Table B-14. FY 2008 Prior Service (PS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

	SERVICE
RACE/	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				17-35 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS¹
ETHNICITY³	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a. Number

White	5,978	774	6,752		335	23	358		769	40	809		83	14	97		7,165	851	8,016		25,133,306	20,656,084	45,789,390
Black	1,403	494	1,897		73	12	85		94	14	108		4	3	7		1,574	523	2,097		3,561,457	3,882,740	7,444,197
AIAN	61	16	77		20	2	22		10	1	11		0	0	0		91	19	110		310,573	239,711	550,284
Asian	145	33	178		15	0	15		12	2	14		2	0	2		174	35	209		1,465,926	1,268,488	2,734,414
NHPI	60	14	74		9	2	11		8	2	10		1	1	2		78	19	97		112,534	100,978	213,512
Two or more	83	11	94		22	3	25		5	0	5		0	2	2		110	16	126		564,624	479,984	1,044,608
Unknown	1,881	208	2,089		9	1	10		14	0	14		0	0	0		1,904	209	2,113		0	0	0
TOTAL	9,611	1,550	11,161		483	43	526		912	59	971		90	20	110		11,096	1,672	12,768		31,148,419	26,627,985	57,776,404
Hispanic	1,220	209	1,429		85	9	94		164	15	179		5	3	8		1,474	236	1,710		6,709,596	4,151,486	10,861,082
Not Hispanic²	8,391	1,341	9,732		398	34	432		748	44	792		85	17	102		9,622	1,436	11,058		24,438,823	22,476,499	46,915,322
TOTAL	9,611	1,550	11,161		483	43	526		912	59	971		90	20	110		11,096	1,672	12,768		31,148,419	26,627,985	57,776,404


b. Percent

White	62.20%	49.94%	60.50%		69.36%	53.49%	68.06%		84.32%	67.80%	83.32%		92.22%	70.00%	88.18%		64.57%	50.90%	62.78%		80.69%	77.57%	79.25%
Black	14.60%	31.87%	17.00%		15.11%	27.91%	16.16%		10.31%	23.73%	11.12%		4.44%	15.00%	6.36%		14.19%	31.28%	16.42%		11.43%	14.58%	12.88%
AIAN	0.63%	1.03%	0.69%		4.14%	4.65%	4.18%		1.10%	1.69%	1.13%		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%		0.82%	1.14%	0.86%		1.00%	0.90%	0.95%
Asian	1.51%	2.13%	1.59%		3.11%	0.00%	2.85%		1.32%	3.39%	1.44%		2.22%	0.00%	1.82%		1.57%	2.09%	1.64%		4.71%	4.76%	4.73%
NHPI	0.62%	0.90%	0.66%		1.86%	4.65%	2.09%		0.88%	3.39%	1.03%		1.11%	5.00%	1.82%		0.70%	1.14%	0.76%		0.36%	0.38%	0.37%
Two or more	0.86%	0.71%	0.84%		4.55%	6.98%	4.75%		0.55%	0.00%	0.51%		0.00%	10.00%	1.82%		0.99%	0.96%	0.99%		1.81%	1.80%	1.81%
Unknown	19.57%	13.42%	18.72%		1.86%	2.33%	1.90%		1.54%	0.00%	1.44%		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%		17.16%	12.50%	16.55%		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	12.69%	13.48%	12.80%		17.60%	20.93%	17.87%		17.98%	25.42%	18.43%		5.56%	15.00%	7.27%		13.28%	14.11%	13.39%		21.54%	15.59%	18.80%
Not Hispanic²	87.31%	86.52%	87.20%		82.40%	79.07%	82.13%		82.02%	74.58%	81.57%		94.44%	85.00%	92.73%		86.72%	85.89%	86.61%		78.46%	84.41%	81.20%
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. Comparison group includes civilians in the workforce.
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.
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 17-35 year-olds in the civilian workforce, October 2007-September 2008 average.