Table B-44. FY 2008 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Duty Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Component, and Urbanicity

	Urban		Second City		Suburban		Town		Town/Rural		Rural		Unknown		TOTAL DoD
RACE/ETHNICITY²	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
ARMY
White	4,444	61.66%	9,021	72.63%	9,512	73.17%	4,540	78.42%	15,045	80.56%	5,414	82.14%	67	82.72%	48,043	75.35%
Black	1,918	26.61%	2,191	17.64%	2,172	16.71%	690	11.92%	1,867	10.00%	529	8.03%	7	8.64%	9,374	14.70%
AIAN	47	0.65%	105	0.85%	94	0.72%	57	0.98%	220	1.18%	99	1.50%	1	1.23%	623	0.98%
Asian	429	5.95%	240	1.93%	353	2.72%	51	0.88%	168	0.90%	22	0.33%	1	1.23%	1,264	1.98%
NHPI	74	1.03%	94	0.76%	109	0.84%	32	0.55%	74	0.40%	21	0.32%	0	0.00%	404	0.63%
Two or more	34	0.47%	61	0.49%	76	0.58%	31	0.54%	65	0.35%	32	0.49%	2	2.47%	301	0.47%
Unknown	261	3.62%	708	5.70%	684	5.26%	388	6.70%	1,236	6.62%	474	7.19%	3	3.70%	3,754	5.89%
TOTAL	7,207	100.00%	12,420	100.00%	13,000	100.00%	5,789	100.00%	18,675	100.00%	6,591	100.00%	81	100.00%	63,763	100.00%
Hispanic	1,904	26.42%	1,583	12.75%	1,700	13.08%	416	7.19%	1,151	6.16%	285	4.32%	12	14.81%	7,051	11.06%
Not Hispanic¹	5,303	73.58%	10,837	87.25%	11,300	86.92%	5,373	92.81%	17,524	93.84%	6,306	95.68%	69	85.19%	56,712	88.94%
TOTAL	7,207	100.00%	12,420	100.00%	13,000	100.00%	5,789	100.00%	18,675	100.00%	6,591	100.00%	81	100.00%	63,763	100.00%

NAVY
White	2,096	42.84%	4,013	60.96%	5,160	63.03%	2,043	70.67%	7,404	72.92%	2,450	74.88%	38	62.30%	23,204	64.38%
Black	1,736	35.48%	1,412	21.45%	1,728	21.11%	443	15.32%	1,270	12.51%	327	9.99%	10	16.39%	6,926	19.22%
AIAN	180	3.68%	460	6.99%	454	5.55%	233	8.06%	867	8.54%	336	10.27%	9	14.75%	2,539	7.04%
Asian	643	13.14%	257	3.90%	413	5.04%	54	1.87%	187	1.84%	21	0.64%	2	3.28%	1,577	4.38%
NHPI	97	1.98%	134	2.04%	146	1.78%	35	1.21%	104	1.02%	31	0.95%	2	3.28%	549	1.52%
Two or more	98	2.00%	264	4.01%	257	3.14%	76	2.63%	291	2.87%	99	3.03%	0	0.00%	1,085	3.01%
Unknown	43	0.88%	43	0.65%	29	0.35%	7	0.24%	31	0.31%	8	0.24%	0	0.00%	161	0.45%
TOTAL	4,893	100.00%	6,583	100.00%	8,187	100.00%	2,891	100.00%	10,154	100.00%	3,272	100.00%	61	100.00%	36,041	100.00%
Hispanic	1,547	31.62%	1,360	20.66%	1,567	19.14%	348	12.04%	1,127	11.10%	329	10.06%	14	22.95%	6,292	17.46%
Not Hispanic¹	3,346	68.38%	5,223	79.34%	6,620	80.86%	2,543	87.96%	9,027	88.90%	2,943	89.94%	47	77.05%	29,749	82.54%
TOTAL	4,893	100.00%	6,583	100.00%	8,187	100.00%	2,891	100.00%	10,154	100.00%	3,272	100.00%	61	100.00%	36,041	100.00%

MARINE CORPS
White	3,048	70.15%	5,366	82.82%	6,344	81.91%	2,884	89.01%	9,809	89.71%	3,513	91.89%	53	82.81%	31,017	84.68%
Black	885	20.37%	768	11.85%	935	12.07%	208	6.42%	651	5.95%	191	5.00%	4	6.25%	3,642	9.94%
AIAN	38	0.87%	60	0.93%	49	0.63%	48	1.48%	176	1.61%	51	1.33%	1	1.56%	423	1.15%
Asian	264	6.08%	117	1.81%	230	2.97%	31	0.96%	111	1.02%	20	0.52%	1	1.56%	774	2.11%
NHPI	59	1.36%	56	0.86%	77	0.99%	16	0.49%	46	0.42%	8	0.21%	2	3.13%	264	0.72%
Two or more	19	0.44%	56	0.86%	37	0.48%	18	0.56%	52	0.48%	12	0.31%	1	1.56%	195	0.53%
Unknown	32	0.74%	56	0.86%	73	0.94%	35	1.08%	89	0.81%	28	0.73%	2	3.13%	315	0.86%
TOTAL	4,345	100.00%	6,479	100.00%	7,745	100.00%	3,240	100.00%	10,934	100.00%	3,823	100.00%	64	100.00%	36,630	100.00%
Hispanic	1,789	41.17%	1,438	22.19%	1,461	18.86%	355	10.96%	988	9.04%	245	6.41%	19	29.69%	6,295	17.19%
Not Hispanic¹	2,556	58.83%	5,041	77.81%	6,284	81.14%	2,885	89.04%	9,946	90.96%	3,578	93.59%	45	70.31%	30,335	82.81%
TOTAL	4,345	100.00%	6,479	100.00%	7,745	100.00%	3,240	100.00%	10,934	100.00%	3,823	100.00%	64	100.00%	36,630	100.00%

