| Table B-47. FY 2008 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Census Region, Division, State, and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Group (Continued) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CENSUS REGION | DoD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census Division | WHITE | BLACK | AIAN | ASIAN | NHPI | TWO OR MORE | UNKNOWN | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||||
| State | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||||||||
| NORTHEAST REGION | 17,641 | 77.79% | 3,396 | 14.97% | 365 | 1.61% | 506 | 2.23% | 90 | 0.40% | 357 | 1.57% | 323 | 1.42% | 22,678 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| New England Division | 5,087 | 85.96% | 356 | 6.02% | 158 | 2.67% | 87 | 1.47% | 21 | 0.35% | 71 | 1.20% | 138 | 2.33% | 5,918 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Maine | 791 | 92.95% | 14 | 1.65% | 19 | 2.23% | 8 | 0.94% | 1 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.94% | 10 | 1.18% | 851 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| New Hampshire | 660 | 92.31% | 11 | 1.54% | 13 | 1.82% | 2 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.14% | 8 | 1.12% | 20 | 2.80% | 715 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Vermont | 228 | 95.00% | 5 | 2.08% | 2 | 0.83% | 1 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 1.25% | 1 | 0.42% | 240 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Massachusetts | 1,972 | 81.72% | 170 | 7.05% | 88 | 3.65% | 51 | 2.11% | 11 | 0.46% | 32 | 1.33% | 89 | 3.69% | 2,413 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Rhode Island | 366 | 86.32% | 23 | 5.42% | 11 | 2.59% | 8 | 1.89% | 1 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.71% | 12 | 2.83% | 424 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Connecticut | 1,070 | 83.92% | 133 | 10.43% | 25 | 1.96% | 17 | 1.33% | 7 | 0.55% | 17 | 1.33% | 6 | 0.47% | 1,275 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Middle Atlantic Division | 12,554 | 74.90% | 3,040 | 18.14% | 207 | 1.24% | 419 | 2.50% | 69 | 0.41% | 286 | 1.71% | 185 | 1.10% | 16,760 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| New York | 5,287 | 69.72% | 1,689 | 22.27% | 84 | 1.11% | 241 | 3.18% | 36 | 0.47% | 123 | 1.62% | 123 | 1.62% | 7,583 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| New Jersey | 2,107 | 68.48% | 731 | 23.76% | 37 | 1.20% | 103 | 3.35% | 11 | 0.36% | 69 | 2.24% | 19 | 0.62% | 3,077 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 5,160 | 84.59% | 620 | 10.16% | 86 | 1.41% | 75 | 1.23% | 22 | 0.36% | 94 | 1.54% | 43 | 0.70% | 6,100 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| NORTH CENTRAL REGION | 29,080 | 81.93% | 3,601 | 10.15% | 914 | 2.58% | 413 | 1.16% | 151 | 0.43% | 570 | 1.61% | 763 | 2.15% | 35,492 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| East North Central Division | 20,070 | 81.56% | 2,906 | 11.81% | 516 | 2.10% | 276 | 1.12% | 116 | 0.47% | 370 | 1.50% | 353 | 1.43% | 24,607 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Ohio | 5,471 | 83.10% | 687 | 10.43% | 105 | 1.59% | 45 | 0.68% | 15 | 0.23% | 145 | 2.20% | 116 | 1.76% | 6,584 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Indiana | 3,040 | 86.96% | 245 | 7.01% | 84 | 2.40% | 29 | 0.83% | 18 | 0.51% | 37 | 1.06% | 43 | 1.23% | 3,496 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Illinois | 4,584 | 74.46% | 1,154 | 18.75% | 77 | 1.25% | 108 | 1.75% | 35 | 0.57% | 88 | 1.43% | 110 | 1.79% | 6,156 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Michigan | 4,591 | 81.06% | 648 | 11.44% | 186 | 3.28% | 53 | 0.94% | 36 | 0.64% | 79 | 1.39% | 71 | 1.25% | 5,664 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Wisconsin | 2,384 | 88.07% | 172 | 6.35% | 64 | 2.36% | 41 | 1.51% | 12 | 0.44% | 21 | 0.78% | 13 | 0.48% | 2,707 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| West North Central Division | 9,010 | 82.77% | 695 | 6.38% | 398 | 3.66% | 137 | 1.26% | 35 | 0.32% | 200 | 1.84% | 410 | 3.77% | 10,885 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Minnesota | 1,827 | 85.14% | 96 | 4.47% | 109 | 5.08% | 73 | 3.40% | 9 | 0.42% | 19 | 0.89% | 13 | 0.61% | 2,146 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Iowa | 1,393 | 91.95% | 37 | 2.44% | 26 | 1.72% | 12 | 0.79% | 