Table A-3. FY 2009 Applicants¹ for Active Component Enlistment by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

	SERVICE
RACE/	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY³	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a. Number

White	89,702	17,709	107,411		40,413	9,699	50,112		45,103	3,480	48,583		34,740	10,153	44,893		209,958	41,041	250,999		11,246,048	10,949,715	22,195,762
Black	18,869	8,223	27,092		15,115	7,162	22,277		5,781	813	6,594		8,986	4,328	13,314		48,751	20,526	69,277		2,008,661	2,185,034	4,193,695
AIAN	954	314	1,268		4,185	1,300	5,485		577	101	678		359	182	541		6,075	1,897	7,972		162,223	162,430	324,653
Asian	2,922	794	3,716		3,176	951	4,127		1,287	120	1,407		1,401	539	1,940		8,786	2,404	11,190		587,705	558,807	1,146,512
NHPI	3,043	760	3,803		1,165	403	1,568		724	106	830		743	402	1,145		5,675	1,671	7,346		48,291	59,407	107,698
Two or more	753	214	967		4,467	1,416	5,883		319	40	359		797	281	1,078		6,336	1,951	8,287		314,874	290,902	605,776
Unknown	15,684	2,947	18,631		234	82	316		180	15	195		114	41	155		16,212	3,085	19,297		0	0	0
TOTAL	131,927	30,961	162,888		68,755	21,013	89,768		53,971	4,675	58,646		47,140	15,926	63,066		301,793	72,575	374,368		14,367,802	14,206,294	28,574,096

Hispanic	15,170	3,810	18,980		13,433	4,395	17,828		10,370	1,127	11,497		6,289	2,421	8,710		45,262	11,753	57,015		2,636,841	2,476,377	5,113,217
Not Hispanic²	116,757	27,151	143,908		55,322	16,618	71,940		43,601	3,548	47,149		40,851	13,505	54,356		256,531	60,822	317,353		11,730,961	11,729,918	23,460,879
TOTAL	131,927	30,961	162,888		68,755	21,013	89,768		53,971	4,675	58,646		47,140	15,926	63,066		301,793	72,575	374,368		14,367,802	14,206,294	28,574,096

b. Percent

White	67.99%	57.20%	65.94%		58.78%	46.16%	55.82%		83.57%	74.44%	82.84%		73.70%	63.75%	71.18%		69.57%	56.55%	67.05%		78.27%	77.08%	77.68%
Black	14.30%	26.56%	16.63%		21.98%	34.08%	24.82%		10.71%	17.39%	11.24%		19.06%	27.18%	21.11%		16.15%	28.28%	18.51%		13.98%	15.38%	14.68%
AIAN	0.72%	1.01%	0.78%		6.09%	6.19%	6.11%		1.07%	2.16%	1.16%		0.76%	1.14%	0.86%		2.01%	2.61%	2.13%		1.13%	1.14%	1.14%
Asian	2.21%	2.56%	2.28%		4.62%	4.53%	4.60%		2.38%	2.57%	2.40%		2.97%	3.38%	3.08%		2.91%	3.31%	2.99%		4.09%	3.93%	4.01%
NHPI	2.31%	2.45%	2.33%		1.69%	1.92%	1.75%		1.34%	2.27%	1.42%		1.58%	2.52%	1.82%		1.88%	2.30%	1.96%		0.34%	0.42%	0.38%
Two or more	0.57%	0.69%	0.59%		6.50%	6.74%	6.55%		0.59%	0.86%	0.61%		1.69%	1.76%	1.71%		2.10%	2.69%	2.21%		2.19%	2.05%	2.12%
Unknown	11.89%	9.52%	11.44%		0.34%	0.39%	0.35%		0.33%	0.32%	0.33%		0.24%	0.26%	0.25%		5.37%	4.25%	5.15%		NA	NA	NA
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%

Hispanic	11.50%	12.31%	11.65%		19.54%	20.92%	19.86%		19.21%	24.11%	19.60%		13.34%	15.20%	13.81%		15.00%	16.19%	15.23%		18.35%	17.43%	17.89%
Not Hispanic²	88.50%	87.69%	88.35%		80.46%	79.08%	80.14%		80.79%	75.89%	80.40%		86.66%	84.80%	86.19%		85.00%	83.81%	84.77%		81.65%	82.57%	82.11%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%

1. Refers to non-prior service (NPS) individuals whose first formal application (i.e., taking a screening physical exam or the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)) was in FY 2009. Does not include participants in the
High School Testing Program unless otherwise tested.
2. Includes individuals who indicated non-Hispanic ethnicity or did not respond to the ethnicity question.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
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.
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, age 18-24, October 2008-September 2009 average.