AIR FORCE
White	1,339	59.20%	3,796	72.76%	4,180	71.29%	2,132	81.19%	7,319	84.37%	2,590	86.28%	23	85.19%	21,379	77.26%
Black	686	30.33%	1,061	20.34%	1,240	21.15%	383	14.58%	1,004	11.57%	327	10.89%	2	7.41%	4,703	17.00%
AIAN	18	0.80%	49	0.94%	37	0.63%	18	0.69%	70	0.81%	28	0.93%	0	0.00%	220	0.80%
Asian	147	6.50%	149	2.86%	258	4.40%	51	1.94%	154	1.78%	24	0.80%	1	3.70%	784	2.83%
NHPI	43	1.90%	76	1.46%	81	1.38%	11	0.42%	60	0.69%	7	0.23%	0	0.00%	278	1.00%
Two or more	19	0.84%	66	1.27%	54	0.92%	20	0.76%	46	0.53%	15	0.50%	0	0.00%	220	0.80%
Unknown	10	0.44%	20	0.38%	13	0.22%	11	0.42%	22	0.25%	11	0.37%	1	3.70%	88	0.32%
TOTAL	2,262	100.00%	5,217	100.00%	5,863	100.00%	2,626	100.00%	8,675	100.00%	3,002	100.00%	27	100.00%	27,672	100.00%
Hispanic	644	28.47%	713	13.67%	761	12.98%	201	7.65%	588	6.78%	159	5.30%	6	22.22%	3,072	11.10%
Not Hispanic¹	1,618	71.53%	4,504	86.33%	5,102	87.02%	2,425	92.35%	8,087	93.22%	2,843	94.70%	21	77.78%	24,600	88.90%
TOTAL	2,262	100.00%	5,217	100.00%	5,863	100.00%	2,626	100.00%	8,675	100.00%	3,002	100.00%	27	100.00%	27,672	100.00%

TOTAL DoD
White	10,927	58.41%	22,196	72.30%	25,196	72.41%	11,599	79.74%	39,577	81.71%	13,967	83.69%	181	77.68%	123,643	75.34%
Black	5,225	27.93%	5,432	17.69%	6,075	17.46%	1,724	11.85%	4,792	9.89%	1,374	8.23%	23	9.87%	24,645	15.02%
AIAN	283	1.51%	674	2.20%	634	1.82%	356	2.45%	1,333	2.75%	514	3.08%	11	4.72%	3,805	2.32%
Asian	1,483	7.93%	763	2.49%	1,254	3.60%	187	1.29%	620	1.28%	87	0.52%	5	2.15%	4,399	2.68%
NHPI	273	1.46%	360	1.17%	413	1.19%	94	0.65%	284	0.59%	67	0.40%	4	1.72%	1,495	0.91%
Two or more	170	0.91%	447	1.46%	424	1.22%	145	1.00%	454	0.94%	158	0.95%	3	1.29%	1,801	1.10%
Unknown	346	1.85%	827	2.69%	799	2.30%	441	3.03%	1,378	2.84%	521	3.12%	6	2.58%	4,318	2.63%
TOTAL	18,707	100.00%	30,699	100.00%	34,795	100.00%	14,546	100.00%	48,438	100.00%	16,688	100.00%	233	100.00%	164,106	100.00%
Hispanic	5,884	31.45%	5,094	16.59%	5,489	15.78%	1,320	9.07%	3,854	7.96%	1,018	6.10%	51	21.89%	22,710	13.84%
Not Hispanic¹	12,823	68.55%	25,605	83.41%	29,306	84.22%	13,226	90.93%	44,584	92.04%	15,670	93.90%	182	78.11%	141,396	86.16%
TOTAL	18,707	100.00%	30,699	100.00%	34,795	100.00%	14,546	100.00%	48,438	100.00%	16,688	100.00%	233	100.00%	164,106	100.00%

1. Information applies to the home community of record reported by individual NPS and PS recruits. Socioeconomic classifications
provided by Claritas, with matching done by zip code.
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.
Data provided for only those individuals reporting a U.S. home of record. The summary report defines urbanicity categories used.