Table B-7. FY 2008 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions
by Education Tier, Service, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group

		EDUCATIONAL TIER¹
	RACE/	TIER 1		TIER 2		TIER 3		TOTAL
	ETHNICITY⁴	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
	ARMY
	White	37,147	71.59%	14,434	27.82%	307	0.59%	51,888	100.00%
	Black	8,362	81.91%	1,816	17.79%	31	0.30%	10,209	100.00%
	AIAN	474	71.71%	186	28.14%	1	0.15%	661	100.00%
	Asian	1,181	88.20%	151	11.28%	7	0.52%	1,339	100.00%
	NHPI	537	83.91%	102	15.94%	1	0.16%	640	100.00%
	Two or more	250	74.18%	85	25.22%	2	0.59%	337	100.00%
	Unknown	3,186	74.60%	1,067	24.98%	18	0.42%	4,271	100.00%
	TOTAL	51,137	73.74%	17,841	25.73%	367	0.53%	69,345	100.00%
	Hispanic	6,291	77.56%	1,785	22.01%	35	0.43%	8,111	100.00%
	Not Hispanic²	44,846	73.24%	16,056	26.22%	332	0.54%	61,234	100.00%
	TOTAL	51,137	73.74%	17,841	25.73%	367	0.53%	69,345	100.00%

	NAVY
	White	19,656	94.03%	944	4.52%	303	1.45%	20,903	100.00%
	Black	7,003	96.37%	192	2.64%	72	0.99%	7,267	100.00%
	AIAN	2,908	92.82%	182	5.81%	43	1.37%	3,133	100.00%
	Asian	1,617	96.65%	37	2.21%	19	1.14%	1,673	100.00%
	NHPI	595	92.97%	39	6.09%	6	0.94%	640	100.00%
	Two or more	3,382	93.19%	188	5.18%	59	1.63%	3,629	100.00%
	Unknown	663	93.91%	32	4.53%	11	1.56%	706	100.00%
	TOTAL	35,824	94.40%	1,614	4.25%	513	1.35%	37,951	100.00%
	Hispanic	7,482	93.72%	362	4.53%	139	1.74%	7,983	100.00%
	Not Hispanic²	28,342	94.57%	1,252	4.18%	374	1.25%	29,968	100.00%
	TOTAL	35,824	94.40%	1,614	4.25%	513	1.35%	37,951	100.00%

	MARINE CORPS
	White	29,596	94.67%	1,629	5.21%	37	0.12%	31,262	100.00%
	Black	3,538	96.35%	130	3.54%	4	0.11%	3,672	100.00%
	AIAN	417	96.98%	13	3.02%	0	0.00%	430	100.00%
	Asian	768	97.09%	22	2.78%	1	0.13%	791	100.00%
	NHPI	328	97.33%	9	2.67%	0	0.00%	337	100.00%
	Two or more	189	95.45%	8	4.04%	1	0.51%	198	100.00%
	Unknown	307	95.94%	13	4.06%	0	0.00%	320	100.00%
	TOTAL	35,143	94.96%	1,824	4.93%	43	0.12%	37,010	100.00%
	Hispanic	6,162	96.36%	230	3.60%	3	0.05%	6,395	100.00%
	Not Hispanic²	28,981	94.66%	1,594	5.21%	40	0.13%	30,615	100.00%
	TOTAL	35,143	94.96%	1,824	4.93%	43	0.12%	37,010	100.00%

	AIR FORCE
	White	20,588	98.22%	371	1.77%	3	0.01%	20,962	100.00%
	Black	4,680	99.26%	35	0.74%	0	0.00%	4,715	100.00%
	AIAN	203	99.02%	2	0.98%	0	0.00%	205	100.00%
	Asian	677	99.27%	5	0.73%	0	0.00%	682	100.00%
	NHPI	398	99.75%	1	0.25%	0	0.00%	399	100.00%
	Two or more	730	98.38%	12	1.62%	0	0.00%	742	100.00%
	Unknown	33	100.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	33	100.00%
	TOTAL	27,309	98.45%	426	1.54%	3	0.01%	27,738	100.00%
	Hispanic	3,778	98.59%	53	1.38%	1	0.03%	3,832	100.00%
	Not Hispanic²	23,531	98.43%	373	1.56%	2	0.01%	23,906	100.00%
	TOTAL	27,309	98.45%	426	1.54%	3	0.01%	27,738	100.00%

	TOTAL DoD
	White	106,987	85.58%	17,378	13.90%	650	0.52%	125,015	100.00%
	Black	23,583	91.18%	2,173	8.40%	107	0.41%	25,863	100.00%
	AIAN	4,002	90.36%	383	8.65%	44	0.99%	4,429	100.00%
	Asian	4,243	94.60%	215	4.79%	27	0.60%	4,485	100.00%
	NHPI	1,858	92.16%	151	7.49%	7	0.35%	2,016	100.00%
	Two or more	4,551	92.76%	293	5.97%	62	1.26%	4,906	100.00%
	Unknown	4,189	78.59%	1,112	20.86%	29	0.54%	5,330	100.00%
	TOTAL	149,413	86.85%	21,705	12.62%	926	0.54%	172,044	100.00%
	Hispanic	23,713	90.09%	2,430	9.23%	178	0.68%	26,321	100.00%
	Not Hispanic²	125,700	86.26%	19,275	13.23%	748	0.51%	145,723	100.00%
	TOTAL	149,413	86.85%	21,705	12.62%	926	0.54%	172,044	100.00%

	18-24 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS
	White	18,290,763	82.96%	(3)	(3)	3,757,813	17.04%	22,048,576	100.00%
	Black	3,201,196	77.70%	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	918,981	22.30%	4,120,177	100.00%
	AIAN	203,827	64.22%	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	113,541	35.78%	317,368	100.00%
	Asian	1,054,216	89.52%	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	123,388	10.48%	1,177,604	100.00%
	NHPI	81,542	84.54%	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	14,911	15.46%	96,453	100.00%
	Two or more	479,367	79.10%	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	126,635	20.90%	606,001	100.00%
	Unknown	0	NA	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	0	NA	0	NA
	TOTAL	23,310,911	82.18%	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	5,055,268	17.82%	28,366,179	100.00%
	Hispanic	3,444,099	68.13%	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	1,611,014	31.87%	5,055,113	100.00%
	Not Hispanic²	19,866,812	85.22%	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	3,444,254	14.78%	23,311,066	100.00%
	TOTAL	23,310,911	82.18%	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	5,055,268	17.82%	28,366,179	100.00%


	1. Tier 1 indicates individuals with at least a high school diploma. Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the General Educational
	Development Certificate (GED). Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates.
	2. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to ethnicity question.
	3. Civilian numbers and percentages combine Tiers 1 and 2.
	4. 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.