| Table E-8. FY 2008 Coast Guard Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Education, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL TIER | |||||||||||||||||
| TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
| GENDER | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||||||
| Males | 3,000 | 98.01% | 57 | 1.86% | 4 | 0.13% | 3,061 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 508 | 96.58% | 18 | 3.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 526 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 3,508 | 97.80% | 75 | 2.09% | 4 | 0.11% | 3,587 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| RACE/ETHNICITY2 | |||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,733 | 98.13% | 48 | 1.72% | 4 | 0.14% | 2,785 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Black | 213 | 96.38% | 8 | 3.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 221 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| AIAN | 88 | 91.67% | 8 | 8.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 96 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Asian | 62 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 62 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| NHPI | 34 | 94.44% | 2 | 5.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 36 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Two or more | 301 | 98.05% | 6 | 1.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 307 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Unknown | 77 | 96.25% | 3 | 3.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 80 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 3,508 | 97.80% | 75 | 2.09% | 4 | 0.11% | 3,587 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 545 | 98.20% | 10 | 1.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 555 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Not Hispanic1 | 2,963 | 97.72% | 65 | 2.14% | 4 | 0.13% | 3,032 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL | 3,508 | 97.80% | 75 | 2.09% | 4 | 0.11% | 3,587 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 1. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||