4 | 0.26% | 13 | 0.86% | 30 | 1.98% | 1,515 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Missouri | 3,023 | 79.76% | 348 | 9.18% | 106 | 2.80% | 18 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.18% | 80 | 2.11% | 208 | 5.49% | 3,790 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| North Dakota | 207 | 82.47% | 6 | 2.39% | 23 | 9.16% | 2 | 0.80% | 1 | 0.40% | 9 | 3.59% | 3 | 1.20% | 251 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| South Dakota | 344 | 81.13% | 5 | 1.18% | 57 | 13.44% | 4 | 0.94% | 4 | 0.94% | 3 | 0.71% | 7 | 1.65% | 424 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Nebraska | 906 | 87.71% | 61 | 5.91% | 29 | 2.81% | 9 | 0.87% | 3 | 0.29% | 17 | 1.65% | 8 | 0.77% | 1,033 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Kansas | 1,310 | 75.90% | 142 | 8.23% | 48 | 2.78% | 19 | 1.10% | 7 | 0.41% | 59 | 3.42% | 141 | 8.17% | 1,726 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| CENSUS REGION | DoD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census Division | WHITE | BLACK | AIAN | ASIAN | NHPI | TWO OR MORE | UNKNOWN | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||||
| State | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||||||||
| SOUTH REGION | 47,460 | 67.30% | 15,283 | 21.67% | 1,456 | 2.06% | 845 | 1.20% | 374 | 0.53% | 2,152 | 3.05% | 2,949 | 4.18% | 70,519 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| South Atlantic Division | 22,501 | 63.18% | 9,612 | 26.99% | 602 | 1.69% | 493 | 1.38% | 214 | 0.60% | 887 | 2.49% | 1,303 | 3.66% | 35,612 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Delaware | 275 | 66.75% | 93 | 22.57% | 5 | 1.21% | 5 | 1.21% | 1 | 0.24% | 10 | 2.43% | 23 | 5.58% | 412 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Maryland | 1,472 | 56.90% | 691 | 26.71% | 31 | 1.20% | 49 | 1.89% | 20 | 0.77% | 97 | 3.75% | 227 | 8.77% | 2,587 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| District of Columbia | 54 | 27.14% | 130 | 65.33% | 2 | 1.01% | 1 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 2.51% | 7 | 3.52% | 199 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Virginia | 3,208 | 64.10% | 1,336 | 26.69% | 66 | 1.32% | 112 | 2.24% | 49 | 0.98% | 135 | 2.70% | 99 | 1.98% | 5,005 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| West Virginia | 850 | 90.14% | 34 | 3.61% | 28 | 2.97% | 1 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.42% | 17 | 1.80% | 9 | 0.95% | 943 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| North Carolina | 3,331 | 60.07% | 1,519 | 27.39% | 126 | 2.27% | 63 | 1.14% | 29 | 0.52% | 147 | 2.65% | 330 | 5.95% | 5,545 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| South Carolina | 1,670 | 54.45% | 1,131 | 36.88% | 33 | 1.08% | 17 | 0.55% | 11 | 0.36% | 56 | 1.83% | 149 | 4.86% | 3,067 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Georgia | 3,406 | 51.90% | 2,573 | 39.21% | 105 | 1.60% | 93 | 1.42% | 28 | 0.43% | 129 | 1.97% | 228 | 3.47% | 6,562 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Florida | 8,235 | 72.93% | 2,105 | 18.64% | 206 | 1.82% | 152 | 1.35% | 72 | 0.64% | 291 | 2.58% | 231 | 2.05% | 11,292 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| East South Central Division | 7,328 | 70.65% | 2,138 | 20.61% | 133 | 1.28% | 72 | 0.69% | 27 | 0.26% | 177 | 1.71% | 497 | 4.79% | 10,372 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Kentucky | 1,743 | 84.90% | 175 | 8.52% | 35 | 1.70% | 9 | 0.44% | 7 | 0.34% | 33 | 1.61% | 51 | 2.48% | 2,053 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Tennessee | 2,747 | 78.64% | 573 | 16.40% | 37 | 1.06% | 31 | 0.89% | 9 | 0.26% | 80 | 2.29% | 16 | 0.46% | 3,493 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Alabama | 1,913 | 59.02% | 828 | 25.55% | 38 | 1.17% | 23 | 0.71% | 6 | 0.19% | 48 | 1.48% | 385 | 11.88% | 3,241 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Mississippi | 925 | 58.36% | 562 | 35.46% | 23 | 1.45% | 9 | 0.57% | 5 | 0.32% | 16 | 1.01% | 45 | 2.84% | 1,585 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| West South Central Division | 17,631 | 71.86% | 3,533 | 14.40% | 721 | 2.94% | 280 | 1.14% | 133 | 0.54% | 1,088 | 4.43% | 1,149 | 4.68% | 24,535 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Arkansas | 1,308 | 75.65% | 249 | 14.40% | 69 | 3.99% | 12 | 0.69% | 8 | 0.46% | 29 | 1.68% | 54 | 3.12% | 1,729 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Louisiana | 1,292 | 54.01% | 704 | 29.43% | 54 | 2.26% | 21 | 0.88% | 6 | 0.25% | 64 | 2.68% | 251 | 10.49% | 2,392 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Oklahoma | 1,691 | 70.66% | 232 | 9.69% | 181 | 7.56% | 21 | 0.88% | 25 | 1.04% | 202 | 8.44% | 41 | 1.71% | 2,393 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Texas | 13,340 | 74.02% | 2,348 | 13.03% | 417 | 2.31% | 226 | 1.25% | 94 | 0.52% | 793 | 4.40% | 803 | 4.46% | 18,021 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| CENSUS REGION | DoD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census Division | WHITE | BLACK | AIAN | ASIAN | NHPI | TWO OR MORE | UNKNOWN | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||||
| State | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||||||||
| WEST REGION | 28,656 | 75.96% | 2,524 | 6.69% | 1,529 | 4.05% | 1,699 | 4.50% | 815 | 2.16% | 1,434 | 3.80% | 1,069 | 2.83% | 37,726 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Mountain Division | 10,610 | 83.15% | 567 | 4.44% | 697 | 5.46% | 215 | 1.68% | 124 | 0.97% | 236 | 1.85% | 311 | 2.44% | 12,760 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Montana | 596 | 85.26% | 10 | 1.43% | 70 | 10.01% | 3 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.29% | 12 | 1.72% | 6 | 0.86% | 699 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Idaho | 983 | 90.68% | 13 | 1.20% | 28 | 2.58% | 10 | 0.92% | 8 | 0.74% | 18 | 1.66% | 24 | 2.21% | 1,084 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Wyoming | 292 | 90.12% | 7 | 2.16% | 11 | 3.40% | 2 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.93% | 1 | 0.31% | 8 | 2.47% | 324 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Colorado | 2,314 | 84.73% | 167 | 6.11% | 116 | 4.25% | 58 | 2.12% | 25 | 0.92% | 35 | 1.28% | 16 | 0.59% | 2,731 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| New Mexico | 908 | 79.58% | 45 | 3.94% | 116 | 10.17% | 9 | 0.79% | 7 | 0.61% | 18 | 1.58% | 38 | 3.33% | 1,141 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Arizona | 3,348 | 82.08% | 181 | 4.44% | 262 | 6.42% | 67 | 1.64% | 27 | 0.66% | 103 | 2.53% | 91 | 2.23% | 4,079 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Utah | 1,009 | 83.94% | 23 | 1.91% | 67 | 5.57% | 14 | 1.16% | 13 | 1.08% | 8 | 0.67% | 68 | 5.66% | 1,202 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Nevada | 1,160 | 77.33% | 121 | 8.07% | 27 | 1.80% | 52 | 3.47% | 39 | 2.60% | 41 | 2.73% | 60 | 4.00% | 1,500 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Pacific Division | 18,046 | 72.28% | 1,957 | 7.84% | 832 | 3.33% | 1,484 | 5.94% | 691 | 2.77% | 1,198 | 4.80% | 758 | 3.04% | 24,966 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Washington | 2,742 | 77.70% | 169 | 4.79% | 137 | 3.88% | 125 | 3.54% | 88 | 2.49% | 141 | 4.00% | 127 | 3.60% | 3,529 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Oregon | 1,945 | 88.65% | 46 | 2.10% | 88 | 4.01% | 45 | 2.05% | 21 | 0.96% | 25 | 1.14% | 24 | 1.09% | 2,194 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| California | 12,818 | 71.41% | 1,671 | 9.31% | 509 | 2.84% | 1,182 | 6.59% | 446 | 2.48% | 893 | 4.98% | 430 | 2.40% | 17,949 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Alaska | 360 | 65.34% | 31 | 5.63% | 90 | 16.33% | 25 | 4.54% | 11 | 2.00% | 31 | 5.63% | 3 | 0.54% | 551 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| Hawaii | 181 | 24.36% | 40 | 5.38% | 8 | 1.08% | 107 | 14.40% | 125 | 16.82% | 108 | 14.54% | 174 | 23.42% | 743 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| UNITED STATES SUBTOTAL | 122,837 | 73.81% | 24,804 | 14.90% | 4,264 | 2.56% | 3,463 | 2.08% | 1,430 | 0.86% | 4,513 | 2.71% | 5,104 | 3.07% | 166,415 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| TERRITORIES, POSSESSIONS, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OR UNKNOWN | 2,178 | 38.69% | 1,059 | 18.81% | 165 | 2.93% | 1,022 | 18.16% | 586 | 10.41% | 393 | 6.98% | 226 | 4.01% | 5,629 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| TOTAL | 125,015 | 72.66% | 25,863 | 15.03% | 4,429 | 2.57% | 4,485 | 2.61% | 2,016 | 1.17% | 4,906 | 2.85% | 5,330 | 3.10% | 172,044 | 100.00% | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||