Table D-22. Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race⁴ with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 2003-2008

a. Number

FISCAL	DoD									18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
YEAR	White	Black	AIAN	Asian	NHPI	Two or more	Unknown	Total²		White	Black	AIAN	Asian	NHPI	Two or More	Total
2003¹	105,283	20,821	2,531	1,710	589	3,704	4,276	176,408		21,442,380	3,855,865	260,808	1,140,574	95,512	554,833	27,349,972
2004	128,676	25,585	3,536	4,963	1,842	2,676	8,694	175,972		21,801,448	3,875,080	273,644	1,148,380	79,856	587,634	27,766,042
2005	111,161	19,883	3,945	4,408	1,583	1,410	9,770	152,160		21,853,281	3,982,615	278,088	1,145,765	83,021	623,315	27,966,085
2006³	126,257	21,798	4,339	4,658	1,563	1,354	7,420	167,389		21,757,455	4,012,489	253,240	1,161,303	92,569	619,345	27,896,401
2007	121,395	21,651	3,736	4,197	1,699	1,488	5,080	159,246		21,895,012	4,024,210	303,316	1,182,119	102,623	589,133	28,096,413
2008	125,015	25,863	4,429	4,485	2,016	4,906	5,330	172,044		22,048,576	4,120,177	317,368	1,177,604	96,453	606,001	28,366,179

b. Percent

FISCAL	DoD									18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
YEAR	White	Black	AIAN	Asian	NHPI	Two or more	Unknown	Total²		White	Black	AIAN	Asian	NHPI	Two or More	Total
2003¹	75.79%	14.99%	1.82%	1.23%	0.42%	2.67%	3.08%	100.00%		78.40%	14.10%	0.95%	4.17%	0.35%	2.03%	100.00%
2004	73.12%	14.54%	2.01%	2.82%	1.05%	1.52%	4.94%	100.00%		78.52%	13.96%	0.99%	4.14%	0.29%	2.12%	100.00%
2005	73.06%	13.07%	2.59%	2.90%	1.04%	0.93%	6.42%	100.00%		78.14%	14.24%	0.99%	4.10%	0.30%	2.23%	100.00%
2006³	75.43%	13.02%	2.59%	2.78%	0.93%	0.81%	4.43%	100.00%		77.99%	14.38%	0.91%	4.16%	0.33%	2.22%	100.00%
2007	76.23%	13.60%	2.35%	2.64%	1.07%	0.93%	3.19%	100.00%		77.93%	14.32%	1.08%	4.21%	0.37%	2.10%	100.00%
2008	72.66%	15.03%	2.57%	2.61%	1.17%	2.85%	3.10%	100.00%		77.73%	14.52%	1.12%	4.15%	0.34%	2.14%	100.00%

1. In FY 2003 there was a change in the way DoD reported race/ethnicity data. However, the new race data were not available for all services until after the first quarter of FY 2003.
As a result, the DoD data for individual race groupings reflect accessions for only the last three quarters of FY 2003.
2. First quarter total accessions were added to DoD second through fourth quarter subtotals in order to illustrate cross-year aggregate comparisons. FY 2003 percentages by race grouping
are for the last three quarters of FY 2003.
3. Population Representation in the Military Services (POPREP) is based on data from DMDC. Breakouts of accessions by service component and prior/non-prior service designation
will not match reports by individual services because of differences in defining PS accessions.
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.
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files.
Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.