Table B-3.  FY 2008 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE
RACE/	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				18-24 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY2	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a.  Number
White	44,688	7,200	51,888		17,476	3,427	20,903		29,387	1,875	31,262		16,757	4,205	20,962		108,308	16,707	125,015		11,211,801	10,836,775	22,048,576
Black	7,401	2,808	10,209		5,370	1,897	7,267		3,264	408	3,672		3,260	1,455	4,715		19,295	6,568	25,863		1,987,397	2,132,779	4,120,177
AIAN	486	175	661		2,589	544	3,133		375	55	430		137	68	205		3,587	842	4,429		173,971	143,397	317,368
Asian	1,090	249	1,339		1,333	340	1,673		742	49	791		522	160	682		3,687	798	4,485		580,623	596,981	1,177,604
NHPI	493	147	640		520	120	640		308	29	337		281	118	399		1,602	414	2,016		43,881	52,572	96,453
Two or more	257	80	337		2,926	703	3,629		178	20	198		493	249	742		3,854	1,052	4,906		314,669	291,333	606,001
Unknown	3,645	626	4,271		558	148	706		291	29	320		26	7	33		4,520	810	5,330		0	0	0
TOTAL	58,060	11,285	69,345		30,772	7,179	37,951		34,545	2,465	37,010		21,476	6,262	27,738		144,853	27,191	172,044		14,312,341	14,053,837	28,366,179
Hispanic	6,601	1,510	8,111		6,372	1,611	7,983		5,841	554	6,395		2,886	946	3,832		21,700	4,621	26,321		2,622,763	2,432,350	5,055,113
Not Hispanic1	51,459	9,775	61,234		24,400	5,568	29,968		28,704	1,911	30,615		18,590	5,316	23,906		123,153	22,570	145,723		11,689,578	11,621,487	23,311,066
TOTAL	58,060	11,285	69,345		30,772	7,179	37,951		34,545	2,465	37,010		21,476	6,262	27,738		144,853	27,191	172,044		14,312,341	14,053,837	28,366,179
b.  Percent
White	76.97%	63.80%	74.83%		56.79%	47.74%	55.08%		85.07%	76.06%	84.47%		78.03%	67.15%	75.57%		74.77%	61.44%	72.66%		78.34%	77.11%	77.73%
Black	12.75%	24.88%	14.72%		17.45%	26.42%	19.15%		9.45%	16.55%	9.92%		15.18%	23.24%	17.00%		13.32%	24.16%	15.03%		13.89%	15.18%	14.52%
AIAN	0.84%	1.55%	0.95%		8.41%	7.58%	8.26%		1.09%	2.23%	1.16%		0.64%	1.09%	0.74%		2.48%	3.10%	2.57%		1.22%	1.02%	1.12%
Asian	1.88%	2.21%	1.93%		4.33%	4.74%	4.41%		2.15%	1.99%	2.14%		2.43%	2.56%	2.46%		2.55%	2.93%	2.61%		4.06%	4.25%	4.15%
NHPI	0.85%	1.30%	0.92%		1.69%	1.67%	1.69%		0.89%	1.18%	0.91%		1.31%	1.88%	1.44%		1.11%	1.52%	1.17%		0.31%	0.37%	0.34%
Two or more	0.44%	0.71%	0.49%		9.51%	9.79%	9.56%		0.52%	0.81%	0.53%		2.30%	3.98%	2.68%		2.66%	3.87%	2.85%		2.20%	2.07%	2.14%
Unknown	6.28%	5.55%	6.16%		1.81%	2.06%	1.86%		0.84%	1.18%	0.86%		0.12%	0.11%	0.12%		3.12%	2.98%	3.10%		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
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	11.37%	13.38%	11.70%		20.71%	22.44%	21.04%		16.91%	22.47%	17.28%		13.44%	15.11%	13.81%		14.98%	16.99%	15.30%		18.33%	17.31%	17.82%
Not Hispanic1	88.63%	86.62%	88.30%		79.29%	77.56%	78.96%		83.09%	77.53%	82.72%		86.56%	84.89%	86.19%		85.02%	83.01%	84.70%		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. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question.
2. 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.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2007-September 2008 average.