Table B-3.  FY 2009 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
	SERVICE
RACE/	ARMY				NAVY				MARINE CORPS				AIR FORCE				TOTAL DoD				18-24 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS
ETHNICITY1	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
a.  Number
White	40,960	6,112	47,072		15,019	3,256	18,275		24,203	1,963	26,166		19,385	4,549	23,934		99,567	15,880	115,447		11,246,048	10,949,715	22,195,762
Black	7,247	2,755	10,002		4,565	1,911	6,476		2,662	386	3,048		3,787	1,517	5,304		18,261	6,569	24,830		2,008,661	2,185,034	4,193,695
AIAN	427	116	543		2,353	581	2,934		288	55	343		153	73	226		3,221	825	4,046		162,223	162,430	324,653
Asian	1,168	260	1,428		1,119	263	1,382		633	59	692		640	183	823		3,560	765	4,325		587,705	558,807	1,146,512
NHPI	504	127	631		517	139	656		293	39	332		339	157	496		1,653	462	2,115		48,291	59,407	107,698
Two or more	481	91	572		3,619	1,101	4,720		134	16	150		719	248	967		4,953	1,456	6,409		314,874	290,902	605,776
Unknown	2,934	486	3,420		640	140	780		189	14	203		24	6	30		3,787	646	4,433		0	0	0
TOTAL	53,721	9,947	63,668		27,832	7,391	35,223		28,402	2,532	30,934		25,047	6,733	31,780		135,002	26,603	161,605		14,367,802	14,206,294	28,574,096
Hispanic	6,163	1,218	7,381		6,183	1,753	7,936		4,549	549	5,098		3,895	1,164	5,059		20,790	4,684	25,474		2,636,841	2,476,377	5,113,217
Not Hispanic2	47,558	8,729	56,287		21,649	5,638	27,287		23,853	1,983	25,836		21,152	5,569	26,721		114,212	21,919	136,131		11,730,961	11,729,918	23,460,879
TOTAL	53,721	9,947	63,668		27,832	7,391	35,223		28,402	2,532	30,934		25,047	6,733	31,780		135,002	26,603	161,605		14,367,802	14,206,294	28,574,096
b.  Percent
White	76.25%	61.45%	73.93%		53.96%	44.05%	51.88%		85.22%	77.53%	84.59%		77.39%	67.56%	75.31%		73.75%	59.69%	71.44%		78.27%	77.08%	77.68%
Black	13.49%	27.70%	15.71%		16.40%	25.86%	18.39%		9.37%	15.24%	9.85%		15.12%	22.53%	16.69%		13.53%	24.69%	15.36%		13.98%	15.38%	14.68%
AIAN	0.79%	1.17%	0.85%		8.45%	7.86%	8.33%		1.01%	2.17%	1.11%		0.61%	1.08%	0.71%		2.39%	3.10%	2.50%		1.13%	1.14%	1.14%
Asian	2.17%	2.61%	2.24%		4.02%	3.56%	3.92%		2.23%	2.33%	2.24%		2.56%	2.72%	2.59%		2.64%	2.88%	2.68%		4.09%	3.93%	4.01%
NHPI	0.94%	1.28%	0.99%		1.86%	1.88%	1.86%		1.03%	1.54%	1.07%		1.35%	2.33%	1.56%		1.22%	1.74%	1.31%		0.34%	0.42%	0.38%
Two or more	0.90%	0.91%	0.90%		13.00%	14.90%	13.40%		0.47%	0.63%	0.48%		2.87%	3.68%	3.04%		3.67%	5.47%	3.97%		2.19%	2.05%	2.12%
Unknown	5.46%	4.89%	5.37%		2.30%	1.89%	2.21%		0.67%	0.55%	0.66%		0.10%	0.09%	0.09%		2.81%	2.43%	2.74%		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%
Hispanic	11.47%	12.24%	11.59%		22.22%	23.72%	22.53%		16.02%	21.68%	16.48%		15.55%	17.29%	15.92%		15.40%	17.61%	15.76%		18.35%	17.43%	17.89%
Not Hispanic2	88.53%	87.76%	88.41%		77.78%	76.28%	77.47%		83.98%	78.32%	83.52%		84.45%	82.71%	84.08%		84.60%	82.39%	84.24%		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. 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.
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.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians, October 2008-September 2009 average.