in the “two or more” category.
	Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.